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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1895
Page
8
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for womb inflammatory issues, bearing down, headaches, and nervous ailments. It cites Mrs. F. Cam Field of Franklin County reporting dramatic relief after twelve bottles, claiming restoration to health and renewed ability to walk.
Advertisement extols Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for irregularities and painful menstruation. It touts relief from nervousness, indigestion, bloating, and “blues,” urging all women to own the illustrated book “Woman’s Health, Power, Duty.” Free copies offered to readers. ad copy lists remedies and contact details.
A vintage advertisement touts a pure liquid laxative product embraced for gentle cleansing of the kidneys and bowels. It claims wide satisfaction, marketing it as the best in class and suitable for improving comfort and enjoyment with minimal expenditure.
In a college dorm hallway tale a girl mistook a boy’s room for hers and, after a frightened scream, he bit her cheek to identify her. The next day twelve female students wore black court plaster strips on their left cheeks during chapel, exposing the prank’s failure to reveal the culprit.
From the Verney Manuscripts in Longman’s Magazine a letter humorously discusses period dress and gear for a young man. The writer jokes about swords saddles topps and boots, noting concerns about tailoring fashion, saddle ownership, and his own leg length while aiming to avoid looking foolish on horseback.
An old advertisement-style notice promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive and remedy for rheumatism and allied ailments. It claims physicians back its effectiveness and lists malaria dyspepsia liver kidney trouble nervousness and debility as conditions it helps. It also notes benefits for the aged infirmities soreness and stiffness.
The Belgian minister of war in Brussels has devised a plan to mobilize cyclist corps rapidly. Special railway wagons transport bikes and riders, thirty bicycles per wagon, with machines hung from the roof and others in floor grooves to keep them steady and undamaged during transit.
Fragmentary text from Toledo shows sworn statements, notarial markings, and references to guaranties and druggists. It mentions a December date, a Toledo publication, and lists names and entities tied to a public or legal notice. Other lines discuss coaches, heroes, and a cough remedy advertisement tone.
Dr Richter of Hamburg reports laundry fires linked to benzine washing. Electric sparks from friction between woollen materials and benzine charged air, causing discharges two inches long and room lighting up. He notes Hamburg had 15 of 21 fires from this cause and suggests charging the air with steam to prevent fires.
The cocoanut tree provides South Sea Islanders with food and drink from its meat and oil. Shells become bowls and cups, leaves thatch huts and make umbrellas, and wood serves for beams and fuel. Coconut milk soothes young children’s thirst.
A humorously tainted anecdote jokes about neuralgia and a supposed cure from St Jacobs Oil. It hints that pain relief could influence marriage prospects, suggesting caution in marrying for comfort. A moral drift warns against bearing chronic pain without seeking proper health remedies.
An advertisement extols Salzer Seed Co contributions to grass crops, claiming Grasse Is Kings Grass rules and valuable hay yields of four to six tons per acre from Salzer seeds. It promotes over one hundred grass and clover varieties and offers a free sample and mammoth catalogue to readers who mail a request.
A brief note discusses the concept of Bad Smelia in Arabian belief. It describes how Arabs view an invisible demon when a true believer meets one, and the duty to pray for help against the perceived enemy.
Charles A Bergman of Ney in Defiance County Ohio writes to the Ster Ing Remedy Co Chicago praising No tobac as one of the greatest remedies on earth He says one box bought at a local drug store cured his tobacco habit and he now recommends No tobac to friends
The article lists stone meanings: garnet constancy, amethyst sincerity, bloodstone courage, sapphire innocence, emerald success, agate long life, carnelian content, pearl tears, diamond parity, opal sorrow, turquoise happiness, malachite prosperity. Published in February Ladies' Home Journal.
1 000 bushels per acre claim for potatoes and yields in potatoes oats corn and farm seeds promotes sending postage to John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wis for a seed book and sample of Giant Sprury. An old bachelor thread a needle joke closes the note.
A vintage health note asserts enjoying life requires a well running body. It claims Ripans Tabules cure minor ills and deliver a morning feeling of being glad to be alive, enabling eight hours of productive daylight.
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