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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1895
Page
4
Fashion notes describe transition in women’s dress with plain skirts full waists and varying sleeves. New wool fabrics are rough and colorful with checks and stripes, often lined with bright contrasting silk. Bold linings, greens, pinks, and yellows refresh outfits while crepon dominates, and hats stay as quirky with detached decorative sections.
A fragmentary reprint surveys the origins of terms such as dun, outsiders, daisy, and too thin. It cites the English debtor dun and the Boston Post tale, Dickens usage in David Copperfield, and Stephens 1870s congressional quips to illustrate how phrases entered common speech.
A Dooly county farmer who moved to Houston county reveals he held the long lost $880 note from a Kentucky horse dealer. The dealer learned the farmer was the note giver when he stayed the night, and the farmer paid the debt with interest. Also noted is a Hebrew Bible in the Vatican weighing 820 pounds as the largest in the world.
The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the top spring medicine and a cure for blood diseases, claiming widespread sales and strong consumer trust. A testimonial from Mme. Asnworts of Eaton, Ohio, describes relief from headaches, stomach distress, and fatigue after two bottles, urging nervous, run-down people to try it.
A humorous note on the saying as cool as a cucumber. It traces the phrase to cucumber’s coolness relative to air and foresees other old laws whose origins are largely lost, leaving modern usage as innocuous desuetude.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and relieves colds headaches and fevers. It claims medical approval, wide satisfaction, and notes the California Fig Syrup Co manufactures it with no substitutes.
A city bank president recalls arriving at the Astor house as a green country boy from Utica. A clerk demanded lodging payment in advance unless security was offered. Now, thirty-five years later, he views the hotel from his grand office and can write checks large enough to buy the Astor house.
The advertisement asserts Briareus had many symptoms of nervousness and disorder but all fade with Hustetter's Stomach Bitters and Tremulona Nerve Tonic. It promises tone through digestion, steadier nerves, better sleep and appetite, and relief from malaria, constipation, rheumatism, and kidney troubles.
A fragmented column recalls a sick girl yearning for a dog and a mother’s cautious promise, then shifts to reader letters about No-to-bac cures, a Chicago firm’s sales, and iron consumption gaps. It mentions Frank Winters, Sterling Remedy Co, and nickel plate excursion tickets with vague travel notes and local place names.
In Woodstock Virginia an old Civil War and Mexican War veteran Levi McIntorff endured four years of infirmities from a grip injury. After taking Williams Pink Pills his strength returned, fingers regained color, and he can lift fifty two pounds and walk across mountains. He plans to buy more and testifies to the pills’ efficacy. The ad notes the pills heal weakness from various causes and are sold 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 by Williams Medicine Co.
A survey of canine vocal evolution notes dogs move from instinctive howls to distinct barks signaling fear welcome doubt or joy. It cites Scribner's Magazine on cultured dogs and contrasts with tribal forebears. Separate passages discuss a American woman spending fortunes on Atlantic travel and the prevalence of sea voyages for health and adventure.
A Century seed fund from Benjamin Franklin grows to about 700000 dollars for Boston aims. Half funds an industrial training school trustees include city aldermen and three ministers. Next week they visit Washington to learn about modern schools and will tour major U.S. cities. Many ads push humor over dignity in advertising. A tonic claims cure for catarrh with testimonials and per-bottle price.
War Department notes say Emperor Valerius Maximus adopted red to hide blood fear in Roman troops. English and French lore claim red trousers and coats scare foes. Romans used bear skins and beasts on shields for ferocity. Bearskin hats and grenades were once used to appear taller and disrupt foes.
The German Emperor employs Berlin tailors who also offer provincial work and keep imperial measurements in stock. In major towns there is a court tailor who sometimes outfits the emperor, with numerous uniforms akin to stars in the heavens. A Kaiser tunic costs about 40 to 50.
The earliest real estate entry in Kanawha County West Virginia dates January 2 1795. It notes 150000 acres to Phineas Tavior of Waterbury Conn the grandfather of Phineas T Barnum. The property has long been in litigation. Also mentions 1895 Christian Endeavor Convention in Boston and Nickel Plate railroads low fares with various route options and accessible excursion points.
The text describes extreme palm leaf sizes used for tents, mentions umbrella magnolia shelters, discusses indigestion and malaria notions, touts Ripane Tabules and Vise Cure for consumption, and includes advice on sleep orientation, a Fort Wayne Business College ad, bed-bug extermination with turpentine, and Nickel Plate railroad rates.
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