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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1894
Page
8
An 19th century classified ad item promotes Brown's Bacxcular ThROCHEs for throat irritation with a water-like rinse, Bercram'e Pitts disguises the taste, priced 45 cents per box. It mentions Shiloh's Consumption Cure with a money back guarantee and other patent medicines and horse-related notes.
The piece argues that wolves are not morally cruel and that their presence shapes sheep without intention. It questions whether nature is cruel, noting a wolf’s role as a limiting force that may improve sheep through pressure, while acknowledging individual sheep die regardless of cause. The Contemporary Review.
A historical note traces the spread of a plant from a southern Louisiana region to Canada and beyond, noting its gradual northward, westward, and eastward expansion toward Hudson Bay. The piece also mentions Swedish scholar Froken Fischelsen seeking a Doctor of Laws at Upsala, intended as Sweden's first woman with that degree.
The article notes optimistic and pessimistic views on missionary pay and impact. It cites India’s rising unconverted population amid a small increase in native Christians and reports a 4 percent rise in ordained Indian pastors over nine years per the Missionary Review of the World.
The onion and caviare sandwich described as a powerful late lunch blends bread buttered with chopped raw onion caviar mustard salt and pepper. It is advised only for those with strong digestion and not sensitive noses and is said to promote sleep when enjoyed with beer or ale.
Promote health with Syrup of Figs praised for mild, effective cleansing of kidneys, liver, and bowels. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co and sold in 60c and $1 bottles by druggists. each package bears the brand name.
Donald Kennedy of Roxbury Mass claims a weed remedy cures all humor from scrofula to pimples. He cites 1100 cases with two failures and 200 certificates within twenty miles of Boston. The advertisement urges a bottle at bedtime with a table spoonful to water and notes rapid lung liver or bowel relief once ducts open.
An advertisement extols Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion and related ills claiming it restores harmony to the stomach and mind. It notes liver complaint constipation debility and malaria subdued. Also a local note reports Steve Melton showing baby alligators and Henry Christopher selling them at Hannibal Creek with gators growing rapidly and feeding little.
A vintage advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease. It asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, promises to strengthen the body, and offers one hundred dollars for failure to cure. Addressed to Toledo and medical suppliers.
A 1966 report by the United States Provost Marshal General lists Union deaths at 61 462 in battle and 183 000 wounded with total deaths and other losses across the war. Confederate tallies include 104 425 deaths, with prisoners and captivity noted on both sides and deaths in Confederate prisons.
A garbled passage mentions eye treatment with a Dr Lanna Thompsons prescription and a hoarse voice asking about a son graduates to impart knowledge. It also references Health’s Universal Cough Syrup, electrical wires, warm colors of soap, and a line about newspapers being second hands of history.
An old advertisement fragment lists prices for a farm wagon 32.50 and a barrel cart 3.50 with a request to mail 5c for a seed company catalogue. The text also references various health elixirs and patent medicines, and a stray remark about temperance. The passage mixes promotional lines with unreliable medical claims and noted products.
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