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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
7
Wilton battles the gale across the Big Muskeg portage as rime and wind sap his strength. He reaches the snowbound surface but the ice gives way twenty five feet from shore, and with Joe’s body in his arms he sinks beneath the peaty slush.
Molly McDonald nurses Wilton Carruthers after he falls through thin ice at Big Muskeg portage. He arrives with Joe Bostock’s body. Molly saves him, tends his frostbitten limbs and a broken arm, and keeps him hidden as danger from Tom Bowyer and others looms. McDonald rages at threats to abandon the post.
Joe Bostock railroad builder is shot and killed while scouting a swamp on Big Muskeg. Wilton Carruthers chief engineer is wounded with a broken arm but vows to move Bostock’s body to a Hudson’s Bay Company station where factor McDonald oversees the post.
Bowyer advances no further as Whilton delivers a decisive first round shot to Bowyer’s mouth, ending the contest early.
A slave agent offers a book to live twenty four hours a day. A hard faced woman with a no account husband and six children running a boarding house says she already lives twenty four hours a day and needs a season pass to a movie house.
A party of five youths in a small car followed a larger vehicle in Greencastle when one boy lit a giant cannon cracker and tossed it at the back of the big car. The blast caused a brake screech and the group halted to inspect tire damage before continuing.
The piece describes a deep sea diver’s ordeal as he dons his suit. The initial pressure, rising anger, and fear culminate in a near-drowning risk when hauled to the surface as water floods the helmet.
The writer discusses a polar flight plan from Cape to Cape Columbia totaling about 1 760 miles and up to 2 000 miles with deviation. The aim is to assess chances of drift and determine how to navigate the polar basin by air rather than by sea. The article notes the pole lacks distinct features for easy recognition.
Tobe Smithers and Gabe Gunshaw of Mount Piggy in the Ozarks were guests of a Big Burg hotel. After retiring, they were awakened by a fire chief’s siren and a frantic exclamation. Gunshaw asks what happened, Smathers suspects a late night track.
The passage describes John and Mary, children of a close friend of a Woman. John is plump while Mary is thin and weighed weekly. Mary laments her weight, comparing herself to a string bean while John mocks her, then Mary jokes she would hate to be a watermelon like him.
A footpad halts a passerby and demands the time then punches the man in the face. The victim retorts with a jab, and the assailant departs, reportedly with a witty remark about a second hand.
Speech from a bride and groom hints at changes in a wedding rite with the question Who giveth this woman in marriage removed and the alternative of a hill of sale possibly required. The dialogue suggests alterations to traditional nuptial protocol.
Five year old Buddy with a collie shows kindness as he feeds a hungry stray. His mother agrees to let the dog stay overnight after George asks for sympathy. A passerby offers $25 for the dog but the boy remains loyal.
Commentator suggests Spain should even social costs by trimming bachelors pay, proposing a weekly three dollar lunch and transport allowance as a practical correction. The piece adds a provocative note that “There is no religion higher than the truth.”
The text urges women near Bad s to seek prompt care for fatigue and low ambition. It promotes L E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as specially adapted to correct such troubles, listing Indian location nearby and a postal box in Larwill. The fragment presents a general health tip with a product endorsement.
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