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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1894
Page
8
A lawyer argues tenants should use screws rather than nails when adding improvements to rental properties. If screws are used the tenant can remove them and leave the improvements personal property. nails could make the improvements the landlord’s. The rule hinges on whether screw fastenings are temporary and ownership of enhancements.
A traveler recalls Norway as a peaceful land with almost no crime. He notes murder carries decapitation at the block, yet in five years there was only one murder and no execution because the culprit was never identified.
A Victorian era advertisement extols Lidia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for a wide range of female ailments. It claims sleep improves beauty and longevity, attributes uterine and kidney issues to sleeplessness, and promotes the product as the sure remedy to strengthen the womb and end pain so one can sleep peacefully.
Congress at the capital reports progress with railroad strike discussion and postoffice funds in the Senate while the House advances a Utah Indian land act and a broadrailroad forfeiture measure. Debates, votes, and committee actions shape pending appropriation bills, pensions, and defense funding amid active sessions.
The text recounts Henry J. Lloyd declaring Spring Valley DL as a prime example of organized oppression by mine operators. Miners faced wretched wages, foreclosures, and forced home losses, with mass layoffs and half-time work to starve out families, followed by shutdowns to drive profits.
On Long Island two burglars attempted to enter E i W Terry’s Huntington home. A nearby horse awakened Daniel Valentine who fired into the air and chased the intruders as two dogs owned by Terry were found gnawing the escapees’ tools. The horse’s brave acts are praised for waking the household and foiling the break in.
A reflective parable contrasts youth and old age with a green leaf clinging to a stem and a brown leaf dropping away. It cites Bishop Horn and notes in morning vigor the world seems fresh, but by evening weariness yields retirement to sleep.
An old advertisement touts Hustetter’s Stomach Hitters as a tonic for nervous fatigue. It claims the remedy strengthens the body, improves sleep appetite digestion and overall vigor, and cures constipation biliousness malaria seasickness stomach cramps and related ailments.
A stern admonition urges the young not to touch strong drink calling it poison to body and soul. It warns the drink habit is far more dangerous than it appears and compares the lure to treacherous quicksand that swallows many who tread its path.
A device for sealing shot holes on war vessels, invented by a smoriene engineer and accepted by the British Government, has been tested on the United States cruiser Chicago. The parachute shaped cover, supported by a reed rib, is inserted through the hole and expands to cling to the hull, preventing water ingress.
Reports from 2,000 farmers praise Salzer seed varieties for winter wheat and rye. Yields range from 0 to 7 bushels per acre for wheat and up to 100 bushels per acre for rye, with potential for higher results. John A. Salzer Seed Co. of La Crosse Wisconsin offers samples and a fall catalogue for 40 postage stamps.
A false prophet in Jamaica claims God grants him power to create a Bethesda at a river. Each Wednesday he blesses the waters from a rock in the stream, attracting twenty thousand pilgrims daily who bathe in the waters believing they cure all diseases.
A Century article by Lieutenant J.D. Jerrola Kelly describes Russian Fins or Roosians as sea wizards wielding storms with knives set on masts, driving rats with deck-knife rites, and conjuring gold doubloons from pockets amid tides and omens.
A solicitous lady fears a health issue over a red spot on her hand. The skilled doctor, busy with patients, jokes that delaying the visit would have hidden the problem and caused him to lose his fee, highlighting his sly pride and comic vanity.
Travel ad touts trips from Detroit Toledo Cleveland and more to Mackinac Island aboard two new steel passenger steamers on the upper lakes. Promises electric lighting bath rooms dining and parlor cars with weekly trips and daily Cleveland Detroit service. Addresses A. Senantz GP J A DD C Detroit Michigan for illustrated brochures.
Time flies after you are 40 and Christmas arrives before presents are ready but all machinery gets another greasing after you turn 50.
An unclear fragment suggests a proverb about hunger provoking wild behavior and ignorance guiding actions. No verifiable names or places are present to anchor a fuller summary. The text reads as a terse moral observation without concrete events or subjects.
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