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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1893
Page
9
A 115 foot chimney near Marseilles shows shadow measurements during high wind reaching a maximum of over twenty inches. The report notes how shadow length indicates the degree of oscillation. Brs Jayne's Expectorant advertised as a cure for asthma and throat soreness amid unrelated text.
A pamphlet offers a plain spoken guide on curing nervous debility and related ailments from indulgence and ill health. It promises a treatise on symptoms and home remedies, mailed securely in a plain envelope for 10 cents in stamps to the World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N.Y.
Knowledge says the liquid laxative Syrup of Figs improves health by cleansing the system and aiding kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. It relieves colds headaches fevers and constipation and is sold by druggists in 60c and 1 bottles, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co.
An advertisement proclaims a paste capable of curing all humor from scrofula to pimples with over eleven hundred cases cited and two hundred certificates near Boston. It claims quick benefit from first bottle, warns of needlelike pains when lungs liver or bowels are affected, and prescribes one tablespoonful in water at bedtime with no diet change.
After a bomb exploded in the Palais Bourbon chamber during a debate on military spending a stranger threw a second device. The assailant, named Vaillant or Marchal, an anarchist, confessed. About eighty six people were injured and one woman died. The attacker shouted bas le Czar before the explosion. Panic spread as crowds gathered to read evening newspaper accounts.
Department of Agriculture December returns show farm product prices at major markets. Corn stands at 51 cents per bushel, 24 cents below last year. wheat at 52.1 cents. The data compare with decades and previous three-year averages, indicating broadly low farm prices.
Burglaries report 400 dollars taken from J Adams store in Summerfield Illinois. A receiver to be appointed for Oregon National Bank in Portland. Ada County Idaho commissioners charged with malfeasance. J W Edwards killed his wife and himself near Fulton Kentucky. cause unknown. St Paul police report many officers confined by the grip. Stephen Asi has been appointed receiver of Ohio Chemical Company in Lima. Curtis Pooman shot and killed by Dave Donley after a quarrel in Humboldt Iowa Missouri. Fivaney, Quaker advocate, sues husband for divorce. Greenwich Ohio enjoys a nation. Grorae Bunn American artist sentenced to fifteen years in Crassola for murder of Anns Hottovin. Robert Piraston Bruner, brother of Earl of Ehrin, died in Edinburgh influenza. C B Lamon, Northern Pacific Railway land commissioner, reported insane. on leave of absence.
A French report claims the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals faced questions over an exhibition. Two young girls visited the paintings and, upon return, said the picture they liked best showed Christians fed to lions, noting a lion lacking prey. Their mother asks if the scene moved them, and the children reply affirmatively.
The Railway Times notes that over 1.2 million dollars of railway property is in receivership, with five systems Union Pacific Northern Pacific Philadelphia and Reading Erie and Richmond Terminal controlling about 25,000 miles. Their capitalization reaches $416,724,711 assets total $1,174,928,871 and funded debt $517,028,556. Stocks on exchange valued at roughly 17 percent of par, about $50,000,000.
The Russian army reportedly retains a specific infant-form regiment in honor of Emperor Paul. Members are chosen not by height or hair color but by nose shape. citing Paul’s distinctive upturned Kalmyk nose as the model, officers and soldiers parade with similarly shaped noses as a commemorative display.
A Somerville Journal remark recalls how a woman’s unmodified opinion of the man who wooed her years ago can endure. The note reflects on enduring views of marriage and the social perceptions of spousal persuasion.
An old advertisement bundle touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a money back guarantee for deafness caused by catarrh. It also includes wedding couple sentiments, music offers, quail jokes, Meechum's Pills, clothing tips, and a patent remedy pitch, reflecting a miscellany page.
A Hoit Ontario resident reports that John Gilbert, long emaciated from liver and kidney failure, recovered after using August Flower. He had been considered beyond help but regained perfect health, astonishing his family and friends.
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