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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1897
Page
4
Government and public affairs mix with curiosities from labs and labs. amid it all, sport and industry feature in quick reports. Notes touch New York police uniforms, Labrador fisheries, midwinter fairs, bicycle use in the German army, and Kingston era sketches.
A Indiana Journal letter discusses honey aiding digestion for the tired and aged. It notes comb wax is indigestible but soft, smooth wax reduces discomfort, and milk can help remove wax remnants after eating honey with warm bread or biscuits.
A fragment quotes Mary and Maid Yie with concerns about dated letters and old news. It questions what punishment the devil would impose on an ordinary harmless man who advertises to extract teeth without pain, referencing a Boston Prais ecrip t.
Hon Alfred P Edgerton former Fort Wayne congressman and Civil Service Commissioner dies at Hicksville Ohio after a long political career. Born 1813 at Plattsburg New York he rose from state senate to US House, led Ohio finances in New York, chaired committees and influenced Democratic party conventions. He was admired for integrity and public service.
A misc text fragment discusses the word mob as Latin, ease and difficulty of tasks, silence as fools’ wit, the strong will, self control aiding reform, and Milton’s blindness in old age with its comforts. It reads as stray reflections rather than a connected article.
A survey of world proverbs shows how sayings reveal national life and character. The piece traces how collecting foreign adages became a profitable, global fad for missionaries and advertisers, cites examples from Chinese, Irish, Abyssinian, Catalan, and English sources, and notes how Sapulio and similar devices reshape familiar proverbs for American readers.
A sensational tale from Roseburg South Carolina in 1882 describes a baby whose left palm bears a lifelike portrait resembling a deceased four year old daughter. Locals called it the eighth wonder as the family of merchant Gark Osborn faced shock and belief of a miraculous likeness.
A mother recounts the fate of three daughters who marry for money looks for happiness in each match. Eldest marries for wealth and is unhappy, second for looks and remains dissatisfied, youngest for love yet endures poverty and unhappiness.
J Clayton reports in Nature that careful measurements show sycamore elm oak ash and beech all contract in girth during frost, indicating tree trunks shrink slightly in cold conditions.
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