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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1896
Page
6
A playful poem from the Northwestern Journal of Education describes rain as a carriage carried by a breeze. The drops travel across land until the cloud carriage breaks and the frightened youngsters tumble to the ground, then are carried home by a brooklet.
An experiment shows a waterfilled tumbler and a paper card arched by moist vapor. A corked vial inserts a paper man and a manikin that rises when the card arches in opposite direction, producing a brief floating display.
A London post office keeps cats funded by estimates for their meat at St. Martin’s-le-Grand and staff care, with litters born in odd spots and adopted off site. The second section lists presidents’ deaths with ages and causes from Washington to Harrison.
The note lists U S presidents and their deaths: William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia after a cold in 1841 at 68. John Tyler died Jan 12 1862 at 72. James K Polk died July 15 1849 after cholera relapse. Zachary Taylor died 1850 at 66 from cholera morbus or cold. Millard Fillmore died 1874 at 74 from paralysis. Franklin Pierce died 1869 at 65 from abdominal dropsy. James Buchanan died 1868 at 77 from rheumatic gout. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated April 14 1865 and died April 15 aged 56. Grants, Garfields, Arthurs, and Hayes are described as recent memories.
New York City yields the largest annual cat fur supply globaly with about 60 000 skins valued around 25000 dollars. Scavengers supply most cat skins sourced from the city refuse and funeral barrels. Dead cats are processed into fur garments and even soap with a large plant on Roosevelt Island handling disposal and extraction.
Rochester used money prizes to eradicate the caterpillar pest. In 1800s to 1804 pupils collected cocoons, with top scorers reaching over 1.5 million cocoons and prizes ranging from 2 to 40 dollars in gold. The Genesee Valley Forestry Association sponsored the effort, conducted privately and publicly witnessed.
A humorous exploration shows how the name John Smith transforms across languages and regions. Examples include Johanous Smithus in Tac in, Giovanni Smithi in Italian, Juan Siithus in Spanish, Hans Schmidt in Dutch, Jean Sumeets in French, and Yoe Seet in Turkish.
A London Spectator fragment describes an elephant at the Zoological Gardens attracting attention by a child tossing a biscuit toward the animal. The elephant repeatedly retrieves the biscuit with its trunk and plays with a flute held by the child, creating humorous scenes that occurred multiple times.
Readers learn about farming prospects in the Northwest with wheat prices reported under fifty cents a bushel. The note frames agricultural income challenges and regional conditions influencing crop returns.
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