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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1889
Page
7
Reporters describe widespread hardship in Finnish villages as heavy snow binds remote areas and food supplies dwindle. The Canadian war scare adds tension while railway workers struggle amid frozen conditions.
The North Finnish famine worsens as snowbound villages threaten starvation. Many Finns, weakened by past harvest failure, consider emigrating to North America. Swedes rally to renew aid subscriptions while Finns look to Sweden for relief amid limited Russian support.
An old ship owner says the three Canadian cruisers built at Owen Sound Ontario are much smaller than claimed and carry only one small gun each. He notes two large lake vessels launched in Toledo and suggests they could be converted into formidable warships. One cutter sails Georgian Bay while the other two operate in Nova Scotian waters.
Silas Wl. RB Jones, 78, a Portland, Oregon migrant who married the daughter of ex County Auditor Stiles, was arrested in Kokomo by a Denver officer on bigamy charges. He is the brother of Rev J O Jones, a Kokomo minister, with a son who serves as Portland probate judge and another who sits in the Oregon legislature.
Off the Spain coast storms guard the Atlantic with numerous deaths. The vessel Maria Joaquina reached Vigo in disabled condition after losing its rudder and mast. Its captain was killed and two seamen drowned. The Maria Teresa sank near San Lucar with eight sailors drowned.
An unidentified man was found dead in Kramer and Benedict's co house north of Elwood Indiana. He was of medium build with light hair and mustache and had apparently been dead for several hours. He wandered in and froze to death before waking. Marshall Hunter notified Coroner Armington of Anderson who conducted an inquest. A torn scrap of a caper tear contained the address Nd Miller Alleghany City Pa.
An attempt to wreck a passenger train on the Central Railroad of Georgia near Waynesboro resulted in the engine and tender toppling. Fireman Hleary Hoops was trapped for three hours before rescue. Wrecker still at large with injuries non fatal. Sagittario Mark Edwards, 66, a noted eccentric, died at home outside the village. Charles Johnson and Jack Hall fought in San Francisco with Johnson prevailing.
The cold weather brings heavy business for winter goods as citizens endure subzero temperatures. From Chicago to Kansas, ice and snow disrupt travel, with dunes of frost and frozen rivers. trains run late, and multiple regions report their coldest spell in years.
A severe snowstorm hits Nashville and nearby areas while a mad dog bites occur in Alexandria Minnesota. Secretary Tracy plans to practice law in New York. A mountain lion terrifies suburbs of Spokane Washington. Fourteen Oklahoma invaders are jailed in Wichita Kansas. A union-forming law is pressed for village incorporation. An arunte mission to bring Islam to the United States is raised in Bombay. A freight train derailment near De Soto Missouri kills brakeman Daniel Grenn. An axe-wielding Williamsburg Colorado attacker targets a schoolteacher John Voortin by teeth-pulling. Executive committees of the National Association of Democratic Clubs decide to keep club work in Washington.
The Senate discusses Nicaragua Canal measures and census probe. Peffer and Palmer oppose anti option bill while Hunton defends McGarrahan bill. The House passes Apache land restoration, considers lighthouses and navigation aids, and adjourns for holidays. A humorous tale follows about a lady who sits in the pulpit by mistake.
Ironton Missouri reports two earthquake shocks while Indian Territory endures a weeklong blizzard. Missouri Governor Firarcin seeks Interior post amid national tensions. Kansas City hosts Wagner Car Co shops. Tacoma parade halted streetcar and electric fines. U.S. cavalry scouts Mexican revolutionists. Rosecrans heads to Los Angeles for health. Missouri bridge work begins at Sioux City. New York Chamber of Commerce pushes national quarantine. Vice President Aleoy Servenson hosted in Anniston Alabama. Indian Territory tribes suffer food shortages, engage in ghost dance.
An elderly guest praises flattery and another retorts with a diamond analogy. Horace Walpole toasts the Duchess of Queensborough on her eightieth birthday, wishing she lives until she begins to grow up. Her ladyship quips she hopes he keeps his taste for antiquities.
Mr. J. M. Keesler of 1410 W Lombard St Baltimore Md reports Salvation Oil as a quick and permanent remedy for neuralgia in his family, claiming it effected a speedy cure for the patient.
The reverend Mr Scaddleberry recalls a guess contest that netted over $4,000 with no correct name for a doll. He notes LT did not name it, praising the owner’s clever business sense despite the oddity of the doll’s title.
The Wabash Railroad Company ends stop over privileges on all tickets effective after January 1, 1893. Passengers must buy point to point tickets. Agents will explain the new arrangement which aims to be as convenient as the old while preventing ticket manipulation.
A column notes voters will mark candidates under the Baker ballot law as “marked men” but a horse editor suggests this need not make them cross. Humor snippets include Uncle Allen Sparks on Darwinism and an endorsement for Garfield Tea as a stomach remedy.
A fragmentary excerpt shows a mock almanac tone with weather as necessary context. It includes jabber about a disordered liver and stomach blamed for ailments, and a tossed in remedy line referencing Gile Beans and Dr Browne. The text reads as a satire of medical advice and popular lore.
This fragment advertises a misnamed reply to an unnamed proconsul and promotes Laxative Gum Crors for stomach troubles. It suggests taking the product discreetly to feel cured without noticing medicine and lists small and large sizes priced at ten and twenty-five cents respectively.
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