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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1895
Page
5
Roumanian soldiers completed a seventy five mile march in twenty seven hours on pastils as sole food. Each man took a half hour dose then three per hour, dissolving in water for the accompanying homes. After the trek both men and officers reported no fatigue and praised the pastil’s sustaining power. The preparations are said to contain a large amount of caffeine. Fashion counts more victims than pestilence.
An old newspaper column discusses how the blues affect women due to female health issues, noting nervousness sleeplessness and backache. It cites Mrs Newton Cobb of Manchester Ohio praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure and urges readers to obtain it from their druggist.
Waster neighbors and local interests reported across Indiana with items on a discont inued Berlington post office, a Y M C A convention at Muncie, a Marion rolling mill hiring 100 workers, and a Kokomo painter fatally injured after a fall. Hog cholera deaths near Noblesville, potato yields per acre statewide, and tramps at Wabash hotel are noted alongside a deadly buggy accident near Owensville. Brown County railroad prospect, a silver crate near Richmond, and a Kokomo heir to a $75 000 estate are mentioned, plus line burial objections in gas regions, drought around Elwood, and diphtheria cases in Geeansburg. Additional items cover a Terre Haute priest transfer, triplet birth, cider fires at Anderson, a Muncie burn death, a dangerous shinny injury, and a Chicago rail verdict. Alexander steel plant near Alexandria to hire 1500, and a Brazil Brick and Pipe explosion aftermath. State Supreme Court action on legislative apportionment and Governor Matthews appointing commercial travelers congress delegates are included.
An eclectic page blends literary quips about Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler with a classroom remark about Johnny’s dirty hands and a string of advertisements. Items reference Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, Syrup of Figs, and a publisher’s promotional offer for Tex Youth’s Companion with dates and Brass dates.
Eben E. Rexford writes in November Ladies Home Journal that ants do not harm plants to any great extent. They are beneficial in most cases as they catch insects that would otherwise damage the plants greatly.
The notice asserts a 3100 reward and 9108 prospects and claims a cure for catarrh that science has supposedly achieved. It mentions medical firms and addresses readers with an advertised remedy, implying a strong promotional tone and dubious medical certainty.
A November Ladies' Home Journal tip explains that genuine whalebone can be reused by soaking bent pieces in boiling water, then ironing them straight while still warm and pliable.
An advertisement promotes a book under Rev. R. L. McElree on female diseases. It outlines anatomy, menstrual guidance, and genital urinary disorder treatments with a six cent paper edition. Also mentions Dr. D JAYNE Expectorant as a cold remedy and various notices about hunts and railroad agents.
Atlanta rail promotions list low round trip rates to the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta from September to December with return validity to January. Wabash lines provide limited sleeper changes and agent contact for detailed fares and berths. Also mentions assorted consumer ads for remedies and products interspersed in the page.
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