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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1893
Page
5
A poem criticizing schooling depicts teachers forcing in vast knowledge from Latin to calculus while children suffer. It portrays hollow heads, pinched faces, and exhausted students, ending with a stark indictment of education’s pressure.
Arthur Anthony, a 26 year old Boston junior clerk, observes a Brookville wife’s elopement via a newspaper account then uses psychological dialogue to persuade the wife to return home. He strategically guides her to Brookville to reunite the family, ultimately sending word to the husband that she will return that afternoon. A second piece notes Clement Scott’s critique of Japanese women as lacking virtue and beauty after studying Chinese and Japanese sources.
A Cincinnati Times-Star piece recounts an honest postoffice inspector’s account of catching a teenage clerk who stole from letters. By setting a trap with a decoy letter and careful surveillance, the inspector proves the man stole about $1,400 over six months and confessed after four letters addressed to him were found. The article links crime to illiteracy and notes literacy reduces crime, while also observing a moral remark about self-restraint in good men.
An elderly man in a prominent hotel narrates a grim tale about a pistol claimed to be unloaded. He recalls pointing it at his wife, who survived. she later died of old age. The crowd debates responsibility, fate, and the pistol's loaded status revealing a rare exception to rules.
The tale recalls Renan, in worn clothes, rushing to meet the Duc d Aumale at the Academy. He reports a cordial reception yet notes colleagues wore surprised looks as he discussed his books with the new academician, prompting a curious homeward remark.
Rev Edward Husband of Falkestone England rode by a field on his tricycle when a distressed sheep led him to a deep stream where another sheep had fallen in and struggled. The animal was saved thanks to the pair and the shepherd. A second note retorts on the idea of a woman being too economical to please her husband by making his shirts.
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