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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1893
Page
4
A tale recounts Princes Ding and Dong loyal to King Bell with Ding famed for voice and height and Dong short but prompt. The brothers race to answer the bell, showing steadfastness in duty, as shared by their kin.
In Pagetown a 20 year old Edith Wayne wins a church choir post, stirring pride and alarms as Matilda Prescott fears losing her seat. Jane Prescott, enraged by a past rumor, accuses Wayne of theft. A dramatic confrontation ends with Jane’s paralysis and a written confession clearing Wayne, leaving the town to recover from scandal.
A pithy proverb notes that a woman resembles a reed bending with every breeze yet remaining unbroken in a storm, attributed to Whately.
The article narrates P T Barnum securing a wife by using a staged portrait labeling him Lord Mayor of Bridgeport to appeal to Miss Fish of Southport England. It notes Barnum's later life at Waldemere, his widow's substantial provisions in his will, and her life as an English style, educated widow who writes for periodicals in both nations.
A Leisure Hours column argues that both parents shape sons and daughters, blaming mothers for spoiling sons with care and arguing fathers must share duty. It insists mothers train daughters to be wives, but urges mothers to train sons to be thoughtful, desirable husbands.
A German painter named Schwartz, hired to fresco Munich town hall, detours into tavern life. To hide his absence, he posted a self image with legs dangling on the scaffolding and had a companion reposition it briefly each day.
A described deception led to a painter drinking through the night while the innkeeper, and twice daily officers, mistook him as a diligent worker. The man wore familiar stockings, avoiding suspicion, and was praised as industrious by the officers before discovery.
In a rough Colorado mining town a grand ball at Whisky Jack’s ranch drew elite attendees to a rickety barn. Partners included the postmaster’s killer’s wife and a grass widow. conversations turned on a barbarous crowd, with a miner describing a woman as a chimpanzee before correction.
A writer in the National Stock man describes raising an all purpose horse starting with a 1250 pound mare. He bred to a trotting stallion, educated the colt with a halter by a week old, and by three months could drive him with lines. At two years old he could be driven safely by a lady and is described as a suitable No. 11 family horse.
A note on Finnan haddie as a breakfast relish links it to romantic lore. Dark shoulder patches on thresh haddock resemble an Asinus stripe, while some say Peter paid the tribute with a haddock mouth mark. The tale ties to Galilee legends but the haddock does not inhabit that region. the piece ends with a Socratic blessing.
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