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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1904
Page
5
In a Baltimore American excerpt the Mayflower captain orders reverse and land at Plymouth rock. William Bradford questions the plan, the captain retorts with a sharp joke about poultry breeders and nicknames, leaving Bradford momentarily distracted from electioneering for governorship.
Mr. George J. Barker of Estherville says kidney pills cured his long illness after ten years of kidney disease ending in Bright’s disease. He notes Chicago doctors failed, but five years of local care yielded no help until Dodd’s Kidney Pills produced a complete cure. He extols the pills as the best in the world.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a shirtless man boasts about his aimless behavior, while his wife chides him for struttin around without seeking work. The scene centers on domestic banter over values and priorities in a small room.
Salzer's Grass Mixtures touted to restore dying pastures quickly with rapid sprouting and high yield. Claim Salzer's Renovator Grass Mixture produced the best county stand in forty one days. Also promoting Salzer's New National Oats described as highly productive and suitable for seed sales, with a catalog offer and farm seed samples from Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse Wis.
A garbled dialogue shows a shoestring reporter and a free press editor debating poetic city life versus modern cash value. They clash over what is right and whether a daughter can be converted into money.
A German chemist has found a healing agent in coal oil that has created a sensation among sufferers where tested. A few applications claim to cure muscular rheumatism neuralgia headache tooth ear backache lameness sprains chilblains and other pains. Sold as Dr Bayer's Penetrating Oil at 2 shillings with money back warranty.
A fragment shows a pharmacist and a doctor debating a supposed cure for lunacy. The doctor argues a cure exists, while the other remarks the claim mirrors a common first state of madness. The odd dialogue preserves a period voice and a rough scholarly tone.
A fragmented ad for Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children promotes relief from colds teething upset stomach and related illnesses. Claims stained by unclear text suggest a nurse in New York endorses the product and offers free samples via mail to Le Roy New York.
The text claims the United States produces nine tenths of the world's cotton one tenth of the world iron ore and one fifth of copper while mentioning a cure for consumption and various odd statements about products and advice.
Fragmented text references nerves and treaties with Arch biadel Pa. readable items are sparse and unclear for a complete report. The available words hint at medical or legal topics but lack coherent facts, dates, or names to form a decisive summary.
A humorous miscellany from the Philadelphia Bulletin showcases quaint exchanges about gifts and social manners. A box of cigars sparks a Christmas generosity tale as a man shares with friends downtown, while a maid seeks to fit in with the household.
A garbled dialogue piece presents asides on marriage, gossip, and social satire. Characters discuss furniture, matrimonial agencies, improbable novels, and hints of modern urban life with fragmented lines and choppy exchanges.
A quirky dialogue features a coy woman and a sage discussing love and money in a leap year setting. The exchange centers on price, value, and fidelity as a man pursues a desired union.
A collection of short jokes and banter featuring a wife and husband over a bonnet, a wise Quaker joke about Wall Street profits, playful exchanges at Christmas, a misfired kiss gag, a safety stove quip, circus marriage humor, a poet misquote, thought transference banter, and idle talk about dreams.
A collection of humorous lines and character sketches from an old Cleveland Plain Dealer compilation. Dialogues feature quirky exchanges about jobs, shadows, footmen, and misunderstandings, with hints of social manners and everyday life in a bygone era.
H BR McCarver of 201 Cherry street Portland Oregon an inspector of freight for the Trans Continental Co reports kidney trouble lasting months improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills He credits Doan's Kidney Acting AMS UK PRUE and other remedies with eradicating the illness. The pills cost 50 cents a box sold by all dealers Pasteur Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A terse note accuses Smith Brown of repeating unreliable claims, questioning his credibility and prompting concern among observers about the accuracy of his past statements.
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as a universal cure for catarrh with a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. The ad highlights internal blood and mucous system action and promotes accompanying Hall's Family Pills, with testimonials available on request.
An anecdote from Century Magazine shows autocratic rule in Russia. Leschetizky once taught at Smolna where a food complaint reached the emperor. Duke of Odinburg inspects. soldiers carry a soup tureen, he samples dish-water and denounces it harshly as unfit.
An Oregon man recounts a 25 year coffee problem ending when coffee was replaced by Postum. He describes near-death symptoms in 1902, rapid improvement after switching drinks, and urges others to trial Postum while noting endorsements from local businesses in Geant’s Pass Ore. The ad promotes Postum and the book The Road Wellville.
Health advice extols constipation as a warning of future illness and cites statistics. It claims Cascarets tablets cure constipation and its consequences, promotes ten million yearly sales, warns to buy genuine Cascarets with metal boxes and the C C C stamp.
A village grocer rebukes a chronic loafer for wasting time with a sharp retort about spending money. The exchange centers on value and personal habit.
A promotional note touts Teosinte and a high yielding fodder plant described as Billion Dollar Grase. It claims per acre outputs of 14 tons hay and 80 tons green fodder, plus 60,000 lbs for Victoria Rape and animal feed. Readers are asked to send 10 cents to John A Salter Seed Co for a catalogue. The piece also references a British report on 488 million picture cards processed yearly.
A dated advertisement touts Mrs. Austins Pane Cake four as the best among grocers. It advertises attractively low rates via Nickel Plate Road with monthly trips to the West Southwest and Northwest until April 19 1904 and invites inquiries to the nearest agent in Fort Wayne Indiana.
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