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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1894
Page
10
In Our Great Grandfather's Time bulky pills were common but ineffective. Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are promoted as superior for liver stomach and bowel health. A free sample (4 to 7 doses) is mailed post-paid to any address upon request to Worth's Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo NY.
Texas correspondent recalls an old man named Charles who tended a garden with precise hills and straight rows. A scream drew children to find he had nearly severed his big toe while chopping, blaming the toe and a stubborn varmint in a vivid but folksy reminiscence.
The Hulba spider of Madagascar is noted for a five and a half inch female that dominates its mate in web weaving. She can spin up to 34 291 yards in under a week and is the breadwinner of the Halaba family. Attempts to commercialize spider silk date back 150 years with gloves and hose experiments. Dr Wilder hopes spider webs may become valuable, though harvesting long unbroken threads remains the obstacle.
A widow near Kanswa City Kas owns a hen with feline propensities that eats mice. In a barnyard scene the hen pecked at a live mouse while the other birds watched, then swallowed the creature after two or three gulps as the dog approached.
The excerpt traces the origin and spread of the name Ferdinand from feorh meaning life to its spread from Spain to Aragon and Naples. It notes forms like Fernando and Ferdinando and cites historical figures and literary references, ending with a reflection on the misattribution of a name to a Mexican figure.
A Rev Br Thornton recalls an amusing story about the beadle of a Glasgow church nicknamed Robbie Roy the Beadle Boy. Six weeks after a minister’s arrival, a friend asks about the new pastor and the beadle quips that they are “getting him into shape by degrees.”
The pamphlet announces a new year edition describing the origin nature and uses of Hostetters Stomach Bitters. It notes calendar and astronomical calculations end with various literary contents. The Hostetter Company in Pittsburg prints the annual edition using sixty hands during eleven months of preparation and offers it free to druggists and country dealers, with translations in multiple languages.
The late Prof. Henry Morely told students in London that a writer’s date could be fixed from a knife carved inscription on a school desk. He urged students not to carve names, yet hinted at engraving as deeply as they wish if they knew they would become famous.
A new departure in coon hunting has been tried by citizens of Alleghany. The method involves a candle and a specific position, aimed at making the hunt more certain.
The Royal Baking Powder stands superior to all others in tests and practice. Other brands tempt grocers with higher profits, implying inferior quality. Consumers should view substitutes with suspicion and insist on the genuine Royal for better value.
Near Milton Indiana a hill called Shaky Hill is famed for mysterious shaking and rumbling noises. Settlers fled a cabin there after violent tremors. Locals report moving rocks and unseen leg jerks during wet weather, though the cause remains unknown per the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A comic exchange shows a doctor asking about illness and a patient answering with a pun about teeth slipping from a dressing case. The brevity suggests a sketch or humorous dialogue excerpt.
Drop us a line if you are planning winter travel to California or the South. Any Nickel Plate agent can quote rates and send route maps. Winter tourist rates are in effect. PouitwtaAN asks for a job. boss says no vacancies among building inspectors.
Camels have become common across Australia. Within a generation breeding produced a larger, stronger race able to carry more weight than Indian imports. A quarantine station at Fort Augusta guards imported animals for three months amid disease losses before acclimation. About 10,000 camels are active, pulling loads and wagons in teams of eight.
A collage of vintage prose and product pitches mentions Dr. D Jayne's Expectorant for lung issues, Piso's Cure for Consumption, and various biographical hints about James Buchanan Rutherford Hayes and others. The text also includes social prompts and holiday travel rates, all in a miscellaneous ad-like format.
Advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for any patent cure that Earth Cure cannot cure. It lists F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio and a long roster of "undersigned" endorsers. Claims the product acts on blood and mucous surfaces and offers testimonials free. Price is 75 cents and sold by druggists.
Fond husband explains to his wife that a stag party involves a game of sume sort, as noted in a quippy exchange from the New York World.
The notice lists holiday travel rates for Dee, 24th, 25th, 31st and Jan 1st with return validity through January. A quip about hay fever and a doctor joke concludes the fragment with a physician advising to sit and sneeze.
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