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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1900
Page
6
A devotional study on Mark chapter five, focusing on faith, miracles, and the resurrection message. Jairus seeks help for his daughter, a woman touches Jesus’ garment, and Jesus raises the girl, teaching that faith overcomes fear and that life comes by His word. The piece stresses that belief unlocks divine power and that the risen life demands a costly, obedient path.
The Easter talk treats Christ as the true bread from God and the bread of life who nourishes the soul. It outlines four images of Christ in John VI, compares heavenly bread to manna, and calls believers to faith in Christ for eternal life. The suggested Easter prayer meeting includes special music and readings from Isaiah, Luke, John, Romans, and Hebrews.
Rev. William W. Worcester preaches that Christian discipleship brings divine power into home church and business, softening life’s hardships and spreading love and peace. The message urges believers to reflect mercy and Christian love to strangers and children, making the gospel shine.
A legend says Mendelssohn, visiting Presburg, was initially refused permission to play an organ by a dust-covered custodian. After hesitation, the keeper granted a few notes, and the music he heard humbled him. He learned the composer’s name and declared that he would not grant such access to life again, reflecting on withholding one’s self from Slim and the heavenly music to come.
Kael battalion chief of the New York fire department will soon get a pocket telephone that can be attached to any fire box, enabling direct talks with headquarters. The device is simple to attach and compact enough to be carried in an inside pocket.
A farmer advises sowing barley as early as possible after soil is fit, noting central Michigan can plant from early to mid April. Beardless barley yields higher than bearded, and rich ground ensures good returns. Barley makes fine hog feed and can outyield oats when conditions suit.
Beekeepers are advised to provide a nearby water source for bees in spring. Bees use water to dilute honey when feeding brood and to mix with nectar during nectar collection. Avoid open water that drowns bees. a salt barrel or light barrel with a small opening is recommended for a safe watering place.
Nitrogen is the priciest fertilizer component and most easily lost from soil. Experiments rank nitrate of soda as most available, followed by castor pomace or cottonseed meal, linseed meal, dried fish, dried blood, horn meal, dissolved feather, and tandace. A French horticultural journal notes market results for carrots.
West and central farmers stock up with salads docks while the Russian olive draws attention as a drought resistant windbreak and decorative hedge. An Indiana farmer claims air stacking wheat reduced lodging after field emergence. Utah reports brick walnut thrives with irrigation and outperforms many trees except ashes.
W. W. Mayhew of Merton Wisconsin says One Minute Cough Cure is the most wonderful medicine. It is a harmless remedy that gives immediate results and cures coughs colds croup bronchitis grippe whooping cough pneumonia and throat and lung diseases. Early use helps prevent consumption. Children like it and mothers endorse it.
Two German physicians perfect an instrument to photograph the interior of the stomach. The device uses a series of lenses and a camera attached to a stomach tube with light supplied by an electric lamp.
An advertisement touts Banner Salve as a universal cure for iphing sores ulcers boils and pimples with a claim of unparalleled healing. The notice features H. J. Moogh and W. F. Jungkunz & Co as endorsers.
In a public note the Atchison Globe questions why women who lead society do not require a fee for funeral sermons. It contrasts pastors traveling long distances in cold to honor someone who never paid in life with weddings where a fee is common, urging a reform audience.
W A Stroup of Popomoke City Maryland writes that Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured the worst cases with only one or two doses for himself and his children. Forsale by Joseph Emmert druggist.
Long lived people show a long trunk with short legs and a habit of deep slow breathing. A calm nature is required since a person who is constantly in a flutter with rage or joy wears himself out.
Beardsley resident W. Shipman testifies under oath that decades of dyspepsia left him with little relief from doctors and diet. After using Kodo Dyspepsia Cure, he now eats freely and feels like a new man as the product claims to digest what you eat, per H. J. Moogk.
The tally shows 13 hereditary titled Canadians, comprising seven peerages and six baronetcies, while nonhereditary knightly titles reach 32. The record highlights the distribution between peerages, baronetcies, and knighthoods among Canadian honorees.
Noted healer in town touts Banner Salve as the greatest modern remedy for cuts wounds sores piles and all skin diseases. Guar an H. J. Moogk W.F. Jungkunz & Co.
