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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
6
In Bath and on the river Avon, Miss Peggy weighs breaking off a half and half engagement with a New York suitor. A confidant cautions gradual disengagement. Peggy seeks practical advice on ending the affair and possibly returning to Europe.
Osmond Tearle played Hamlet in Durban Natal when the power failed during the nunnery scene. Leonard Rayne as Polonius lit a candle and reassured the audience as darkness persisted until the final act. Footlights by candle sharpened the graveyard mood.
Article outlines the upcoming June 1900 agricultural census, defining farm scope and eligible records. It warns enumerators will not access returns, promises anonymity, and details required data including farm size, buildings, machinery, land owned or leased, crop acreage and value, livestock by category, dairy and home-produced goods.
A Newark fire at a three story frame building housing twelve families and about sixty people, many children, killed fifteen occupants. Thirteen bodies were recovered within hours as flames trapped residents in cramped 8 by 10 foot rooms. Most victims suffocated or burned in the rapid blaze in the Italian district.
A string of brief items reports deaths and crimes: Mrs. Benj Morgenstern of New York aged 106 is dead. William Burts, a Black man, jailed at Basket Mills. burglars blast a safe in Davidson County. five killed and forty wounded in a Rio de Janeiro strikers riot. Also noted are self-healing cancer claim by H N Selfridge of Oakland, a Chicago bank bubble loss of $10,000, and two prospectors frozen to death in Alaska.
A dialogue reveals a widow wearing half mourning after marrying for wealth. She claims respect for Skinphlint’s memory, but the son notes he left her only half his fortune, implying concern over propriety and motive. The exchange hints at propriety versus material gain in a posthumous inheritance.
An advertisement states material wealth lies in iron and a human stomach. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for overwork digestion, constipation, dyspepsia, and biliousness seeking to improve appetite and bowel function.
An exchange between a wealthy older neighbor and a thrifty man leads to a self reproach about personal chores. The millionaire admits pride and vows a change, saying his wife will handle the task instead.
L. C. Johnston of Iola Texas commends Piso's Remedy for Catarrh as the best medicine for the disease he has ever used. The note is dated June 24 1891.
Nickel Plate Road runs an Homeseekers Excursion to west northwest and southwest on April 8 1900. Tickets on sale that date good for return within 20 days at one fare plus 2.00 for round trip. Inquire agents or address C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind.
In a comic panel, two suburbanites debate a scientific definition of malaria. The first asks to see a definition. the second rejects it, joking that the term cannot be defined without profanity. The exchange captures a humorous, everyday conversation style.
Libbys Luncheon Meats appeals to households with savings of money time and worry. Canned varieties exceed thirty options and are ready to serve with tamely seasoned flavors. A free recipe book titled How to Make Good Things to Lat will be mailed to any writer who requests it from Libby McNeill Libby Chicago.
Bank of England officials estimate the amount of gold coin in actual circulation worldwide at about 865 tons.
Homeseekers' excursion to western northwestern and southwestern points departs March 20 1900. Tickets at one fare plus 2.00 round trip, valid returning within 21 days. Inquiries to C A Asterlin Fort Wayne Ind. E W Groves signature on each box.
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