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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
4
A collage of ad copy and light humor is presented, including cleaning products RUB-NO-MORE and Roman Eye Balsam promotions, as well as social quips about Lillian Russell in Atlantic City. The items mix product pitches with wry captions about fashion and manners from a historic newspaper fragment.
A Northwestern Agricultural writer notes the 1908 Hummelstown Pike project near Hartzelburg Pa built by Tel ford Macadam method using native limestone and Birdsboro trap rock. Sections flooded were repaired with cement sand grout and later a coal tar mix faded. maintenance added four inches of crushed stone and screenings to refresh the roadbed.
A London census shows only 3 percent horse drawn vehicles among 515 total, illustrating strains on road design. The note cites a furniture firm shipping to New York on its own trucks, bypassing steel roads and stressing country roads. Engineering practice now includes advising road authorities as tonnage rises, with heavier structures required for roads, rails, and streets. Tankage from slaughterhouses, cooked and ground, serves as a protein rich feed additive that improves hog growth and speeds fattening when mixed with corn.
The piece satirically proposes excuses for raising ice prices after a cold winter. It lists six reasons such as heavier handling costs from thick ice, large blocks wasting retail cuts, storage freezing solid making removal hard, anticipated heat demand, and the notion that price should rise with extra quality though production costs remain unrelated.
A 1912 notice from Walter Mahony of Troop H 6th A S Cavalry at Camp McCoy Wisconsin describes a two year battle with scaly psoriasis on arms and legs. After trying many treatments he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment from an advertisement and was cured in three months.
A thrush in Ulster built a nest under a first class carriage over a steam pipe between Limavady and Londonderry. When the carriage left later than scheduled the nest and four eggs vanished, then the bird reappeared and resumed incubation. Railway officials paused the carriage to protect the eggs.
Philadelphia and Providence women describe relief from displacement, backache, and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They praise improved sleep appetite and energy and urge others to try the remedy, attributing health gains to the product.
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