The bloodiest battle of the century occurred at Borodino a Russian village where Napoleon fought the Russians on September 7 1812. About eighty thousand men were left hors de combat.
A racking cough description for La Grippe and Foley's Honey and Tar is promoted as a cure. The text also states eighty percent of Uruguay cattle are used to produce tusajo or jerked beet for export to Brazil, Cuba and Porto Rico.
Thos W Carter of Ashboro NC credits Foley's Kidney Cure with a perfect cure for kidney trouble and warns against substitutes. H J Moogh remarks on the remedy's effectiveness.
Citizens of Philadelphia look forward to a future tunnel project to relieve congestion of passenger traffic, imagining a solution that will relieve streets and public transit bottlenecks. The note frames the idea as a distant but anticipated civic need.
A Sterling Run Pa resident J C Williams praises One Minute Cough Cure for stopping coughs and curing colds faster than other medicines. He claims it treats croup bronchitis throat and lung troubles and prevents consumption. Also notes barber health standards require disinfection exams.
A. R. Bass of Morgantown Indiana suffered severe backache and kidney pains requiring ten to twelve awakenings nightly. He reports a cure with Folay's Kidney Cure, guaranteed by H. J. Moogh and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
In Ireland the potato does not occupy the position it held some years ago. The cheapness of foreign flour has reduced the potato’s value in the diet of the Irish peasantry.
H Clark of Channcey Ga reports De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve cured twenty years of piles and healed skin diseases. Warns against dangerous counterfeits. H J Moogk.
Try Allen's Foot Ease a powder to shake into shoes for swollen nervous hot feet. It cools feet relieves soreness and blisters and bunions giving rest and comfort. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 26c trial package free address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N Y. Also notes on a 1800 snake bot and Vancouver voting changes.
A Virginia resident praises DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as the best pill for liver and bowel issues. The note claims quick action with no griping. A separate line bizarrely contrasts historic UK public expenditure from April to January, noting a $58.5 million rise over the prior year.
Otto Korb of Boonville Indiana says DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve soothes delicate skin and heals stubborn ulcers with certain and good results. It cures piles and skin diseases. Do not buy an imitation. Also note Haiti has millions of acres uncultivated with potential for sugar tobacco and oranges of first quality.
J. I. Carson of Washington Pennsylvania endorses Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as an excellent remedy for stomach trouble. He states it digests what you eat and cannot fail to cure, expressing great benefit from its use.
The Royal Palmistry company sets up at 89 Stephenson St for ten days offering readings of past present and future truthfully for 20 cents. Satisfaction guaranteed. Reception hours are 10 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 6,7 to 9 p.m.
In season, travelers may escape northern winters to the gulf coast along the Louisville and Nashville line between Mobile and New Orleans. The coast offers mild climate pure air even temperature and hunting and fishing. Through cars from northern cities to Florida via L N R R are available with first class accommodations at moderate prices. Write J K Ridgely N W P A Chicago for folders.
The C M and St P railroad resumes the Midland Route Tourist Car service from Chicago to San Francisco with a Friday night departure 10:35 p m. from Chicago and a Saturday 3:55 p m arrival in Omaha. It continues via connections through Omaha to Colorado Springs Salt Lake City and final arrival in San Francisco midweek. An optional Salt Lake City day visit is offered. Eastbound service departs San Francisco each Saturday and reaches Chicago Wednesday morning.
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month through October the Southern Railway offers cheap one way and round trip tickets to almost all Tennessee through Florida points. Homeseekers’ tickets are one fare plus $2 for the round trip, valid 21 days from sale. For details contact Ww H Taytosg in Louisville or J Bram in Chicago.
Train list shows eastbound departures at 11 00 am and 8 15 pm with connections to Chicago Racine Rockford Madison and Milwaukee. Westbound departures include 8 00 am 5 00 pm and 4 40 pm with through coaches Milwaukee to Rock Island and connections to Cedar Rapids Kansas City Omaha and Council Bluffs. Baggage checked through. agent J B Sweatt.
Very choice bargains in residence and business property with a long list of desirable building lots in all parts of the city. Call at 209 Float street or at City drug store. Money to loan at 5 percent on first mortgages. Peter Mettrzar.
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