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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
8
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery distilled from native medicinal roots and glycerine, claiming relief for weak stomach indigestion biliousness and torpid liver. It stresses alcohol-free composition and endorsee compilations while noting limits and timing for best results.
A Bangor Maine dispatch says two Harris Hill brothers own a potato farm. A neighbor spotted potatoes on the ground and later eight bushels more were found. The brothers hid overnight and caught a family of skunks digging up the crop to reach white worm colonies, then harvested the spoil each morning with no effort.
An elderly veteran Testifies that Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured his severe scalp itching eczema spreading to hands and limbs after failed medical treatments. He details six months of therapy and daily baths, praising the products as a divine blessing and urging use for skin itch relief.
A caller pitches an edition of Rawlzack's complete works to Ardup, offering a deluxe vellum illuminated binding in Morocco morocco and selling at $500 per volume, but Ardup dismisses the proposal and ends the call.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh claiming to cure in all stages. It notes the disease is constitutional and promotes internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers $100 for a failure and lists J J Cheney & Co of Toledo as makers with testimonials and other products.
The ad text includes rubber stamps and office goods for order. A separate line notes a racial insult incident where a hoodlum throws a stone at a Japanese boy and a brown boy warns him of Mr Rooeyfel’s reaction. Also mentions Piles treatment with PaZo ointment claiming cure in 6 to 14 days and Belghans pigeon breeders listing Antwerp varieties.
The article recalls William Henry Moody as a new associate justice, noting past roles as Secretary of the Navy from 1902 to 1904 and Attorney General who recently resigned, plus four terms in the U S House from Massachusetts. It also profiles Captain George B Grammar as a Vanderbilt system freight leader and James F Watson from Indiana politics, with short notes on Helen Wilmans Post and Juliva Kann highlighting notable figures of the era.
The Chicago Inter Ocean profiles hat chasers who profit on windy days by snatching fallen hats, cleaning them with a brush, and returning them for a nickel or dime. They guard hats with string protectors and may earn 1 to 3 dollars daily depending on weather.
Quoted lines from Kansas City Times and Chicago Tribune describe a youth born rich with a vast fortune who dies with little to show for it. The pieces juxtapose wealth, fame, and fleeting life, noting extravagant purchases and ongoing repair bills with no enduring treasure.
A Great Outside Remedy. Most pains are local in origin such as a back crick or rheumatism. Allcock's Plaster is presented as the quickest safest and most certain external treatment. The text touts sixty years of use a world famous reputation and claims of prompt action with clean cheap healing during daily work.
A Kansas City paper notes Missouri owns a hog valued at $2,000 and a rooster at $800. The Washington Post says it pays to invest in barnyard pets as a form of savings and status.
The ad promotes LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee if not cured. Each box bears Drugg B. W. Grove’s signature and costs 25 cents. It cites the Massachusetts bureau of statistics listing 3459 lawyers 4497 physicians and surgeons and 3737 clergymen.
A crude OCR fragment mentions a pediatric product named Mra Winslow's Scormive Stace claimed to ease pain reduce inflammation and cure wind cells. It notes a price of 2 cents per bottle.
In a Kansas City Star account Col. Cosgrove argued before a jury defending Daniel, exclaiming what the State’s attorney expects of me. Judge Hasell and Judge Draffen interposed with a light rebuke about quoting scripture. Cosgrove then recalled Solomon’s sun command, a remark that went unchallenged.
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