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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1897
Page
8
An urgent advertisement urges readers to wake up to kidney and bladder danger and to act now with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It claims the remedy benefits kidneys when sluggish and aids the bowels liver stomach and nervous system.
The Premier of New Zealand cites a hominy pigeon that reportedly flew from Victoria to New Zealand in three days. The distance is about 1000 miles and the bird is said to have averaged around fifteen miles per hour without rest.
An old advertisement touts Halls Catarrh Cure for internal use priced at 75 cents. The note adds a humorous aside about marriage choices and kitchen noise resembling a Wagnerian overture.
An advertisement promotes Grain-O as a grain based coffee substitute claiming it has the color of coffee without adulteration. It says Grain-O is stomach friendly nourishing and suitable for children and that four cups equal the cost of one cup of coffee. It urges trying Grain-O for a week or two and to ask grocers for a package.
A dated quip shows Amos Kelner of Cherry Valley Illinois recalling his doctor’s warning of death and praising Piso's Cure for Consumption. The note ends with a wry remark on a wife’s curiosity. The excerpt also notes nine tenths of a woman's curiosity in young married couples.
The nickel plate line announces group rates for parties of three or more to designated local points in western Ohio and Indiana. Single tickets will be sold to destinations in the northwest and southwest. The note adds a social remark about saying thank you softly.
Winamac Indiana report quotes a son describing his father’s boils and carbuncles and a cure using Hood’s Sarsaparilla. The letter claims his mother’s rheumatism also improved with the remedy and is dated from Newrikk Box 184.
Mrs. Paul becomes the first woman in the world to hold an inspector of street cleaning post in a large city. She heads seventeen Italian workers in the central district bounded by the river Adams street 5th avenue and the lake and earns 1200 a year plus costs for horse and carriage. She aims to study New York methods and believes seventy five men would keep her district as clean.
The Crescent City was hauled from the water at Merrill Stevens yard for a general overhauling. A bed of water hyacinths clogged the hull, reducing speed from about 12–14 mph to 5–6 mph, necessitating immediate work to clear the hull and railway bed. Capt I Henson noted hull roots and barnacles aided the growth.
A large eagle snatched a pet dog at J Pierpont Morgan’s summer residence. The bull pup was also threatened but saved as Supt Armstrong shot the eagle, preventing its escape with the dog.
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from multiple newspapers. Snippets include playful conversations about love, secrets, weddings, and social embarrassments, with brief sketches of characters and city life. The items showcase light satire and social observation from Detroit, Washington, Indianapolis, Roxbury, and more.
A letter from a woman unnamed except initials L. H. describes relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for womb weakness and general female complaints. She cites dramatic improvements in energy and ability to work after past illness and nervous distress.
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