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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
6
A collage of quirky lines and ad-like fragments from a historic paper includes remarks on pessimists and Garfield Tea, garbled brand hints, alarm clock jokes, and a salve claim. Also references Elijah and a domestic scene with a stormy husband and a reigning wife.
A humorous item notes Wombat, once lazy, now driven by a new master. The piece attributes the change to the arrival of a wife who demands many costly purchases.
An epigram at a New York dinner voices the value of education. In Frankfort Kentucky a movement aims to save the 98 year old little red brick state house building on the square for its historic interest. Daniel Boone visited its offices after erection. In North Carolina a lawyer’s plea helps a man avoid horse theft conviction, prompting a jokey judge remark.
Two Youngstown newsboys debate a line about possible trouble with Russia over a treaty. They joke about Uncle Sam defeating Russia with the Salvation Army, underscoring light wartime humor and print satire from the era.
A privileged party viewed a private menagerie show with a mixed cage labeled Happy Family. A toothless Non tiger and a half starved wolf shared a cage with a small lamb that shivered in sleep. The showman said the animals had lived together about twelve months and the lamb is renewed occasionally.
A Fort Worth man testifies that quitting coffee and drinking Postum cured his bilious temperament and malaria symptoms. He says he gained 15 pounds and has had no malaria or boils since the change, attributing improved red blood to Postum from Battle Creek, Michigan.
A long tale examines famed and rumored gold hoards in France and Europe. It recounts the Rouvier gold saints in Sainte Chapelle, a buried field near Neuilly linked to latitude lines, Napoleon era caches in the Tuilleries garden, Stanislas treasure near Nancy, and papal vaults in Avignon with bands of mercenaries guarding valuables.
The article recounts legends of hidden riches from the Abbey of St Bavon in Ghent to Attila the Hun’s cave in Hungary and sunken galleons in Vigo harbor. It notes the obsessive search by figures like M Du Casse and Ormond, the Madagascar or West Indies connections, and naval salvage schemes including Cavalier de Pina’s tower concept.
Mrs May Wyatt of Ashland Kentucky credits Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of female trouble and fatigue She says the remedy relieved her suffering and helped her regain strength A Camden New Jersey reader Mrs Ella Johnston also reports cure of a serious displacement after doctors urged operation and many friends benefited from the remedy or advice is offered confidentially by Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts
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