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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1896
Page
1
A young tramp named Mike rides trains on a water tank and hides in a platform during a west bound express robbery. He dodges pursuers as robbers storm the cars and dynamite blows open the express car door amid gunfire and chaos.
Mike, a trusted railroad hand, helps stop a train hold up after two robbers shoot the engineer and fireman. He commandeers the engine, deters the attackers, and guides the locomotive to safety. Passengers praise him as robbers are arrested and the company pays his bills.
A Chicago express company manager recalls a tall tale of a strong Irish driver. He carried a barrel of flour to a South Side home, climbed stairs and a roof ladder, and finally left the barrel on a roof while the resident Mrs. McGowan insisted on the delivery, prompting questions back at the office.
A Washington Post anecdote recalls Gov Henry A Wise of Virginia being approached at a political gathering by a well dressed man who claimed to know him from Richmond and urged him to tan and shirt him. The tale showcases political tact as Wise responds by naming his neighbor Maj Shirra adding his own humor to the exchange. A separate note mocks campus pricing for a thermometer claimed to cost $10,090 as an example of university excess.
The article notes Nikolai Tesla proposing electric impulses to reach Mars without a connecting wire. Paris reports pneumatic tires reducing cab repair costs by about 50 percent and easing strain on horses and passengers. It also mentions Perrine's comet with two tails and Bredechin’s hydrogen and iron tail theories. A Royal Society Edinburgh joke with a phonograph yields the words Arrubaide to Ectisrevenu and University of Edinburgh.
Radiography in biology extends x ray use beyond bones to heart lungs and windpipe in mice, with similar work done here. The article notes the potential for animal physiology research and mentions other emerging tech such as portable electric lamps and a method to treat partial deafness by targeted sounds. A Tacoma resident reports a puma sighting on Puget Sound beaches, with frightening screams observed near Port Townsend.
Mr Hill notes a puma may chase a man on horseback at night with a dog. A steam fishing captain in the North Sea asserts codfish take sand as ballast during migration, observed in stomachs before moving south and again after returning north, with sand color differing from the sea bottom.
A Polish cavalry private who saved his unit by leading a breakthrough during a near surrounded retreat after Chlopicki’s 1831 campaign receives a swift promotion from captain to lieutenant. He credited a hot ham meal cooling in his saddlebag for luck, then jokes with peers about his unintended rise in rank. A separate note mentions a 11% pound Loch Awe trout caught in Kinghorn Loch.
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