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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1904
Page
3
Harry Armstrong, former Chicago Record-Herald editor and Philippine war correspondent, dies at his brother Leroy Armstrong’s home in Lafayette. Pinesalve marketed by W. N. McKeehen claimed to cure cracked hands and chapped lips in one night.
A vintage health note claims men aged eighty five and ninety are thin rather than rotund and can live long with a slender diet. It advises using Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets to regulate stomach liver and bowels after overeating. For sale by W. N. McKeehen.
A chaotic scene recounts a frightened horse running loose and throwing riders in the street. Advertisers tout Bucklen's Arnica Salve for burns cuts and sores while Lee Caswell's drug store lists it at 25 cents. An Ohio hunter mistook his deer for his horse and shot, killing the animal.
J G Gluck superintendent writes that after trying all medicines for coughs Foley’s Honey and Tar is now used exclusively in the West Virginia Reform School. The product is praised as most effective and harmless. The notes mention sales by R C Cameron and Purdue University professor Harry Garman. Miss Ethel Hanly, daughter of governor elect J Frank Hanly, wed in Lafayette last Monday.
A collage of advertised medicines and public notices. Foley's Honey and Tar promotes throat and lung health, Mandan pile cure, and Dr. Dade's Little Liver Pills. Local council actions urge snow-clearing, and an Indianapolis vote on voting machines is reported. Salvation Army in Hillsdale feeds 400 at Christmas. Interurban lines extend Decatur to Fort Wayne with cars running by June.
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills for multiple ailments with a 25 cent price at Lee Caswell's drug store. A separate notice recounts the 1899 disappearance of John Lahr of the Lahr hotel Lafayette, later found working as a clerk in Billingham, Washington after family efforts failed.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway offers lower fares for travel on December 24, 25, 26, 31, 1904 and January 1, 1905 with return validity through January 4, inclusive for these dates.
Five widows in Washington DC collect Revolutionary War pensions. Coughs and whooping cough threaten this season and Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar is touted as cure. Thorntown Noblesville report smallpox epidemic amid misdiagnosed chickenpox case, per Dr Hurry health secretary.
A Detroit pharmacy advertises Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for nervousness sleeplessness stomach upsets and related ailments. The copy claims it tones the stomach regulates kidneys and bowels stimulates the liver and clarifies the system with guaranteed satisfaction or refund.
burglars used nitro glycerine to wreck the safe and post office at Altona Indiana last week. no money was taken from the safe but about 45 dollars in stamps were recovered. this same office was robbed only a few weeks earlier.
An early 20th century note touts Chamberlian's Vain Balm for sprains bruises and scalds claiming instant relief and healing in one third the usual time. It notes W N McKechen sells it. A Fort Wayne News quip asserts snow falls equally on the sidewalks of the just and the unjust and the unjust refuse to clean it.
An advertisement roundup touts Dr. King s New Discovery for consumption with testimonials from Beall Miss and warnings about persistent illness. Pineules claim to condense health benefits from pine forests for kidney and rheumatic diseases. Local dealer W N McKechen markets Bee s Laxative Honey and Tar for coughs and lungs. Battle Creek adds note on automatic telephone switchboard replacing operators.
The January Smart Set promises strong fiction and verse with contributors like George Barre McCutcheon Frances Aymir Matthews Ward Lighton and Rupert Hughes joining other notable names. Social notes include Otis Young and Naruse Teeters marriage at Pleasant Lake and local happenings from Butler to Fremont with several residents relocating and visiting. The Fremont township Sunday School Convention is planned for December 20 at the Congregational church with an engaging program.
In a staged production at Hall's Opera House Fremont Indiana the act and scene progression centers on Jephthah and his vow amid the Mizpeh campaign with principal roles including Jephthah Iphigenia Naomi and a large cast. The finale features a grand tableau with Elon Ibran Eloal and others as the cast lists the performers and accompanying musicians.
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