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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1904
Page
4
An elderly veteran, his arm missing, pauses amid the crowd to hear a fife and drum tune. The melody stirs memories of war as he stands tall, shoulders squared, and moves with renewed purpose in step with the marching band.
An aged Aunt Betty, hobbling from the County Poor House, asks Mr. Young of the poor farm for permission to visit the city graveyard on Decoration Day. She aims to lay flowers on the graves of soldiers, including an unknown son, showing her gratitude despite years of illness and hardship. She gathers daisies along the way, finding renewed strength to complete the journey and honor the fallen.
Aunt Betty endures a sunlit Memorial Day as she notices young cadets flirting and neglecting aged veterans. A stranger, a farmer-soldier, helps her after she collapses and reveals a mother's photo. he returns her to his home, then guides her to Gettysburg to honor her slain son on Decoration Day.
In the fresh morning light Aunt Betty tends soldiers' graves at the poor farm. She contrasts a child’s callous daisies with a tender gesture toward the unknown soldier’s plot, then recalls her life and her son's sacrifice in Gettysburg and a stranger's touching memory of Armstrong.
The Yellowstone region supports five hundred four wild flower kinds identified in the park. Researchers cataloged diverse species across meadows and forests.
A society woman tells how exhausting social obligations ruined her health and how Peruna is praised as a tonic for a depleted nervous system. Letters from society women nationwide endorse the remedy as energizing and restorative.
A letter from Buffalo resident Mrs J E Finn praises Peruna Medicine Co for reviving her health after a year of rest was advised. Other testimonies from Mrs J W Reynolds Elkton Ohio and Jesus W Les olds endorse Peruna as life long health aid. The notice invites women to join a free home treatment program with medical directions from Dr Hartman of The Thurman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
The advertisement touts the Red River Special threshing machine with a Big Cylinder and a Man Behind the Gun for superior separating capacity. It claims reduced grain loss and faster threshing versus old style small cylinder machines, promising to pay for itself and inviting readers to request a free book.
A special train runs from Bellevue via the Nickel Plate Road to Chicago with all stations on the route. Tickets are also sold for Train No. 1 from Fostoria and west, Fort Wayne rate two dollars, valid for return by June 6. Inquiries to agent or C A Astorlin Fort Wayne Indiana.
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