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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1894
Page
8
The essayist James Hinton, famed for wit and medical practice, astonishes passersby in London with ecstatic greetings to J C Jeaffreson. He boasts of sudden success, drives a carriage, and causes comic disruptions before leaving in triumph. A Pittsburg editor adds a quip about husbands being hard to please.
Advertisement urges women to read an illustrated 30 page book describing symptoms of Female Weakness and Uterus troubles. It claims the booklet contains vital information and offers to send it free to readers of the paper. The message references Pinkham medicines and lists Lewy, Mase as addresses.
In a humor cue from Downstate press, Jayville Bugle Chauncey Depew addresses the Young Men's Republican Club. A mock “cut” of Adam Forepaugh is pursued with a tiger and elephant motif, captioned to claim metropolitan journalistic edge.
A Utica Observer amused readers with a clubroom remedy for sleeplessness. The speaker suggests lying down, choosing a comfortable sleep position, then slowly blinking through forty winks and repeating. He claims winking prevents day’s thoughts from intruding, unlike count-based pep talks which require mental effort.
Instructions on roasting meats covering factors like meat age and fire condition. It advises allowing fifteen to twenty minutes per pound and signs of doneness when the joint begins to smoke. It notes the old rule that white meats should be well done and dark meats less done. It also suggests pouring boiling water over the roast at placement or using a brisk oven for the first 10 to 15 minutes to coagulate albumen and retain juices.
An article warns of the pugilistic craze among youth and adults, noting dangers of extreme muscularity and health risks from strenuous training. It endorses Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a aid to digestion and vigor, promotes sleep for nervous vigor, and claims relief for malaria rheumatic and kidney trouble.
An advertisement from a London paper solicits a respectable lady with good appearance and social polish to assist at parties. The notice promises helpful conversational powers and access to artistic circles, asking interested parties to address contact details. Also mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure sold by J Cheney & Co with testimonials.
Prospective brides are advised of thirty two dates believed unlucky for marriage. The list includes January 1 2 4 6 7 10 15 February 6 7 8 March 1 8 April 5 6 7 June 1 16 July 5 10 August 11 19 September 6 7 October 0 November 16 14 and December 15 17.
An eccentric old-time ad notes cough relief with Brown's Bron chial Stoches claiming a pure remedy sold in shops. It also features a grim joke about a butcher, wife beating, and selling hearts, reflecting dated humor in a scanned page.
A historical note explains arsenic abuse in tiny amounts makes users gain weight and develop pale, clear complexions rather than healthy looks. The description emphasizes the lack of death or severe suffering from such dosing.
An old Union Soldier and Marshfield School Agent Enoch L. Hanscom writes a charitable note praising St Jacob's Oil. He says he was lame for three years with a bad knee and rheumatism, applied the oil three times, and recovered his health.
A Baltimore Sun aphorism notes that easy tasks tempt more workers while hard disagreeable labor yields smaller labor pools, implying social or economic incentives shape employment.
An aphorism notes that nature sets limits on self-praise and self-harm, suggesting wisdom in restraint and balance in personal actions.
The article advertises sleeping car rates on Rock Island excursions from Chicago to Los Angeles or San Francisco via the scenic Ogden route with Phillips as excursion manager and a special agent on each trip. Departures are twice weekly Tuesdays and Thursdays with a daily tourist car service via the Southern route through Indian Territory and Fort Worth. Apply at Rock Island ticket office 104 Clark Street. John Sebastian G P A C B and P Ry Chicago.
An advertisement column touts various patent medicines and remedies with grand claims. It promotes Shiloh's Consumption Care and Dr Kline products, listing prices and trial bottles, alongside a generic notice about a sales event and a marine steamers notice.
A letter from Buffalo notes personal relief after using a treatment labeled Discovery to cure eczema and salt rheum after years of illness and costly doctors. The writer claims weight gain and renewed health, endorsing the remedy and urging others to try it through related medical associations.
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