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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1899
Page
6
The note predicts the 1900 census will record wealth of 110 billion dollars. It claims U S labor-saving machinery matches 400 million workers. It cites high illiteracy in Roumania at 89 percent and Portugal at 79 percent.
Pittsburg manufacturers are building steel cars for Egypt's railroads, prompting anticipated offense from English builders who already dislike a Philadelphia firm’s steel bridge project for the same country. The piece notes that international law does not criminalize the American practice of hustling.
A medical journal notes Gelatotherapeutists are physicians who treat ailments from bronchitis to anemia by prescribing hearty laughter. It signals opportunities for doctors to explore methods to provoke laughter such as tickling farce and puns.
Government data show American exports of manufactured goods averaging 1,000,000 dollars daily. In the first eight months of the last fiscal year there were 204 working days and total exports reached 207,000,000 dollars, up 26,000,000 dollars or fourteen percent from the same period a year earlier.
The Canadian Geological Survey issues a preliminary 1898 statement showing metallic minerals valued at 21,622,601 dollars and other minerals at 15,884,596 dollars. The total marks a near 32 percent rise from 1897, which itself rose about 27 percent from 1896.
Britain plans to invest 800000 dollars yearly for 30 years to build giant irrigation works in upper Egypt. The Nile valley currently spans about 10500 square miles, with a proposal to reclaim at least 2500 square miles of desert land within six to eight years. Construction has started on the first great dam across the river.
Mrs Stanford enlarges her late husband’s bequest by adding several millions to Stanford University funds. The move honors her husband’s wishes and reflects her intelligence fidelity and generosity.
The piece notes Spain’s remaining territorial asset, the Canaries, could fetch a quick sale to Great Britain. It argues the islands would hinder routes to India if controlled by France, Russia, or Germany, and are now largely useless to Spain after its losses in Asia and the Americas.
Global oil production exceeds five billion gallons yearly with the United States contributing two and a half billion and Russia about two and a quarter. US refining yields more illuminating oil per unit than Russia, boosting US exports to the United Kingdom and Germany in the last fiscal year.
A practical application of the automobile is promised soon in St. Louis as the initiative is led by the Terminal Board, aiming to promote widespread vehicle use and related infrastructure.
The text discusses jurisdiction over the bridge to East St. Louis and proposes supplementing an electric car service with electrically powered or air driven automobile stages. The aim is to ease streetcar burden and serve the public by routing vehicles through key business districts and linking to street railroad networks at the bridge entrance.
The article argues that fears of England exhausting coal within fifty years lack foundation and cites alternatives such as liquefied air tides electricity and other inventive power sources that could largely replace coal long before coal fields run dry.
The London Lancet attributes the recent influenza epidemic to poor air flow. It argues better ventilation in homes and places of business would reduce infections and notes churches and chapels as hotbeds due to crowded gatherings and weakened resistances.
A London Mail feature describes the takahe or notornis of New Zealand as an extraordinarily valued bird, first seen in 1849, with subsequent specimens sent to European museums, noted for its blue plumage, short tail, nonfunctional wings, strong claws, and a unique pink hornlike bill.
Greek ecclesiastical authorities in Aleppo resolve a case of mixed newborns resembling Solomons judgment. A mother and her daughter each claim the female infant as theirs after mix up at birth. The chief rules that the beautfiul child belongs to the daughter, citing the daughter's first child status, while the elder mother relinquishes claim due to prior handsome offspring.
An aphoristic quip from a Chicago Tribune feature notes a humorous take on budget and willpower. A speaker jokes that the weighing machine reveals no coins, mocking the saying there is a will to pay, and the burden of finance in a pointed pun.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Record about a wife buying a $15 hat that lasts three years and adds $5 worth of new trimmings each season to keep it fresh. The dialogue highlights thrift and evolving fashion within a light domestic vignette.
A Chicago Record excerpt notes a landlady removing a tea store chrome of strawberries from a dining room after it caused boarders to demand extra rhubarb pie. The humorous remark highlights domestic quirks and shared meals.
A collage of quips and cartoons about marriage days off and suitors. Jokes reference inviting guests for weddings and changeable moods of lovers with playful exchanges, as seen in Chicago era humor.
We bought a lawn mower at the Montague auction. Maria says it is our old one, borrowed and never returned. The exchange hints the item circulated and now prompts ownership questions.
A collage of quips on nature affecting people, a joke about lawn rheumatism, a cartoonish basketball explanation, and a gag about an ice crop. The Chicago papers provide short witticisms and banter, reflecting playful social humor.
A mother notes Hiram's late return through the back alley and hints the umpire belongs to the losing club. The Maid reports finding a four-leaved clover with marriage rumors, while The Bachelor jokes about omen luck. A local resident identifies an elderly hymn writer Borgless from the county poorhouse.
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