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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1897
Page
4
A miscellany of strange facts and feats from various lands and times. Highlights include Paris beggars and female cyclists, opium as barter in China, locomotives with 52 800 puffs, dish topics from French hospitals to kangaroos, and rapid chronographs.
In a violent thunderstorm few feel fully safe yet a simple method can insulate a home or cell from danger. Lightning tends to strike at random but precautions reduce risk and injury.
A writer urges wearing sound rubber boots during thunderstorms to stay insulated. He explains rubber blocks electricity when you stand on the floor with no other contact, citing numerous experiences as proof. Old cracked rubbers offer no protection and can fail under pressure.
The piece reports that stamp collecting has grown worldwide with about fifty London dealers and large stock values. Notable prices include a Ferrari collection worth about £250,000 and the Duke of York collection near £35,000 to £40,000, highlighting the profit potential in rare stamps.
A peasant couple in Germany reportedly married the same day as the Emperor and Empress. Their son was born on the Crown Prince’s birthday, and three more sons followed alongside the Emperor’s five younger boys. The peasants later had a daughter on a royal birth date, and the Emperor and Empress acted as godparents and provided for her future.
The Germans have introduced a nickel steel field gun that fires shrapnel shells five miles and delivers fifteen rounds per minute.
In a playful pick me up line two speakers debate a score of ten in cricket calling it only half a score. The banter highlights humor over scoring norms and the lighter side of sport talk.
A juror disagreement in Glenville W V about forgery charges against Governor Atkinson’s wife who allegedly forged her late husband’s name on a key document. The case may not be retried and a conviction could lead to a pardon from the governor.
The article notes a block house at Folly Island near Wiscasset Harbor Maine built before 1812. It guarded the harbor entrance and was garrisoned in 1812 and again in the late Civil War. Locals maintain the heirloom despite ownership by Uncle Sam.
Meinheer Janssen of Amsterdam influenced the global cigar market as the early advocate of Sumatra leaf as wrappers. He helped expand Sumatra cultivation, break Havana dominance, and enable affordable domestic cigars by combining Sumatra wrappers with American tobacco. His efforts shaped a worldwide industry employing thousands and reshaping capital flows.
The article touts bamboo strength with poles supporting heavy spans and derricks. notes long bamboo poles and light scaffolding potential. It then reprints a humorous Harper’s Bazar letter about a musically inclined family seeking board, listing many instruments playfully.
A columnist blames cramming for student failures in public schools. A girl ran away from home preferring work to school, and a Methuen father seeks his son who quit home after a note claiming he could not attend school due to not being promoted.
Slogan touts Americans as nervous and coffee dependent and urges switching to Grain-O a grain based drink. It claims Grain-O calms nerves nourishes the body and aids sleep with no harm and can be enjoyed by the whole family. available from grocers for 15 or 25 cents.
A 15 year old described as a successful moonshiner is noted as naturally adept in the Old North State highlighting youth involvement in illicit activity in North Carolina.
Cleveland's second annual horse show runs November 10 to 15 featuring fast trotters pacers saddle horses and carriage horses with high-class jumping by noted steeplechase riders. Nickel Plate agents promote the event as a premier display between New York and Chicago.
A Los Angeles jury refused to deliver a verdict until its fees were paid, while miscellaneous notices mention Glenn's Surpour Soap for eruptions, Hill'n Hair and Whisker Dye, and wet fly cautions. The snippet lists travel and rate notices for Nickel Plate Excursions and several stations, with Russia producing 111 640 barrels of petroleum daily.
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