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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1896
Page
8
A Brooklyn reader describes how female store workers face fatigue and illness from demanding duties. The letter touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy, citing personal relief from bearing down pains and nervous distress and thanking the maker for transforming the writer’s life.
The season concluded with weak attendance across the National League as clubs in top markets struggled. Management cites economic hardship, poor holiday draws, and more away games as factors. Prognostication for 1897 notes that top pitchers and hitters may falter or excel differently in the spring.
Washington correspondent reports eight distinct presidential tickets exist, many with overlapping nominees. Tickets include Prohibitionist Joshua Levering with Hale Johnson. Free silver Prohibitionist offshoot Charles E. Bentley and James Haywood Southgate. Republican William McKinley with Garret Augustua Hobart. Socialist Labor Charles H. Matchett and Matthew Maguire. Democratic William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall. Silverites pairing Arthur Sewall. People's Party Thomas E. Watson. National Democratic John McAuley Palmer with Simon Buckner.
Judge Payne appoints a receiver for the Farmers Trust Company of Iowa after a prolonged suit in Chicago Superior Court. Claimants include Julia C. Rogers Caroline M Hobbs Frank F Holmes Emil Walker guardians of the Schoff estate and other bond and stock holders. Rockwell Sayer named president since formation and accused of running the business for his own profit.
The Pittsburg Dispatch reports Carl Maier can write a sentence backward and upside down native to vertical letters. He begins at the end of a sentence and copies it verbatim to the start, even while conversing normally. The feat suggests a double brain ability.
The advertisement claims the tonic reduces travel fatigue and supports nerves. It asserts protection against impurities in ale and water and acts as a tranquilizer and regulator for the stomach liver and bowels. It also claims benefits against malaria rheumatism and kidney derailment.
Arrack, widely used across Eastern Asia, is distilled from palm flowers in its finest form. A vile variant made from impure sugar molasses drives drinkers to madness, sometimes provoking Maylay crowds to run amuck, ending in deaths among participants and widespread innocent casualties.
The article notes Albert Lynch’s portrait of the American girl to appear in Ladies' Home Journal. It mentions Allen’s Foot-Ease claims and a Buffalo Bills endorsement, a Totten calendar for vast years, Nickel Plate excursion rates, and a note that Arthur Bell Nicholls, Charlotte Bronte’s widower, remains alive but frail.
A mixed fragment lists a free guide to hunting and fishing grounds in the West and Northwest and a Wisconsin Michigan excursion offer by the Nickel Plate Road. It references an 1807 Derby snowstorm, a quip about parental lineage, and a garbled ad for Moblur Electeie Soap with unclear details and pricing.
Mrs Mulligan of Plumstead Kent reports in Society that Piso's Cure for Consumption is recommended far and wide. A lighthearted exchange about umbrella mishaps follows a remark on two receptions.
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