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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1899
Page
8
A historic harvest survey predicts a potential 2.35 billion bushels of corn, far surpassing 1896. Government and state agencies project totals from Kansas to Nebraska with optimistic figures, while drought remains a concern for western yields and global supply implications.
President McKinley flags down a five mile procession through Philadelphia with 35 000 veterans. Post No 1 from Rockford Illinois leads the line as 8 000 veterans gather at Camp Sexton Belmont mansion Fairmount Park. Spectators fill the Avenue of Fame and 3000 schoolchildren sing patriotic airs.
Washington projections place Kansas and Nebraska among leading corn producers with yields rivaling 1886 totals. Officials cite abundant rain in Nebraska and progress in cutting, while a veteran camp showcases extensive camp infrastructure and ceremonies.
A tale from the era of McKinley’s nomination recounts an attempted theft of a mackerel near Elberon. Jordan climbed a window, McKinley watched, a clerk cried police, and the fish was recovered with payment for the window and fish.
A Cassel department houses five hundred wooden books whose covers and interiors are crafted from bark and growth wood with the box interior containing seeds and leaves. Russia replicated the idea with a winter 1877 78 cabinet making project and showcased a wax imitated wood collection at the Paris Expositions 1878 and 1889. Ely's Cream Balm offers nasal relief with a 50 cent bottle and a 10 cent trial size by mail.
Proprieties announce Ely's Liquid Cream Balm for nasal use in spray form. The product, priced with a spraying tube at T5cente, will be available from druggists or by mail order and contains the wh icinal properties of the gold preparation.
An all female Australian expedition is organized to explore the Solomon Islands, where white men have historically penetrated only a few miles inland. The note adds that in France and Belgium elections are always held on Sundays.
The text notes a Japanese custom of celebrating blossoming trees with a general holiday. It adds that flower arranging is a respected art, sometimes requiring two years of study for young women. It emphasizes the value placed on each blossom, leaf, and stem and the careful spacing that lets every element stand out.
The piece promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the fastest way to cure nervousness by strengthening the nervous system. It warns against substitutes and instructs placing a private pevettie stamp on the bottle neck.
In a Kansas village the Local Jottings column notes three or four cyclones ripping through the area since the last issue. The remark is recounted as part of a family scene with Flore and the narrator observing the paper.
An assortment of patent medicines is advertised including Hall's Catarrh Cure at 75 cents and Piso's Cure for Consumption touted as a family remedy since 1863. An travel ad promises $2.00 Fort Wayne to Chicago round trip on Sundays via Nickel Plate Road. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup marketed for teething pain.
A New Jersey woman describes relief from monthly menstrual pain and uterine weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She recounts severe illness including a flood after a pregnancy and says she recovered after following the treatment.
Mrs Brown of West Pleasant New Jersey credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her irregular menstruation. After starting the remedy last summer she has remained regular each month for two cycles and recommends the medicine to others.
The Detroit Free Press quotes a playful exchange as Billy asks if women should smoke and the reply notes they would not look much uglier than they do chewing gum.
The 1897 report notes 1,509 tigers 4,608 leopards 2,053 bears 3,142 wolves and 105000 snakes killed across India. The text also remarks that a person’s contentment grows with self deception.
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