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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1900
Page
8
New York trade reports show irregular but improving conditions
New York trade signals show easier money and growing market strength despite irregularities. Banks in large centers remain well funded, with ample Western and Southern money reducing pressure on Eastern banks. stock activity stays light while sentiment broadens. Wheat and provisions ended higher. corn and oats fell amid harvest prospects and drought impacts on winter and spring wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Board of Trade
Man and Wife Duel Ends in Death in Suburban Philadelphia
Philadelphians Arthur and Mrs Sinclair killed themselves in a duel outside their Peabody Manor villa after a quarrel. Each fired five yards apart as servant Mary Clark watched. Mrs Sinclair, described as an educated nonconformist, had challenged her husband to “shoot me like a man.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sinclair
Peatfryn Mawr
Philadelphia
Ler Rose
Sinclair
Philippine Commission to Govern Islands Starts Sept
The Taft led Philippine Commission will become the insular legislature on September 1 with power to levy money, establish courts and schools, and pass laws. MacArthur will lead executive functions until a civil governor is named. Insurgent activity has risen in the past three weeks with ambushes and attacks on small parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Commission
Taft
The
Philippines
MacArthur
McKinley
Forest fires rage in California and global issues unfold
News notes immense forest fires in California. England holds Colombia responsible for the death of Reginald Paris, a British subject killed during the war. The Prussian Government plans measures to preserve endangered trees. Only two surviving American Vice Presidents remain Levi Morton and Adlai Stevenson. An army unit requests 30,000 men and 10,000 horses for three months with an estimated need of 11,000 tons of food and forage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
England
Colombia
Reginald Paris
Levi S. Morton
New York
Adlai KE. Stevenson
Illinois
Jefferson's Ride Across Swollen Creek Becomes Local Anecdote
A tale recounts Thomas Jefferson, riding with two youths, crossing a flooded creek. A stranger on the bank asked to ride behind the President. Jefferson paused, allowed him aboard, and the man thanked him. Onlookers mused on the choice and its meaning for political loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Ferry
United States
Tom Jefferson
Wal
Poly
Endurance Compared: American Workers and Chinese
The piece contrasts the American working man with the Chinese, asserting American workers are superior. It compares this to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a measure of effectiveness, claiming the tonic cures dyspepsia, constipation, indigestion and helps prevent malaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Impolite comment on church collections and attendance
The passage argues that with public collection summaries, two outcomes follow. First, giving at church will rise temporarily as people compare notes. Then some attendees will feel too poor to attend church, reducing participation.
Best for the Bowels Cascar ets Candy Cathartic Ad
An archaic patent medicine advertisement touts Cascarets as a universal cure from headaches to cancer by regulating bowels. It promises painless, natural movements, claims a 10 cent trial, and warns against imitations of the metal box tablets stamped with C C C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascarets
Rubber Culture in Ceylon Declares Growth Milestone
Rubber culture began at Peradeniya botanical gardens in 1878 under Dr. Trimen. By 1897 Ceylon boasted 250,000 Brazilian variety rubber trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peradeniya
Trimen
Ceylon
Try Grain O New Grain O drink replaces coffee
The ad promotes Grain O as a coffee substitute available at grocers in 150 and 250 price packages. It claims children and adults can drink it safely and that grains form a mocha like taste. Also mentions sunless sea depth finding about 200 feet.
Ball's Catarrh Care and other old notices
Ball's Catarrh Care is taken internally. Price 75 cents. Boycott on Rome Georgia streetcar for rear-seat rule. G. A. Excampment at Chicago. excursion tickets via Nickel Plate Road Aug 76 to Aug 29, with terms. Onions believed to cure typhoid by Chileans. Allen's Foot-Ease powder advertised for foot relief. Woolwich gun factory expansion. Piso's Cure for Consumption touted. English track mileage partly public. Red Cross Ball Blue for white clothes. Transvaal mining machinery valued at about 47 million.
Nickel Plate Offers One Cent A Mile To G A R Encampment
The Nickel Plate Road lists a low fare of one cent per mile to Chicago for the Annual Encampment of the G A R. Tickets go on sale August 6 to 20, with good return via Slat route deposits until September 1. Contact nearest agent or T P A Fort Wayne for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. A. Asterun
Fort Wayne
Iad
Alum Mountain of China Yields Wealth for Inhabitants
In China, twelve and a half miles from the village of Lion-Chek lies a mountain of alum. The natural curiosity also serves as a source of wealth as locals dig from it yearly tons of alum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Lion-Chek
Grain-O: A Grain-Based Coffee Substitute for Children
A vintage advertisement promotes Grain-O as a nutritious substitute for tea or coffee for children. It highlights Grain-O as made from pure grains, tasting like coffee when prepared, and claims it costs about the same as coffee. Sold by grocers, priced at 15 cents? 5 cents.
