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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1894
Page
8
An American railroad man recalls Dickens visiting a shabby London pie shop near a blacking factory. A disheveled boy lures him to buy meals for sixteen ragged youngsters, who leave grateful and singing after the generous feast. The anecdote ends with a quip about youth and aging.
A wife recounts her husband’s eight year boil to carbuncle ordeal and rapid improvement after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. She also reports giving the medicine to her rheumatic twelve year old son with noticeable relief after half a bottle.
A camping party on the shore of Lake Erie near Ashtabula awoke to a rattlesnake in a shirt boom. The snake crawled toward the fire before a man struck it, breaking its back. The victim fainted but recovered, while the group praised his nerve amid danger.
The Kobea scandens is praised for rapid growth and screen forming ability. A Central Park gardener notes it can be trained to cover walls and even temper sun in a propagating house, suggesting it could replace whitewashed glass to protect young plants.
A Maine business man cites experience as the best teacher. He recalls losing $4.00 in a deal, which yielded valuable lessons and led to $5,000 wealth. He values the "experience account" highly and says he would not sell it for five times its cost.
A tongue in cheek ad argues rheumatism and neuralgia dampen temper and health. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy to ease pain and restore tranquility, claiming benefits for kidneys, bladder, stomach, liver, bowels, sleep, and appetite. The patchy prose notes malaria and a cautious warning against opiatelike drowsiness.
A Baltimore Sun item describes Justice John W. Streaker at Jonestown court house recounting a red fox attacked by buzzards then corners by crows, prompting alarm before the fox escapes to the woods. The piece also notes Hall’s Catarrh Care offering a $10 reward and warns against misused remedies.
The City of Glasgow faces a rise in bow legged and knock kneed children due to a diet almost exclusively of potatoes, with bread lacking essential elements for bone strength, a condition likened to rickety hunchbacks seen in American tenements.
A Baltimore man, Jeremiah Eney, says neuralgia in the head caused by nervous strain was cured after a fair trial of St Jacobs Oil. He claims the remedy repaired faulty nerves like restoring broken wires and restored perfect system action.
A fragment from a Fort Wayne page includes a playful line about Mrs. Butterfield not being a temperance woman after Snaggs remarks on her attire. The note segues into a humorous comparison: a buckwheat cake and a home run rely on the batter.
Advertisement notes the start of Brown's Bronchial Troches in 1880 as a cure for cold and bronchial conditions, plus a guide to Chicago to Los Angeles or San Francisco tours via Phil ly tee Island and Southern routes. Details include departure days, agent involvement, and Rock Island ticket office contact.
A reader from Indiana describes trying a product called Golden Positive cure for womb trouble and relief, claiming past struggles and attempts at remedies. The fragment references dietary items and ongoing seeking of a cure.
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