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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
11
The United States government favors red as a common color. It appears in blankets for Indians and in the post office paint on letter boxes and postage stamps. The vermilion hue is described as glaring and widely used, even entering mouths metaphorically.
In Patchogue Long Island Mrs L Kuiry praises Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound to ease the change of life. She credits the remedy with stopping pains and backache, restoring health and inviting others to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for guidance.
Indiana Republicans convention in Tomlinson hall adopts a sound money platform backing bimetallism and silver parity. James A. Mount named governor nominee. R. W. Thompson heads St. Louis delegation. Delegates instructed to vote for McKinley amid a peaceful convention with little opposition. Rev. D leads invocation.
R Lucas of Indianapolis describes the Rules and Permanent Organization report. Secretary Richard W. Thompson is named permanent chairman with a cheer and G R Stormont as secretary. Thompson, at 80, delivers a stirring speech predicting a Republican victory. The credentials report is accepted. the platform and resolutions are read.
A heated Michigan Republican convention in Detroit rejected both the gold and silver platform planks and adopted a money plank aligned with the Minneapolis platform of 1892. McKinley received strong support and four delegates at large were chosen. The money plank calls for a gold and silver standard and asserts opposition to free coinage while preserving currency parity.
A party of 200 Americans will leave Philadelphia on June 27 to view the total solar eclipse from Bodu on August 8. The expedition includes astronomers and students, with expeditions expected from Europe and other regions, offering a look at the midnight sun near the North Cape.
In New York Claude Falls Wright a theosophist marries Miss Mary Katharine Leonard of Boston. The ceremony followed theosophical rites and was later completed in wedlock by Alderman Robinson.
A survey lists massive achievements and wonders: a $16 million payment for 200,000 shares of P., W. & B. R.R. stock by President Roberta. a 25 000 ton modern warship cost of £2 million. Will iam H. Vanderbilt’s New York villa pavement costing over 40000 with a 9000 paving stone. a 16 foot redwood plank. America’s largest bronze buffalo head at Union Pacific Bridge. Bartholdi’s Liberty statue weighing 400,000 pounds. Cologne Cathedral at 511 feet. Woolwich hammer forty tons with a 44 foot drop. Freinville Pa mine engine rising 17 500 gallons per revolution.
The Rock of Gibraltar Inno touts steadiness after chills and fever. It claims to be a universal remedy for bilious, rheumatic or kidney complaints, dyspepsia and nervousness and to improve appetite and sleep while hastening convalescence.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts uses a mobile air pump mounted on a truck to dust a wide range of sculptures. One operator feeds the air while another directs a fine jet to blow dust from the surfaces, the blowpipe linked to the pump by a pole and rubber tube.
Nickel Plate Road announces limited low rate passes to Ottawa Kansas for the Annual Dunkard's Convention on May 17, 21, and 22. Tickets may be extended thirty days by depositing with the Joint Agent. Agents along the line offer information.
A mixture of notes covers the 1896 Republican National Convention in St Louis with Wabash rail fare offers, social customs of health pledges, and travel ads. Additional items note Princeton football expenses and profits, a testimonial guarantee, and various medical and consumer notices.
A Wellington man files for divorce alleging his wife habitually ridiculed Kansas. The piece notes travel options with Nickel Plate Road offering low excursion rates to Ottawa Kansas for the Dunkards’ annual convention May 26. Tickets extendable thirty days with agent deposit. The article praises the railway’s service and lists 270 officials in Queen Victoria’s household.
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