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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1890
Page
8
Six points praise Doctor Pother pills noting they are small sugar coated granules easy for children to take with no griping and fast acting. The claims include system cleansing, broad cures for constipation indigestion bilious headaches and liver bowel derangements. They are advertised as cheap with money back guarantee and sold in glass containers.
Congress returned from holiday recess as Senate debates the anti option bill and McPherson silver purchases. Amendments pass or fail on currency reform and quarantine measures while the House advances private pensions and a fortification appropriation.
Reports list 21 425 passenger cars and 1 005 116 freight cars in 1889 United States. Wreck injures passengers on a Missouri pacific accommodation near Eldorado Kansas. St Louis street railways pass to New York syndicate. Montana Assembly formed by Republicans and Populists. Matthews elected Speaker. The steamer Cilengoll lost captain swept overboard and drowned between Newport News and Liverpool. New Orleans rejects probate of Myra Clark Gaines will. Dr Burasery’s Clarkeville home robbed of 10000 and burned. contents total 156000. Mrs Bates remarried ex Mayor Ames of Minneapolis after divorce.
A crane raised a huge corner stone over a pit in Newark and an Irish worker, buried in mortar, was knocked down as the stone slipped. He sprang up coughing and swearing to get back to work, joking that any of them can have his job after such a stunt.
The piece humorously notes a Boston girl speaking of a telephone and contrasts rheumatism with Salvation Oil. It extols W. Baker & Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa as a heat giving, pure soluble morning drink that aids sleep and boosts health in cold weather. It ends with a quip about wishing bad luck on someone who replaces a popular figure.
The New York Sun notes a twenty five cant piece with many thirteen motifs on one side including ten repeats of the number 13 and thirteen stars. It questions if the thirteen originals or thirteen stripes foretell luck for a holder of the new quarter dollars.
A captain and School Board member in a New England seaport town visits a Plymouth classroom. He asks who Webster was and what a statesman is. A boy answers, and the captain concedes he makes speeches but is not a statesman. A bright student defines a statesman as a man who makes good speeches.
The snippet promotes a cheap weight loss scheme via a Boston Globe page and urges readers to mail two cents for a copy to Retina Circulating Library in Chicago. It also touts various patent remedies for lung, cold, fevers, and bronchial issues, with vague assurances and self-help notes.
The New York World notes two future sensing ideas. Edison considers a phonograph to capture sounds inaudible to humans, then amplify for listening. A water phone by Professor Hell proposes leak detection via a plumber’s mouth held rod and pipe contact.
The article discusses how ornamental trees enhance home surroundings and emphasizes thoughtful placement. It contrasts grouped plantings with rigid rows, noting that well set trees please the eye, while stiff arrangements lessen appeal. Observing attractive lawns offers ideas for effective layout.
The article suggests copper could replace iron or steel in ship hulls. Copper plates would resist barnacle adhesion, reducing cleaning time and fuel use, though high initial cost and durability over years are noted as factors.
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