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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1919
Page
3
Norman Davis calls age a balm that makes men kinder. At a Washington banquet two long separated friends roast aging with jokes about hair, vanity, and aging gracefully as the other ribbing unfolds.
Catarrhal Deafness cannot be cured by local applications. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts through the blood to tackle inflamed mucous surfaces. The Eustachian tube narrows hearing if inflamed and permanent deafness can follow. Cheney offers a $100 reward for any cure that Hall's cannot achieve.
A humorous exchange notes a wife’s mood during travel and a forgotten check on her dog’s weight. The joke hinges on a minor domestic miscue about weighing the dog before departure and wondering if the pup gained weight.
An old style advert promises Danderine halts hair loss and dandruff. It claims a small bottle at a few cents can be rubbed into the scalp, with results of thicker stronger softer hair after several applications.
A banter between Bachelor and Benedict reveals a punchline about proposing in flight. Benedict jokingly suggests an airplane 2000 feet up as the best moment, noting the roar would cover any words. The gag hinges on absurd audibility versus romance.
Bayer genuine aspirin advertised for colds pain headache neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. The Bayer package claims physician prescribed aspirin for nineteen years. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets sold for a few cents and aspirin is a Bayer trademark.
The initial practical overhead trolley line was built in Kansas City in 1884 using double overhead conductors and a trolley wheel riding atop the wire, marking an early innovation in electric transit.
Indiana news roundup reports McClurkin in Evansville first pro call, Fesler discussed as GOP governor candidate, Indiana Harbor steel strike costs Lake County $15,000 for deputy sheriffs. Chiropractor convention urges higher standards, mayor vetoes ordinance, Am o reunion after 64 years, Purdue wrestling revival, and War era ambulances sailing home. Multiple local items include campaigns, court actions, and civic developments across Indianapolis Evansville South Bend and surrounding counties.
An old advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil capsules as a home remedy to delay old age by cleansing kidneys and digestion. It claims oil stimulates kidney action, removes poisons, and promises renewed vigor with daily use. Money back if no help.
Digestive troubles in chickens may be cured by purging the intestines with laxatives. Epsom salts prove cheap and easy to use. dosage for mature fowls is one half teaspoonful per bird, or one third for minor cases. Mix with dry mash then moisten with water for administration.
Prof Harry R Lewis of a New Jersey college told a Connecticut station meeting that vaccine shows value in treating poultry diseases. He cited tests on hens with chicken pox and roup and suggested immunizing chicks before exposure as the next step at the New Jersey station.
Advice on removing diseased birds promptly and maintaining flock health through proper exercise and confinement. Old geese and ganders perform better. hens should lay regardless of weather. Do not keep hens beyond two years. fatten and market them. Move poultry runs to prevent infection and disease.
An Indianapolis matron hosts a birthday party for her daughter with guests including the minister’s two sons. A fuse blows during supper plunging the dining room into darkness while the hostess fetches candles. The younger boy fears the dark, but the older explains they are used to light meals at their home.
A brief quip on long division from One Kind questions the process with a playful line about dividing things so the other fellow gets the short end. The exchange uses a parent child tone and a light educational joke.
A portly Dutch woman visits a post office to send money to her son in the Far East. She describes his location as China and the clerk and another patron joke about a car noise. The joke leads to the money order being made payable to Hongkong, and the woman leaves content.
Angry wife demands a statement after a lengthy harangue while the husband replies that nothing remains to be said. The exchange is quoted from the Boston Transcript.
A returned Yank recounts sleeping in heavy marching order and questions what happened. His friend asks if he walked in his sleep as a quirky Tale from The Tome Sector. The era’s odd phrasing hints at a fragmentary local column note.
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