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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1894
Page
8
From Scientific American the piece compares yearly food spendings by English French German Spanish Italian and Russian residents. It lists percentages and pounds or currency figures for meat and bread consumption, highlighting wide national differences in consumption habits.
A strange water weed called bladderwort is explained as carnivorous. Tiny bladders on leaves have doors and trap small aquatic creatures, which are seized and consumed by the plant.
Lucretia O Putnam of Forristdale Massachusetts endured severe pain and organ disease from a womb condition. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health, appetite, and vitality, saying she feels as if raised from the dead.
The Senate blocked the tariff bill with eight hours of speeches and no progress on the wool schedule while the House passed a $100,000 appropriation for a national home in DC for aged and infirm colored veterans and adjourned after advancing several Indian and education measures.
The Y M C A marked its fiftieth birthday with a major London jubilee attended by over 1,100 delegates and nearly 4,000 visitors. A global gathering included strong American and English representation, with key organizers listed and plans set in motion since Amsterdam talks.
Delegates headed by John Wanamaker and Rev Dr Theodore L Cuyler attend a week long Young Men's Christian Association conference at Exeter Hall London. George Williams, founder of the YMCA, attends as honored delegate while credentials and multilingual certificates are approved. A separate item reports on tragedy and unrest in Pullman Illinois where 4000 workers strike against wage reductions and the town remains privately owned by the Pullman Company.
A quirky column links Breckinridge’s race with a tale of Chinese deity adoption. It notes a rich widow marrying the God of the Left Little Toe Nail and mentions W C Owens of Scott County Kentucky, a 44 year old, unmarried Columbia Law School graduate challenging Breckinridge for Congress.
In Albany a humorous incident follows Dr Parry and colleagues as a 11 year old boy heckles them from the fence. Parry asks why he questions and the boy retorts he wanted to see if Parry knew anything. The doctors laugh and Parry hangs his head.
A Georgia Eye reports W L Vaughn of Lawrenceville has a peculiar egg about the size of a hen egg but lighter. When rolled on a table it dances like a top for a moment then settles on its small end, amusing onlookers.
An old medical note extols the kidneys as blood filters and explains that when their function falters, dropsy Brights disease diabetes and related harms follow. It praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for stimulating kidneys gently, purifying blood, and saving organs, claiming it remedies malaria constipation liver complaint neuralgias age rheumatism and promotes appetite digestion and sleep.
A New York Sun quip notes that buttering the cut end of the loaf before slicing prevents crumbling and curling of bread when spreading sandwiches. Mr. Googleby admits he avoids it, while Mrs. Googleby claims the trick is simple and ancient.
Agents from Fostoria to Valparaiso will sell excursion tickets to Fort Wayne for the Last Days of Pompuil exhibition. Round trip fare on sale through district passenger agent M. C. Baber.
A cryptic exchange unfolds with a woman asking if he is married and the man replying he does not know. A Chicago telegram is cited stating the jury remains undecided.
The advertisement touts California Maqui laxative and Syrup of figs as a safe pleasant remedy for women. It urges buyers to seek the genuine article with the California Fig Syrup Co name on the package and notes the lean man’s belief that shedding fat would be easy.
In late June the North Western Line offers excursion tickets to Denver Pueblo and Colorado Springs for 27.50 round trip good until July 27. Travel on the Chicago and North Western via Palace Sleeping Cars and dining service between Chicago and Denver.
An 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally for 75 cents and Shilohs Consumption Cure offered with a money back guarantee. It claims to cure incipient consumption and provide a best cough remedy with price tiers of % cents 50 cents and 1.09.
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