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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1890
Page
5
In an early New England home, a firelit gathering recalls Jourting-eticks used for secret whispers between lovers. Grandmother Charms rise in memory as Margery studies her faded relics, while a portrait of enduring affection reveals a message of love across seventy years and loss.
A ceremony at Sebastopol unveiled a dark Crimean granite obelisk where the Maidens Redoubt stood in 1854. Women of the city, led by Rear Admiral Narbutt and the Governor, built and defended the earthwork during the siege, joining in a gala memorial with clergy, children, and troops. The event honored Russian womanhood and the heroic defense against Allied forces.
New Orleans leads the nation in banana imports, boosting local ships, railroads, and merchants. Firms ship large cargoes in fast trains with hustling agents ahead of orders, expanding distribution nationwide from the port. A firm recently sent ten carloads to the Pacific in two days, with the coast spreading as far as Seattle and Los Angeles as a southern boundary.
A nostalgic sketch recalls the red apples of Oregon in the gold decade, valued as an idyll of the past. The piece notes scarcity of Oregon fruit trees from the forties, contrasts frugality with bygone horticultural leisure, and mentions nonfarmers who once planted trees for pleasure.
A New Orleans Picayune verse recalls a lively young woman with six children who fed them jelly on bread and kissed them good night. The playful rhymes celebrate daily meals and bedtime rituals in a lighthearted child oriented vignette.
Every morning Bal Nason watches Jip feed a dear little bird from his window. Baby Nason shares her cracker with the bird and asks Jip to crumble it for the breakfast. The bird thanks them with a song, and Jip waits until the bird is ready to eat. I hope the bird returns.
A New York Ledger piece notes Lindley Murray, author of the first complete English grammar, was American born in 1745 in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It recalls his early schooling in Philadelphia and England spell, urging children to admire his industry and dream big.
Joe and friends plow a father's orange grove as ripe fruit drops around them. Teddy gathers windfalls and a white object in the furrow turns out to be an egg. The boys speculate how it got there and discuss the curious sight of blossoms and ripe fruit together in January.
A whimsical old tale describes a cheese drying in a cobweb window during a visit to Mother Goose. Tom Pipers lad spirits the cheese to a tree limb, Simple Simon nabs a piece, and the Three Wise Men marvel at the dim and near full moon as they sail away.
A whimsical tale describes spies, cheese, and moons as Three Wise Men listen to Simple Simon and Tom the Piper's son. Moonlight reveals a bright moon while old verses and Mother Goose lore mingle with playful retellings of green cheese myths and rat tales.
A Louis Globe-Democrat tale describes sugar boat labor with songs between deckhands and onlookers. The roustabouts shout bar ls and warnings while barrels slide aboard, and a crewman cheekily kisses seven plantation women before a voyage, reflecting plantation life and humor.
Chronicles recount giant sausages carried in festive processions in Konigsberg and Vienna from 1558 to 1618. Sizes grew from 198 to 1,005 ells, with dozens to over a hundred bearers, white blouses, and ceremonial display for nobility and imperial celebrations.
A man and woman disputed ownership of property via old lease and old will. The judge proposed marriage to settle the suit, wagering that a union would halt legal fees. The verdict sided with the plaintiff on condition he marry the defendant within two years, a rare court sanction for matrimony.
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