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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1904
Page
6
In Century Magazine recollections, Andrew D. White recounts General Methuen as a young colonel who saved a worker from the Thiergarten river. Diplomats doubted the deed, but the emperor later awarded Methuen a life saving medal, which he accepted awkwardly.
In Lowndes Missouri on April 4 Mrs Harty reports long years of spring illness and weakness. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills last spring she felt strong again, surpassing ten years of poor health. The testimonial touts the pills as a premier spring tonic used in thousands of homes.
A Leslie's Monthly inspired tip advises not to chase sleep. Instead rest by working to refresh the mind, cultivating indifference to sleep and trusting fatigue will lead to natural slumber as surely as breathing and heartbeat.
A Columbus Ohio woman recounts years of stomach pain from coffee and medicine. After six months on Postum she stopped prescriptions, reports improvement, and notes family adoption of Postum with fewer aches and better appetite.
A collage of light verse and gags from 19th and early 20th century papers. Jokes feature wordplay on ministers, school talk, cantankerous characters, and lovers in jest. Quips reference Philadelphia Ledger and Press humor, Punch style lines, and domestic scenes.
The Osage, about 18 in number, and their tribesmen own roughly $10,000 each in government trust with 5 percent interest. As the first cash payments arrived, Osage families with many children bought goods, notably buggies, while one man bought a hearse for his clan and rode away with it.
A curious blend of social customs and historical notes on family engagement rituals and Gypsy presence in Europe. The piece recounts the nervous anticipation of a prospective bride during family inspections and traces Gypsy arrivals and dispersal in England Scotland and Europe from medieval times through the 1800s.
A dialogue between He and She questions churchgoing during Lent. He denies attending at all while She asserts there are no weddings during Lent, reflecting a debate on religious observance and social customs in Philadelphia.
A 1898 testimonial from Charities Bierbach of Irving at 625 Chestnut Street Drie Pa states kidney pain and rheumatism vanished after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He claims six years of reliable relief, with his wife cured as well. A free trial offer via Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is available nationwide. Price 50 cents per box.
A fragmentary meditation on spring versus death features a ponderous speaker and a “Gloomy Man” debating the folly of dying in spring. The dialogue hints at seasonal dread and a personal refusal to endure spring cleaning as fate.
Personal advertisement from H. E. Hates of Fort Wayne Indiana offering a mailed sample claimed to cure female weakness for stamps. The notice promises a sample valued at over five dollars and requests the recipient's address.
A conversation between a wife and husband at a club reveals a playful, drunken exchange about singing “Home, Sweetoma.” The husband stumbles through a garbled reply while the wife presses for the truth of their late night activity.
A 100 reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad lists J Cheney & Co of Toledo and endorsements from wholesale druggists West Truax, Waning Kinnan Marvin. Claims Hall's Cure acts on blood and mucous surfaces and sells at 75 cents per bottle. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills as best.
A market teaser promotes Ball Blue red crown 2 oz for six cents. An dorra in the Pyrenees is linked with a tiny presidential salary of 15 dollars per year, with talk of a 10 percent raise to 10 dollars and 50 cents.
The Nickel Plate Road offers low monthly fares on the first and eighth Tuesdays through April 19 1904 to points in the West Southwest and Northwest. For details contact C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Indiana. A 1900 pound funfish was captured near Santa Catalina Island off California.
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