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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1900
Page
6
A Blackwood's Magazine portrait of a Jesuit in China, living a solitary life marked by early prayers, catechists, occasional missions, and simple outposts of ordinary life. He endures isolation, tobacco making, rice wine, and a library of saints while facing an outside world filled with modern ideas and unrest.
A hunter narrates a chaotic night as his dog treed a likely raccoon high in a tree. An old woman questions faith and souls while the dog’s growling and a crash bring the tree down. The speaker returns with a club to dispatch the coon as townsfolk debate superstition and the law.
The narrator Zeb White recalls a brutal encounter with a 20 pound wildcat that ripped clothing and fought with nails and teeth. Despite injuries, he battles the animal with a club until the old woman shoots the cat, prompting a Bible and Red Sea exchange and a vow to skip further Sunday coon hunts.
The Century quotes from Dr Q Menta s unpublished Talks With Napoleon at St Teena about Wellington s reputation and the general who overthrew him The passage praises his abilities yet notes prudence and restraint in praise while reflecting on Spain and the eventual consequences of the era The remarks imply careful judgment and mixed appraisal of Wellington s role and character
Fragmentary text describes a strange scene with a city, a creature named Aeoung Van, and odd behaviors around rats and cheese. The piece reads like a surreal vignette with unclear actions and many garbled terms, offering minimal concrete facts or events.
A Sterling Run Pa reader, C W Williams, vouches that One Minute Cough Cure stops a cough and cures a cold faster than any medicine. The claim extends to croup bronchitis and throat and lung troubles while preventing consumption. Described as pleasant and harmless by H J Moogk.
A fire at St James Church Harned near Friendship Maryland razed the rectory and destroyed valued artifacts. The communion service presented by Queen Anne in 1802, a silver baptismal bowl from Mrs Loche, and church records dating to 1857 were all lost. The alias plate from the wife of the first rector fell victim as well, marking the end of an old southern Maryland residence.
W. W. Mayhew of Merton Wisconsin praises One Minute Cough Cure as a quick safe remedy. He claims it cures coughs colds croup bronchitis gripe whooping cough pneumonia and all throat and lung diseases. Early use prevents consumption and children and mothers endorse it.
The text notes that turquoise gems of exceptional beauty are increasingly scarce. It claims the stone’s character enhances its wearer, suggesting it breathes with the owner’s health and lightens in complexion.
H Clark of Chauncey Georgia testifies the salve cured twenty years of piles and is a fast treatment for skin diseases. Warns readers to beware dangerous counterfeit products. Public notice by H J Moogk.
The text notes that over 2,000 SOO golf balls are used annually in the United States with American players noted for high consumption. It states most balls originate from England and cites manufacturing difficulties due to composition differences affecting usefulness.
Purported advertise for DeWitts Little Early Risers claiming liver cleansing blood purification and bodily invigoration with prompt action. Mentions Hd Moogk.
The passer tries to cover his tracks but gauge of forgery lies in distinctive characteristics the forger is unaware of. The note hints at unique personal tells that reveal the ruse and expose the counterfeit.
La Grippe coughs linger for months and can be fatal after danger point. Foley's Honey and Tar provides relief and protection from these coughs. Moogh, W. F. and Juupkunz work on Mexico face high demand for front pipe, dredging, excavation and pumping machinery.
A reader from Happy Creek Virginia extols DeWitt's Little Marly Risers claiming they clear the liver and bowels, act quickly, and cause no griping, credited to W. EL Lake.
Por Sale. I have on hand some very choice bargains in residence and business property, as well as 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 6 per cent on first mortgages. 2-sdlf Perer Merzaar.
A narrator quotes a speech from Georgie about buying influence to gain a seat in the Senate. The dialogue discusses wealth, ownership, and the idea that politicians sell votes. The piece cites Chicago Times Herald and features reflections on women and political ethics. Also mentions Chamberlin's Cough Remedy endorsement and Uruguay cattle history.
A witty verse detailing mismatched trades as a printer seeks unrelated fixes. Each line pairs a profession with an item it would not provide, underscoring humorous misdirection and wordplay.
