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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1893
Page
8
A notice warns customers to verify genuineness of Hostetter s Stomach Bitters sold only in bottles and not by the gallon or in bulk, citing strict judicial cases against counterfeiters. The piece also recounts a New York music hall act that failed to elicit laughter, prompting the comedian to plead not to keep the audience up.
A terse pitch urges readers to write B. F. Johnson & Co. of Richmond Virginia to seek work and earnings. The piece warns against assuming courtesy from a seller, noting that politeness may not be consistent.
The late Professor Faraday proposed life divides into growth and decline with a natural age of 100 years. Growth durations vary by species, here eight years for camel growth and 40 years life for camel, while humans grow 20 years and may live to 100. Infancy lasts to 20, youth to 50, virility 50 to 75, with age starting at 72 as reserves dwindle.
A Cornbill Magazine tale describes eagles perched in odd bundled poses on cliff faces, surviving open terrain. A visitor to Achill island recounts a moment when what seemed like wind blown feathers revealed a magnificent eagle, then a tuft left behind as a memento.
A practical guide describes making noiseless slippers from old leather footwear. Remove soles and heels, cover with thick woolen cloth, cut uppers from old slippers, and line with red flannel. Sew edges, bind the top, insert heel stiffening, and join upper to sole with careful turning.
The article traces needies from the East to Europe, noting early manufacturing in Nuremberg during the fourteenth century and later English adoption under Queen Elizabeth. By 1597, workers formed a guild as they pressed the queen to restrict foreign pins and needles imports.
Beware of ointments for catarrh that contain mercury for they can destroy the sense of smell and derange the system. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally. Sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle. Also a theater exchange quip on Hamlet and the ghost of a show.
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway adds two new trains, the Rocky Mountain Limited to Denver via Omaha and Lincoln, leaving Chicago 10 25 a m and arriving in Denver next day at 6 40 p m, with connections to Colorado Springs and Pueblo. The Northwest bound Iwin City departs Chicago 3 50 p m arriving in Minneapolis St Paul early morning. Both are vestibuled with Pullman service and York Island Dining Car. Twin City Express runs 3 50 p m to Kansas City arriving 8 30 p m with through sleepers.
A garbled ad style line promises 20 minute relief from headaches with Beecham Pills sold by all druggists for 25 cents a box. The text also includes scattered quotes and a note on thieves who steal busy people's time.
Royal Baking Powder costs more to make than rival brands due to refined ingredients, yet it offers purer composition and stronger leavening. The ad argues higher consumer value, better food quality, and safety, claiming competitors contain lime, ammonia, or alum per official analyses.
A new match design uses a parraffined paper coil in a metallic case resembling a tape measure. The end of the paper is lit by striking an igniting point on a steel plate, burning slowly until exhausted, then replaced for rapid, low-cost production.
Students are asked to name ten days when nothing was eaten or spoken. The answer centers on October 5 to 15, 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII reformed the calendar. The shift from old to new styles started with a ten day difference, rising to eleven, twelve, and then thirteen days across centuries and into the 22nd century.
Bartlett who dislikes churches took his six month old to be christened. Mrs Gadder congratulated him on joining church. He asked why and replied he did it simply for the name of the thing.
Five year old Mary frets and is cross until her sister bids good night with a punning remark. Mary retorts that she is called cross when it's she and nervous when it's her sister, prompting a playful exchange before sleep.
A thief in Silvertown carried off a bag of corn. Grains spilled from a hole in the bag, forming a trail. A sharp detective followed the trail to the thief's resort and arrested him with the stolen property.
In a witty exchange from Puck, Baggs and Snagges debate Pennywise’s appetite for champagne. Baggs asserts Pennywise can drink any quantity, while Snagges doubts he buys champagne, clarifying Baggs means any given quantity.
The pleasant effect and perfect safety with which ladies may use the California liquid laxative under all conditions makes it their favorite remedy. To get the true article, look for the California Fig Syrup Co. name near the bottom of the package.
Mrs Bloobumper confirms her endorsement of the minister’s sermon saying she was glad he spoke to the point. Bloobumper is surprised and notes the nodding throughout the address as proof of support.
A newly issued Northwestern Home Seeker newspaper promises valuable information on South Dakota's agricultural, mineral, and other resources. It notes the state’s prosperity and invites readers to mail their address to W. A. Thrall, General Passenger Agent, Northwestern Line, Chicago, to receive a free copy.
A jumble of ad copy and moral quips promotes smoking relapse cures, eye water prescriptions, a pneumonia cough remedy, Jamaica Ginger tonic, and cynical lines about crime and danger. The scattered lines read like hidden product pitches and aphorisms from a period newspaper page.
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