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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1901
Page
2
General Wade Hampton shows how to cook fish in a mountain setting. He fished for rainbow trout in North Carolina Tennessee or Virginia and prepared it with butter salt pepper and bacon inside the roasted shuck. The method includes water butter and whisky stages to savor the meal.
A local critic in Hagerstown Maryland praised the recent production of Iolanthe. He lauded melodic curves and divine intensity as the chorus supported a fervent, well coordinated performance. The audience remained enrapt and sympathetic throughout the lively staging.
Experiments at the Yerkes observatory using a delicate radiometer show Arcturus emits just over one ten millionth of the heat of a candle at one meter, Jupiter more than twice Arcturus, Vega and Arcturus equal in brightness but Arcturus hotter, Vega blue white and Arcturus yellowish, Saturn less than one sixth the heat of Jupiter.
The London Chronicle explains the bloody hand on the Shamrock flag as a legend of two Irish chieftains who sailed for the crown. O Neill severed and cast his rival's hand ashore to win, a tale Lipton adopts as a call for intense, self sacrificing competition.
Ben De Lamos of Columbus penitentiary offers a bond of 100000 dollars to be allowed to attend the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Cleveland. He was jailed for a pension law technical violation and is noted for sleeping in the speaker's chair in the Alabama house as a tramp before later being elected a member.
In Hesse Germany a bachelors tax imposes 25 percent higher taxes on single men than married men. The policy drives many well to do bachelors to emigrate to Prussia seeking relief.
The Washington Star laments that banks deserve less sympathy when in trouble if their remittance notices are phrased abruptly and unfeelingly, arguing the tone harms understanding of financial strain.
Kiucslie's Magazine notes a British plan to restore ancient Nile order by damming the river to floodplain lands and enable multiple harvests. It states 25,000 natives and Italians work in shifts toward two dams nearing completion, using quarries once used for King Menkaure and temple stones, now with steam-powered labor.
The University of Indiana seeks duty exemption for a highly precise graphic chronometer used in psychological experiments. Assistant Secretary Spalding notes such delicate instruments may be considered philosophical rather than scientific equipment upon import for study and instruction.
A secluded colony in Lower California houses numerous escaped criminals. Isolated by rugged terrain and the gulf, these fugitives live without ports or rail access and rarely draw outside attention, effectively prisoners in place for years.
The Independence owner Thomas W. Lawson acts on a fatalist belief in luck and numerology. He notes coin tosses guiding trades and the number 3 appearing in his affairs, with a Boston office at 33 State Street and a yacht test on June 3. His watch chain is made of 333 gold beads.
In Washington on F street near the Ebbitt House a jeweler posts a sign reading Horses Must Not Be Hitched to This Clock. The sign reveals the clock atop his shop, sparking puzzled reactions as passersby try to understand the odd notice.
Industrial scale production of hydrogen by water electrolysis in Germany spurs its use as a lighting agent. Hydrogen is used to inflate military balloons and, when burned from compressed cylinders with a proper burner, is claimed to provide cheaper illumination than acetylene by a ratio of 25 to 59 for equal light output.
The article notes New Jersey areas near Philadelphia largely unknown today and references the so called nine barrens that have never been trodden by a white man, remaining largely untouched for two centuries.
Mrs. Hartley of Chicago suffered insomnia irritability and pains from nervous exhaustion. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she was cured, a testimonial urging others to trust the remedy's effectiveness for female nervous disorders.
Expenditures on summer boarder comfort include three special thermometers guaranteed not to exceed 70 degrees. The piece cites medical cures for indigestion and eczema, and touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising one day relief for colds, with drugstore guarantees and notices for travel, loans, and real estate services.
An old advertisement promises relief from cold symptoms with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim of curing a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. It lists a price of 25 cents and includes a humorous aside about a college son and a local resident Mr Barnes.
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