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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
8
A fragmented wartime style clipping mixes a demand for payment with a shop floor scene. It notes a boss preferring a different messenger and a woman’s stare via lorgnette hindering business. Included are vintage advertisements for laundry, tonics, and grocers.
Washington report says House committees draft revenue measures to fund next year's expenses. Proposals include higher tariffs, income tax tweaks, and tobacco and beverage taxes. The piece also notes secrecy concerns at the State Department and the rising prominence of woman suffrage groups in policy debates.
The piece notes that Greek philosophers in the second and third centuries B C knew the globe form of the earth and credits an unnamed Imam with first announcing the idea to the unknown.
Farmers should maintain dirt roads year round using the King road drag. Winter dragging after thaws or rains keeps roads dry and hard in spring, reducing ruts. King offers a split log drag design and operation tips to push dirt toward the road center for best results.
In Denver a ministers conference heard Rev. James Thomas say isolation of rural farm wives and servant girls drives women into asylums. He urged the church to address the good roads issue and support rural welfare locally.
The making of good roads is one of the most important duties of the American people and their prompt repair and maintenance is essential. The progressive farmer is deeply interested in roads connecting him with markets to haul the greatest possible load.
A farm machinery manufacturer argues that proper maintenance by farmers would reduce production to a single model, claiming current practices force the company to produce two machines. The quote emphasizes better care of equipment to cut waste and increase efficiency.
A French experiment uses iron fibers sand and cement as a top dressing for highways. A farmer who prepares roads for winter plans long term ease. Ronda guidance suggests adjusting distance to market based on conditions.
A historic health ad advises a milk and vegetable diet with plenty of water and exercise to aid kidney purification. It promotes Anuric, discovered by Dr. Pierce, as a potent dissolver of uric acid for middle aged readers and those with rheumatic symptoms.
Charles Kingsley’s rule urges ending each day with one person learning, happiness, or improvement. Emphasizes living day by day with thoughtfulness, helpfulness, and closer bonds with loved ones to find daily purpose.
An advertisement asserts that corns and calluses can be lifted out with a few drops of Freezone applied to the corn. It promises painless removal, low cost, and no infection, noting availability at drug stores or through a local wholesaler.
A fragment notes musical comedy queens livid with happiness seen on stage while confessing not all moments are sunny. A quip about women always being happy in new gowns appears alongside a line praising a pneumatic grain stacker saving previously wasted grain.
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