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Fremont Eagle

Location

Fremont, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1896

Page

7

Thoroughly Refitted Outfit Adds Horses Vehicles Harness

The outfit has been thoroughly re-fitted with new horses, vehicles, and harness added to the outfit. Boarding and feed are available.

Autumn Road Making and Public Highway Woes

A critique of neglected road repairs linking dry autumns to muddy springs. Col. Pope cites 75 million horses and high costs of macadam roads, arguing railroads and funds could fix 1.4 million miles of US highways to European standards, saving billions in feed costs. An effigy protest and a water-logged body confusion near a dock are noted.

School of Philosophy Albert A. Pope United States Mendanigesh Coronel Pope France

Mystery of the Deep at Hoboken Ferry

An early morning sighting near West Fourteenth Street led an engineer to alert police and a bridge tender to a drowned woman found in the water. A rope tow and quick probing revealed the “body” was a bundle of sticks wrapped in raw cotton, a crude ruse hidden near the water.

New York Herald Hoboken West Fourteenth Street Tosa

Servant girl claims rights in police court over beef rule

Matilda Mousel, a New York servant girl, challenged her employer Mrs. Davis on a Monday beef request. After a dispute over cooking beef versus game, police intervened, and in Yorkville police court Magistrate Brann fined Matilda $3 as she learned others have rights too.

Matilda Mousel New York J. EB. L. Davis Mrs. da Mrs. Davis East 67Th Street Burger Matilda Yorkville Brann Matida

First Prize at Philadelphia Navy Yard

A historical anecdote recalls Commodore James Barron at the Philadelphia navy yard enforcing a ban on theft of copper sheathing and wood chips. He catches a boy with a basket of scraps, scolds him, and the boy quips that it may be the commodore’s first prize ever taken.

James Barron Philadelphia Navy-Yard Navy-Yard Barron Tasue

Epitaphs Describe Quirky Paris Cemetery Gravestone

A suburb Paris cemetery holds a tombstone inscription from a husband who asked “Tam anxiously awaiting you. July 30, 1827” to mark his name and a widow’s later line “Here I am. Sept. 0. 1807.” The quaint epitaph reflects 19th century humor and devotion.

Paris Tam Hne

Western gentleman finds new cook amazed by aquarium

The Chicago Times-Herald reports a Western gentleman's cook startled by live red herrings in the drawing-room aquarium, exclaiming their rare beauty with Irish flair. A quip about ants and butterflies hints at grudges, while a grim line notes some people prefer life easy behind the gallows.

Chicago Times-Herald Biddy

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