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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1893
Page
8
Petersburg Illinois resident praises Salvation Oil as a cooling neuralgia and rheumatism remedy. The ad promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a small sugar coated laxative botanical remedy for bilious attacks and stomach bowels derangements with a money back guarantee.
The Nicaragua canal bill faces party debate in Senate while sundry civil appropriation bills advance. House and Senate handle pension and election supervision provisions as leaders clash, with executive sessions and adjournments marking a tense week.
A letter describes Paris nearly childless with wives free to aid shops. Children are put out to nurse in the country, a common practice among workers. Over half of Paris births die in baby-farm hands before age two. Forty creches exist yet mild influence remains. A nurse charges 25 francs monthly for a baby, registered ones 60 francs more. Prosperous middle classes use these services, but workers cannot afford them.
The article argues that turkeys were domesticated in Indiana long before Europeans reached the Americas, challenging common historical assumptions about pre-Columbian turkey origins.
The text warns that late winter and early spring weather changes bring colds and coughs that can develop into serious illness, especially for people with weak lungs. Kemp's Balaam is advertised as a universal remedy for coughs and lung disorders, with claims of miraculous cures and a free trial bottle offer from Dr. Kline.
The article recalls a six month carnival where masking became universal and social life moved behind disguises. It notes masking began as fraternal condescension but evolved into a vehicle for intrigue and corruption, with people venturing out only in disguise. A separate incident reports two Wilkeson prospectors nearly finding a gold hoard.
Superintendent Johnson of the Deaf and Dumb Institute in Indianapolis reports experiments with the phonograph to teach deaf mutes to talk. He says the device concentrates sound at the ear drum enabling many pupils to hear and suggests further trials to help those who have never heard speech.
A Concord schoolteacher asks pupils to describe how she walked when explaining the word slowly. A front-row student blurts out bow-legged, startling the lesson. Also notes Odd Sumatra salutation where locals shake their own hands in greeting.
A customer quotes rapid relief from indigestion after using August Flower. The testimonial from C H Dear of Washington House Washington Va claims immediate benefit after the first dose and full recovery with no ill effects.
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