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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1904
Page
3
A collage of jokes and cartoon captions from Chicago and Boston papers. Snappy quips mix domestic misunderstandings with light satire, featuring punchlines about relatives, courtship, and everyday mishaps. Notable lines reference family money, a supposed reform, and playful exchanges in small-town settings.
A comic dialogue piece features a chauffeur, a son who is a nun, and a lawyer in a witty exchange about breaking wills and the one exception being the lawyer's own wife. The humor hinges on misheard phrases and playful misstatements.
A flood of letters from 28 army generals and officers across Washington and the South endorse Peruna as a catarrh cure and tonic. Generals like McBride Noske Lomax O'Beirne Chase and others praise its efficacy for coughs colds and stomach troubles, urging readers to seek Dr Hartman’s guidance if results fall short.
Dr. Charles H Parkhurst comments on self-righteous people calling them a strange class The speaker recalls a man who died in Leipsic thirty years earlier whose dying words reportedly forgave any debts he owed to others in the same unrepentant manner
The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh with internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces. It claims to cure constitutional disease, builds up the constitution, and offers a one hundred dollar reward for any failing case. It also invites testimonials and lists F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as the manufacturers and notes druggists sell the products.
The critic from the Review claims the book lacks literary merit and any tag of genius. The author retorts with defiance stating he earned F40400 on the work and bets the critic did not receive over $15 for his defense.
An advertisement touts a hand powered hay press with a claim that two boys can bale three tons per day. It urges sending five stamps to John A Salter Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin for a catalogue describing this hay press and seeds for farm and vegetable use.
An old ad parodies medical advice with a joke on doctor patient exchange. It promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product, claiming it can whiten faded clothes. The playful copy mentions a large 20-ounce package priced at six cents and references a naval flag as a humorous aside.
The New York Times recounts Oliver Herford surrounded by friends in a London drawing room when a fellow guest quips he is surrounded by his coterie. Herford replies that he is surrounded by his coterie and his vestry and pantry as well, noting social circles and domestic ties.
An old advertisement page offers a free Allen's Foot Ease sample and lists uses for tired feet, corns, and bunions. It promotes other products including Putnam dyes, a teething remedy, an oat seed novelty, and household cleaners. The clipping also quotes anecdotal medical claims and consumer notices from various brands.
The notice offers low rates via the Nickel Plate Road to destinations in the West Southwest and Northwest. It lists contact as C. A. Austerlin T. P. A. Fort Wayne Indiana and mentions dates through April 19 2004.
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