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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1900
Page
7
Edison recalls that his phonograph arose from a finger prick while singing into a telephone mouthpiece. He describes testing on telegraph paper, forming an alphabet, then directing assistants who doubted him. After initial ideas, long trials led to the talking machine known today.
A Detroit Free Press story recounts a fashionable wedding near Chicago with ornate grounds, yachts, flower and chorus girls, and a bride carried in a sedan chair by four bearers. The brother of the bride urged she kick the chair bottom and walk for a natural look.
A new blowing machine replaces lung driven blowpipes in glassware, starting with fruit jars in Munice Indiana. One machine reportedly replaces three workers, cutting needed labor to two thirds. Seen as a revolutionary shift rivaling Bessemer, open hearth, and self binding harvesters in their trades.
A humorous exchange from Harper's Bazaar features Silas and Mrs. Stiggins debating travel to Europe. She notes no cotton will be carried on passenger steamers, prompting Silas to decide to stay home rather than cross the wet Atlantic without his umbrella.
The dialogue notes Wheeler Johnson's air ship. It states the craft was a success in one view and a failure in another, framing the outcome as double edged with differing interpretations. The Boston Traveler caption highlights the paradox without technical detail.
Puck writes of aiding his daughter in the manner she is used to. Jim Jackson-Wal questions feasibility yet expresses confidence he could support her in that style if given chance.
A playful exchange questions daily letters after departure to the city. The reply warns that ink carries deadly microbes, a tongue in cheek contrast of passion and prudence reported by the New York Press.
A Philadelphia Press note asserts camels have a keen sense for water and can smell it from afar, but claims no camel has ever crossed the state of Kentucky.
A Sonoma County widow and widower, John Johnson, battled over a road project using rock from a hillside. Johnson found gold bearing quartz worth 8 to 10 dollars per ton and pressed the widow to share costs, but she refused to back the venture. He persisted, building four miles of road anyway, while she stood firm against the declared fortune.
The article extols Iceland ponies as vital for Icelandic life, comparing them to ponies worldwide and noting they provide all transport from daily travel to funerary customs. It emphasizes that without ponies Iceland would be unlivable, predicting emigration or bicycle highways as alternatives.
A historic weapon is described with a hollow tube carrying quicksilver at its back. When held point down it seems heavy, but the motion shifts weight toward the blade on a strike. The device purportedly makes severing a head easier by concentrating force, likening it to a guillotine.
A prince strolling with a woman in Munich’s Isar gardens was asked whom he would save first if both his mother and the woman fell into the river. He replied that he would save his mother first, saying saving her would be like saving himself first.
Willie Washington tells a tale of gossip, and Miss Cayenne replies that gossip is best heard for amusement rather than repeated. The exchange, quoted from the Washington Star, captures a witty defense of listening over sharing.
The article notes twenty two references to the east wind in the Bible, with nineteen bearing a disparaging sense. It discusses how eastern winds appear in scripture and their implied negative connotations across various texts and contexts.
A boy named Roger, living beside a hilltop castle, helps weary knights by sharing water and kindness. He grows with their praise, earns a horse and a pony, goes to live in the tower, and later saves a drowning dog, proving himself worthy of knighthood and leadership among the knights.
A brief, humorous dialogue contrasts claims that Chicago kills more hogs with the speaker’s impression from riding streetcars, suggesting a comic view of city life and local lore.
The Chicago Record recounts how Mrs Langtry, seen as Galatea on stage, was pressured into selling land near Carson City Nevada. Sam Davis used a staged wit to secure the 80 acres of southwest quarter sections 14 16 and 18 for 8000 dollars. Davis witnessed by three stage hands and Mrs Langtry winked to seal the deal.
The article notes paper horseshoes, waterproofed with oil or turpentine, are being produced by an Eastern firm for owners of fine horses. German invention, now sold locally, involves layered cement glued to paper, nails punched while moist, and a hydraulic press. Shoes can be filed to fit and are claimed stronger than iron, reducing slips on slick roads.
A celebrated London cook earns over £2000 yearly by visiting wealthy hosts. He arrives in his brougham, inspects soups and sauces in the kitchen, suggests adjustments, pockets a five guinea fee, and moves on to the next dinner during the London season.
A Chicago Post remark contrasts male and female discernment in a witty exchange. He boasts of a sharper discrimination than woman, she retorts with icy calm. The dialogue pivots on who admits affection, who objects, and who asserts the claim.
A quoted Victorian exchange depicts a kind lady negotiating wages with a nurse for affectionate care of children. The witty repartee notes a price of fourteen dollars a month, exposing social faux pas and modern pay expectations in domestic service as imagined by Puck.
An Inter-Ocean item recalls a drummer boy who, after the war, found work in a bakery and kept making rolls. The scene echoes the era’s headlines about veterans and everyday resilience.
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A Philadelphia Press correspondent details the Transcaspian railway routine with station masters as officers and noncommissioned officers at smaller stops. He notes delight at conductors wearing spurs and a dining car set for military precedence where a soldier serves in rank order despite arrival sequence.
An old Philadelphia Post item recalls President Steyn of the Orange Free State marrying Miss Fraser, once the belle of Bloemfontein. Gossip swirled as Steyn pursued her through a match arranged by a farmer intermediary, leading to a surprise wedding with the farmer as best man.
An advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as the remedy for coughs and lung troubles. It claims the syrup heals tissues to destroy germ disease, relieves inflammation, aids expectoration, and improves sleep. Sample bottles are available at Joseph Emmert's storefront.
The statement asserts Norway is the only European country with a lower death rate than England, implying England has higher mortality compared to all other European nations except Norway.
A. B. Farrington of Constantia NY credits Foley's Kidney Cure with curing years of kidney pain. H Moogk and Wm F Jungkunz & Co note ongoing state land purchases at river headwaters, with 60,000 acres acquired and 40,000 more forthcoming for reforestation efforts.
An ad extols Foley's Honey and Tar as relief for asthma and consumption and notes the price of one dose. It also mentions the twenty first anniversary of the world postal union, with a Bern congress planned for next July and a combined population around one billion across member countries.
W. J. Cuvier of Red Creek New York praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a splendid liniment for rheumatism and household use. He notes his prominence as a village merchant and adds a recommendation from editor W. G. Parrrix of the Red Creek Herald. For sale by Joseph Mmmert, druggist.
The piece mentions Ezekiel and Mercy in colonial humor and hints Mercy’s wealth. It then cites W M Terry praising Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best on the market, sold by Joseph Emmert in Elkton Ky after twelve years in the drug business.
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