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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
8
A French minister imposed a two franc tax on cigar lighters to protect government matched sales. The tax boosted lighter use while matches worsened, drawing public ridicule and calls to rescind the order. A column notes the tax coinciding with rising tobacco use. Also a humorous garden gaffe about red teches yields twenty cents value.
A newspaper note laments widespread illiteracy among Turkish women and contrasts it with male prowess. It argues women face linguistic barriers while men cherish wit yet marry the foolish if beauty shines.
Fifty seven Indianapolis Boy Scouts received government medals for selling 106000 dollars worth of Liberty bonds. United States Senator Harry S. New presented the medals at a Chamber of Commerce meeting and praised the boys for their loyal service. Lieutenant Henri Haye, French army instructor at Fort Benjamin Harrison, spoke on trench warfare and Verdun as part of the program.
A large gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Holiday heard Professor Harlow Lindley of Earlham College discuss local history collecting. Amos W. Butler and Charles N. Thompson spoke briefly as committees were named for the December 13 annual meeting and future membership applications.
Indianapolis reports Woollen, of this city, appointed coal administrator for Indiana. He is president of Fletcher Savings and Trust and a Democratic leader. The governor rejected the recommendation of Wm. G. Irwin of Columbus.
Members of the Broe derlicher Unterstuetzung Verein voted to purchase 2500 dollars in liberty bonds of the second issue. Prof F A Klein, president, and Louis Nippe, secretary, announced this decision. Two killed at Car Work in Hammond. A motor crane overturned at the German American Car Works in East Chicago, killing two men and seriously injuring another.
North side women organize a Mothers Aid Society campaign in Indianapolis to expand the Fairview settlement with more lots and buildings. A Kendallville labor rally and a Richmond florist convention conclude as Indiana clubs consider leadership, while a coal strike and mine fatalities touch several towns.
A brisk exchange in a London humor piece features Bilson, wary of a burly undertaker named McPherson seeking Bilson’s residence. The undertaker insists he only heard a cough and hopes, while Bilson denies any death at his home.
Advertises Dodd's Kidney Pills as the best remedy for kidney troubles and Bright's disease. Warns against substitutes, highlights three D's in the name, and promotes guaranteed satisfaction or money back.
A wartime exchange features an officer doubting a private’s claim to pass enemy entanglements safely and a witty reply about pinning a wife’s dress, revealing tongue in cheek banter amid danger.
An old advertisement offers $100 for a catarrh cure that Hall's Catarrh Medicine cannot heal. It explains internal use and blood cleansing action on mucous surfaces, claims forty years of pharmacist endorsement, price seven cents, and testimonials from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It ends with a patriotic line about Uncle Sam's rainy day.
A client tells a lawyer he has no case but money amounting to sixty thousand dollars. The lawyer promises the client will never go to prison with that sum. The client ends up going to prison anyway.
An advertisement touts Soja Beans with 84 percent protein and 168 percent fat versus Navy Beans at 22.5 percent protein and 18 percent fat. It notes Alice Pork and Beans as mixed varieties and urges shoppers to ask grocers for them. It also mentions Mrs. Russell Sage, age eighty eight, consenting to ride in an automobile.
In lively club chatter a golfer claims an eighty five score as a regular habit. He recalls timing the feat years ago and downplays consistent practice. The exchange highlights humor and self deprecation amid casual sports talk at the course.
A garbled note claims a plan to wage war on rats harming the government and home food supplies. It mentions payment of thirty-five cents and quips about a cook becoming a taxidermist.
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