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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
7
An ad touts Bochee's Syrup as a fifty four year sold remedy for coughs colds bronchitis throat irritation and lung troubles. It promises restful sleep and easy morning expectoration and urges trying one bottle with no substitutes, available from druggists and medicine dealers.
The ancient Egyptian capital gains heightened political importance as the liberal home rule granted by Britain places Cairo at the center of administration. The city blends grand monuments with chaotic street life, where turbans mark dynasties and rich color clashes meet the bustle of bazaars, veiled women, and beggars amid a vivid Nile valley panorama.
The piece recalls St Pauls Cathedral as a historic centerpiece spared from wartime destruction and destined for enhanced value. It notes its layers of builders from Old St Pauls to Wren, the Resurgam inscription, and the site’s possible Roman shrine origins, with a nod to wartime consecration events.
The passage recalls the Old St. Paul’s fire and its aftermath. John Wycliffe’s charge of heresy is noted, Tyndale’s New Testament is burned, and Wolsey hears papal condemnations while under Powle’s Cross witches confess and heretics recant.
Kiev, a city with a thousand-year history, is described as a religious and commercial hub once more a battlefield in the Pole Bolshevik fighting. The piece covers its ancient significance, trade, religious sites, and status as the seat of Ukraine, plus a dramatic sea voyage narrative ending with a 47-foot tidal wave.
Rear Admiral L G Billings U S N retired recounts a 1868 incident near Arica Peru where the double ender Wateree rode a tidal wave inland and ashore nearly within a hundred feet of the Andes, surviving a catastrophic quake that struck with a heavy dust cloud and rumbling.
Frederick McCormick describes Chinese pagodas as the Buddhist church’s main architectural form, noting the Yangtze valley as rich in towers. He details heights from 20 to over 200 feet, odd-numbered stories, and shapes, plus legends of Tang and a buried water fowl linked to earthquakes. He compares imperial tombs and abandoned capitals with Egypt’s pyramids in Shandong and Shantung.
A quotation celebrates books as constant friends that rescue loneliness and widen life. It contrasts vivid reader devotion with escapist living and recalls authors Dickens Thackeray Dumas Wells Hardy Meredith as enduring literary companions.
A physician and chemistry professor extols Earle's Hypo Cod as an exceptionally balanced tonic and nutritive, highlighting malt extract, wild cherry bark, and hypophosphites. The ad touts its digestible cod liver oil substitute and claims strong nerve and lung benefits, urging readers to inspect the formula at the drug store and verify the Wheeling, West Virginia producer on the bottle.
A passerby notes how trivial chatter breaks off unnoticed as a crowd disperses. The scene captures a lull where no one remarks on the muted air or the absence of voices.
Discovery at Red Beach near St Croix River identifies the likely site of early De Monts era water mill used to grind corn. R S McCarter unearthed stone and timber dam remains during pond excavation near his Cambridge summer home. Authorities matched the layout to historic maps confirming its age and location opposite Dochet's Island.
Professor Jorgan notes slang and child speech spread technical terms into daily talk. He recalls a fragment where Georgie outwits Roger by turning memory tasks into a joke about a head being a parking place for memory.
Cartoon Magazine quotes begin with a joke about a ferret-faced man who gets along with colleagues because he works in a rat office. Thin. Smith notes jokingly that they are making fine hosigry these days and Jones adds Sheer enough.
A philosopher argues that people might live forever if they stop worrying. The claim frames anxiety as a barrier to longevity and invites reflection on mindset as a path to extended life.
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