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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1898
Page
4
A collage of brief vignettes and misheard speech from various figures and epochs. A duchess’s blunt mercy, children misquoting adults, a discussion of identity and memory, and humorous mishaps with elephants and parrots. The narrative also touches on royal courtships, church offertories, and a dramatic canoe crossing amid ice.
An English army officer recalls a January crossing of the St Lawrence at Quebec carried by Canadian boatmen through a river roiled with moving ice. He describes their skill and the perilous conditions faced during the voyage.
A survey of opulent mausoleums built by wealthy individuals in America. Notable examples include Schiff's granite tomb with grand colonnades and bronze doors costing at least 510,000, Dr Clark Dunlop's marble tomb at 1100,000, William Foster's Moorish design at 1100,000, Mills of Peekskill's 150,000 tomb, and Chauncey Depew's 825,000 classic mausoleum.
Four candidates fail the British army eye tests due to defective vision. The test requires counting black dots on a card from ten feet with both eyes and each eye separately, showing the challenge of passing with imperfect sight.
A silk vest worn by Charles I at his execution sells for 200 guineas in London while debates over its authenticity continue. The item’s history traces through Dr. Hobbs to Susannah Dobbs and Temple Stanger, with later ownership passing to Admiral D Aeth.
Susannah Bransford Emery of Salt Lake City rose from poverty to wealth within five years as the widow of a miner. She developed mining property once deemed worthless, found a pay streak in the Sliver King mine, and now earns close to $100,000 annually.
Mrs Em ery, a busy widow, profits from the Grand Central gold prospect in the Mutie Eureka mining district. In one year the mine paid about $10,000, and she recently refused a $100,000 offer to sell her interest. Some prospectors claim the venture may rival Broken Hill’s silver lode.
A playful yet factual note on hair as a harvest comparable to grain. It explains a human hair market in the Jower Pyrenees held weekly where buyers inspect peasant girls’ hair and pay on the spot. Dealers judge by texture and the way hair lies to distinguish cut from combed locks.
An American traveler resting in Yuste, Spain, is disturbed when the innkeeper’s wife discovers rows of nutty bedscrews used for rotten bread rising. The tale is paired with a fireman’s daring rescue in Chicago, recounting a sixth floor escape during a carpet sweeper factory blaze.
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A fragment describes Sandwich residents fostering early swimming in children, emphasizing their deep love of the sea and playful water activities far from shore.
English writing master Frederick Falconer proposes teaching left handed writing to prevent writers cramp. He argues nature provides two hands and that early instruction in both hands would end the reliance on the right hand and spare writers from cramps.
A cleric recalls a party of younger men teasing Mr. Gladstone about Homer. The prime minister calmly invites a challenge, then tests the speaker with a Greek passage and recites lines from memory, proving his knowledge beyond doubt.
Mrs. Fremont recalls a story of a French bishop at St Tours during the Louisiana purchase. The bishop isolates with an American farming family to learn English for sermons, delivering a flawed line about being glad no smart chance of folks today. A separate anecdote tells of Graham, a poor boy refusing work on Sunday, hoping to reach heaven.
A brief note praises journalists and printers as heroes shaped by wood pulp and ink, highlighting their role in shaping public memory and information.
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