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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
7
A short 1899 Avoca New York notice states a mother troubled with consumption neared death and was aided by a remedy called Cherny Pecteal. The text notes relief after treatment and asks readers to consider the cure.
Advertising copy touts Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as the best remedy for hard coughs and lingering chest illnesses. It claims to strengthen weak lungs and warns against delaying treatment, urging immediate use to prevent consumption.
Readable parts suggest discussion of three sizes for ordinary items and a phrase about keeping on hand. Little concrete data, names, dates, or locations are present.
In an open experience meeting Brother Jones claims he supplied the prayer in the milk while Brother Brown and Rister Jones admit roles with the cow. A man in the back boasts he sold them the fowl yet has not been paid. Jones regrets speaking and mutters disbelief in experiences.
A nationwide push touts Cascarets as the key to lasting health through bowel education and cleansing. Testimonies from Mrs. Pfeiffer to Tom Holt claim dramatic relief from constipation and improved well being after using Cascarets, hailed as an ideal modern laxative.
Police in India report a leprosy related murder where Durba killed his wife buried her outside the village with help from his son and four neighbors. The wife allegedly asked to be buried alive to spare her children from disease. All six suspects confessed before a Magistrate.
A 6100 reward ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, claiming internal use heals blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars if it fails to cure. Includes offer to send testimonials and address to F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio for purchase.
Stage directions appoint Mr Heavy as Alonzo with lines about audience delight. The stage manager reassures and jokes that the actor dies in the first act, reflecting a humorous short story tone about theater life.
The John M. Smyth Co of Chicago warns that no agents represent the firm traveling salesman impostors are frauds. The public should beware of anyone claiming to sell on behalf of the house. The company emphasizes it has no agents and denounces all such pretenders.
A lighthearted exchange: a man says he lost interest in Miss Piker after she shifted proposals to microbes. He recalls each time he tried to propose she began discussing microbiology, ending the romance with a humorous note.
Try Grain-O as a coffee substitute advertised for all ages. It tastes like mocha and Java but is made from pure grains and gentler on delicate stomachs. Priced 150 and 250 per package, sold by all grocers.
A collage of old advertisements includes Kemp’s Balsam promising immediate cough relief, Laxative Bromo Quinine claims a one day cure for colds, Piso’s Cure for Consumption praised for croup, and a travel offer from Nickel Plate Road giving students a holiday fare. Also notes on self reliance, a bishop’s quote, and stationery tips.
A compact guide correcting common grammar faults. It lists preferred forms like it raine very fast over very hard and fewer friends over less friends, and urges proper pronouns in phrases such as for you and me and I doubt not that I shall.
A statistician claims the typewriter created 500000 jobs but omits the number of weak stomach cases it caused. The ad urges sedentary workers to use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to aid digestion under confinement.
A colossal rocking stone on Tandil mountain slopes in southern Buenos Aires province measures 90 feet long 18 feet wide and 24 feet high with an estimated bulk of 5000 cubic feet and at least 24 tons. Despite its size the rock rocks with a single push and sways like a tree branch when southeast winds blow.
Eliza R Parker notes winter hand care with pure soap and warm rain water. Using inferior soap harms skin, so avoid it and keep hands clean and smooth year round. Anton Kain died in an Austrian alms house with an estimated fortune of five million.
An advertisement extols Grain-O as a nutritious substitute for coffee for children. It claims Grain-O uses pure grains, tastes like coffee, and costs about a cent per serving. The copy urges parents to replace tea or coffee and notes the product is sold by all grocers for 25 cents per unit.
Debutante Mercedes De Laski from London is described as six feet three inches tall. The notice blends fashion gossip with quotes and product ads, mentioning Dr Kline offers tonic and various quips about imagination and past possibilities.
An aged notice describes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement aids health and gentleness to liver and kidneys. It asserts headache relief and lists prices at 25 and 50e, noting a dramatic scene of a ruling mother in law at home as a beyond question imposing display.
Nickel Plate Road offers Holiday travel with three daily trains and prime dining car service. Excursion dates include December 1st and 24th, plus January 1st, 1900, with one third fare for round trips. Special inducements for winter travel attract early purchases and returning trips through January.
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