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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1894
Page
4
A late 19th century miscellany covers somnambulist sermons and a bishop’s nightly observation, a banknote cipher tale from Paris, daring mutiny on a Tahiti bound schooner, a frog child in Birmingham, a parrot driven home invasion, drought era lake draining plans, cheap cheat money for burials in China, and a veteran Paris cab accident.
The speaker imagines a rainy morning limiting play but, after study, seeks outdoor adventures. He likens haystacks to seas and rafters to masts, imagining dives and oceanic exploits as he envisions a diver’s life. The verse plays with childhood rambunctious imagination and nautical metaphor.
A playful rooster named Dick becomes a ship’s mascot aboard a Columbian naval parade voyage. Bought in the West Indies, he survives a mock duel with his own reflection on the quarterdeck ventilator and later enjoys shore leaves at Ensenada in the Argentine Republic. The amusing antics delight the crew during the journey.
A California girl named Jennie Friend, turning ten, nurtures a giant pumpkin for the Sacramento fair. She tends a private garden plot with steady watering and care, aiming to grow the biggest pumpkin California has seen.
A girl tends a pumpkin that grows unusually large drawing crowds to her garden. Pride follows a fall when Jennie, leaning over the ripe fruit, crashes into it. Her father warns that attempting to win a prize by risk may invite disaster.
The Washington Star reports striking cases of long service and late activity in U S Supreme Court history. Notable figures include Justice Blatchford at 73 with sharp faculties, Chief Justice Taney on the bench to 88, Chief Justice Marshall to 80, and Justice Waite retiring at 72.
Experiments at Phoracliffe Iron Works Sheffield show oil distilled from coke ovens heating tests at large boilers. The process, run by Stith, uses steam jets to mix oil with firing places, achieving high temperatures and pressure. If successful, the oil could cut coal use amid industry shut downs.
Lord Burton’s twenty pointer deer killed in Glenquoich Forest draws notice for its unusual features. The stag’s body size is modest relative to its massive head, shot through the back at 200 yards, and it is reportedly the only known twenty pointer from a Scotch forest, with ten brow tines and a seven palmated crown on each horn.
A storekeeper in the Australian colonies hired a Celestial painter to craft a Chinese sign to attract emigrants. The sign amused the crowd, prompting a later English rendering that warned, Do not buy anything here, storekeeper Broyne.
A Pennsylvanian heiress hoards wealth with a special pocket worn under her dress. She carries diamonds and cash valued around a large sum and distrusts banks or deposits, fearing theft despite her riches. The article cites The Jeweler's Weekly.
Boston authorities long ago arrested William Doyle and found a deposit book for the Providence Institution for Saving showing a 30 deposit. He served his sentence and vanished. It later emerged he died in Charlestown leaving no heir. Legal actions began five years ago with no claimant. Last week the found deposit, now about 12 100, was turned over to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
An Indianapolis Journal excerpt quotes a tall man and a fat man debating football spirit and student behavior. They discuss tickets being bought and resold as students seek a business education while engaging in Greek and French studies alongside plays.
A collage of ad style lines and quirky anecdotes features Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant for lung issues and a puzzled party scene about lemonade and a "good Byueuser" amid scattered notes on Bible borrowing and Sulphur Soap.
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