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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1900

Page

8

Great Underground Subway for New York City Planned

The city prepares a vast underground railroad with a $35,000,090 contract and subcontracts aimed at linking boroughs. Ten thousand workers will build from canals street to 121st street, using cut and cover methods and tunnels through rock and under Central Park with extensive viaducts and shorefront work.

New York City Post Office Loop Thirty-second Street Murray Hill Fortieth Street Broadway 108Th Street 121St Street West Side Fort George 104Th Street Central Park Lenox Avenue 110Th Street Harlem River 148Th Street Harlem 449Th Street Third Avenue Westchester Avenue Bronx Park 125Th Street Parsons John F. O'Rourke New York Park Row Forty-Second Street Upper Broadway

Clark's Secret Wedding Ends Quietly in Colorado Town

In San Cristobal near Pike's Peak, Clark plans a simple ceremony with Dora to avoid fuss, but a public, rice strewn wedding erupts as news spreads. The couple is greeted at the station by cheering friends and bands before leaving for Denver aboard a train, Clark joking that he will never attempt such a plan again.

San Cristobal Pike’s Peak Clark Dora Mabel Denver Colorado Jim Clark James McC. Clark Harper’s Magazine Wittertage tLe

Pointed Paragraphs of Wit and Paradox

A collection of pithy aphorisms and quips on vanity honesty and human nature. Observations range from criticism and ambition to marriage and health with quirky turns of phrase and speculative humor. The voice mimics era newspaper chatter while presenting compact moral digests.

Grain-O New Grain Beverage Promises Coffee Substitute

Try Grain O. Ask your grocer for a package of Grain O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. Children may drink it without injury as well as adults. It has the rich seal brown of Mocha and Java but is made from pure grains and suits delicate stomachs. Priced at the cost of coffee about bc and 2bcts per package. Sold by all grocers.

Java

Meischmanns Horses and a Chewing Gum Ruse Tale

A roadside tale from Sheepshead Bay recounts a betting dispute after sports mocked a man for losing on a Meischmann horse. The rider claims yeast could raise the price, and a passerby was urged to bet more with the gum-like substance. Also mentions Depew joke and various ad-style endorsements.

Famitliae Meischmann Gueast Sheepshead Bay Bleiselmann Tleischmann Siculius Jose Shulius

Noted Healer in Town and Patent Cure Claims

Noted healer Banner Salve promoted for cuts wounds sores and skin diseases. Advertisement cites H J Moogh and W F Jungkunz of Co. claiming cures and listing remedies including Foley's Honey and Tar for grippe cough and weakness amid Ladysmith shelling details.

Guarae H. J. Moogh W. F Jungkunz Foley H. J. Moogk W. F. Junogkunz

Notable personals fragment with mixed antiquated notes

The item lists several individuals with brief notes including Mrs James G G Blaine collecting her husband’s letters for a biography, Carliste’s Tom Vale as the youngest burgess at 30, Minevor William designing a yacht, an Oxford lecture by a Swedish king, Princess Beatrice’s riding, Thomas Rursel’s longevity, and Sir Christopher Furness acquiring Grantley Hall with pheasant covers.

James GG. Blaine Thoms J. Vale Carliste Iaw Vale Minevor William Ounce Maed Oscar Saweden Norway Oxford University Beatrice England Windsor Castle Thomas Rursel Indianapolis Tadiara Port Dearborn County Hooster Christopher Furness Grant

August Flower Still Largest Medicine Sale in the World

The message extols August Flower as the leading remedy for indigestion and biliousness, praising its wide use by mothers and grandmothers. It claims to cleanse the system, regulate the liver, and relieve headaches and other aches with a few doses. Sample bottles are offered at Joseph Emmert's. It also notes sugar beet experiments and includes a testimonial for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a panacea for indigestion from W E Sitter and a note by H J Moogk.

Joseph Emmert’s Emmert & Burrell W. E. Sitter W. Caton N. Y H. J. Moogk

Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets Claim Wide Efficacy

An advertisement asserts that taking one or two Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals cures dyspepsia indigestion biliousness sour stomach and other digestive ailments. It links digestion to success and cites Dr R B Strong of New York City praising the remedy as highly efficacious.

Dodd R. B. Strong New York City American Journal of Health E.C. Dewitt & CO Chicago

Unique Figure in Journalism and Cough Cure Endorsements

A city editor notes a young journalist who is both the richest and poorest reporter in the city. An array of medical ads tout Foley's One Minute Cough Cure, claiming immediate relief for coughs, bronchitis, pneumonia, and throat and lung diseases, with multiple endorsements from physicians and readers.

Blueyore Ditor Wm. Orr Newark H. J. Moogh Calvin Zimmerman Millsburg

Italy to establish bubonic plague lab on peninsular island

The Italian government plans a bacteriological laboratory on the island of Pienega to study bubonic plague. The move aims to advance research and improve public health safeguards amid concerns over infectious disease.

Pienega

Foley's Honey and Tar Price Aimed at Consumers

An advertisement claims one dose of Foley's Honey and Tar provides relief for asthma or consumption even in severe cases and urges against substitutes. It cites H J Moogk and W F Jungkunz & Co and notes The New York Times will publish daily at the Universal Exposition in Paris.

Foley H.J. Moogk W. F. Jungkunz New York Times Paris the Times

Kidney Cure Praise From Constantia Doctor

A. B. Farrington of Constantia New York reports relief from kidney disease and back pain after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He states one bottle cured him and he recommends it to friends. Moogk and Jungkunz & Co. acknowledge the endorsement.

W. Carter Ashboro N. C Foley H. J. Moogh W. F. Jungkuot A. B. Farrington Constantia N. Y H. Jd. Moogk Wm. F. Jungkunz & Co

The New York Tribune A Republican Voice In Depth

The Tribune is presented as loyal Republican press for public questions and party welfare. It touts unity, prosperity, and the value of its editions including the Tri-Weekly and Weekly, highlighting wide circulation and usefulness for business and families.

The New York Tribune Ghovér Tribditch Arma Cleveland United States Tribune Tri-Weekly Tribune Avery Fender Daily Weekly

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