11 Aug 1898
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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1898
Page
1
Peter Gurney, worn from work, plans to leave his lodgings and declares his love to Mrs Dart. Jealousy and fear of discovery escalate as he contemplates harming his friend Dick to prevent a breakup, with both men trapped in a dangerous foundry setting.
A collection of notable acts showing women saving lives in danger. The dowager Queen Pia of Portugal swam fully dressed to rescue two children after a boat capsized at La Granja. An Irish girl leaped into a river at Claudy to save her lover, while Miss Mason of Canterbury saved a non swimmer miller. In Colchester a mother shielded her baby under a horse and was badly injured but the child survived.
Dick Dart collapses as Peter Gurney shields him with a left arm and, in the effort, plunges into a deadly fall. Flames erupt around Peter, and in moments there is no trace of him. He dies a grim, glorious death, a hero in the eyes of onlookers.
A Norseman telegraph ship, while recovering a cable off Cape Frio, brought up a four teen foot wide whale entangled in the line. The copper conductor was broken but the cable sheathing remained intact, and the whale likely lay at the site two or three weeks, harassed by sharks.
In a Detroit Free Press fragment Marle tells Willis he finds him too lovely for any single person. Willie asks what he meant, and Marle replies he served as much, leaving the meaning unclear.
Residents of St. Louis rush to build cyclone shelters since the May 27 disaster. one shelter predates the catastrophe, found in Cabanne place at the home of Mr. D. L. Parrish. A memorial at a field-gate stone honors Sir George Cathcart with a crown and queen’s initials, later replicated by Earl Cathcart. Mary's life is referenced as a moral reflection amid pilgrim visits to memorials.
The article describes Mr. Parrish constructing a deep stone cyclone cellar in the southwest corner of his Cabanne house. It features three and a half foot thick walls, heavy crossbeams, two outward facing windows with removed gratings, a barred oak door, cement floor, carpet, a couch, and provisions stocked for storms. He notes the cellar would remain intact even if the house blew away and cites eight contemporaneous plans by an architect for cyclone cellars.
A fragment recalls Mary Queen of Scots watching troops near Langside on a May day in Cathcart. The scene mentions the grassy knoll and three bodies of troops about a mile away, dated eleven days earlier.
The narrative recalls the escape from Lochleven Castle and the dawning day that would determine if Scotland would again see a cure. History inked the fate of Mary as the throne tree at Court Knowe faded into memory, leaving a glamoured romance around the spot of her doom.
Justice Gummere of the New Jersey Supreme Court states a lost child is worth only nominal damages of one dollar in any case of damage resulting in the death or loss of a child. The ruling emphasizes that the law sets a minimal award despite sympathetic views.
Justice Gummere argues that a child has no financial value to parents and that damages must reflect actual loss rather than potential future earnings. He notes a mere nominal verdict of $1 for the loss of a non producing child, using a horse example to illustrate the point.
The article contrasts sentimental notions of value with legal damages, noting Justice Gummere’s reputation and four children, and recounts a trolley death of Melville Graham as an example of damage assessment. It also humorously references income, wages, and domestic life as social commentary.
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