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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1893
Page
8
Anarchic patter hawks Wave Fossed and Boa sick voyagers suffering and promises relief from seasickness with Hossiter's Stomach Bitters. Claims cover malaria, constipation, rheumatism, fatigue, and exposure, urging sailors and travelers to stock the tonic. Also notes Hall's Catarrh Cure and a quaint memory joke.
President Cleveland issues proclamation convening the extra session on August 7 as the British government in India triggers a market crisis. Cabinet deliberates three hours amid pressure from across states to act, with secrecy maintained until the proclamation.
Report from Minneapolis says a large but unspecified quantity of wheat, possibly up to 2,000,000 bushels, was secretly shipped out of elevators in Duluth. Warehouse receipts holders may find nothing to show for their property as unscrupulous warehousemen allegedly sell stored grain and manipulate receipts to strip the market.
A dermatologist advises proper shampooing using pure soap lather and warm water with a stiff brush for scalp cleansing. For sensitive scalps, borax solutions or egg yolk in lime water are suggested, followed by vaseline or almond oil to restore scalp oil and prevent brittleness.
A rough remedy describes melting grease with oil or fresh fat and mixing in salicylic acid to form a paste. Spread on cloth, apply to bunion or wart, and wrap for three days. Soak, peel loosened scales, and repeat if needed. Salicylic acid at drug stores costs only a few cents to prepare enough salve for a cure.
Lieut Peary cited Esquiman dogs as superior stock for Arctic travel. He said these dogs endure extreme cold, refuse to lag, and can sleep on snow at forty degrees below zero without shelter. Other dogs he has known would struggle, eat less, or need food and cover to cope.
An advice notice promotes Byrup of Figa for travel health aiding kidneys liver and bowels to prevent fevers headaches and sickness. It lists 50c and $1 bottles and credits the California Fig Syrup Co as manufacturer. A separate quirky note recounts a New England cow dying after a neck rope entanglement during removal from a farm.
A notice offers a pack of best quality playing cards for fifteen cents to be sent by postage to P. S. Eustis, Gen's Pass. Agent, C. B. & Q. R., Chicago, Illinois, outlining the request and method to obtain the cards.
In a humorous exchange, a wife scolds gambling while a husband defends whist as skill. The piece pivots to an advertisement for Dobbins' Perfect Soap costing 5 cents per bar, urging readers to ask their grocer for it as the best and cheapest soap option.
A Scribner excerpt explains that the cowbird behaves like the European cuckoo by not nesting or rearing its own young. Flocks of males and females mingle, and females abandon companions to seek nests of small birds, laying eggs and leaving foster parents to care for them. This results in the destruction of the host’s brood as the cowbird chicks monopolize attention and the rightful offspring die from neglect.
A guard or brakeman on a German railway applied brakes hard on a cold morning and forgot to release them. The wheels slid, wore down two inches, and after braking again the wheels became misshapen and hammered rails, breaking steel rails in eighty one places before discovery.
A fragmentary page notes a Thursday drive plan with rain concern and a day-before workaround. It promotes Dr Isaac Thompson eye water for weak inflamed eyes and Beecham’s Pills for general medicine. Also mentions Hatch’s Universal Cough Syrup and Jamaica Ginger as cures and warnings about heart failure tied to monthly coal bills.
A Scatle Soundings item reports a guest at Sea Beach hotel recounting a lightning strike that hit the mattress while he slept. The bolt allegedly bent the mattress, illustrating a startling hotel anecdote from the era.
A brief item notes a woman who offered food to two tramps, a dialogue exchanged as a playful moment in the Texas Liftings column. The exchange centers on manners and a sly remark about eating habits, illustrating local humor and social mores.
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