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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1897
Page
5
A sprawling chronicle lists events from the Turkiye Greece conflict to the Cuban situation and European revolutions. It notes weather shocks in the Midwest, floods in Missouri, rail and industrial disasters, and political shifts as leadership changes unfold.
A grand Mackay tomb rises in Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn near Ninth Avenue famed for its size and design. The mausoleum features Belgian black marble and a massive stone weighing fifty tons, with twenty crypts and a throne-like interior. construction cost is listed as eight million. The piece also mentions sardine deportations in Maine and a Maryland man’s alibi in a local killing case.
A long digressive piece retells assorted tales from history and literature. It includes a Sicilian coin theft at the British Museum, Morgan’s Home Guards during Civil War alarms, an agricultural society meeting with Hamlin Garland, wedding and theater anecdotes, and notes on Dickens and Doc Wood.
A column recalls Sir Walter Scott’s early career communications with readers, including schemes to lure him into publishing a wife’s manuscript and sharing profits from a patent medicine. It notes two 1826 requests from widows, one pressing influence with Teel the home secretary and another offering to fund a benefactor’s son’s education in exchange for reading his works. Scott's sharp reflections on a “destitute widow” and a boastful claim from a young nobleman are described, along with his polite refusals and cautious replies.
In Broadway Court Brooklyn yesterday Justice Van Wart heard Ernes Wienhold and Lizzie Weinman wed. The bride explained she had never allowed him to kiss her before marriage and waited for their wedding night. The groom interrupted, then the couple left arm in arm.
A recent writer argues that the disappearance of Shakespeare manuscripts proves nothing. Only two or three signatures and a four line receipt of Moliere exist, and he was born after Shakespeare's death.
A witty reflection notes that whisky may gain character with time while aging in people does not improve with whisky, contrasting aging processes and suggesting time enhances spirits more than individuals.
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