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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
5
Edward W. Bok argues that modern mothers neglect the family bond with daughters. He contrasts colonial expectations of close mother daughter relationships with today’s busier lifestyle, urging a return to famil y familiarity and shared duties to restore strong maternal influence.
A rare instance shows a bird choosing a boy as a companion and friend. The article notes this as a well documented but uncommon occurrence among animals in a calm, wise state.
In a French Africa campaign Trumpeter Escoffier saved Captain De Cott’s life by swapping his horse and rallying the unit despite being wounded and captured. The Arab captors admired his bravery and even used his trumpet for signals, ending with the charge call. Chronist notes punctuality also matters for happiness and church duties.
Yellow fever reports show scattered mild cases in New Orleans and Mobile with low fatalities amid strict quarantines. Elsewhere Cairo debates fever diagnosis while political ratification celebrations unfold across the islands amid public enthusiasm.
The attorney general releases a long opinion holding section 22 of the tariff law does not impose a discriminating duty on foreign goods imported in bond via Canada. It also finds section 4228 not repealed, disappointing shipowners and rail interests who aimed for a Canadian discrimination. Senator Elkins lobbied for the stricter interpretation but failed.
A Mobile resident receives a yellow fever letter from Ocean Springs linking fear to disease. Physicians warn that panic, not the fever itself, drives deaths, with recovery possible if calmer conditions prevail. Quarantine harms New Orleans shipping and merchants while Elkins pushes a discriminating tariff via section 2. The attorney general and Treasury Secretary support the administration.
The Hawaiian Senate in extraordinary session ratified the annexation treaty with the United States by a unanimous vote. The body, elected after the revolution, united on annexation with no dissent and continued a long stance since the queen's dethronement in 1893.
President M W D Ratchford states about 75000 miners have resumed work on central states bituminous coal fields. He expects wage talks to settle by next year with no further strike, notes West Virginia and parts of Waots as potential trouble, praises organized labor and the American Federation of Labor, and thanks Gompers and committees for support.
An American recounts encounters with adoring fans including a poet and a dead president. A woman tears up before a monument but is corrected that she is near the ice-house, not Washington’s tomb, prompting gentle humor about public emotion and error.
An explorer reports small diamonds found on the summit of an extinct volcano in Witzies Hoek Natal. Sand encloses the stones in a lake crater. whether native washing or a true mine produced them remains uncertain. The find prompts questions about natural diamond formation in volcanic settings.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure for internal use with the price listed as 75 coat.
The Philadelphia Record notes fried locust blossoms offered at refined French tables not inns or pensions. Three blossoms are dipped in egg yolk, rolled in sugar, and fried in hot lard. Served as a second breakfast course with a crisp delicate aroma and a delicious taste.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for swollen feet bunions and sweating. It claims instant relief and easier shoes and notes availability from druggists and shoe stores or by mail for 25 cents from Allan Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The B and U O W reports two trains from Cincinnati to Parkersburg of 732 and 734 tons covering 200 miles in 8 hours 3 minutes and 4 hours 4 minutes respectively. A St Louis to Cincinnati run of 940 miles completed in under 16 hours despite grades over 1 percent.
A special Nickel Plate excursion train to Chicago will run October 8 with five day return tickets. Tickets are sold at Cleveland and west stations at unusually low rates. The October 9 Chicago Fire anniversary will be celebrated, with cheap excursion tickets valid for five days on the Trio of Express Trains. Watch papers and contact ticket agents.
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