Foreign cosmetics and perfumes sold in 1899 reach $500000
A 1899 statistics compilation shows American dealers widely purchased foreign cosmetics and perfumes, totaling over five hundred thousand dollars in value. This indicates strong demand for European and other non domestic beauty products across the United States.
Lane's Family Medicine Claims Daily Bowel Movement Benefits
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine as essential for health by daily bowel movements. It claims gentle effects on the liver and kidneys and as a cure for sick headaches, offered at prices of 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
S. Ayer
John Goon
Washington House
Washington, Ia
Lane
Boston Height Ceiling ordinance test upheld by courts
A Boston ordinance restricting building heights has been tested in court and sustained. The ruling confirms the city’s limits on tall structures remain enforceable against developers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Nickel Plate runs Niagara Falls excursion and G A R trip
An 18th annual Nickel Plate excursion to Niagara Falls Tuesday August 14 offers stops at Chautauqua Lake with Toronto tickets $1 extra and Thousand Islands $6.50 extra, return within 12 days on Daily Express trains. Also tickets to Chicago for the G A R encampment Aug 25 to 28 offered at one cent per mile traveled with return until Sept 30. Fort Wayne agents handle bookings.
Nickel Plate Offers One Cent Per Mile Tickets to G A R Encampment
The Nickel Plate Road plans a 1 cent per mile fare for the 34th Annual G A R Encampment in Chicago from Aug 25 to Aug 28 with good returns through Aug 31 or deposits through Sept 30 on the Peerless Trio of Daily Express trains. Tickets available via write, wire, phone, or nearest agent, or through C A Asterlin Fort Wayne Indiana.
Chinese News Bearers and Imperial Reward System
According to ancient Chinese practice the emperor rewards couriers who bring good news and punishes those who deliver bad reports, reflecting the court’s emphasis on favorable intelligence and control over information.
What Shall We Have for Dessert
What shall We Have for Dessert This question arises in the family every day as we answer it today Try Jell O a delicious and healthful dessert Prepared in two minutes No boiling no baking simply add a little hot water and set to cool Flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry At your grocers 16 cts
Mortality From Pneumonia Remains High in German Army
German Army reports pneumonia deaths remain high. Convalescent soldiers receive fur loughs of four weeks to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Red Cross Ball Blue Best in the World
A Red Cross Ball Blue package, labeled as 2 oz, is priced at 5 cents. The text claims the French government has liber ated in Madagascar during the last four years more than 1,000,000 slaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Madagascar
Eighteenth Annual Excursion to Niagara Falls
Eighteenth annual excursion on the Nickel Plate Road to Niagara Falls Tuesday August 14 offering low rates. Toronto add $1.00 and Thousand Islands add $6.50. no extra charge for Lake Chautauqua stop. Tickets good returning for twelve days. Write wire phone or call nearest agent A Asterlin T P A Fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Thousand Islands
Nickel Plate Road
Chautauqua Lake
CU. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lake Chautauqua
A. Asterlin
T.P. A
Eagle Linen Writing Tablet Sells at 25 Cents
The Eagle Linen Writing Tablet rolled and unruled contains 108 sheets and is advertised as superior. The Letter size sells for 25 cents and the Note size for 1 cent. Ask your dealer for them. Take no other.
Nickel Plate Excursion to Chicago for G A R Encampment
The Nickel Plate Road will sell excursion tickets to Chicago for the 3rd Annual Encampment of the G A R at one cent a mile traveled. Tickets good Aug 25 to 29 with deposit by Sept 5 on Peerless Trio Daily Express trains. Contact C A Asteslin Fort Wayne Indiana or nearest agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
G. A
C. A. Asteslin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lydia Pinkham
Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Pointe West
Sost
St. Louis
St. Kansas City
Us Domnavom
Toledo
Ohio
Thompson, P
T. A
Tad. A
Wobrooncanan
Detroit
Mich
L. & McClellan
Bt. Louis
Guo
D. Maxrizin
Tndianapolis
Tad
P. A. Paruen
Ill
Crane
Loula
Omaha
Rockford
Dubuque
Waterloo
Dodee
Cornell Bluffs
Buffet
Bond
Proturen
N.G.P
Manufacturlount & Egreet
Wabash
Ball
Rome
G. A. BR
C. A. Asterlin
Surat
Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Royal Factory
Woolwich
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Red Cross Ball
Transvaal
Carter
Henry III
Jelt O
Desaert
Jensen
Fort Wayne, Ind
Botile
Franklin College
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