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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
4
Dialogue from a New York Weekly snippet shows a judge chiding a defendant for begging on the street while noting he still has $20. The prisoner defends himself, saying he is not a spendthrift though not as industrious as others.
A description notes two Civil War cannons to be melted and recast into a statue symbolizing peace as a powerful transformation. The piece also touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for constipation dyspepsia and weak kidneys urging readers to try it.
Mrs Hatterson asks about a 7:30 breakfast and Mrs Catterson explains it is needed since her husband has given up business to play golf. The exchange frames a humorous domestic moment from Life magazine style.
The W. L. Douglas Shoe Co of Brockton Massachusetts advertises a $3.50 men’s shoe equal to $5 rivals by selling factory direct. The firm operates 60 company stores, employs over 1,100 workers, uses union labor, and pays high wages. The Brockton factory payroll runs about $17,435 weekly and over one million men wear their shoes.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet features a nine year old prodigy who claims higher moral influence does not affect citizenship, insisting the speaker is merely afraid of the police. The exchange highlights the boy's sharp wit in psychology class.
An old advertisement touts Lane’s Family Medicine as a daily health aid. It claims to cleanse the bowels and benefit the liver and kidneys, curing headaches. The price is listed as 25 cents and 50 cents.
The article discusses steel roller bearings held in bronze cages as a potential improvement over traditional ball bearings. Trials in England on omnibuses show one person starting an omnibus with little effort, suggesting lower friction for heavy wheels. If successful, rollers could extend to heavy trucks and locomotives, reducing wear on powerful machines and possibly ending the era of ball bearings for heavy vehicles.
Best for the bowels. Claims to cure every ailment from headache to cancer by regulating bowels. Advertises Cascarerts Candy Cathartic in metal boxes with C C C stamp and warns against imitations.
An aluminum airship powered by a benzine motor rose to 1000 feet in a German trial before winds rose too high, the test proceeding without major incident until weather turned adverse.
Grain-O marketed as a pure grain coffee substitute praised for its mellowness and stomach safety. Noticeable ad claims include suitability for children and adults and a brown color resembling mocha and java.
A playful verse outlines irregular plurals like geese and mice, contrasts with standard forms such as houses and cows, and jests about why English defies simple rules. It ends by praising English as the greatest language.
The Paris Exposition awards a gold medal to Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. of Dorchester Massachusetts for cocoa and chocolate preparations. The firm, the world’s largest maker of cocoa and chocolate, has earned multiple top honors from European and American expositions, including a third Paris award.
The Philadelphia Press notes a conversation about a new play opening the 1906 season and mocks Jack Naples humor as merely a car themed comedy, remarking that even the horse in the play is only a memory.
The Peabody Medical Institute in Boston offers free 94 page pamphlet Know Thyself for men as a guide to physical well being. The notice promotes public health education to improve morals and reduce disease and poverty.
An old advertising snippet promotes Grain-O as a grain based drink for children, claiming it substitutes coffee with similar taste at similar cost. It also references prices from historical watchcase labor costs and notes a butterfly color trait in India. Additional lines promote Jeil-O dessert and list local Philadelphia doctors with the surname Blaughter.
The population of Edinburgh now sits about 1,000 short of 300,000. A quirky newspaper note suggests using Jeb Printer to produce Eagle Linza letter heads and envelopes, hinting at a typo filled promotion.
The Dewey family home, birthplace of Admiral Dewey born December 26 1887, is traced through ownership to Captain Edward Dewey and later T R Gordon of Hay. Gordon moved the house in 1890 and continues to maintain it as a shrine visited by thousands. A 1890 letter from Gordon praises Peruna for his wife’s catarrh and sleep, requesting a free booklet on the remedy.
A historical note on early New York City directories shows Vanderbilts appeared as Dutch Van der Bilt farmers and truckmen, not the Commodore’s line, with ancestors on Staten Island. Also mentions various brands and facts about dyes, ships, the Orange Free State, Jell O, and English deaths from alcoholism.
A patient describes ten years of agony with a wrecked nervous system and eye pain. After trying many physicians and treatments without relief, they seek a new approach for cure.
An ad style excerpt extols Nebraska as a land of plenty with cheap land, abundant grain and fruit, healthy climate, and profitable cattle and hog raising. It touts opportunities for ownership and a monthly illustrated paper The Corn Belt to provide information, inviting readers to request a booklet and cheap excursion tickets via the railroad.
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