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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1896
Page
4
A rural booster tone argues that county fairs should spotlight good roads and wheelmen infrastructure. It urges directors to show methods for building and maintaining hard highways and tire width while promoting bicycle racing as a key feature for farmers shows.
A city visitor mocks rural life while Johnson, renting a farm to escape illness, reveals hard labor and a run of bad luck. He notes work with a rooster and a deafening hog and jokes about livestock misadventure, illustrating harsh farming realities and community wit.
The article notes the vast range of the human voice with many distinct tones and muscles. It also reports a new bicycle brush from a South Dearborn street manufacturer designed to reach hard to clean areas on bicycles.
Two enterprising youths build a small shed at the cemetery entrance and charge visitors to check bicycles on Sundays for those not allowed to enter with wheels.
The article argues urban lightning is tamed by city factors. It cites many chimneys, spires, wires, and steel frames as paths for discharging electricity, reducing damage in large centers. It notes lightning rods remain common, especially in nonurban areas, and cites Edison and Westinghouse as proponents.
The essay argues listening is an art with many grades and must be trained like speaking. It condemns neglect of listening, noting people fear danger but not the devil, and warns that without listening skills, conversation loses value and waste occurs.
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