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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1896
Page
4
A quirky old saying extols tires and road work, noting that more tire wear reduces horse strain. It argues that months containing an R suit road repairs, and that better highways improve community mood. It adds that the best road fix is whenever needed.
Deputy Secretary Hamilton, formerly of the Department of Agriculture, asks county commissioners for names of township road supervisors. He cites his College Township, Center County, experience proving roads can be upgraded with existing funds. He favors a sixty inch wide macadam road at under five hundred dollars per mile and has broad agricultural support. The Chautauqua at Eylesmere in August plans a good road discussion and anticipated legislation from the next Assembly. More than half the contacted commissioners have replied.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt depicts a proprietor inspecting a new drug store location and detailing plans. He praises the site, modern fittings, cigars, toilet articles, confectionery, knickknacks, and advertisements. He emphasizes two heads are better than one.
The piece asks by what occult means barbarians transmit news with the rapidity of lightning across distant regions such as the Soudan, India, the Western frontiers of the United States, and Alaska among Eskimos, noting the global spread of savage communication.
The piece notes how information travels quickly via modern means, from the Nile advance of the Anglo Egyptian army to news of Custer and the Sioux across the Northwest. It recalls Terry’s scouts and a naval expedition in Alaska encountering prepared villagers, illustrating how distant events become known rapidly.
A middle aged sharp eyed peddler visits a Chicago office offering razor strops for fifty cents. A desk youth questions value and bulk price, others haggle over twenty nine to thirty cents. The peddler boasts of selling over 80 000 strops and exits, leaving a stunned silence.
A Helena Independent report recalls a Chateau County District Court case where two men were sentenced to ten years but received three more after a remark by the worse offender. The judge quipped about ten more years if the man continued, while the other prisoner chose silence. one man was freed, the other remained imprisoned.
A German brary proprietor verses thrift by charging patrons for book wear. One book returned with holes on pages nineteen and twenty prompted his remark about the damage.
Gen Toombs in Liberty Hall quoted to Alexander H Stephens and quipped Dont you agree with me Mr Stephens All but the damn Generel all but the damn. The remark reflects vanity and front line bias as some rush forward while others fall back.
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