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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1897
Page
6
The text notes hair growth speeds differ among individuals. It estimates beards grow about one and a half inches weekly, roughly six and a half inches per year, while hair on the head increases much more quickly.
A Brockton Massachusetts woman Mrs Louisa Pace recounts enduring severe female complaints including womb tilting numb spells and fainting. After using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Blood Purifier and Sanative Wash she reports complete recovery and urges others to seek her recommended course.
Washington Post reports on Sidney Lascelles posing as Lord Beresford in Fitzgerald Georgia. He forged checks, found a wealthy wife, disappeared with her money, and faces pursuit by authorities. The tale includes claims of noble lineage, a past in prison, and a dramatic escape from his own life.
Vermont gained but 17,000 inhabitants from 1850 to 1890. A Denver company incorporated to furnish bail for prisoners in criminal cases. European capitals gain support for theatres. Greece exports fish worth about 700,000 dollars yearly. A Maine family of five paupers used seventeen barrels of flour in a year funded by the State. Northern New England farms abandoned by Yankees reclaimed by French Canadians. Women in Charlotte North Carolina host a fair showcasing North Carolina art and industry with historic souvenirs. American timber ownership rises in Ontario with log exports to the United States near 250 million feet yearly. Atlantic liner construction costs soon surpassed by running costs. In Bulgaria, patent medicines claim cures bring liability if no effect.
An autograph hunter asked a renowned journalist for an autograph and proposed a signed refusal. An Oxford undergraduate wrote to Dickens offering rhymes for his serial and the reply stated they do not insert rhymes without reason.
A period advertisement touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a preventive against malarial fevers and a remedy for miasma born diseases. It claims efficacy in eradicating intermittent and remittent fevers, kidney troubles, constipation, rheumatism, and nervousness across continents and tropics.
A new Berlin to Budapest telephone line starts April 1 and should be fully operational by September. Construction runs at thirteen points over about 620 miles with 272 miles in German territory, 50 in Austrian Silesia, and 207 miles in Hungary. Total cost not to exceed $100,000.
An old advertisement fragment promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy priced at 75 cents. It mixes product claims with literary musings and references to dream inquiries, noting heredity and overwork as causes of madness and citing Piso's Cure for Consumption and a Madison Chicago address.
A dated recipe from the September Ladies Tome Journal describes beating two eggs with milk, folding in flour, and baking in greased gem pans for forty five minutes to yield light, sixfold rise treats. It notes whole wheat flour as a substitute and suggests serving with a sauce or dessert.
A fragment reports probability figures for child survival and adult longevity. It states one-fourth die before age two, one-third by age twenty three months, half by age eight, two-thirds by thirty nine, and three-fourths by twenty one. It also notes only one of about two thousand survives a full century.
Shake Into Yver Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen feet and instantly eases tight shoes. It reduces sweating, calluses and hot, aching feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores. Trial package free.
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a grain based hot beverage that can replace coffee for all ages. It features mocha like color and claims easy digestion for sensitive stomachs, priced at 15 and 25 cents per package and sold by grocers. Also mentions Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for children at five cents a bottle.
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