06 Sep 1894
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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1894
Page
1
Poem fragment praising the intimate, nurturing moments between guardians and child. References to fingers, tongue, tears kissed away, and affectionate gestures as a child grows. Imagery centers on gentle care, playful lips, curls, guiding feet, and each new word as pride.
Milly Harman marries Arthur Munro in secrecy to escape Bastable's revenge. Bastable hijacks the bride train, and Munro reels into action, recoups the engine, and halts the runaway before Bentham Bank. Bastable faces justice for his brutal assault and plot.
The article traces early gunpowder use in sieges from 1487 to 1503 and notes Shakespeare’s references as evidence that explosives were understood in military engineering by his era. It mentions a private explosion and frames taxes as a costly luxury in modern times.
An artist recounts training a theatrical model named Stella who posed for long hours. She refuses to rest, enduring a difficult pose for over an hour before finally waking as the painter fears she fainted. She quips that such contortions were familiar after years of performance.
A Boston commentator recounts a Har Harbor incident where a hotel chimney fire led to the owner tumbling from the roof. He lands in a soft garden spot, unhurt, but shaken. The owner and his wife fear for guests yet joke of building a new wing as the season nears.
Dr. R. J. Gatling argues smokeless powder will trigger a vast revolution in warfare. He notes guns will fire farther, tactics will shift away from open battles, and machine guns with smokeless powder could render war nearly impossible. He contrasts rapid-fire guns with multi-barrel machines for extreme casualty rates.
A new meteorological device weighs rain and snow in increments as small as one thousandth of an inch. It uses a two part system with a roof mounted weighing gauge and a connected recorder, linked by three wires, to provide highly accurate weather observations. The receiver rests on weighing scales and moves a balance beam to trigger a magnetic recorder pen, producing precise data for the Weather Bureau.
The article discusses a curious Swedish criminal law point that a confession is required before a capital sentence can be carried out. It notes harsher prison discipline to force a confession if the culprit protests innocence despite strong evidence. A women’s remark about anger and ignorance is also quoted as a sidelined social observation.
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