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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1890
Page
1
The poem portrays a boy amid a barn and hay as he labors under toil and dreamlike skies. It contrasts aspiration with poverty and duty, urging the youth to persevere, with visions of future honor when worlds align.
Nathan, a wandering worker, meets a woman with Bertram Taylor and discusses fair pay and family duty. Bertram, a boy helping his stepfather George Hulbert, is praised for selfless labor and mathematical talent. Nathan decides to return to his abusive employer Hogan, seeking courage and a workable path. Hogan later pursues Nathan to reconcile and continue work.
A vivid tale traced to Dan de Quille’s Comstock Lode book, linking a hidden valley in southeast Arizona to Aztec legends. The canyon’s sole cave gate, guarded by Indians, supposedly protects a ledge of gold across a stream valley rich with flowers, birds, and gleaming veins of virgin metal.
A Pittsburgh man presents a 600 check marked payable through the clearing house at the bank where drawn and is told to deposit it elsewhere since he has no bank account He insists he owes nothing and does not need the money prompting disbelief from the teller.
The article notes miniature torpedo boats to be loaded on the battleships Texas and Maine under construction. It details weights, displacements, engines, boiler specifics, and safety measures. Marine engineers praise the boats as compact powerhouses designed for stealth nocturnal attacks.
A reminiscence praises a devoted servant who lived with a family for twenty two years and excelled as a cook pianist and organizer. The piece notes a college professor's interest and includes a light anecdote about a family and child. The column then shifts to Thomas Edison describing aborted aerial locomotive experiments and the challenge of achieving sufficient speed to overcome air resistance. It concludes with mention of two perfectly formed chickens hatched from one egg in Olympia Washington.
An article argues that Africans and people of African descent are diverse, noting that not all Africans are negroes and that many groups in Africa differ in skin, hair, and culture. It discusses historical views on slavery, the Kaffirs, Hottentots, Bushmen, and mixed-blood populations, and predicts potential civilizational change in Africa.
The article traces gold as the first known metal noting its abundance in ancient river sands and large-scale hoards from empires such as Babylon Semiramis and Crsus. It cites biblical Abraham riches and Rome using gold by 300 BC for dental and fabric uses, ending with a wary proverb on bluffing.
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