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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1890
Page
5
A vivid piece blends a cheerful song of Aunt Jemima's quilt with a stark tale of a forgotten woman found dead under street steps. The story traverses light domestic art and a winter night’s grim poverty, ending in a pauper’s grave.
Miss Ransom, telegraph operator and station agent on the Columbia and Port Deposit line, warned an Italian superintendent as a blasted rock collapsed a trestle above the Susquehanna. With a river in flood and communication down, she crossed the swift current by plank to reach safety and warn of an incoming northbound train.
Miss Random, facing a swollen river and a looming train, used a plank to reach safety after being swept toward the broken trestle. She steadied herself, grabbed timber, and emerged exhausted but alive just as the train halted on the curve. She later married the engineer she saved.
A Oshkosh physician named Barber advised burying a contagious patient immediately, then the man unexpectedly recovered. Years later a Canadian doctor’s relative prompted a discussion of burial, prompting Barber to quip that he was the only doctor with a vacant grave, a remark echoed in local talk.
A new paint claims to preserve metal from rust and resist heat cold and various chemicals. When applied to sheet metal the coating remains unaffected by warm water steam acids alkalis ammonia gas and hydrogen sulfide. The main ingredient is iron silicate from decomposed granite near natural deposits. Pave as he qoee a paymaster on a railroad.
A sociological view on the tramp problem estimates 45 000 professional tramps east of the Rockies, their health literacy and trades, and the social costs of their vagabond lifestyle. A San Francisco piece details a self styled doctor promising dimples via plaster and electricity for 5 to 10 dollars, alongside notes on nose and mouth shaping services.
The St Louis Republic argues dueling is common in European and other nations, citing 1890 figures: about 4,000 duels with 700 deaths and 4,800 minor injuries among 8,000 principals, France lower at 40 percent casualty rate while others hover around 80 percent. It notes legal penalties for injuring or killing an adversary.
Naphths C L Simonds of Lynn constructed a steam carriage for personal use capable of ten miles per hour. Weighing 400 pounds, it carries two passengers, resembles a standard coach at the front with no horse provisions, and uses cycle wheels with rubber tires. The engine sits behind the seat in a porcupine boiler weighing 100 pounds, powered by naphtha flames from three jets, and a seven hour supply in cylinders with a ten gallon water tank. Steering is via a crank wheel on the footboard allowing control of engine and steering simultaneously.
Concrete, long used mainly in harbor works, has recently found broader use in railway construction both domestically and internationally. Its benefits include reducing reliance on costly building stone or clay for brick structures, enabling sturdier masonry and brickwork at reduced expense.
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