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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1890
Page
4
A reflective verse in a woodland mood describes a tranquil ride along a bridle path. The speaker and gentle ponies move through green aisles, noting blossoms, scents, and distant church bells as a calm counterpoint to a distant troubled world.
In San Diego a silent Aztec boy, nicknamed the Brigand, orchestrates a mass rabbit drive at the San Diego College of Letters. Rabbits flood the chaparral as brown boys untie nets and clubs and trap over a thousand pests, earning him ten silver dollars and a promise of a future shotgun from a Boston student. The scene ends with shared wealth and admiration from all, including generous professors.
A Chinese pawnbroker in China cut usury to six percent, provoking complaints from peers. The mandarin praised his generosity but ordered a return to twenty four percent, allowing one percent for the trader and four percent for charity.
The St Louis Post Dispatch recounts Thomas Edison’s late night phono graph session interrupted by a tame bear brought by his father to Menlo Park. The bear roamed the lab causing chaos as Edison and assistants attempted to resume experiments, then was herded out by Edison Sr. after a comic scare.
Dr. Kircher and Dr. Anderson argue that pard, panther, and leopard refer to one animal. The piece notes widespread but fading beliefs, with regional naming differences in India and among natives, including terms like varkab and Kala harin.
Business Methods of the Great Worth M Worth has a state of fifty employees of various kinds besides all the personnel of the dressmaking department. The latter includes from two hundred to seven hundred girls according to the season. The busy times are from the middle of February to July and from the middle of August to December. During this time the weekly average of work turned out is two hundred gowns and purchases.
The piece argues that women should be ornaments and consolers yet take active roles in managing households during tough times. It urges frugality, wise spending, and cheerful economy, while noting women’s interests are less tied to industry downturns, and suggests women avoid worsening unemployment by sustaining household stability and resilience.
A colonial era piece details elephant training involving binding between trees, vocal praise, and staged exercises. It explains restraint with ropes, the mahout guiding movements, and water kneeling to induce calm, followed by correction with a pointed stick to teach turning and stopping. The report also covers bear killings by farmers near Sultan River and a Norfolk housekeeper preserving a long lock of hair.
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