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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1893
Page
8
The item extols the Exposition as showcasing improvements in mechanical arts and medicine. It touts Syrup of Figs as a superior laxative and hints at cures for dyspepsia. A quack ad reply mocks such claims while recommending Brccams Pits for headaches. The brief ends with a witty exchange about killing time in winter.
A miscellany of items recalls playful schemes from a monkey capital plan to a family ethics piece urging boys to treat sisters with politeness. it also recounts a travel memory of a driver, a touching wartime vignette, and notes on a famous monkey language project in new york society.
The French Chamber of Deputies weighs a 328 mile canal from Gironde to the Mediterranean. It would be 143 feet wide, over 200 feet at lock points, and 2714 feet deep with twenty two double locks. A ninety nine year concession and a 2 percent state guarantee are sought. The project promises a military route for French naval vessels in wartime.
From May 1 1908 stop over privileges will be discontinued and tickets valid only for continuous passage begun within one day from sale. Buy to first stopping place and check date on ticket to ensure the limit has not expired. Conductors will not accept expired tickets and will collect fare. If journey cannot begin within limit, the selling agent will redeem at full value on sale date. General Passenger and Ticket Agent FP Chandler, Gb. TT A.
An Ohio man applies for a patent for a neck-wring chair that restrains the head and uses a spring to rotate a helmet and twist the neck, claiming instant painless death and faster than a guillotine though lacking practical testing.
The balance wheel in a standard watch vibrates five times per second. If it traveled continuously around a surface instead of oscillating, its circumference of two and a quarter inches would sweep about three quarters of a full circle each second, covering roughly eight and a half inches per second. This yields about 2,477 miles traveled in a year and about six years eight months to circle the globe at the equator.
A huge French dirigible 230 feet long and 4% feet wide, weighing 61 pounds per horsepower, with a front propeller and rear rudder, is under construction to sail against strong currents, modeled after the La France design of 1884 85.
Advertises W L Douglas shoes made in two latest styles at 3 50 4 or 5 dollars claiming equal fit and wear to higher priced makes. Invites mail orders from Brockton Mass with price stamped on sole and urges shoppers to avoid substitutes.
A Birmingham firm constructs a monumental 100 foot long cylinder large enough to house a freight car. Galveston readies extensive wood block pavements creosoted before laying. A Warsaw clockmaker creates a remarkable timepiece. Railway station buzzes with engines and passengers at hour strikes.
Gallguill suggests the title for a memoir of professional recollections in ballet. The dialogue references an appropriate heading in Browning, King & Co.'s Monthly.
In Fort Scott Kansas a policeman on the wanted list is signaled by telephoning central and the hello girl raising a window and blowing a whistle, a practice noted by the Kansas City Journal.
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