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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1895
Page
6
English firm wins letters patent for detachable heel system. A steel lift with flange and groove fixes at any heel height, with an upper piece sliding to resemble a normal heel. A screw from the inside ensures security, allowing wearers to reverse worn tops or replace sets cheaply.
A Philadelphia reader recounts women working eleven hours daily in cramped conditions. She cites back and leg pains, irregular menses, leucorrhea, and kidney troubles, urging fellow workers to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Medicine after a friend's recommendation. The letter ends with praise for the remedy from the pharmacist’s shelves.
The U S Supreme Court denies Eugene V Debs a writ of habeas corpus. The decision upholds federal sovereign power over interstate commerce and the mails and affirms the government’s authority in railroad strike cases and related injunctions.
The decision reaffirms federal supremacy over state authority and empowers federal judges to issue injunctions in labor and railroad disputes especially under receiverships. It signals the federal government may deploy force if its constitutional privileges are threatened, including actions when mail service is at risk.
The Odd Fellows Temple in Philadelphia costing 950000 was dedicated recently. The nine story building on Broad Street is the largest secret society structure in the world with an auditorium, drill hall, and 105 rental offices spread across multiple floors.
Delegations from across the United States attended the dedication of a lodge with four rooms per floor and a ninth floor encampment area, including a roof promenade with city views. Charlies Deweent of Elwood Ind. became insane from enforced idle news and attempted to kill his wife. police restrain him as the asylum is full.
The historic order of Chimney Sweepers, once led from New York with London credentials, declines as modern flue changes and roofing shifts erode income. Members once earned five to eight dollars daily, but the craft dwindles as nonprofessionals fill remaining work.
A curious Armenian custom marks a craftsman's entry into a guild. After completing his apprenticeship, the son is feasted, then kneels in the room as the master asks if he can conscientiously call himself a master. The master delivers three quick ear slaps, after which the lad earns the right to be registered under the craft and to start his own business if he wishes.
A promotional note extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a pioneering botanic medicine nearly fifty years old. It claims the tonic stands as a leading remedy and preventive for malaria, rheumatism, kidney complaints, dyspepsia, constipation, and biliousness, presenting a laudatory summary of its merit.
A method to detect metallic poisons uses electric current to precipitate metal on an electrode. In antimony, lead, copper, mercury cases it can reveal as little as one thousandth of a grain. Also starting Sunday May 19, Nickel Plate trains add a colored porter to assist passengers and keep cars clean en route.
A French officer Thouvenin invents honotelemete a device to measure distance by sound. A button press records time to one tenth of a second as a needle shows elapsed interval, illustrating natural adaptation like the snipe’s tactile bill sense. Also includes Nickel Plate schedule changes improving western and eastern through trains with arrivals to Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo and New York.
A fragment from a Springfield Illinois item notes Piso's Cure for Genermip tion as the sole remedy for coughs and mentions UNOLE S4M incurring about one hundred dollars per minute in interest on the national debt. The text preserves names and places but is incomplete and reads like a clipped OCR snippet.
Nickel Plate agents may sell Homeseekers’ Excursion tickets on May 21 and June 1 for through trains linking Chicago Buffalo New York and Boston. The line offers unexcelled dining car service and palatial sleepers. Travel is marketed as a luxury with low excursion rates for West routes.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions terms like Di and pala and others in a unspecific quote. No clear date person or place is readable. The readable content offers little context for a concrete news item and lacks identifiable entities.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a perfected laxative that cleanses the system, dispels ailments, and supports health by acting on the liver and bowels without objectionable substances. It claims wide medical approval and availability in 60 cent and one dollar bottles from California Fig Syrup Company.
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