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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1894
Page
8
The Sun has three motions: axial rotation with a 23 hour mean period, a motion around the solar system's center of gravity detectable with precise instruments, and a progressive drift through space toward Hercules. Estimates place the third speed at about 150 million miles per year, with some suggesting it may be higher.
Prof N S Shaler argues in Scribners Magazine that the horse possesses modest mental faculties far from sagacity. He notes that lack of deliberate training and breeding for intellect shapes its behavior, contrasting it with the elephant to show the equine mind is feeble in rationality.
A new device at Yale University Observatory uses an inclined shaft with multiple cameras to track meteor paths. Blockwork turns the shaft to follow star motion, making meteor images appear as points and revealing radiant points, the origins in the sky.
Inventors unveil an automatic smokeless coal dust heating method. A German torpedo boat is lent to test the device, with potential navy adoption. The process claims to use about 24 percent more heat than rival methods, while lowering exhaust heat to protect furnace bricks.
President Scott, upon taking Cincinnati Southern, grew tired of horse and cattle death claims as trains passed through Kentucky. He quipped that nothing improves Kentucky stock like crossing it with a locomotive, noting trains repeatedly killed animals and shaped profit from such incidents.
A historical advertisement touts Nostetter's Stomach Bitters as a swift remedy for biliousness symptoms including sour stomach yellow skin nausea and foul breath. It claims superiority to purgatives and mineral cathartics and cites malarial rheumatic and kidney troubles nervousness and general illness as conditions it treats with promptness and thoroughness backed by decades of use.
A weary editor pens a playful commonplace tale titled Chapter One Sophronia loves Charles. Chapter Two he proposes and is accepted. Chapter Three Sophronia's and Charles's parents approve. Chapter Four no one objects. Chapter Five they wed after a pleasant engagement.
Nickel Plate announces its annual excursion to Northumberland Pennsylvania with a single round trip fare from all stations Leipsic to Sellevua inclusive. For details contact Nickel Plate Agents.
The Alaskandians craft canoes from spruce bark due to lack of birch. A bark section is ringed and thermally treated, ends sealed with roots, and a willow frame fitted and sewn. Each canoe requires careful assembly, showcasing traditional woodworking skills.
A damaged ad fragment promises a coupon worth several dollars for sending full name and address to Dobbing Sow Up Mfg Co Whilada Pa by return mail. It urges prompt action and claims the offer is of worthy attention. Also included is a testimonial about Piso's Cure for Consumption from Mrs Avent of Joncabore Texas dated May 9 1801 and a political jab at a duplicity claiming politician.
The late Czar, gravely ill, reportedly rose at midnight to play the trombone, shocking his doctor Zacharia who begged the noise stop. The sovereign allegedly replied that if the doctor disliked the music he should leave the palace, a tale noted by Baltimore News as odd for the era.
A concise list shows dramatic names for animal groups used by sportsmen and writers. Examples include a covey of partridges a bevy of quails and a pride of lions, illustrating language flair in fauna descriptions.
A Massachusetts company led by William L. Douglas treats workers generously by providing on-site medical care without fees and appointing a physician custodian to oversee health. Since 1888 the firm has formalized arbitration with all employees to settle disputes, avoiding state arbitration.
An old advertisement boasts Jayne's Expectorant as both palliative and curative for lung complaints bronchitis and related coughs. It claims to be a standard remedy for colds and urges a trial to prove its value.
Attendant from New Jersey laments misdirection toward Amoriky while noting travelers bound for Chicago Cleveland Buffalo New York and Boston via the Nickel Plate road. A man with children worries how his bad habits may end.
A quirky note lists white or Irish potatoes as key in button manufacture and suggests they can be worked to nearly stone hardness. The text shifts to a Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement offering a reward for cures and praises for F J Cheney & Co Toledo and local druggists.
A brief note urges parents to use Ripans Tabules for children who have headaches biliousness and upset stomachs. It questions religious criteria for entering heaven and mentions family kinship in a casual, campaign ad style.
An odd jumble of lines promotes Fort Wayne Business College and Nickel Plate rail rates. It mixes a social commentary line with an advertisement for Glenn’s Sulphur Soap and a claim about beauty products, ending with an optimistic note about happiness.
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