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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1894
Page
5
A vintage nursery tale recounts a blue eyed French doll in sweet outfits and a torn stockinet doll with a shy heart. He woos her with tender lines but she calls for mamma in a motherly tone, ending with the dolls’ wedding and a baby voice heard in the distance.
Mr Reuben Goldsmid, a wealthy London jeweller, hires Cyrus Trotter to install a domestic defense system. A cruel miscalculation backfires as his own doorway triggers bear traps and a machine gun, trapping him and the police before Higgins frees them. Trotter gloats, Goldsmid vows to discard the devices.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat reported in Asheville that a green chestnut tree in the Pisgah range emitted smoke from its base each morning. Revenue agent A H Vanderford, with officers, uncovered a tunnel and blockade under the tree and found Amos Owens asleep, who confessed to expecting detection.
In Japan ten acres defines a large farm and most farms are much smaller. Cultivation aims to maximize output with land supporting a family. Future advances with abundant labor and better cultivation could vastly exceed past achievements.
Two men riding downtown discuss self awareness and bodily habits after a silk hat man tests his own senses. He discovers he is right-handed, left-eyed, right-jawed, and right-legged in daily actions such as telephone use, stairs, and chewing. He plans further self study.
The Khedive improves Koobeb four miles northeast of Cairo, creating a neat two room mud brick village with cooking and washing facilities. A modern desert station guards the palace and estate. Water is pumped from adjacent canals to irrigate the area and power ideas for future energy use. Illustrated London News. A Visit to the bath tub costs less than one to the doctor.
At a Royal Geographical Society meeting Dr. G S Robertson discussed the unknown land of Kafiri stan. He described the Kafirs as brave, independent, yet envious and secretive, with idolatry and ancestor worship, living in deep, narrow valleys difficult to traverse. He noted limited exploration and dangerous conditions for outsiders.
An Indian resident recalls a tiger stalking a bullock bait in a leaf dry clearing. The tiger advances with inaudible steps, balancing on a stump, then attacks just as the rope is noticed, retreating before capture. In another note a man executed his father for revenge, a grim schoolhouse tale.
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