Fragmentary Rural Scene Catches Vivid Household Details
A cow-hide lies in the grass while a rush-light glows on the floor and a bell-pull hangs by the door. A canile tick in the mud adds rustic texture to the scene in a terse, fragmentary snapshot.
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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1893
Page
4
The Beeches House Burglary by Edison Phonograph
Silas Bland, owner of The Beeches in Surrey, equips his home with an Edison phonograph and electric alarms to thwart thieves. Bill Macnamara attempts a break-in, only to be outwitted by the machine's created voice and a staged rifle discharge, prompting police and revealing the device’s role in the caper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Land
The
Beeches
Surrey
Edison
Silas
Bill Sikes
Silas Bland
Silas Blaind
Mie
Bland
Knights of the Jemmy
William Macnamara
Bill Mac
the Beeches
William
Augustus Montgomery
Hani
Monty
Hill
Bill
Coppers
Mr. Macnamara
Scotland
Glind
Tulls
Willy
Gerent
Swallowed a Turtle in Curious Accident
A four year old boy, son of rank Larsen of Skowhegan, swallowed a newly hatched turtle sent from the South. The child gasped for breath as the turtle lodged in the upper throat. A doctor freed the obstruction after some difficulty. The turtle drew in its limbs and escaped harm, but the boy nearly suffocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rank Larsen
Skowhegan
South
The Silent Man Had Land and Robbers in Frontier Tale
A southwestern shoe drummer recalls eighteen years of travel through Washington Oregon California Idaho and Montana. He recounts two stage robberies in which passengers were robbed but a Wells Fargo detective pursued and killed both bandits. The group retrieved their property and helped bury the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Montana
Wells Fargo
Knights of the Road
Smithsonian Institution
Ford
Wells Fargaman
Wells-Fargo
Anglo-Saxon Language Cranks and Their Flimsy Reforms
A critique of a pamphlet proposing drastic Anglo-Saxon coinages to replace Latin and Greek derived words. It lampoons substitutions like electricity for fire-ghost and democracy for folkdom, noting the phrasebook absurdity and predicting social consequences for young graduates who promote the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spellman
How to Judge a Horse Age by Teeth in Old Text
A St Louis Globe Democrat excerpt explains age by dentition. It notes foal tooth development from birth, 12 days, 28 days, and 8 months for corner teeth, then yearly changes until permanent teeth replace temporary ones by age five. By seven, the center nippers wear, and the kernel fades from lower teeth, with subtle clues remaining for older horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ihe
A Cure for Whooping Cough via Gas House Visit
An old remedy claims to cure whooping cough in children through exposure to steamy purifier gas at a shed like entrance to a gas works. Men fill square boxes with oyster shell lime sawdust and iron clippings, moistened and packed, then gas passes through to purify before distribution. Children visit for an hour or two inhaling fumes, with the remedy said to stop coughing though some need weeks of regular visits.
Andrew Johnson's Daughter in White House Duties
After Lincoln's 1865 death the Johnson family faced the White House burden. Mrs Patterson, daughter of Andrew Johnson, avoided society and illness, yet fulfilled the mistress duties as history notes. Her sister Mrs Stover preferred home life, leaving Patterson to preside amid social demands of the capital era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Johnson
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Trouville
Gil Blas
John Bull
St. Louis Globe Democrat
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