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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1893
Page
8
A vintage advertising contest promises a free trip to Chicago for spelling words from the letters of World s Fair. Scott Reed Company asks entrants to submit word lists, with cash prizes ranging from five to fifty dollars and seeds offered for trial orders, listing Toronto Canada as the address.
Dolly Wardens describes Dolly Varden, heroine of Dickens Barnaby Rudge, wearing a gay colored flowered gown with a pointed bodice and underskirt, noting the costume's fashion revival in the late 1860s or early 1870s with Dolly Vardens common nationwide.
Advertisement touts Dr Jorce's Pleasant Pellets as small, easy to take and more effective than large pills. It promises relief from constipation indigestion bilious attacks and liver and stomach disorders claiming permanent cures through a gentle pellet remedy.
A fragment from a period piece discusses romantic heartbreak fading amid careers and reforms, noting a new “prophet in Israel” justifying old romances. It cites Sir George Paget on real heartbreak risking physical harm and recounts a bank panic scene where Nora and Pat debate drawing money, ending with a humorous resolution.
In winter this city faced a stubborn whooping cough. A family with three ill children saw their parrot mimic each cough so perfectly that listeners could not tell bird from child. The intelligent bird even seemed to crave medicine as it watched treatment begin.
The article recalls a Connecticut minister sixty years ago noting the Lord reigns while the devil strives, arguing that public fear of decline is timeless. It cites Tales from Notes and Queries about tumbling glasses and a reflection on health and money, urging moderation and preventive care, with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a suggested defense against illness.
A tale from New York Prose describes a swell hop where all wore formal dress except for a modest man who explains, during intermission, that he has no dress suit of his own and every store in town says their suits are rented for the event.
An advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a blood and constitutional treatment taken internally to reach the disease. It claims to be prescribed by noted physicians, made from tonics and purifiers, and sold by druggists for 75 cents with testimonials of its effectiveness.
A former slave, Mrs. dulla Phinzy, dies in Atlanta leaving $20,000 in property and naming Marion Phinzy, son of her former master, as heir. The piece reflects romance writer tones and notes the custom of sending wildflower bouquets to funerals when a man dies.
A Minneapolis correspondent laments that Minnesotans fail to grasp a three syllable worded remedy for sticking piston valves on a cornet. After oil worsens the issue a young buyer asks for saliva and even sends 25 cents for a bottle, noting local druggists do not carry it.
The piece argues that popular science statements often mislead, using the example of a tallow candle supposedly shredding a pine board. In reality no candle passes the board. instead a lump of tallow sticks to the wood, showing that practical results defy plausible explanations without a predrilled hole.
A fragment from Street & Smith's Good News features a floor walker and cash boy dialogue. Miss Sellem calls Cash, the boy defers, and Jim Jimson’s name appears as the scene shifts to an accident with Jimson having fallen down an elevator.
A quip in dialogue form centers on a book of Paradise Lost. Old Soak laments over lost spirits while questioning why grief is stirred, prompting a humorous exchange about sorrow and literature.
A quirky roundup notes cross border author publisher quarrels in Germany over printing charges. The item mocks literary economics, while brief ads tout Beecham's Pills and Brown's Bronchial Traches. It mentions Dr Claude A Southwell's word count stunt and a Paris woman who left her fortune to a cat.
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