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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1894
Page
3
The nation reels as President Cleveland issues a shelter call while rioting rocks Chicago. Tens of thousands remain idle as troops and state militia mobilize. deputy marshals rise to nearly 2,200, costing the government about 6,600 dollars daily.
The article reports President Grover Cleveland issuing a proclamation during a Cabinet meeting at Washington declaring martial law measures in Chicago Illinois. It notes U S troops were deployed to enforce federal laws and protect property amid obstructive strikes and rioting. The piece mentions casualties in Hammond and a wrecking-train incident linked to rioters opposing railroad service.
The week of upheaval shuts Dearborn Street station, halts most outbound trains, and freezes freight. Major lines including Michigan Central and Illinois Central suspend service or are blocked by wrecked cars, while the Rock Island and Lake Shore remain tied up. Troops warn rioters and urge civilians to stay home as unions vote to strike nationwide.
On Loomis street in Chicago a wrecking train crew was defended by police and National Guard. The crowd attacked and stones and gunfire were used. Soldiers charged with bayonets. One man died and seventeen were wounded, including three women and four babies among the injured.
A mob of about 1,200 miners from Spring Valley looted the White Breast Fuel Company store at Ladd Illinois on Saturday night. The stock, valued at 0,10, was destroyed. The attackers, described as Lithuanians Poles Helgians and Italians, aimed to ruin the coal company’s property.
In fashion notes from New York journals tall Spanish combs reappear as a dignified hair ornament in real tortoise shell or silver filigree. They suit middle aged women with silver hair and also look quaint on young girls when hair is styled around them. Capes rise in popularity with shorter lengths, jackets trend up, and a slight skirt shortening is expected. Mulls are likely good selling.
A historical survey traces cosmetics from ancient Greece and Egypt to modern fashion, noting how beauty has been pursued with dyed hair, rouge, nail stain, and elaborate dress. It highlights the shift from ritual vanity to health and mind as key beauty factors and describes era specific fashions, hats, and accessories.
Farhion notes describe large nearly square visiting cards, outmoded white stationery, and fin de siecle women. Summer dresses feature cream finned Fandian muslins embroidered in colors, pink beiges, ecoraflower blue and red with violet tinge. corded silk moulth for costumes and berthas. Hair trends favor the Payeho knot and Black dice insertions in inch and two inch veils across dresses. Scotland Golf rising in popularity in America and Britain noted.
An Indiana firm claims a refrigerator can make ice using natural gas by expansion from initial pressure to atmosphere. The method leverages gas cooling during expansion, avoiding costly ammonia or compressed air systems. A 1.3 million cubic feet per day gas well could yield about 51 tons of ice at under fifty cents per ton, with heat reused in local kilns and furnaces.
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