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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1898
Page
6
A letter from Mrs. J. C. Orms of Johnstown Pa touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as greatly improving head dizziness hot flashes and nerve trouble. The piece notes sereneness in later years for few and praises the present Mrs. Pinkham managing vast correspondence treating up to eight hundred thousand women annually.
Describes the ostrich as wise and wary around white settlers and tame among poultry and cows. It avoids men on horseback and dogs on foot. Notes ostrich gatherings with deer or guanaca on plains and mentions WABASH as the favored route to the National Convention of artist Young People's Union in Buffalo New York from July 14 to 17.
An Indianapolis Journal item quotes a dance man answering a question about natural resources of the coupéry. It notes travel offers on Sundays for five or more by Nickel Plate Road, with a $1 round trip within a hundred miles. Agents can provide details.
A collage of quotes from multiple papers ridicules and analyzes the Spanish American War era. It highlights presidents, captains, and public opinion with humor about Dewey, Weyler, and Maine while noting political maneuvers and international incidents across cities like Philadelphia Chicago and Boston.
Doig, manager of the Bank of British North America in Dawson, reports to Vancouver that Dominion mining figures set Yukon season gold at 7 million dollars. Police say 4 hundred thousand collected in royalties, leaving up to 3 million uncollected. Most claims taxed. few escapes anticipated. total outside royalties may reach around 2 million of an estimated 10 million in gold dust.
None can foresee the outcome of the quarrel between foreign powers over the division of China. It is interesting to watch the pieces of this race as it unfolds. Also, many people suffer dyspepsia and stomach troubles and may seek relief with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
In a Boston Transcript excerpt the professor notes human nature in a puppy as Sido rips apart his best hat. Mrs. Bouncer-Why points out the culprit and the hat’s owner, while the professor realizes the hat belongs to him.
Linwood Park Ver milton Ohio will host religious meetings from August 2 to August 2. The Nickel Plate Road has authorized a round trip fare of one dollar for the event.
The list highlights iridium, gallium, rhodium, osmium, ruthenium, palladium, and other metals with high per pound values. It notes WA EAST runs the fastest mail train, implying superior road bed and track performance.
A machinist builds a trap with a music box that lures mice with song. The mice approach the device to hear the melody and are caught alive, five or six at a time, in this curious home contraption.
An odd clump of phrases describes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a price of 75 cents and a humorous aside on Welsh terms. The text also references train cars on the WABASIL line and Alaska codfish quotas, plus a one fare round trip to Linwood Dark via the Nickel Plate Road from August 2 to 2.
A playful exchange defines an optimist and pessimist through a joke about dinner today and coffee tomorrow. It features a father figure and child nicknamed Bobby Papa as the narrators.
An advertisement touts growing wheat at 40 cents a bushel with Salzer seed samples. It promotes Ned Cross winter wheat and a seed catalog for 4 cents postage from Salzer Seed Co at La Crosse Wisconsin along with other grains and clover. It also notes diamonds stolen in South Africa and travel deals on Nickel Plate Road. It ends with dietary advice on digestion and acidic foods.
An odd mix of health assertions and quotations appears, including Lane's Family Medicine promising daily bowel movement benefits, liver and kidney effects, headache cures, and a price of 25. The text also notes humorous maxims, sample travel notices, and mentions an 1805 Chester, Fla. address with amputation fatality claim and a teething remedy.
An old advertisement likens nerves to out of tune strings and says No-No Bac tightens nerves and quickens response to emotions. It asserts No-To-Bac guarantees tobacco habit care and makes weak men strong, urging all users to take it.
The article notes Colorado has 110 peaks above 12,000 feet with 50 over 14,000. Many remain remote and rugged, some snowbound or glaciered, others jagged rock. It mentions the Omaha Exposition from June 1 to November 1 as a major event, advising readers to consult WABASSE for rates.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes Nickel Plate Road offers $1.00 excursion tickets on Sundays for groups of five or more. The ad promises affordable group travel while a critic laments stage conditions and moral remarks accompany the excerpt.
Conghe Leada to Consumption Kemp's Balsam touted to stop coughs with a free sample bottle from druggists. Advertising copy urges immediacy and promotes a tobacco era promotion while featuring Joseph Gurney and a sales pitch for travel on the Wabash line to Buffalo New York and Boston aboard the Continental Limited.
An old style text promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for sore feet, swelling, bunions, sweating, and aching feet. It claims instant relief and easier wearing of shoes, with a mail order price of 25 cents and a free trial package. Sold by druggists and shoe stores, Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A fragment from the Cincinnati Enquirer shows two voices discussing a place described as getting richer. The cautious speaker warns against the Klondike while the sanguine speaker eyes opportunity, noting more money has entered than exited.
A trio of express trains run daily in both directions via Nickel Plate Road connecting Fort Wayne and Chicago with van Buren Street Union Station. R J Hamilton Fort Wayne Indiana is agent. Wabash offers low rates for a Knights of Pythias Supreme Lodge meeting in Indianapolis. A moth specimen is reported to have 4061 muscles.
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