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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1895
Page
5
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female disorders. It claims to regulate womanly functions improve digestion enrich blood dispel aches and pains and restore health and strength with refreshing sleep.
A woman and her husband react to faint noises at midnight as intruders are heard in the pantry supposedly near a cake box. The tone mirrors a brief New York Weekly item about a late night disturbance and household suspense.
A Belgian decree prohibits Belgians from capturing destroying or exporting frogs for sale and from buying or selling them. King Leopold aims to end frog eating among his subjects.
An advertisement from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. asserts Pinkham's Compound cures a wide range of female diseases from uterine disorders to ovarian trouble and back pain. It touts additional relief from Liver Pills and a Sanative Wash with free correspondence and nationwide drugstore availability.
Estimates by conservative statisticians place the 1895 corn yield above 2.375 billion bushels with rail executives predicting as much as 2.4 billion. The vast crop, aided by ideal weather on 82 million acres, spurs plans to move grain domestically and abroad at favorable prices, avoiding waste like past surpluses.
Settlers in northwestern Wyoming arm themselves as Bannock and Shoshone tribes threaten retaliation. Reports say a white man his wife and child were killed and six natives died in the Salt River Valley incident. Settlers gather at strategic points seeking mutual protection while urging government troops.
A Jackson Hole posse surprised an Indian camp in Hoback canyon and killed all Indians except one papoose while arresting them for game-law violations. The posse then burned the horses and fled to Marysville as frontier tensions rose. Reports from Little Rock, Ark, claimed a Gould system strike, later shown to be unfounded.
An inquirer with a microphone suggests house fly sounds form a tiny language and hopes a microphone could reveal microbial speech. The piece muses on insect communications and canine microbes, noting the idea may spark future inventions.
A mighty desert wind called samiel is a hot electrical wind crossing Arabia and Africa. It moves like lightning and lasts only minutes but can kill instantly. Travelers watch a horizon haze and lie facing away to endure it. The sirocco blights Italy in April. West Indian hurricanes are vortexes of great force capable of blowing cannon from a battery and tossing men over walls.
An advertisement extols McElree's Wine of Cardui as a universal remedy for female diseases and menstrual irregularities. It cites customer praise from Laura P. Brown of Dalton Georgia and urges readers to ask a druggist for the product. It also briefly notes a political satire about a lawyer and mentions a church convention at Linwood Park Ohio with low cost rail tickets.
A vintage health line claims Syrup of Figs can cleanse the system by easing constipation and cleansing impurities. It touts gentle, non irritating cleansing to awaken kidneys and liver and dispel headaches colds or fevers.
A New York Weekly item describes a tragic railroad accident scene with a lone tramp laments the damaged clothing and ruined possessions. The tone notes the sorrowful sight as the victim is cut by the rails and the surroundings reflect the harm.
Vermilion Ohio offers low season rates to Linwood Park through Nickel Plate lines. The excerpt stresses self respect as life’s ballast, warning that without it the journey is a fragile sea voyage to a coffin.
A collage of ads and notices highlights Nickel Plate Road summer excursions along Lake Erie with details on special trains and rates. It also promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure and other remedies, a sanitary stance on milk and butter, and various health tips and quips from period literature.
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