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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1894
Page
8
An advertisement lists symptoms of Female Weakness and Uterine Troubles including fatigue irritability sleeplessness and melancholy. The ad promotes Pinkham’s Liver Pills as a remedy and mentions a 25 penny price.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a superior liquid laxative that cleanses the system and eases colds headaches and fevers by acting on the kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. It claims universal patient satisfaction and medical approval and warns buyers to avoid substitutes.
Ronald Kennedy of Roxbury Massachusetts announces a weed remedy that he says cures scrofula pimples and other ailments. He reports over eleven hundred cases with only two failures and offers a book by postal card request.
The weather bureau review reports varied conditions across regions. Much of the West shows cooler weather and drought harming crops, while the South gains rain and strong corn prospects. Nebraska and Iowa suffer permanent injury, Kansas and Missouri report fodder-saving cuts, and overall yields hinge on regional moisture.
Bradstreet notes show increases and decreases in grain stocks last Saturday versus the prior week. Wheat east of the Rocky Mountains rose by 2,875,006 bushels, corn fell by 2,679,000, oats east climbed 4,626,000, and wheat west of the mountains declined by 4,000. Europe wheat stocks fell by 1,264,004. Additional rises include 229,000 at Newport News, 357,000 in Chicago private elevators, 170,000 in Louisville, and 60,000 in Minneapolis. Declines cover 209,000 in Northwestern interior elevators and 108,000 at Fort William, Ont.
Treasury officials report brisk activity after tariff passage. Whisky tax receipts near a million and a half dollars daily for twelve days, with August totals rising toward eighteen million. Customs duties push monthly receipts to about twelve million, lifting total tax revenue for the period near forty two million. Exports and imports swing with July trade showing imports far surpassing exports by about twelve and a half million, while seven months end July show export totals aligning with prior year. Expenditures in August project around twenty five million, leaving a cash balance of about fourteen million in the treasury.
Obituaries note JOSEPH BOSHER died in St. Louis from sunstroke and WILLIAM CLIFTON, 74, a Mexican War veteran, died in Decatur. FREDERICK KRETE died by poison in Waukegan. Coxeyltes in Maryland were jailed yet set to work. Cholera cases rise in Liege with deaths. Joan T Hancock, a Dubuque merchant, passed away aged 10, born in Lebanon Indiana. Leavenworth jail freed inmates. four remained.
A downtown hotel guest finds a ten dollar bill in a public area and is challenged by the proprietor who claims custody under hotel rules. The guest disputes this, and a local lawyer who knew both sides sides with the finder, asserting that the owner has the ultimate rights and the finder holds superior claims to the property until ownership is established.
A village lacks firefighters. instead a water pump sits in a thatched log stable with three carts pulled by horses kept by the commune. A muzhik serves as watchman, and villagers assemble a leader to drive to fires aboard a he dlega with a procession of carts and peasants.
A prominent New York library accumulates clippings into a manilla page scrapbook system. A dedicated newspaper reader daily curates subjects stored in boxed pages, building a vast reference with nearly 100000 clippings already in use.
The article extols Wes tetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for liver neglect symptoms including yellow skin tongue fur red or right side pain dizziness and bad breath. It claims relief from bowel irregularity malaria related liver involvement and dyspepsia while aiding sleep appetite and recovery after illness.
The piece argues envy harms complexion and vanity makes faces vacuous. It warns that inner feelings show on the face and urges readers to discourage undesirable traits to maintain a better appearance.
A remark notes that ignorance between halves of society shields many scandals, implying much remains hidden from public view and public gossip acts as a dampening force on confrontation.
Mulch fruit trees with coarse hay or straw early in the season to three or four inches deep. Rain compacts the mulch to slow soil moisture loss, suppress weeds, and save cultivation costs. This natural method helps keep roots moist when irrigation is not possible.
Round trip tickets will be sold from all stations on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad on Sept 4, Oct 2, and Nov 6, 1804 at one fare to points in Kentucky Tennessee Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina and Florida. Tickets valid twenty days from sale date with stopovers allowed. Apply to C and E I R R agents or Charles W Humpaney Northern Passenger Agent 170 E Third St St Paul Chicago city ticket office 230 Clark St or Charles L Stong G P and T A Chicago Illinois.
A Cornhill Magazine tale recalls a New York pacer who boasted his ancestors came on the Mayflower. The Plymouth man’s blunt retort underscored the fleet’s diverse passenger line and sparked a humorous exchange about who truly sailed aboard the historic voyage.
An advertisement-style prompt touts Avians Tabules as extending a businessman's life by ten years. It asks readers to identify individuals who would want the extra decade.
An ad style note extols Glenn's Gulp Bur Soap as revealing a woman's age and improving complexion as summer colors brighten. It frames beauty claims in playful, feminine terms without specifics.
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