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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1894
Page
3
The Indiana Fair Grounds offer top facilities with well planned departments all near each other for easy viewing. The stock exhibit runs September 17 to 22 and will showcase livestock from major stock raising interests nationwide.
A roundup of recent Indiana items reports prison breaks at Logansport, fatal accidents from various causes including traffic and farming mishaps, a sawed escape, and notable deaths. It notes new lines for Elwood and Kokomo factory plans, reunions for Indiana regiments, disasters from storms, and local arrests, with multiple personal tragedies and community updates.
The piece recounts Molly Stark surviving Bennington and becoming a matriarch to many Stark descendants in New Hampshire. It notes that in the Stark district of Manchester, most Stark names have faded, with only a few bearers remaining, and mentions a girl in Alameda California who shares the name in lineage to the Bennington heroine.
The article notes a young girl who practices piano four hours daily yet remains among those unable to travel out of town. It highlights the contrast between dedication and missed opportunities in the community.
A passenger recounts a young man forcing a rubber baby, swinging it by the robe and shaking its head against the door frame as two women and a writer witness. He asserts ownership, exits, leaving the damaged toy on the seat as the train halts.
Senator Hoar supports women’s suffrage arguing military service should not define voting rights. He notes many adults avoid war or are exempt by profession, while women bear war burdens and nurses represent a crucial, valued profession in modern society.
The article notes heavy nails and trampling injure ground whether wet or dry, with trampling making soil hard and water repellent. It discusses worn wagon lanes in fields, showing bare tracks yet richer soils along the beaten path, implying foot and wagon traffic affects soil fertility. Exchange.
Western farmers shift to crop rotation as land dries up. A Mason County farmer notes two of five crops should be clover to boost profits within five years, while corn and clover alternation increases yields in the East and Midwest. Taxpayers focus on actions over words.
A Dayton Tennessee woman recounts eight years of illness ending with a dramatic recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The interview, inspired by a Chattanooga Press report, highlights renewed health, restored appetite, and renewed purpose for a mother and her family. The article promotes the pills as a cure for various female and nervous ailments, listing claimed benefits and urging readers to obtain them from druggists or by mail.
A reflective line from W D Howells notes the self-inflicted death is a deeply personal act and not a deliberate act for others' good. The remark ranks suicide beneath political assassination in its perceived motive and impact.
Farmers report Salter's new world winter wheat yields from 40 to 100 bushels per acre with many claiming 160 bushels, and monster winter rye at 70 bushels per acre. John A. Salzer Seed Co of Crosset Wis offers catalogs and samples for 4 cents postage. Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised. Fort Wayne Business College mentioned.
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