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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1893
Page
4
A narrator advises Johnny on love, urging action over wishful thinking. The speaker, in a folksy tone, recalls his youth, notes that girls want suitors to pursue them, and emphasizes bold effort before romance. An excerpt from B. W. Foss in Yankee Hinde.
On a misty Atlantic morning two locals, Shelah Baxter and Jen Reeks, confront love and duty. Jen resists an arranged match with Cyril Rivington as Shelah seeks marriage, while old Reeks mentors pluck and a ball at Herringbourne Town Hall foreshadows change. Jen finally confesses love for Shelah, who continues to pursue her, amid social pressure and family plans.
A preacher recalls a stingy New York millionaire who kept Washington in his heart and refused to fund a statue. The punchline notes a reflexive sarcasm about savers who claim to love religion yet lack enjoyment. A Coney Island saloon advertises Rocket Punch with a misnamed effect.
A June morning in a busy New York neighborhood turns frantic as a small mouse darts across a construction area. A grocer’s boy, workers, and several bystanders chase it, causing chaos with peels of vegetables and broken tools. The mouse escapes into a cellar as the crowd disperses.
Describes U S northern boundary markers from cairns and pillars to earth mounds and timber posts. Notes stone cairns seven feet high, iron pillars eight feet high, timber posts two feet high, and markers cast in Detroit with London convention inscriptions. Details how pillars are buried four feet, with cedar interiors and red painted posts, and how markers mark lakes and forests, including swamp clearings and timber cutting.
A New York Evangelist notes the boundary marked by commissioners spans the distance from Michigan to Alaska, highlighting the extent of the boundary project and its official oversight.
A compiled note surveys ancient and religious views on hell’s location from Egyptian and Jewish traditions to Mahomet and Whiston the astronomer. It contrasts center earth notions with a comet orbit plot and notes Christian disputes over place and duration of torment. Then a second short item tells of a Marine Disaster with a coasting schooner crew, an ox stampede, and a captain’s dramatic rescue.
A writer argues against precise counts of humans who have ever lived. Using assumed death rates and world population figures, the article estimates 401 lifetimes of humanity since creation, peaking with hundreds of billions, while noting uncertainty for Christ’s era.
The Fresno Republicans mock U S methods versus Mexican execution of bandits. They cite dispatches showing swift penalties such as executions by soldiers, arguing longer criminal longevity in the United States. The note mentions outlaw Black Bart Sontag and Evans, Amador County bandits, and comments on Wilson Barrett’s trip to England and likely return.
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