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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
6
Mrs Helen Kilkenny of New Portland Maine reports five years use of Hair Vigor restoring gray hair to its original color and making hair soft and smooth. She says it quickly cured a scalp itching problem and notes her mother used it for about twenty years with great satisfaction. January 4 1899.
The advertisement touts Ayer's Hair Vigor as a fifty year proven remedy restoring color to gray hair, stopping hair loss, and keeping the scalp clean and healthy while making hair grow long. It claims a bottle cures all these issues reliably.
Appeal promotes Swanson s 5-DROPS as a universal remedy for rheumatic and chronic ailments. It markets trial bottles at 25 cents and large bottles at one dollar payable by mail or express from Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co Chicago IL, urging immediate orders.
The article compares sale expenses by country with England and America charging the seller, France adding five percent to the buyer, and Holland levying ten percent more. It then reviews Libby McNeill Libby Chicago visiting their vast packing operations, including canning and meat specialties, noting capacity for 300000 cattle and 100000 sheep yearly, forty million cans produced annually, and 2000 employees, with a booklet offer.
Jimmy and a local preacher collided on their wheels in an accident. Jimmy asked if he was hurt and the preacher spoke, answering with a remark that hinted at the impact and concern.
Salzer Seed Co announces Speics and Million Dollar Potato as top farm aids. Large catalog offers 10 rare farm samples and catalog for 10 cents, request sent to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wisconsin. Includes a note on wild horses, noting they are muscular and endure labor better than domesticated horses.
A plea seeks tips on dishonest drug sellers offering CASCARETS or Cand y Cathartic tablets in bulk or inferior substitutes. The Sterling Remedy Co. of Chicago or New York offers a liberal reward for evidence to convict such frauds, citing health risks and damaged reputation.
In Westminster abbey 1,173 persons have been buried. An ad promotes Grain-O a coffee substitute made from grains and sold by grocers in 150 and 250 price packages. It claims to be gentle on delicate stomachs and suitable for children. Also promoted Lane's Family Medicine and a note on rattlesnake venom.
A collage of vintage ad lines promotes cures and household tips. Claims include curing colds in one day with laxative Bromo Quinine, a foot length rule for women, Piso’s Cure for Consumption once praised by a patient, and political election notes in France and Belgium.
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt describes the Tahvktehl a northern peninsula tribe nearly independent of Russia with minimal outside contact, visited only a few times by explorers. It notes the New Siberian Islanders' rare yearly access to the mainland and the isolated Central African pygmies whose existence has long been shrouded in legend.
An ad style passage extolls Grain-O as a nourishing grain drink that substitutes for coffee for children. It claims Grain-O tastes like coffee, costs less, and is sold by grocers, with a humorous aside about a child’s witty remark from the New York Press.
An item touts Kemp's Balsam as an immediate cough remedy with free sample bottles and 25 or 50 cent sizes. It urges prompt use, warns delays are dangerous, and mentions a travel excursion via Nickel Plate Road with specific dates and return rules, plus various unrelated fragments about medicines and printing.
Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes captors who label soldiers by color: white soldiers, Indian scouts, colored troops, and yellow journalists. They concede defeat against a nation that can marshal a human rainbow.
Arrangements are made for a select party of fifty, traveling for thirty days across 7,000 miles. The dining car will offer delicacies and the drawing room observation cars provide hotel-like comfort. The tour costs about $10 per day. Special Passenger representative Mr. BG Thom manages the tour, with noted experience in Mexico. For details on sleeping car arrangements and rates, contact Tess.
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