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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1899
Page
6
A murder trial room holds scattered ballots from a jury with fourteen votes. Analysis shows varying handwriting and spelling across ballots, suggesting diverse linguistic backgrounds among jurors. The article notes independence of each juror's vote and hints at broad implications for trust in the legal system.
An overview of ancient war chariots with Florence’s unique Biga dil Frassino as a 14th century B C example. Describes chassis, yoke, harness, reins, and wheel construction, plus variations among Egyptians, Assyrians, Greeks, Persians, and Britons. Notes chariots transitioned from battlefield to the Hippodrome and Homeric imagery mirrored in historic racing.
The text explains metal forms used for grasping by warriors leaping into chariots, the front part for reins and traces of wheel horses, and a leather cover on triumphal chariots to ward off missiles with later versions using strong wooden sides.
Lieut Winston Leonard Churchill, praised for defense of the armored train at Cheveley and yet captured, is a 25 year old English officer noted as a soldier writer and politician. He is the son of the late Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Churchill and has served as Boer war correspondent and combatant. The Churchill name traces back to descendants of the famous Winston line.
A veteran soldier of diverse campaigns is noted for his brave service. His maternal grandfather is American Leonard Jerome. He served in the Spanish army in Cuba in 1895, fought in India, and earned a bravery medal with Kitchener at the Battle of Omdurman. The Duchy of Marlborough has passed to English nobility.
A historical note surveys clergy boosting incomes through magazine contributions and hymn writing as Parliament debates their pay. It cites a Norfolk rector who tills as a nurseryman in spare time, specializing in roses on the Broads, drawing visitors.
A London Mail piece notes clergymen in various counties turning to side businesses. From advertising roses and plants to zonal pelargoniums, silk hat paste invention, poultry and canaries, geology specimens, and bee farming, many schemes rely on country living to prosper.
Austrian engineer Francis Rychnowski of Lemberg unveils electroid a mysterious matter produced by electric current. It emits a scent and breeze, refreshing air and opening windows in perception though closed. It supposedly speeds plant growth preserves organic matter and effects unseen mechanical and optical phenomena through walls and glass.
In Servia a weekly newspaper publisher Maher has endured sixteen publishers in two years as government condemnation drives many from the field. Fifteen have fallen, and the sixteenth awaits trial for the same offense, amid a climate of coercion and fear.
An old countryman takes his wife to a lantern show about the microscope. The water creatures entertain until water tigers grow to twelve feet and threaten the couple. Janet pleads to leave, but John urges them to stay and watch the spectacle.
Two explorer parties in the Rocky Mountains stumble on a new pass after perilous escapes. Meanwhile Horstetter s Stomach Bitters is praised for aiding digestion making bowels regular and the liver active. Try it.
The Russian government forms a committee of technical experts to test a new conical caisson by engineer L Astorchoff in the Neva river. The inventor claims the device can be used under water at much lower atmospheric pressure than existing cages.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio claiming catarrh is constitutional and that the cure works systemically. It offers $100 if it fails and urges readers to send for circulars and testimonials. Sold by Druggists u 760.
Dialogue from the New York Journal features an elderly man aged 70 declaring he has never used tobacco, urging the younger boy to hurry and learn before he dies. The exchange highlights a moral or cautionary tone typical of late 19th or early 20th century newspaper humor.
The John M. Smyth Co of Chicago warns that no agents travel the country selling goods on their behalf. Impostors pose as Smyth representatives to take cash and notes from victims. The firm declares it has no agents and urges the public to beware of fraudsters.
No Currency, Mrs Parke So you came direct from New York Sandy Pikes Yesum I come from New York to Chicago without change The ad of T M Roberts Supply House in another part of this paper should be of interest to everyone desiring bargaining in household goods Get their complete catalogue of everything you need before making purchases.
A claim credits Pacut-she with compiling the world’s oldest dictionary, said to date a thousand years before Christ, highlighting the Chinese lexicon as foundational to language study.
The ad promotes Grain-O as a grain based drink replacing coffee, safe for children and adults, claiming mocha like color, low price of 3 cents per cup and available in 150 and 2k per package, sold by grocers. It also notes Berlin coachmen include seven retired officers, three petty officers, and sixteen nobles, and recommends Eagle Linen paper for printers.
Isaac Brock of McLennan County Texas claims to be 211 years old born in 1788 and credits Peruna for his health and age. He praises Dr Hartman’s remedy as best for coughs colds catarrh and diarrhoea noting it meets all his medical needs and is especially valuable to the elderly. He says a free book on catarrh is available from The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
A fast express derailed on a sandy Arizona riverbank spilling into three feet of water. Passengers, including many women, scramble amid broken glass and debris as exits jam. A determined woman commands, Let me out, or I’ll break a window, and insists on escape.
An unclear OCR fragment promotes natural health ideas urging readers to listen to progress and avoid forceful methods. It references laxatives and liver health while mentioning creative thinking and positive actions. Occasional garbled phrases obscure full meaning.
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