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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1912
Page
6
Absent minded woman in New Rochelle asks the central office to ring her at nine each morning to remember feeding a new canary. Forgetfulness caused days of mistaken calls until she confessed the reason and asked the operator to simply say Feed the bird. The canary was soon fed and content.
Hop recalls a legendary hunt with Ananias Minchausen describing a long running shot at a deer over a mile. The deer and the hunter’s bullet stay neck and neck until the animal tires and falls, ending with a note about the hunter’s life being at risk and the hunter’s respect for the quarry.
An elaborately carved model clock from Skowhigan Maine by James Calway stands seven feet ten inches tall. It took six years to complete with twenty thousand wooden pieces. The upper story features ten minute automata of apostles, a devil trumpet, and a moving air from a magic box. The second story resembles a mansion with doors that open every ten minutes and moral tableaux including a beggar and charity scene.
A cautionary note urges poets not to push first efforts into verse about the Titanic disaster. It argues deep emotion is essential but not sufficient and warns against printing fragile lines that would compel readers to be painfully kind in judging. The piece suggests writers should choose less daunting subjects for initial poetic attempts.
A Kentucky man visits his brother in New York and dines at a premier hotel grill room. He is stunned by the bill, tipped 25 cents after disputing charges, and learns his brother is at Blank's hotel printing room.
Travelers note gifts influence negotiations with mountain peoples. Ifugaos accept white rooster feather or onion skin paper, kept as holiday reminders. Ylongots Calingas prefer beads, imitation agate, scarlet cloth. Pearl shell is highly prized. gifts must be careful to avoid offense or devaluation.
A Yonkera man gifts a canary to his wife for a birthday and the bird becomes a devoted guard for their infant. The canary perches by the crib, hops on the child, and ruffles its feathers to signal any approaching danger, acting as a vigilant, affectionate sentinel in the boudoir.
The article outlines humane cat correction by avoiding direct blows. It warns that striking the spine harms elderly cats and can provoke a counterattack. It advises scaring misbehavior with a sudden noise and notes cats are highly responsive to electrical data and can be perched on a shoulder or knees.
A German method by Weber uses needle insertion at the bud base to force earlier unfolding by two to three weeks, with water injections speeding budding further. A physician also experimented with water and 10 percent alcohol injections, gaining ten days in oak twig budding.
In Steuben County Indiana the case Vaughan versus Vaughan for divorce proceeds in Chaalt Court. Plaintiff Dudley W. Glaason attorney files complaint and affidavits that Emma Vaughan is not a resident. She must appear by November 1 1912 or the court will proceed in her absence at Angola. Clerk Frank D Mugues affirms.
A firm received tiger cat skins from Paraguay and Argentina shown alongside North American wildcat hides. South American skins have round black spots on grayish white fur, smaller than leopard patterns, with thinner fur but dress well as robes.
Roscoe a three year old was brought to Sunday school by his brother Richard for his first sermon. As the class recited the Lord’s Prayer phrases, Roscoe unexpectedly added And a little gravy during the pause causing distress to Richard and consternation among the class.
Foreclosure suit Albert Loose vs Lewis A Lyle King Lytle No 4785 in Chreuit Court. Nonresidents Lewis A Lytle Emma Lytle must appear by November 16 1912 at Angola court to answer or demur. Clerk Frank D Hoghes issues seal.
A satirical note imagines Sir Isaac Newton seeking a supreme court test cage to determine if it is constitutional. The joke hinges on aviation and the idea of reasonable restraint on trade as a legal issue.
Many driven from homes by coughs and lung diseases seek climate shifts, but Dr. King's New Discovery offers at home cure. Provides quick relief from coughs, throat trouble, grip, croup, whooping cough, and sore lungs. Trial bottle free, prices 50c and 1.00. Note by J. De Caswell.
A cheerful Sewickley couple, newly married, faces a running joke about meals at home. An elderly friend encounters the groom downtown and jokily asks about life and cooking. The groom quips that his wife serves angel food daily, with a light hint of appetite fatigue and a tease about beet and onion meals to come.
The text notes Purearon as a laboratory preparation distinct from general cast iron. Cast iron remains the most useful form, containing about five percent impurities.
What We Never Forget according to science recalls Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised for healing burns boils scalds sores skin eruptions cuts sprains and bruises. Forty years of cures prove its merit. Unrivaled for piles and cold sores. Only 9 cts at T De Caswell's.
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