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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1896
Page
6
Roger Bartlett, mocked for football devotion, saves a deaf man on a crowded train track and earns a standing ovation. His act forces a reevaluation of his future beyond athletics as family dynamics shift after the dramatic rescue.
In a Toledo Blade piece a football star Roger inspires his father to admit past underestimation. The son’s game at Springfield leads to plans for the parents to attend and seek the best seats to witness his first touchdown. A note from Wilkinson Smalley praises Roger as top football material and invites him to dinner.
A letter to the Progressive Thinker recounts a two mile distant claim of a spirit photograph on a window pane. The author describes Nellie the horse dying, a smoky pane, and a repeated ghostly image that appears in sun or light, fading and reappearing over decades. The writer asks how and why the dying horse image echoes on the glass.
The text portrays an Arctic island hunting expedition under a silent, approaching winter. It emphasizes desolation, endless silence, and stark landscapes with mossy boulders and colorful flowers under gray clouds. A reflective, dreamlike mood frames the journey and its psychological impact.
A meteor weighing about four pounds landed in an orchard near Namur Belgium on April 13 narrowly missing a young workman. It penetrated twenty inches into the ground. Separately, notes on electromagnetic velocity report figures near the speed of light and discuss earth wobble with Newcomb’s ocean and atmosphere theory.
Southseatan Institution secretary BL Langley unveils a steam powered air-runner model at Queenquan Virginia on May 6. The fourteen foot wing span craft uses a portable steam engine and propellers for lift, rising in broad curves before landing upright. The device, though not manned, demonstrates limited flight capability and generates wide interest due to Langley’s stature in science.
The text discusses Professor Spring’s experiments suggesting deep water can appear blue due to heated water currents altering light reflection, explaining winter clarity in lakes and mountain shadows. It also details Ches Conley’s patented automatic stereotyping casting box to lock and unlock covers, prevent leaks, and protect workers while improving cast plate quality.
The article notes fly wheel failures in America despite fast engines while England boasts many high speed cast iron wheels with safety concerns over material and design. It recalls a Scotch firm’s riveted box ring method with grout. Also mentions a coal fire near Mauka Chunk burning since 1858 and bees’ profitability from stealing neighbors’ food.
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