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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1899
Page
8
The Earl of Chesterfield outsmarted royal tension by asking to fill a trusted office with the king's chosen name. The king’s rage sparked a sharp line, but Chesterfield’s cool reply led to the grant’s signing with humor. The anecdote, cited from New York Success, highlights political wit.
An era of Grain-O presents a coffee substitute made from pure grains boasting rich mocha like color yet gentle on delicate stomachs. Priced at 15 cents per package and sold by grocers. Helpful Knowledge features a scene where Uncle Eben urges a boy to learn geography to understand the world’s movement.
The Wabash Railway with Atchison Topeka Santa Fe will start a weekly tourist sleeping car service between St Louis and Los Angeles via Kansas City. Westbound departures are Wednesdays at 9 00 p m from St Louis arriving Los Angeles Sunday 8 28 am. Eastbound departs Los Angeles Mondays at 9 50 am arriving St Louis Thursday 6 15 pm. Details from local Wabash agents or C S Crane Lincoln Trust Building St Louis.
An advertisement extols a catarrh cure sold by West and Truax Wholesale Druggists Toledo, claiming it acts on blood and mucous surfaces with a 75 cent price and testimonials. ATrust in man F J Cheney is noted as honorable in business dealings over 15 years. The piece also notes moving vans in New York offering a free first month to entice long stays and rent avoidance.
The John M. Smyth Co. at 150 to 166 West Madison Street Chicago offers a vast illustrated catalogue of household goods. A sample item is the Melba sewing machine priced at 14.25, among many articles described for family use.
A playful exchange unfolds as blackberry jam taunts then brandied peach replies that it remains in the best of spirits, highlighting a humorous fruit quarrel over mood and flavor.
The W L Douglas Shoe Company in Brockton Massachusetts reports the payroll for the week ending Sept 30 excluding superintendent foremen salesmen and clerical staff averaged 15 54 per week for all employees. The plant has been rarely closed and will add a 100 by 40 by five story extension increasing capacity by 25 percent. The firm produces an advertised fine 350 and 300 shoes and operates the largest factory in the world.
A fragment quotes Liarly on sea lions feeding and drinking at sea. A passerby questions their drinking spot and Liarly answers in the trough of the sea. The piece blends a Philadelphia North American reference with an ad copy for Eagle Linen paper and Mrs. Winslow’s soothing syrup.
Miss Sarah J. Graham of Sheridanville Pennsylvania writes of years of female troubles kidney and bladder issues dropsy and a large tumor. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports the tumor began to pass in pieces and she is nearly cured despite doctors calling her case hopeless.
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