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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1890
Page
4
Poem fragment urging cheer through life and love. Youth urged to endure and sing despite sorrow, with lines about finding joy in a merry world and continuing to whistle even as life ends. The text presents a lyric reflection on resilience through affection and time.
In the summer of 1886 Charlie Cameron and Teddie O’Brien rescue a train from a waterspout near Texas Creek and Canon City. They ride a handcar through Jones’s gulch, dodge debris, and signal the locomotive to back away from the flood. The pair reach safety at Canon City amid cheers, earning gold watches from the railroad.
The Dry Goods Chronicle argues paternalism fails in Russian sericulture as the Caucasus uses vast mulberry forests but silk output stays low at 36 000 poods, while 6 000 000 roubles value. imports rise, exports fall, despite improved reeling and new foreign machinery under protection.
A Buffalo street scene describes a child walking on Morgan street with a pitcher of milk and a daisied hat. A puff of wind sends the hat into the path of a large cowl wagon drawn by a grimy team. The teamster halts, the hat is freed, and the child retrieves it as the wagon passes.
The piece compares Vice Admiral Tryon’s choice to go down with the Victoria to legendary acts of courage. It recalls General Custer’s refusal of rescue, the Brule blanket tale, and Navy lore that captains who lose ships rarely command again. It cites Herndon at the academy monument and a pre Civil War mail steamer sinking.
A Detroit Free Press item tells of a beggar who enters a photo gallery paying upfront, insists he resembles no notable swindler, and poses with a wary look. The resulting image sells well, yet none reach the family album as the man foresees no change in fortune.
A writer questions abandoning literary life for commerce to provide for children. The critic argues true poetry comes from a divine mandate, not a deliberate choice between art and wealth, citing Matthew Arnold as a contrast between art and trade.
A brief reflection on the fleeting nature of literary influence and the challenge for writers to balance shifting cultural and critical pressures without claiming lasting significance. The author notes the difficulty of securing durable value amid changing tastes and circumstances.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes errors in Verne and Dickens, citing PhD level absurdities and literary overreaching. It highlights Verne's 9 50 clock mismatch, Dickens spontaneous combustion claim, and Eliot’s boat debris paradox showing misapplied physics.
A critic argues that Chinese paper endures longer due to pulp choices while American newspaper stock is intentionally cheap. The piece defends low-cost white paper as enabling mass journalism, insisting value lies in durability with ink, readability, and cost, and warns against price hikes harming daily diffusion of information.
New York dominates piano production with many warehouses shaping the concert business. An expert cites five million pianos in the country and ten million who can play a little. Uprights replace square pianos. old pianos end up in boardinghouses and odd spots, auction prices as low as fifteen dollars.
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