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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1890
Page
6
A St Nicholas tale describes industrious ants led by a captain and his aide as they defend a molasses river to move a pastry to safety. They construct a bridge from mortar and plaster, marshal workers, and cross to eat the pie.
Maggie Hawick uses the old Bible and Uncle Joseph's wedding gift to save her family from ruin. Stephen Gray mortgaged their farm to drain Druid's Moss, facing years of hardship until a psalm and eight thousand eight hundred pounds repair the estate and seal Maggie's belief in providence.
Maggie and Stephen found value in the aid received during their extremity. They embraced the material help and the hope of greater riches promised and provided by the endeavor, seeing both immediate relief and potential future abundance.
A discussion of whether wolves attack humans cites old stories and modern newspaper reports as likely unreliable. It contrasts historic fear of wolves with later claims of wolf attacks, and shares a personal anecdote about an urge to reorganize trunks and a letter from a deceased mother.
A discussion on the metric system notes its complexity when old and new units mix. It cites skater Harald Hagen’s metric height and weight, illustrating mental conversion between metres kilos and familiar feet inches pounds. The piece laments slow adoption post Stephens era.
A dish once scorned by some became a famed delicacy during the French Revolution. In 1793 Paris nobles faced famine. A beggar learned abattoirs discarded ox tails could be used for soup. He shared the idea, and ox tail soup rose to lasting popularity.
The article portrays the annual Tournament of Roses as a festive event with floral decorations and orange offerings. It details the opening procession, tilting at the ring, hedge hurdle using calla lilies, a greyhound and horse race, and a polo exhibition, featuring participants from Pasadena society and noted animals Mouse Junior and horse Davg.
Colonel Johnstone and William Condon return from 25 miles northwest of Phoenix Arizona with news of ruins of a previously unknown Aztec city. Hieroglyphics show figures and an oval stone with serpent cross and anchor. A decaying stone wall surrounds the site indicating at least 60 000 inhabitants in a mountainous, underprospected area.
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