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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1895
Page
5
A reflective verse warns that age slows and power fades as the speaker declares their own turn at authority. It compares years to men, noting that promises are swift while fulfillment is slow, and that public judgment will follow with the passage of another year.
A New York charity committee selects festive parlor activities such as evergreen bells, a post office card station for Sunday school, and a cotton snowball gift game. Articles urge prudent Christmas celebration, warning against excess, greed, debt, and waste while urging spiritual economy and humane joy.
The article discusses indoor and outdoor games for children, listing activities like The Circus and Jack-of-All-Trades and outlining daytime games such as The Boy Hunters and Robinson Crusoe. It notes evening options include Anagrams and shadow pantomimes and warns against decadence and wasteful behavior during Christmas.
A church or Sunday school proposal suggests a Christmas arch crafted by a skilled carpenter. The design includes an upper section with wires stretched across for attaching decorative elements, enabling a festive display as described by the Ladies' Home course.
A satirical note on Christmas rituals and sly exchanges. It jokes that a quarter is given with a five dollar return expectation, mocks the season as a hard winter, and lampoons generous but burdensome gifts and social rituals. It ends with a quip about wives and charged presents.
Dialogue captures Mrs Gassam planning a Christmas gift for her husband with help from Brother Jack, Mrs Maddox critiquing women’s cigar buying, and a judge interjecting. The scene shifts to New Year cheer and a playful legend about debts, ending with Newlyweds sharing festive wishes and risqué holiday humor.
A colloquial voice recalls riding a grocery cart with friends, a cross shopkeeper’s whip, and playful defiance. The narrator imagines growing up to become a missionary like a relative while referencing exotic places and a grandmother’s lack of exposure to a western show, mixing humor and childlike wonder.
A humorous pastiche in dialect recounts a child’s wish list and Christmas behavior as taught by a mother and father. The piece quotes Eugene Field and evokes family scenes about Santa, manners, and holiday prep with a folksy didactic voice.
Willy prepares for bed as his mother notes his slower, devout prayers. He says Christmas is week after next and promises a long list of requests, hinting at a hopeful season ahead.
Senate session under two hours on Tuesday featured about 100 bills and a Barrett led impeachment resolution against Thomas F. Bayard for remarks at Edinburgh. House debate included a controversial resolution to probe Bayard and impeach or act. Cannon's amends removed the impeachment clause. Senate discusses port entry, Peffer on funeral costs, and Armenian cruelty concerns. House hears Grow on tariff and currency. both adjourn to Monday.
The December returns from the department of agriculture show farm price averages for December 1. Corn 26.7 cents, wheat 63.2, rye 43.7, oats 20.5, barley 35.4, buckwheat 40.2, hay 0.38 per ton, tobacco 0.6 cents, potatoes 2.8 cents per bushel. Winter wheat conditions nationwide 81.4 percent. State figures list Ohio 74, Indiana 80, Illinois 79, Kansas 80, Nebraska 60, Iowa 102. Acreage sown for 1808 harvest estimated at 23,847,000 acres.
A receiver was appointed in Kansas City for the Pennsylvania Investment Company. The Cleveland Chamber of Commerce planned a new building and site worth half a million dollars. Kirkham cold storage buildings in Anderson Indiana were wrecked by a natural gas explosion. Harry Gaither was severely injured but likely ok.
AMelange of items including bicycle trends in London, fur sources in northern climates, cautions about lung symptoms, and literary notes. Mentions of Brown’s remedy for throat trouble, Glenn’s beautifier, Hill’s dye, and Piso’s Cure for consumption. Also includes a divorce suit from Des Moines and holiday excursion notices.
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