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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1894
Page
5
The piece warns of seventeen year cicadas arriving this summer and their impact on crops and trees. It notes birds and mammals prey on the insects, but fishermen will benefit from the larva. It also recounts two short anecdotes about civic vigilance and a Saxony traveler asking for a trigger.
A detailed description outlines converting limestone to marble by a pen process. The article explains water bath veining with iron oxide varnish, turpentine, and soap, followed by immersion in baths of iron copper zinc sulfates to vary shades. Combines successive baths to achieve dark and light tones, then a warm water rinse, drying, and a final zinc sulfate bath to seal pores, increasing density for polishing.
A city youth, steeped in foreign literature, turns routine city trips into tales of romance and intrigue. He actively challenges what he sees as banal plots in everyday encounters, urging sharper judgment on the people he meets.
A stranger, not an insurance man, visits a man at his home and discovers a rear fire. The homeowner, Olium-cum-dig, angrily protests the intrusion while the calm visitor suggests the house might burn without insurance. The exchange ends with the visitor following into the fire.
The Richmond memorial will include a bronze Confederate soldier statue designed by William J. Shepard and Caspar Kubert. The lower limbs are cast, about 3,000 pounds of metal used, total weight around 5,400 pounds. The model stands sixteen feet high and ships to Richmond around April 25 if casts are perfect. Some upper portions exist and a breeze full-scale reproduction is planned. The piece is described in the London Spectator. The page ends with a local joke about Smith stuttering and a misquoted remark.
Nightly on the East River piers a shipkeeper patrols the big vessels from stem to stern. He checks lines, tarps, and hatches while river thieves lurk offshore and winter storms drive spray and snow. Morning reveals his tracks as proof of vigilant labor in the harbor.
A local corporation with top floor HQs featured a grand clock whose pendulum stopped due to the building’s wind induced sway. Experts found all parts worked. the architect explained high buildings swing, affecting pendulums, though they won’t break.
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