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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1896
Page
8
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Veritable Compound as a cure for female ailments. It claims to relieve head and back pain, digestion issues, irregular menstruation, and fatigue, and features a testimonial from a Buffalo, New York reader praising the product for restoring health and enabling a happy home with a baby girl.
Streetcar crews walk out over wage cuts and issues, while cars run on schedule but empty. Milwaukee residents, moved by sympathy for strikers, shun rides, and buses from Chicago fill the gap as locals fear boycott pressure on business. The boycott spreads to suppliers and laundries, isolating the company until terms are restored.
Local strikers and supporters enforce a boycott crippling commerce as merchants fear losing business. Some bakers report empty shops while workers stay away from street cars to protest. Employers warned that any employee seen riding would trigger a boycott on their goods, signaling the deep grip of the strike.
Gen Lucius Fairchild died in Madison at 6 50 PM after a year of declining health and a prior grip illness He was born December 27 1831 in what is now Kent Portage County Ohio He moved to Wisconsin as a youth and later served in the Civil War losing an arm He held posts as Wisconsin Secretary of State Governor consul at Liverpool Paris minister to Spain and Army of the Republic commander before returning to Madison in 1882 He and his wife had three daughters.
The Methodist general conference at Cleveland elected Chaplain McCabe and Dr. Cranston as bishops after a day long vote. Cranston won on the eighteenth ballot by a comfortable margin while McCabe secured a narrow majority. Cranston, born June 27 1940 in Athens Ohio, has held multiple church posts and served in the military during wartime. McCabe, born October 11 1886 in Athens Ohio, joined the Ohio conference in 1860 and endured Civil War service, later leading missionary efforts and the Ohio Wesleyan University drive for funds.
Advertising notices announce reduced rail fares to St Louis for the June 16 1896 Republican National Convention. Wabash Railroad offers one fare round trip with ticket agent details and general manager contacts. Also Nickel Plate Road one day limit excursions at one fare round trip between local points. Additional ads promote Dr Kline's neuro remedies and infant teething treatments by Mrs Winslow’s.
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