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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
3
A naval officer recalls Philip Nolan the iron mask, his exile, and the slave revolt rescue where Nolan interpreted Portuguese for freed captives. The tale covers his discipline, devotion to country, and a later bid to secure his discharge while hinting at concealment in Washington.
The text discusses a European mid February custom linked to love duties and a Catholic saint. It recounts the pagan origins of Valentine’s festival, the martyrdom of St. Valentine in 270 A.D., and notes Archbishop Whately’s suggestion that Valentine’s Day arose from his exemplary love and charity. It also mentions Norwegian singing contests with long verses and duets testing memory.
In The American Magazine a farmer’s wife recalls hardships of rural life. She notes neglected home comforts, lack of screens and water, worn furnishings, and the toll of poverty as conveniences once seen as luxury fade in modern times. Her account contrasts past furnishings with current needs and the demanding chores of farm life.
The Petroleum Review argues that oil and its refined products will dominate future industry and warfare, surpassing advertising in importance as European conflict highlights petroleum's indispensability. The piece notes growing attention to production refining transport and distribution of oil as dependency on crude petroleum deepens.
Charley Theodore Christian Follen argues that patriotism is noble when it enlarges our care to the nation and shared principles. If it turns into hostility and pride toward others it ceases to be moral, for it restricts the noble powers that should extend to all humanity.
The Manufacturers' Record notes the South's total agricultural output in 1910 surpassed 4.65 billion dollars, only eight percent below the 1900 national total. In 1916 South crop value excluding livestock reached 3.6588 billion, led by cotton 1.0795 billion, grain 1.2833 billion, and hay tobacco and potatoes 440.494 million, with 1915 gains of 1.0723 billion added to 1916.
A poet known for crafting lines that ordinary people struggle to summon turns clever diction into income. The item notes a sharp wit and marketable verse, highlighting the poet’s knack for monetizing language.
A Kentucky boy seven named Dewey told a teacher his brother found a counterfeit dollar. When asked how he knew it was fake, the boy replied that it lacked an eagle and the phrase God bless our home. Indianapolis News reports the curious explanation.
A vintage advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder for workers who use their feet more, promising reduced friction from shoes and refreshed, less tired feet. It claims wide usage among women and general distribution through dealers with a price of 250.
A lighthearted exchange features talk of a future garden with plans for macaroni and strawberries. A humorous aside about raising powdered sugar contrasts with a Red Cross Ball Blue advertisement. A brief interview moment ends with Senator Sorghum joking about censorship.
An odd dialogue notes Tones stubborn as a nuke and a quip about his best foot backward. The speaker contrasts willing costs, claiming the average man would pay ten dollars for a fishing outfit rather than five for pew rent.
A teacher asks students their view on Jefferson Davis and a silent Tommy Burns finally says he believes Davis did nothing to him. The fragment ends with a quip about Davis not doing anything to the boy. The passage also notes a French finding about newly fallen snow being radioactive and a quip about people chasing velvet life ending on the carpet.
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