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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1893
Page
5
Poetic meditation by Frank L. Stanton about longing for a distant homeland and steady faith. The verse recalls a Gilead and a calm rainbow after storms. It expresses hope, resilience, and the eventual entry into light beyond life.
In Albuquerque a bold rescue followed the kidnapping of Col. Blecher’s daughter Helen by a gang of robbers in a lava bed fortress. Malcolm MacDonald and five companions descended into the crater, smothered the camp fire, freed Helen, and fled by boat as robbers fired. A swift counterattack by MacDonald’s men ended with the outlaws surrendering.
A Massachusetts house wired for electric lights used a live kitten to pull a wire under a floor. The cat moved through holes at each end of the room, guided by light, to haul the twine and then the wire across. A closing quip remark about aging wisdom ends the item.
Gen G A Forsyth recalls a seven day clash with Sioux and Cheyenne warriors on the Republican River island fortress in September 1868. He and 50 scouts endured hunger, relentless attack, and the loss of horses before relief troops arrived at Fort Leavenworth.
A fragment describes Valletta Malta as an extremely crowded area with Valetta cited as a compact capital at high population density. The text notes Malta’s capital as especially dense, referring to the quarter called Manderagglo and mentioning an extremely crowded city core.
The Washington Post catalogs numerous Smiths who served in the U S Senate, noting Delazon Smith of Oregon and Truman Smith of Connecticut among others. It observes two John Smiths serving simultaneously, including John Smith of New York and John Smith of Ohio, and mentions James Smith Jr of New Jersey as a current seeming anomaly in representation.
A novice female author is approached by a flamboyantly dressed woman claiming to be a composite of Jane Austin Jean Ingelow and Elizabeth Phelps Ward. The impostor asserts she has a book on everything women do and exits to escape lingering questions.
A New York City theater unveils an electric stage with a curved gauze screen and a meticulous lamp system. Fifty light and shade degrees allow sunrise imprecision. The same current powers a simulated bomb explosion and synchronized fiery scenes for dramatic effect.
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