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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1894
Page
9
An illustrated 30 page volume claims to explain uterine and emotional troubles in women and urges every reader to obtain a free copy. The ad cites symptoms like lassitude irritability melancholy and asks readers to send their address to Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills Company in Lynn Massachusetts.
A fragment describes a health product praised for comfort and improvement. It claims benefits for physical well being, digestion, and cleansing of the system. It notes endorsement by medical authorities and emphasizes cleansing the Kidneys Liver and Bowels without objectionable substances. The text mentions a California watermark.
A Chicago Record contributor recalls selling a windmill in Southern Illinois by bluffing a notorious opponent, Old Jo Larch. After a night in, a show of utility and a final $50 tilt leads to a sale to Larch’s rival, with Larch boasting of outsmarting the agent.
An elderly woman on a warm rail journey stands at a water cooler holding an empty cup while a trainman asks why she runs the water. She replies she is letting it run until it gets cool, amusing fellow travelers for a half hour.
Frank Lockwood, invited to a country house, asks to extend two days by telegraph. The host pays six shillings, says yes but warns not to telegraph again. A second telegram arrives with the playful twist: Why not skwood.
The lemon tree was introduced to Europe during the Crusades when Caliphs brought the plant westward. Crusaders later found it in Syria and Palestine by the late eleventh century and carried it into Sicily and Italy, with probable earlier cultivation in Africa and Spain. Arabian writers in the twelfth century note the lemon in Egypt and other regions.
Two known strikes in Turkey's history involved dockyard laborers demanding back pay and cigarette makers in state factories protesting female exclusion. The dockworkers won their arrears. the women workers were dismissed.
An advert discusses renting farms in the Red River Valley North Dakota with rent paid from crop proceeds. It promotes sharing a crop for delayed payments and invites readers to write Grandin dwards Mayville ND for details. The piece ends with a peculiar exchange about a greyhound and a grim joke.
In Indian towns laborers such as butchers shoemakers and carpenters use their feet to assist hands. The Hindoo foot allows lateral movement flexible toes and a squatting posture due to distinct ankle and hip articulation enabling thumb-like toe use without linking to simian traits.
The ad touts Hoatetter's Stomach Butters as a cure for billiousness headaches nausea and digestive trouble. It claims persistent use restores digestion bowel regularity and counters worse complaints while also easing rheumatic kidney disorder and insomnia and serving as an antidote to malaria with a wine glassful three times daily.
In the Princess Amelia suite a Cromwell descendant named Misa Russell attended a royal gathering on January 30. The Prince of Wales reproached her for not attending church, citing sins of her grandfather. Miss Russell replied that serving the prince is humiliation enough for a Cromwell granddaughter.
A traveler first extols the beauty of untrammeled countryside and then plans to return to town for entertainment. The remark contrasts rural purity with urban amusement.
An 19th century ad fragment touts Shiloh's Consumption Care as curing incipient consumption and as the best cough remedy. It lists prices of 30 and 80 cents and mentions a parrot posting a TRE note. Polly seeks a quackah and a pair of diamond earrings, while a parrot recites Chestnuts.
A fragment cites a quote on reading novels and smoking early as harmful. The line discusses caution in learning and entertainment choices among young readers and reflects social norms of the period.
The statement urges attendance at Fort Wayne Business College while noting that a man seen as virtuous invites greater scrutiny when he errs. The remark frames conduct standards and public accountability in a locally oriented tone.
A fragment notes annual cotton costs around $1000 with unclear context. The readable bits point to price or expense figures tied to cotton goods or trade. Further specifics are unavailable in the fragment.
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