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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1896
Page
6
An innovation allows cyclists to hang their wheels on exterior hooks of street cars making day outings smoother. The feature is praised by cycling enthusiasts and seen as a valued accommodation for wheel lovers.
A 4 time feature warns women of the dangers of the change of life and the nervous and circulatory disturbances that may accompany it. It cites warnings like suffocation dizziness and irregularities and promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a safe aid through the transition. Mrs W L Day of Bettsville Ohio credits the remedy with saving her life and aiding her husband’s kidney trouble.
The article argues northern grown seed potatoes are favored for their short growing season and minimal sprouting before planting. It advises southern growers to dig late, pit the potatoes in soil with straw to prevent evaporation and frost damage, and cover with soil for insulation. Proper layering can yield seed quality close to northern stock.
The passage notes bread evolution in England with wheaten bread becoming common only in recent years while oats and barley persisted in some regions. It cites a 1317 wheat harvest that caused a price drop from 80 shillings to 6s 8d per quarter and quotes History of the Poor to illustrate extremely limited wheat use in Cumberland where a peck a year sufficed for a rich family at Christmas.
A family scene shows Georgie warned by his father to mind his hat or it will be thrown from the carriage. The hat is snatched, hidden, then restored, and Georgie protests by tossing it out and urging another whistle.
The article notes that London and Paris lacked house numbers a century ago, relying on coats of arms or names. Berlin began systematic numbering in 1705 from the Brandenburg Gate, while Vienna adopted it later and Paris followed in 105.
A tramp laments his plight in a Washington Times excerpt, saying he has known better days and remarking that the housekeeper assumes he must have lived in California, reflecting destitution and social attitudes of the era.
An English car maker designs a two story mobile house on wheels powered by an undercar engine. The structure folds at the top to pass under bridges, enabling road travel and low clearance passage.
The text claims lactic acid in blood causes rheumatism and advocates Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure by purifying blood. It extols the medicine's record and broad uses, then notes engineers project Congo Railroad costs rising from 5 million to 12 to 15 million dollars.
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh. It claims the medicine cures a constitutional disease with internal action on the blood and mucous surfaces and promises $100 to any case it cannot cure, inviting readers to send testimonials.
Exports of American apples up to October 5 rose from 50 000 barrels last year to more than 600 000 barrels this year, reflecting a sharp increase in shipments.
The ad touts three and a half days to the Coast with the Nickel Plate Road offering a Through Tourist Sleeping car each Thursday. It cites low rates fast time and comfortable trips with contact to agents in Cleveland Ohio. The moral note adds a proverb about fishing to hook the bait.
California travel offer invites readers to share name and address for a home visit to explain the benefits of Phillips-Rock Island Tourist Car Excursions to California. Ad dress A. Phillips & Co. Chicago and G P A John Sebastian listed. A dumb benefactor note fuses with a seed potato order report.
Scale note reports that four of every thousand people worldwide live in London. Nickel Plate Road agents announce reduced rate tourist tickets to California with train connections at Chicago and through service to the Coast.
The late Lord Chief Justice recalled a tale of driving to court after a mishap in Grosvenor Square. A London cabby failed to know the law courts at Temple Bar, prompting reflection that law and justice are seen as separate by the public, a distinction the Chief Justice noted.
A new deep sea sounding lead carries a cartridge that explodes on impact with the seabed. A submerged microphone records the blast and engineers estimate depth from the lead’s sinking time.
The Wabash Railway plans a new vestivaled sleeping car line between St. Louis and Los Angeles starting November 4, with departures Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9 15 p m syncopated to connecting trains from Chicago Toledo and Detroit arriving Los Angeles weekends. Nickel Plate Road offers solid through service between Chicago Buffalo and New York City and sleeping cars to Boston. Germany imports 100000 tons of pickled herrings yearly.
The Overland Limited train departs Chicago at 6 p m daily via the Chicago and North Western Line and reaches California in three days. It offers double drawing room sleeping cars, buffet, smoking and library cars, dining cars and reclining chair cars. Through tourist sleeping cars run daily to California and Oregon with personally conducted excursions from Chicago on Thursdays. Tickets via the Chicago and North Western are sold by connecting line agents. For pamphlets and full information contact W B Kniskern in Chicago Illinois.
Low holiday fares announced for travel on the Nickel Plate Road with departures on December 24 and January 1 and return by January 4. Advertises Doobie Electric Soap and Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and colic relief at 35 cents per bottle.
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