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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1895
Page
5
Young reader tale describes Granny harming a boy with potions and poison as a doctor arrives to reveal the grim truth. The second piece explains a folk science experiment to build a simple battery using a jar, carbon, and zinc with instructions for sourcing materials.
A reminiscence of pet dormice and their antics describes playful childhood memories of Bertha and siblings. Tales include Mouffette the dormouse and a stray that returned from the chimney. A Louisiana family note closes with Bob the canary and Gyp the poodle sharing routines and meals as inseparable companions.
A dog pair Gyp and Bob share a bath and sunlit window until a new kitten Fanny arrives. Hostilities ensue with sniffs and pecks, a sewing machine accident injures Bob, and the gardener intervenes to banish the cat. A painter narrator recalls past misfortune and a wallpaper prize sparkles as a potential escape.
In St Jerome lore a widow married to her twenty third husband, who had himself been wed to twenty wives. Elizabeth Massi died in Florence in 1786 after seven marriages, outliving all but her sixth spouse whom she favored on her deathbed. A soldier’s death in 1874 followed five marriages, his widow, age ninety, mourning her fourth husband.
Alexander Steiff recalls a West Coast youth who moved to New York with grand artistic aims and hidden doubts. The man, once proud and confident, vanished from Steiff’s sight for three years before reappearing prosperous but still somewhat unsure about his artistic success.
Article details how Italian laborers extract tin cans and old shoes from city ash dumps in Brooklyn. They sort, melt and sell tin and solder for can making, and use iron to cast sash weights. Leather? No, old shoes fuel lampblack. Contractors benefit from better ash leveling, fearing higher costs if dumps require long-haul transport.
The first carload of a substance called natural soap is loaded locally and will be shipped to Chicago tomorrow. The owners near Alcova will not disclose its use or price, but some of the cargo will go to New York and the material is said to be very valuable.
A historical note describes dissolving fifty grains of cobalt chloride in one fluid ounce of distilled water, adding ten minims of glycerin, and shaking until mixed. Writing with this solution on ordinary paper near a heat source will turn the writing blue as the paper warms but fade when cooled or dampened.
At Lafayette Georgia Osburn has trapped eighty two hawks to date in a steel setup meant to stop chicken catchers who approach. Neighbors plan a coop with at least one hundred full grown chickens as a reward for the hunt.
A notable exhibit from the Orient alise Congress in London showcases tools used by ancient Egyptian workmen. Gathered by Egyptologist Flinders Petrie, the collection includes corundum tipped drills, straight and circular saws, and chisels described as slightly inferior to modern equivalents.
A historical advertisement asserts deafness from catarrh can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It explains the Eustachian tube inflammation as the cause, offers a $100 reward for an incurable case, and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with free circulars from F J Cheney & Co, Toledo.
A fragment notes dogskin booze and shoes gaining fashion traction from skins of lost dogs. It recalls a cure claim for consumption by Piso's Cure, and includes a dated remark from Louisa Linpam of Bethany Missouri. The piece blends sensational taste with dubious medical endorsement.
A period piece describes a refined liquid laxative remedy as cleansing and effective against colds headaches and fevers with no unpleasant after effects. It notes Syrup of Figs Calendal a grand opera founded on Frederic Mintral's poem and composed by Henry Marechal was produced recently with great success.
A Houston man Emerson M Noble testifies to Sterling Remedy Co that one box of No to bac cured his eight year cigarette habit and left him with no desire to smoke. Also noted are Etruscan tomb lamps and physicians sanction for Glenn s Sulphur Soap. Hill s Hair and Whisker Dye offered. US cultivated lands occupy 239 acres per 1000.
The Christian Endeavor Convention for 1895 will be held at Hoston Masq next July with Nickel Plate Railway offering lowest rates. Return travel on same route or via different routes at a discount. Free excursions include Chautauqua Lake Niagara Falls Thousand Islands St Lawrence Rapids Saratoga Hudson Palisades Hoosac Tunnel.
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