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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1893
Page
9
Mrs Pounce narrates a pound bargain saga in a Brownstone let story. An old gentleman, a curly haired bride to be and a stern rival bid against each other. The twist: Barbara and Josh discover they jointly secured the house for 400 pounds a year and marry within a month.
Deputy Bud Moore returns to Walnut Grove with a cheerful mood as Tillie jilts him for Charlie Long. Bud confronts Jim Ross in a standoff, kills Ross and is mortally wounded. In his final hours he reconciles, then kills Long, dying with a grim, defiant grin and a boast about his clean sweep.
A fragmentary verse describes a private chamber as if the absent figure still rests there. The lines hint at youthful memory and longing, noting glorified light and the pillow that once supported her head. The piece ends with a cryptic signature phrase and an odd aside.
A four month old lion from Baroum & Bailey's show, housed in Central Park Menagerie, was shot after officials concluded brain disease caused suffering. Felix McDonald oversaw the case as the cub staggered and failed to move, with the brain later found thick with blood clots.
Alaska's mighty Yukon will host regular side wheel steamers for trade. The steamer P Ko Weare, built in Seattle and assembled on St Michael's Island, will run 2290 miles upriver establishing trading posts. It will carry goods gold dust furs and an assaying outfit with a snowmill for timber and mining tools. Navigation is limited to July to September with three or four trips annually.
A Kentucky Baptist minister recalls a trial where a man was charged with unbecoming levity after kissing his wife in the meeting house. He faced possible dismissal but avoided it by promising to kiss only at home in the future. The report sits amid other oddities and curious items from the era.
On a Thanksgiving day Mary admits buying the pie and cake ready made while John, aged and weary, sits at a lit hearth. He confesses to a secret, then leads a fervent, grateful grace. Outside, a chilly wind and snowfall contrast the warm domestic scene.
Captain E Lambart reports six week tests on aluminum horseshoes in field dragoons show lighter weight by two thirds to three quarters and better foot preservation than iron. Although cost is higher, reduced coal use and constant metal value offset. Forging requires precise low temperatures, but light shoes benefit fast work and carrying more spares on campaigns. Prediction: aluminum shoes may become standard for cavalry and artillery horses soon.
Maxwell, in the Lewiston guard room, recounts the 19th century scene of Frank Almy’s capture and a fatal shot. He says two thousand armed bystanders surrounded the barn, Almy fired to scare the crowd, and a shooter behind a stone wall fired a Winchester, breaking Almy’s leg.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a burglary in a home where Alice Mary and Lottie Evans slept ended with the intruder confronted by the trio and a third girl assaulting him. A mob rescued the intruder, but the crowd dispersed and the culprit went missing, later found dying in a boarding house. The incident draws attention to Pennsylvania women.
Damascus, long noted as an ancient trade and travel hub, remains a verdant desert town with martial and sacred ties spanning thirty centuries. Ancient tradition credits its founding to Us son of Aram and grandson of Shem, with biblical mentions linked to Abraham.
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