07 Jul 1893
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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1893
Page
1
A compact digest of events from Friday to Thursday across many locales. Excursion trains carry thousands to summer picnics. World’s Fair attendance and local misfortunes are noted along with political moves, court actions, and weather impacts.
Reports deny Huntington facing financial trouble while Paris streets battle troops and police and students. The Oneida yacht rests in Burnard's Bay with the president aboard as Chicago aims to raise 1 million dollars in 120 days from World’s Fair visitors. Violent incidents, thefts, and local happenings thread through this snapshot of unrest and misfortune.
The article recalls early but flawed Spanish claims to the Pacific and Behring Sea, notes Drake’s voyage caused Spanish resentment, recounts 18th century seizures that nearly sparked war, and contrasts feudal Hawaiian land tenure with Kamehameha III’s land rights reform granting permanent tenure to the local people.
The article describes Persian punishments chiefly the bastinado used on high and low, with feet bound and beaten on the soles by switches. It notes long-lasting pain and potential crippling, citing the practice as common in great houses. Also included are advertisements for various medicines and tonics with claims of strengthening and relief.
Thew Weeystate reports a roundup of disasters deaths and crimes across towns. Incidents include a Creston district league convention set for September, a bank swindle fugitive in Atlantic, a vault theft in Des Moines, a deadly elevator accident in Davenport, a double murder suicide in Iowa City, a factory fire in Rockford, and the arrest of bankers in Croan Falls for fraud.
In a federal court, execution of sentence was suspended for Professor Angelbeck who had served six months for a bogus diploma swindle mailed fraud. The item notes multiple local briefs from Croran Rapids and surrounding towns involving saloon crackdowns, feuds, and sudden deaths.
An essay in Youth's Companion links ivory billiard balls to bloodshed and slavery. It notes that tusk harvesting costs lives along African coasts and in caravans, estimating at least one life per high quality ball while acknowledging additional losses from disease and fatigue.
In Oldtown Maine a chairman recalls a debate on capital punishment. A deacon and two clergymen favored hanging, while a boy named Fuller argued that if one man killed another until the last man remains, there is no one to kill the final man, prompting applause and a decisive rebuttal.
A Hudson Street barber shop in Abingdon Square kept a witty transition from Consorial Parlor to Tonsorial Abattoir. The owner, a darky, favored grand terms, and the fresh red white and blue sign sparked local amusement as to whether hairdressing or butchery drew more customers.
Market notes from Union Stock Yards Omaha and Chicago show cattle hogs and sheep receipts with varied prices and a generally firmer to steady tone. Wheat corn oats and pork futures are listed with July September and December figures and recent close comparisons.
The excerpt recalls Saint Patrick comparing the Trinity to three leaves on a shamrock, explaining unity as a single stalk with three parts. It notes the shamrock becoming Ireland's national emblem after locals understood the metaphor.
A leading publication that runs a department answering letters asks young women not to send questions about when where and whom to kiss. It states any girl needing such advice would not be guided by its guidance.
A snappy exchange from Scribner’s Magazine notes parish chatter about Rev. Br. Sweetmouth and his alleged private beliefs. Mrs Gudby-y asserts he practices what he preaches, even before a looking glass.
A grease removal filter for boilers uses a metallic chamber with stacked gratings and layers of wild gauze. Feed water from a donkey pump enters, moves upward through cloths, and exits to the boiler while scum and impurities are carried away. The filter keeps grease from entering boilers and is removable for cleaning or renewal.
A Cornhill Magazine writer praises the kea as devilish in intelligence. He claims the bird shifted from harmless to predatory after slaughterhouses, feeding on animal kidneys. When dead sheep kidneys failed, the kea reportedly ate living sheep kidneys, causing immense suffering.
A natural phenomenon known to sailors as The Oil Spot lies ten miles south of the Sabine river and a mile off shore. The spot shows no boundary with the open sea, and so remains comparatively calm even during storms when waters turn red and turbid.
A humorous exchange between Mr Cunso and Mrs Cumso plays on railway manners. Mrs Cumso asks about train punctuality and Mr Cunso suggests asking the amount of delay instead. The quip reflects light social humor found in early 20th century panels.
A blaze starting in a Park Place and Church Street building caused $100,000 in damages. The report notes the fire's scope and affected area as the central incident.
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