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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1890
Page
4
A humorous tale of a brilliant inventor who builds a flying machine and vast gadgets to power heat, travel, and cooking yet ignores basic needs at home. His ideas impress but his wife and child suffer from lack of coal and practical comforts as his grand schemes fail to address everyday life.
Doctor meets Alexander Carathwaite who fears a skull reflection in a medieval mirror. The antq mirror, tied to a family visit from Earl of Salchester, shows a death head when viewed over the heart. Medical expert Maverick confirms a genuine Venetian glass and a skull image.
Maverick reads from Medieval Italy that sixteenth century Venetian mirrors used quicksilver coatings to show grotesque designs like serpents and skulls only from one angle, creating a reflected exterior image. Doctor declines payment, says story will be his fee. The tale ends with mysterious figures and a jab at a famous patient.
In Pearson's Weekly an Irish case mocks a lawyer who left his notes in court. The opposing counsel swapped bookmarks, prompting the judge to hear authorities that bore no relation to the promissory note suit. The judge faulted the references as insulting and ruled for the plaintiff with costs.
The Forum notes Scotland's banking network is vast with branches in nearly every town and village. It highlights low deposit thresholds, widespread deposits, and current accounts, creating a strong central savings base. Total deposits exceed £14 million, with significant fixed deposits backing colonial banking activities.
A renowned English barrister sought social access in Hamburg by bribing a waiter with half a napoleon to sit beside a noble lord at the hotel table d hote. When dinner began, the seat was taken. The waiter explained that the barrister paid for the near seat, but the lord paid for the opposite side, causing the mix up.
The dying jockey Patsy McCarthy cries in a hospital ward that England and Ireland race in his mind’s eye. He foresees Ireland winning the Liberty Handicap by a neck as onlookers at the clubhouse weigh in on the outcome. The scene captures his Home Rule fervor amid the accident at the track.
A country aunt observes her nephew Johnny Peters and niece Mary Peters from Boston playing a domestic drama in the dining room. The children argue over imaginary food turning the scene into a tense family tableau as Mary storms out, leaving the aunt to ponder the pretend quarrel.
A vivid account recalls Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s first Edinburgh visit amid vast public enthusiasm. A farmer recalls fearing the Queen then relaxing as she bowed to him, while historian Tytler notes Windsor corridors filled with a cheerful procession of the Prince of Wales and the Queen.
In a Free Press tale, a speaker recounts a humorous story about a friend who bought a jackass for 5000 dollars, sold it for 400 after a drunken spell, and later claimed the animal helped elect him to Congress, prompting crowd laughter and disbelief.
The orange origins trace from Hindostan to Arabia and Persia in ancient times then into Onan Syria where it was called bigarade. Crusaders spread it to the Levant and Europe, reaching Italy Spain and France by the mid 1500s. Spaniards later cultivated it in the West Indies and from there to Florida Central America Mexico California and Australia, improving in texture and flavor into a premier fruit.
The article explains how Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium is grown in Dalmatia to produce insect powder. Dalmatia supplies much of Europe and America via Trieste, with annual value around 2000000 to 2500000 dollars. Harvest begins in June. recent winter severity raised crop concerns.
A tombstone in a Vermont cemetery bears the inscription Sacred to the memory of three twine, a fragmentary line reflecting a terse memorial note in a rural graveyard setting.
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