In Cape Town a horse race unfolds under a blazing sun as jockeys and horses wait for a stubborn starter. An animated jockey protests, while the joker notes the horse is a cab horse and cannot start without a door, highlighting comical misunderstandings at the line.
A hopeful author enters a publisher’s private office to present his manuscript and demand all rights for editions and any dramatizations. The publisher, touched, remarks he does not want to unleash another David Harum on the public, acknowledging the manuscript’s prior rejections.
The Chicago Tribune reports a witty exchange where a professor and the secretary discuss a new conundrum about a mouse and a haystack, noting: you can’t find a needle in either, and some people overdo pipe dreams of knowledge.
The impecunious nephew tries to amuse the uncle with a story but the older man does not smile. He says the tale was like the uncle himself, prompting a puzzled reply about why the humor felt strained and related to the nephew’s poverty. The exchange reveals character and tone in a brief domestic scene.
A. B. Farrington of Constantia New York says he suffered kidney pains for years before using Foley’s Kidney Cure. One bottle cured him and he recommends it to friends saying it gave perfect satisfaction. Also mentioned by H. d. Moogk and Win. F. Jungkunz.
A drill at the Olpa Arsberg mining district in Austria bores through solid rock at 344 inches per minute and through a rock and soil mix at 4.4 inches per minute, highlighting remarkable excavation efficiency in challenging conditions.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for asthma or consumption claiming a single dose costs little and offers relief. It warns against substitutes and cites H J Moogk and W F Jungkunz. It notes Holland's national woman suffrage association with 14 branches and current male property owner taxpaying franchise limits.
W H Shipman of Beardsley Minnesota testifies under oath that he suffered from dyspepsia for twenty five years. Doctors and dieting offered little relief until using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He now eats what he likes and as much as he wants and feels renewed. H J Monogk.
The London Sunday School Institute pursues Sunday school efficiency and rewards proficiency in musical drill gymnas tics and other exercises. It organizes a large field day annually at Crystal Palace.
Otto Korb Grand Chancellor of K P Boonville Ind says the salve soothes delicate skin and heals stubborn ulcers with certain good results. It cures piles and skin diseases, cautioning not to buy an imitation from H J Moogk.
In Cleveland a new electric freight street railway is used to haul stone from a quarry eight miles away. Freight cars with a fifteen thousand pound capacity operate after passenger service ends, signaling a shift in local transit freight use.
W A Stroup of Popomoke City Maryland praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from Worcester Enterprise ad. He claims never needing more than one or two doses to cure the worst cases in himself or children. Forsale by Joseph Emmert, druggist.
The London Graphic reports camphor as the latest fashionable stimulant. Taken in small regular doses it is claimed to brighten the complexion but the overall effect is said to be harmful to the system.
Thos W Carter of Ashboro North Carolina reports kidney trouble cured by one bottle of Foley's Kidney Cure and declares no other remedy compares to it. He urges accepting no substitute. H J Moogk W F duogkunz.
Cleveland ex-president receives footwear from a city shoemaker who has supplied shoes for a year. The arrangement highlights a personal avenue of support, with the craftsman providing pairs as needed.
A. R. Bass of Morgantown Indiana suffered severe backache and kidney pains, waking ten to twelve times nightly, until Foley's Kidney Cure cured him, according to a note from H. J. Moogh and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
Redlinger Bros Matt and Joseph opened their bicycle livery and sales room at 4 South Galena avenue today. They will handle all high grade wheels and can please buyers or hire seekers. Matt Redlinger has ten years in the bicycle hospital business and the growth prompted a new room across the river.
For sale a work horse about 1200 pounds. Inquire at John Head’s music and sewing machine store 84 Galena Street Freeport Illinois.
Trains East from Freeport to Chisago and Chicago to Freeport list multiple trains with numbers and times, noting freight trips and passenger limitations. The schedule shows daily service with notes on exceptions and an agent signature E. B. Daley.
Train schedule fragment lists arrivals at depart times for various numbered trains between Freeport Beloit Milwaukee and points west. Notable connections include No 6 offering links to Chicago Racine Rockford Janesville Madison and Milwaukee arrivals at 3 40 pm and 8 40 pm with through coaches to Rock Island and baggage checked to destinations. J B Sweatt is the agent.
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