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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1898
Page
5
A wide array of 19th century topics are surveyed, from Spain’s illiteracy to wheat prices, yellow fever fears, and imperial reach. Notes on Britain’s vast empire, Russian Nihilism, and American wealth contrast with local curiosities such as taxation battles in Brooklyn and historic court rulings on railroad crossings.
An official survey tested about 8 125 London schoolchildren across 25 elementary schools. Nearly 40 percent showed normal binocular vision, while 2 000 to 3 000 with defective vision were examined. The piece explains how the eye focuses light and describes myopia hypermetropia and astigmatism as common defects.
Official estimate places Cuban war expenses for Spain from February 1005 to INT at 240000.00, with Cuba’s arrears owed to Spain reaching 40000000.
The article notes that vultures cannot detect a carcass by scent and rely entirely on vision when seeking food.
An archival line notes that kissing is unfamiliar to Australian aborigines Maori Paupans and Enkimos, highlighting cross cultural differences in expressions of affection.
A collage of humorous quips and cartoons referencing Dewey in the Philippines, playful banter on marriage and betrothals, witty exchanges about piano songs and stereopticons, and light digs at copper coinage, Kipling, and public figures.
A tourist asks about distance to the next town in Missouri and receives a stocky rural reply that it lies between near and far. A wartime era office law quip mocks posted notices as a colonel shreds mail while a friend eyes a wall. A drillmaster coercively commands wheelmen as a rider falls attempting to grip a handlebar.
The Florida war from 1835 to 1842 produced heavy disease deaths among 7,400 troops against about 3,000 Indians. Of 1,581 military deaths, 1,259 were from malaria. Pensions now cover 6,601 people with total payments surpassing 53 million dollars.
The article discusses new hospital stoppage rules for Army medical officers and the dilemma of certifying illness causes. It contrasts past practice of automatic half-pay stoppages with a new system where half is remitted if illness is proven beyond the soldier's control.
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