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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1899
Page
5
Auction notices promise improved sale bills printed by Farwont Eacue and a target to beat last season. A sir notice in the Eacle is noted as a sure bet with no extra expense. Gents wanted and a line about York the Life R atkined and Dewey the world moves here. By Marat Halgtrad, on pear et 54.
The Wichita Eagle profiles the canvas division of a packing plant where 30,000 pounds of ham bacon and other pickle goods are prepared for shipment. Workers wrap label and dry the products using a flour paste wash and a high speed sewing line run by Miss Carrie Kiler. The scene emphasizes speed cleanliness and discipline with a strict no-floor policy and attentive supervision.
The Saturday Review laments that future travel favors engines over elegant carriages. It imagines a world where sleek sleighs and mounted coaches vanish, replaced by noisy, oil smelling vehicles. It notes horse breeds decline and even dogs reflect a shift to practical, odd shapes.
A moral tale about an office boy named Tittle Wille who asks to leave early, seeking honesty as the best policy. The financier questions whether his grandmother is dead, and Wille is portrayed as a good boy who never sneaks stamps or harms property.
The New York Tribune reports on a little known city trade in oyster and clam shells. Gathered year round from eating houses, shells accumulate in a vast yard near Fifty fourth street and the North River, forming hillocks that resemble geologic formations. The shells are then sold to gas works as a purifier material, a curious fate for a once common street filling material.
A young man guides a comfortable couple on a stroll as he points to the western sky and a crimson setting sun. The woman, puzzled by his talk of direction, compares the scene to Neapolitan ice cream while he jokes about his near sightedness and a mischievous little brother.
The passage extols the microscope as a divine instrument that reveals unseen wonders. It likens the brass tube to a key that unlocks a vast, previously unknown beauty, forever leaving the viewer in awe of the microcosm.
A brief dialogue notes a youth named Perkins who owes $40 at the laundry and $15 at the barber shop. His father defends him, saying he deserves credit for trying to look like a gentleman.
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