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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1897
Page
8
An advertisement extols Elinstetter’s Stomach Bitters as a safe antidote against malaria and its seeds. It claims the remedy fortifies the system and cures dyspepsia constipation rheumatic liver and kidney troubles, presenting a sweeping clinic of cures.
Foreign firms monitor birth announcements in newspapers and mail gifts to new mothers. A London house tracks a child's sex and age to send a birthday catalogue of toys as a commemorative present. The New York Mail and Express notes the practice as a novelty in advertising.
The advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only proven cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, boosts the patient’s constitution, and offers $100 if any case fails to cure. Testimonials available on request. Sold by Druggists for 75 cents, F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A Chicago Record joke notes a wife studying geology fills the home with rocks while the husband worries. He plans to steer her interest to astronomy asserting she cannot collect specimens there. The quip portrays a playful domestic shift in hobbies.
A new grain based beverage named Grain-O claims to substitute coffee with less cost and gentler digestion. Advertises Grain-O as suitable for delicate stomachs and even children, priced at 15 and 25 cents per package.
A Bengal tiger described as four feet high and eight to nine feet long weighs about 800 pounds. An ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with money-back guarantee if they do not cure a cold in one day. Kemp's Balsam is pitched to stop coughing. Free sample bottles offered, with sold-in-25 and 50-cent sizes. Also notes Cleveland Excursions by Nickel Plate Road, horse shows in November, and Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething детей.
William Stimpson of Rugby Indiana suffered paralysis from overwork after a busy fall. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, taking nine boxes to regain full use. An affidavit confirms the claim, and other locals report cures for rheumatism and neuralgia. Pills sold 50 cents a box, six for 2.50, via druggists or mail from Schenectady.
Parties of three or more may secure one fare rates to designated focal points on the line of the Nickel Plate Road in Western Ohio and Indiana. Single tickets will also be sold to points in the North West and Southwest.
A Rochester woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her from surgery after a miscarriage and overwork led to heart and sinking spells. She states improved health began within a week of use and she avoids the feared operation.
A Lake Shore gravel pit near Amboy Ohio yielded a remarkably preserved corduroy road aged to the glacial era. Cedar timbers lie thirty eight feet down and over twenty feet have been exposed. Geologists expect the wood to be several thousand years old and a mastodon tusk was found intact.
A cryptic note explains that ascent in Freemasonry is earned through nine degrees. It emphasizes effort and progression within the fraternal hierarchy.
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