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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1897
Page
8
The text extols Wogzetter's Stomach Bitters as a long standing remedy with a firm reputation. It claims the medicine treats fever and ague, bilious remittent, constipation, liver and kidney disorders, nervousness, and rheumatism, comparing its enduring value to hardy lichens on Alaska rocks.
A wide awake Chicago woman bills herself as a bird and flower attendant. She visits patrons daily, feeds and waters pet birds, cleans cages, waters plants, trims drawing room greenery, cleans leaves, and applies fertilizer to keep fowls and houseplants healthy. She claims to be the only woman in the nation pursuing this vocation.
An advertisement claims local applications cannot cure deafness and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a remedy for catarrh related deafness. It offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured by the remedy and provides address details for F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
Vanity Fair recounts an incident when Don Jaime son of Don Carlos was at a English school. A fellow pupil kicked him, explaining he might become king of Spain and wants the memory to claim he kicked the king.
A six color lithograph map issued by the Nickel Plate Road Passenger Department offers routes costs and outfits information. Send five 2 cent stamps to Advertising Department Nickel Plate Road Cleveland Ohio for the map.
A Humorous Bazar exchange features Mrs Cumsu teasing about her husband’s quiet dress and Mrs Cawker quipping about him not faddling his collar buttons. The quick exchange captures humor and local gossip tone.
Coughing leads to consumption with claimed Balsam from Kewp promising immediate cough relief. Sample bottles offered by druggists in 25 and 50 cent sizes, urging swift purchase to avoid danger. Piso's Cure touted for lung and chest diseases by Mrs J L Northcutt of Windsor Canada amid mention of tea and coffee plant troubles in Ceylon.
Fragmented text appears to request advertising schemes and contact details from an agency. It mentions Lithowraped Maps, Alaskan items, five recount schemes, and Mrs Winslow’s securing system for children, with vague place names like Cleves and California.
A long sketch traces the life of the Irish widow known as the Widow Ryan in Daviess County Indiana. She naturalized in the 1840s to manage property and raise a family of notable sons including James B. Ryan and Lieut. Col. Richard J. Ryan. Her descendants held public positions in Indiana. The piece also recounts Mr. Ryan’s business ventures and travels from California to Alaska, plus his later health struggles and praise for Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
Charles Warren Spalding, former president of Globe Savings Bank of Chicago, is sentenced to Joliet for embezzlement after a judge denies his appeal for a new trial. Spalding defended his 33 year record and claimed no personal gain, while the court noted his deposit of University of Illinois bonds as security and ruled he became debtor to the university, making embezzlement clear.
The jury found Martin Thorn guilty of the murder of William Gulden supppe in a Woodside cottage and he faces execution by electric chair. Accomplice Mrs Nack, a midwife, reportedly will plead guilty and may receive twenty years in prison.
United States Minister James G. Angell demands indemnity from Turkey for the pillage of American missions at Khartoum Marash and Hasankei. The Porte rejects responsibility claiming unavoidable circumstances, while Angell asserts Turkish troops and police took part in the outrages.
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