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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1903
Page
4
Partial timetable readouts show daily services on No. 27 and No. 91 freight routes with apparent notes for morning and late afternoon runs. The fragment mentions Saturday and Sunday limitations with 4:00 p.m. Sunday silence.
Uniform Rank Company 8 of the Knights of Pfeets holds its third Wednesday evening each month at the Ky of Eshalle Eviierr, Bronson, with Capt. Bi Dinwibpie as Recorder.
In Kumaon northern India a Hindu fakir suspended by the feet from a beam and swung by a rope endured a self imposed penance during drought. Both men were smeared with ashes and mud and clothed only in a waist cloth. No rain came for weeks.
A reporter seeking access to an American millionaire for a major issue was refused admission. He enlisted a senator friend, gained entry with the senator’s card, and learned the man had already turned away sixteen reporters that day. The journalist then declares, I am the whole sixteen.
A Quaker Paraphrases mentions well known Nantucket tales. A Quaker schoolmaster used month and weekday numbers on the board for a writing class. It alludes to a beauty fading like a rose in sixth month and to Robinson Crusoe cited with his man Sixth Uuy.
A colonial-era discussion outlines how swords figure in Hindoo customs during oaths and marriages. It notes tribes binding vows with weapons, dagger or rapier oaths in Europe, and practices in Berar and Kunthiawar where swords or trees symbolize union. It claims legal legitimacy for the sword marriage to Rajput brides.
In China a jar placed on a roof with its bottom toward the street marks a daughter as not yet marriageable. When she matures the jar is turned to face the street and, upon marriage, the jar is removed entirely.
A short informal saying laments idleness and quotes a biblical admonition to work for bread. The speaker insists on practical meals and resists fuss, seeking simple sustenance and steady effort.
Reverend I R M Beeson of Savannah Mo visits Hamburg to promote the Christian Home Orphanage Council Bluffs Iowa. He presents the Home’s nonsectarian international mission and its two publications The Word and the Way and The Christian Home. He highlights the Home’s policy of keeping siblings together and notes its dedication date March 16 1888.
A historical note lists folk cures. To pacify enemies, dissolve a psalm titled Known in Judaca in water and give it to them. For a frightened man, mix three dry chest nuts, sow thistle, and three glasses of old wine and drink. also have him carry the phrase In the be ginning was the word.
The texts show a professor posing a medical joke about hysterics and a student’s quip about amputating the funny bone. A politician’s wife jokes about denying libel claims, noting that denial might prompt digging up more true libelous statements.
An observation on communication notes that people speak only when they have something meaningful to say, suggesting silence would be thick and hard to move if every thought were spoken. The remark reflects a newspaper voice emphasizing measured discourse.
Mrs Newed complains about a pound of cheese full of holes. The grocer explains holes are normal, but she refuses to pay for cheese she deems mostly holes. The exchange captures a humorous misunderstanding over weight and quality.
The great preacher Frederick Robertson, whom Tennyson valued, visited Bright on and, upon meeting him, felt as if his heart of mystery was being plucked out. He confessed to talking about nothing but beer to avoid the deeper topics.
A cautious conversation unfolds between Mr Seekton and his wife Leonidas. He claims he never spoke hastily and she gently affirms his restraint, praising his careful credit and calm manner.
A terse line notes that in a true heroic life there is no pet adventure only doing or dying. The quote echoes Hitchcock's austere view on courage and consequence.
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