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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1897
Page
4
A mosaic of historical curiosities and odd facts touches on ancient customs, religious freedom, weather lore, literary references, and census quirks. It recounts tales of emperors, Hussite nobility, and servants’ wages, interwoven with remarks on water purity, glass shops in Venice, and a modern university graduation.
A long, garbled OCR text collects quirky proverbs and a fragmented anecdote set aboard an English Pullman car. It includes moralistic lines about not stealing another man’s ood name and warnings against drinking whisky, followed by a misrendered tale of an elderly passenger and a jokester, ending with a northern Yorkshire anecdote about a collier named Arnold Yorkshire marrying a pauper.
Sir William Turner argues that heavy brains do not indicate intellect. He cites post mortem records showing lunatics with brains from forty to fifty-six ounces, challenging the idea that weight correlates with mental capacity. He adds that the laborer is not valued above his life for such reasons.
A New York World investigation details brutal conditions under Weyler in Cuba. It cites hundreds of thousands of starving civilians, women and children in fortified towns, and a famine linked to insurgent seizure of crops. The estate of Contr Sula and other locales are noted as sites of extreme deprivation.
A major fire swept a large block east of Aldersgate Street and between Red Cross Street in London, destroying over 100 properties and promising losses likely exceeding 23 million. The blaze spread rapidly aided by highly flammable Christmas goods and fragile interiors, overwhelming early engines and trapping workers and residents as emergency crews reinforced and battled the flames for hours.
Noted pastor Rev George TE Houghton of New York and pastor of the Church of the Praastizaina fion dies. The Little Church Around the Corner, long linked to theater, gained fame after the incident when Joseph Jefferson and others sought funeral arrangements and a clergyman refused, citing the corner as a place for the dead. The tale boosted the church’s public and theatrical prominence.
A Greensburg Indiana family reports their ten year old daughter Louise Rybolt recovered from a prolonged illness after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The treatment followed years of overwork from studying and aiming for college. The parents praise the pills as effective and affordable.
A weary man asks a druggist for chloroform to sleep. He reveals his plan to use the substance on himself while letting the child endure the danger, saying the family has been kept awake for a week. The druggist questions the intent as the man insists on risking the child’s life.
Try Grain-O. Ask your grocer to show GHEAIN-O, a new drink that replaces coffee. Both children and adults can drink it without injury. It has the rich seal brown color of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and is easy on the stomach. Priced at 15 cents per package. Sold by all grocers.
A humorous dispute unfolds at a base as Baum and Anderson recall a quarrel over a damaged china cup. The housemaid allegedly broke the cup bearing the inscription To one I love, prompting a lighthearted row overheard by Tid-Hits.
An advertisement for the Smith Premier Typo writer announcing the best value writing machine with the latest improvements. It invites readers to request a new art catalogue and price list from a Ludian address on East Market Street, India? spal ia.
In the peerage, bankruptcy disqualifies a peer from representing the realm. A lord from Beotlaid or Freland faces removal from public duties when declared bankrupt.
Advertisement notes a money back refund if the cold cure fails. Mentions laxative Broo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents. Also references an ermine and relics, describing a 10 inch item used in care.
An old advertisement hoists medical claims for Lane's Family Medicine and Tiso's Cure for Consumption, praising health benefits, liver and kidney effects, and gentle action. It includes testimonials from Mrs. Mulligan of Plumstead, England, dated November 8, 1895, with additional notes on shipping and map lithographs offered by Nickel Plate Road.
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