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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1895
Page
3
A lyrical poem praises the robin as a herald of spring and resurrection. It describes red-brown breast, shining wings, and a rising chorus as nature awakens. The poem connects renewal with death and eternal life, urging joyful song across woodlands and fields.
An analysis traces Easter’s origins across Europe Asia and Ireland showing how Teutonic Eastre Bel worship and Celtic Bel tinne merged with Christian Paschal observances. It notes eggs fires and games as enduring remnants and recalls modern widespread Easter customs including egg symbolism and festive church rites.
The Easter egg of today is a decorative art form far from the plain calico egg. Porcelain eggs with Japanese decoration serve as jewel cases and bonbon holders, arranged in baskets with pink cotton, flowers, and ribbons. Prices range from 50 cents to 2 dollars, with lacquered eggs and ostrich egg favors priced up to 1.25 and 4 dollars respectively.
A 19th century ad promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a universal spring remedy for impure blood and weak health. It includes testimonials praising appetite, strength, and recovery from rheumatism and long illness, plus a note on German army use of electric arc lighting for night operations. Also touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for malaria, constipation, biliousness, and nervous issues with endorsements by physicians and the press.
A linen draper named Vaughan from Stafford forged Bank of England notes in 1748. He hired workers to engrave a twenty pound note and, after printing a dozen, gave them to a fiancée as proof of wealth. The fraud was discovered and Vaughan was hanged.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh, described as a constitutional treatment taken internally to reach mucous surfaces. The advert claims it builds up the constitution and offers one hundred dollars if it fails, with addresses for the CHENEY brothers in Toledo, Ohio and druggists selling at 75 cents.
A Boston stranger visited a cheap restaurant where a toast order triggered a waiter’s quip about Adam and Eve on a raft. The meal was then altered to scrambled eggs and the waiter called out Shipwreck that order in a colorful display of humor.
One Box Did the Business author Harrison Thurston writes from North Conway New Hampshire under date November 21 1893 to the Sterling Remedy Co Chicago claiming his brother was completely cured of smoking and chewing tobacco by one box of No to bac and is now recommending it to tobacco users.
A new telegraphic device promises to transmit 2 000 words per minute over the wires. The piece notes a decline in Burghur 8 from past levels and mentions Reason-Glenn's sulfur soap as a hair and whisker dye. California reportedly has more artesian waste than any other country.
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