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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1894
Page
3
Aims to summarize a humorous verse from St Nicholas describing an athlete meeting a desert lion. The athlete, recalling an old tale of an unarmed hunter, raises his shoe heels to deter the predator. The lion, amused, concedes but offers a cheeky option, and the athlete feels triumphant after the unconventional stance. Tudor Jenks attribution.
A brief discussion contrasts German and Japanese childrearing and schooling, noting German children work outdoors and study ten months yearly, while Japanese babies crawl on hands and feet. The piece then recounts Pierre Huber’s account of ants engaging in playful, combatlike interactions, likening their behavior to doglike games and suggesting ants show notable intelligence.
Historic recount of Joseph Boruwlaski born in Polish Russia a century and a half ago. Described as very tiny and sweet tempered with celebrated beauty of mind and person.
A historical sketch recounts Boruwlaski a diminutive entertainer born about eight inches at birth who grew to nearly one hundred. It tracks his life from infancy with a French dwarf comparison to his ascent as a celebrated traveler and favorite at European courts including Vienna with Empress Maria Theresa and a jeweled ring gift later linked to Princess Marie Antoinette.
A Haverhill shoeworker argues a lady medium kid boot costs about $1 at factory, yet ends at $2 after middlemen. Labor costs are roughly twenty five cents. the remaining seventy five cents covers stock, profit, risk, insurance, supervision, and passing costs to the wearer. The Detroit Free Press notes Sheboygan trees in Evergreen City are cedure.
A summary of congressional activity notes the sundry civil appropriation bill passing the House without division, with amendments defeated and net reductions in four bills. It covers Senate actions on postmasters, tariffs, and a Monongahela River bridge, plus adjournment signals and the death of Senator Colquitt with related memorial proceedings.
A 450 ton twin-screw steamer built for the Peruvian Government is launched on Lake Titicaca the highest navigable waters. It was constructed in the Clyde disassembled into over a thousand pieces and shipped to Mollendo then carried to Puno by rail and assembled by a Scotch engineer. The voyage and assembly highlight a notable engineering feat amid Andean mountains and high altitude transport.
A quirky column remarks that Buffalo is the only U S city to have produced two presidents and jokes on lateness and aging. It lightly parrots a mix of reflections and well worn phrases while warning against vulgarity and poor taste.
A vigorous 74-year-old man writes that after feeling a new lease on life he urges those despairing due to failed medical care to try Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root. He signs as Silas Galimore and asserts the testimonial is true with a legible address for any doubts.
Lawrence County geologists report a Beaver Township spring with petrifying waters. Located on W. S. McGinniss farm near West Moravia, it reportedly transforms moss leaves and even animal flesh into stone within a short period. First noted by William Allsworth in 1837, nearby stones now weigh an estimated fifty tons.
Crossing the Atlantic brings seasickness yet travelers and mariners praise Hostetters Stomach Bitters as the best remedy for mansea sickness and related nervous stomach complaints. The product is claimed to cure stubborn stomach disorders and aids chills fever kidney and rheumatic troubles and nervousness. Emigrants to the frontier are urged to carry this medicinal safeguard.
Otto Ehlers recounts a German traveler visiting a Chinese prince in Lao states. The ruler leaves affairs to his wife and keeps his throne in the palace kitchen to greet visitors while meals are prepared. Subjects approve of his democratic custom and administration style.
A minister meets a street child on a Sunday with a string of fish. The boy explains they were caught while chasing worms, and the exchange reveals a simple, rustic moment in a small community.
A civil action on money matters features cross examination about bankruptcy and stopped payments. The exchange reveals a hesitant witness and a council improvised line. The text also includes unrelated quips about a ball and stage actors and a Glenn's remedy advertisement.
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