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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1898
Page
5
A Birmingham foundry mechanic survived a two inch brain penetration from a lathe accident. He recovered fully after weeks of unconsciousness, regaining balance and faculties though a visible indentation remains. The case challenges fatalist views on brain injuries.
Gustav Renoult recalls M. Cambon the French ambassador, once a Paris newspaper man, who refused a 1869 tax and had his cow seized for debt. The incident sparked popular subscriptions to buy back the animal, boosting Cambon’s reputation and later rise after Napoleon III’s fall.
A newly married man recalls a chaotic wedding journey when guests showered them with shoes and rice, the best man forgot tickets, and a conductor blocked their train departure. The couple eventually alighted at the first stop amid laughter, with the groom vowing to change.
The narrator reveals a long effort to create a treasured trousseau for a dream, only to learn it was misplaced in transit and checked to an unknown destination. Amid the chaos the best man’s absence becomes a fortunate stroke, sparking the narrator’s mounting troubles.
An Eckington man recalls a crossloom tale about senses not sleeping together and recounts a magnolia scented night aboard a Potomac boat. He describes waking from a dreamlike state to the bloom’s odor and magnolia blossoms placed on the table, suggesting his sense of smell awakened first amid the journey.
Experiments with devices called asleep machines are described. A box with mirrored rotating panels creates a twinkling light effect to induce sleep. Other methods include staring at a bright ball, constricting arteries with clamps, and an electric current in the bed to ease insomnia.
A historical note explains the standard wedding ring style in this country. The preferred ring is a 22 karat plain oval outer surface with a flat inner edge, of medium width about a quarter inch. The usual choice is a two penny weight ring costing ten dollars, avoiding very narrow or very wide bands due to discomfort and finger irritation.
A young wife from boarding school, newly married, consults a cook in a playful skit. The dialogue features clumsy talk about meals and clothes, with the bride asking for dinner and the cook joking about chickens still wearing feathers. The humorous exchange reflects early 20th century domestic humor.
Dialogue shows a playful household where peacocks are admired and tasks are split. A mother and daughter exchange light humor about cooking, washing celery, and chores while joking about joining an asylum for lessons. The tone is domestic and whimsical.
A soldier in khaki from the Michigan Central station receives a telegram announcing his mother's death. He endures a wave of grief, kneels on the seat, and sobs as other passengers react to the sudden tragedy. The scene unfolds aboard a westbound train, with the telegram sealing a personal blow.
The London Mall describes Gordon as a legend to his countrymen while noting the garden he loved near Khartoum decays. An Englishman in danger, he cherished the garden even as the palace fell, with oranges, citrons, pomegranates, figs and overgrown vines failing to thrive amid the desolate Sudan.
A group of Japanese naval officers stationed on the Kasugi, recently built at Cramp's shipyard, rode a trolley with a University of Pennsylvania language professor aboard. The officers, multilingual and fashionably dressed, spoke in English French German and Italian, while four swarthy young men with monocles and enamel flags on their lapels calmly observed the scene.
The Kinoka kingdom, famed as the only nation to pawn its navy, sent Kalakaua to build a Hawaiian style fleet. A voyage to Apia led to deception, mass drunken hospitality, and a failed annexation plot. The Hawaii navy crew faced capture, pawned the vessel to Samoans, then returned home jailed but later freed by the king.
Private Henry J. Wind of Company D Third New York Regiment died after a failed delicate operation at St Marys Hospital. Surgeons and nurses faced a sorrowful moment as Wind clutched a doctor’s sleeve and asked to be pulled through for his mother, while a street song floated into the ward.
A New York Ledger style vignette describes Lapland as a hunter and angler paradise on the Norwegian and Rus district frontier. It details canoe travel, birch bed resting spots, night salmon fishing, shore campfires, and a humorous note on mosquitoes rivaling New Jersey pests. It cites Prussia’s public school spending rising from about $20 million in 1886 to over $46 million in 1800.
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