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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1900
Page
6
A guide emphasizes treating fine silver objects separately from kitchenware. Use jewelers soap and a soft nailbrush with warm water for dirt, ammonia solutions for tarnish, lemon juice for filigree, and thorough rinsing and drying. Avoid plate powders and too-strong salts. hyposulphate of soda must be diluted and wiped with velvet. Jewelers rouge can dull brightness but helps intricate areas.
A Useful Closet discusses space and economy constraints in building homes where a separate closet for every bedroom is impractical. The excerpt highlights design tradeoffs and the need for compact storage solutions in limited layouts.
A page feature describes a practical homemade closet built from pine wood. It uses three shelves arranged with right angle divisions to form separate spaces for hats gowns and shoes. The top shelf offers space for boxes or ceramics, combining utility with a neat appearance.
A quick recipe suggests opening a quart can of tomatoes, simmering with finely minced onions until soft, about 15 to 20 minutes, then stirring in eggs, seasoning with salt and paprika, and serving on toast. Paprika is praised as an essential pepper substitute in households.
The article argues against steel finished fronware and favors iron for even slow cooking, noting granite wire or porcelain lined pots as best but require careful selection to avoid blemishes. It warns cheap tinware leads to waste and that high quality pieces are essential in modern kitchens.
A wallpaper pattern features a pale lavender ground with deep purple and yellow pansies laid on thickly. Urgish coffee cups in robin's egg blue are powdered with tiny cornflowers in a deep blue shade.
Grain smuts cause heavy damage with two types attacking cereals, stinking smuts and loose smuts. The article details a hot water seed treatment at 132 to 183 degrees F, with specific steps, temperatures, and drying methods to prevent smut infection and disinfect tools and sacks.
The passage warns that hogs or sheep can damage orchard trees if crowded. It advises practical spacing of hogs per acre, letting them have room, and feeding properly to prevent tree stripping. It notes hogs may attempt to dig or destroy enclosures unless provided with food and space.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the trusted help for women approaching and passing through menopause with free advice from Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts. The piece also notes urban demolitions near Dickens era sites in London, describing Bleak House Poor Joeyard gate preserved by the London common council as a noted relic.
An advertisement claims One Minute Cough Cure stops coughs and cures colds faster than any medicine and treats croup bronchitis and throat and lung troubles. It also notes women in Chile now constitute two thirds of public school teachers due to progress in women’s rights.
W. W. Mayhew of Merton Wisconsin lauds One Minute Cough Cure as a quick safe remedy. It claims to cure coughs colds croup bronchitis grippe whooping cough pneumonia and all throat and lung diseases with early use preventing consumption. Children like it and mothers endorse it.
The article describes a belief about turquoises being rare and highly beautiful, claiming the gem has sympathy for its wearer. It is said to pale when the owner is ill and lose its beauty if worn by someone with muddy complexion.
A collection of old advertisements cites De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for twenty years of piles and skin diseases, warns of counterfeit products, and promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers for liver cleansing and blood purification. Also notes on golf ball production, a note about a counterfeit detector, flu remedies, irrigation work in Mexico driving demand for iron pipe and pumping machinery.
W. E. Lake of Happy Creek Virginia touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as the best pill for liver and bowel obstructions, noting quick action with no griping. Endorsed by HH. Jd. Moogk.
IT has very choice bargains in residence and business property and a long list of desirable building lots across the city. Call 209 Float Street or City Drug Store. Money to loan at 1 percent on first mortgages. 2 8dtf Peter Metzaar.
The article explores bird migration as a seasonal marker and educational subject. It notes indigenous timekeeping by moons, records on arrival and departure across states, and the value of long-term data from scientists. It discusses travel speeds, factors affecting daily mileage, day vs night flight, and how flocks disperse near their destinations while fall migrations regroup.
A traveler describes the subjective cold in Arctic regions and presents a numerical scale for sixty five to seventy degrees north. It ranges from fifteen degrees above zero as pleasantly warm to fifty degrees below zero as a struggle or life, with guidance to keep moving, eat fats, and protect extremities.
W a wise man quotes trust in Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best on the market after twelve years in Elkton Ky in selling hundreds of bottles and nearly all other cough medicines. Joseph Emmert, a local druggist, carries it. Uruguay cattle history notes criollo cattle akin to Texas stock, smaller and wilder, improved over 15 to 20 years.
A. B. Farrington of Constantia New York reports kidney disease relief after Foley's Kidney Cure with one bottle. He says the remedy gave perfect satisfaction and recommends it to friends. The Olpa Arsberg mine district in Austria reports a drill cutting rock at 84% inches per minute and rock and soil at 454 inches per minute.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as relief for asthma or consumption and claims a single dose costs little. It urges trial and lists H J Moogk and W F Jung as endorsers. A note mentions Holland's national woman suffrage association with 14 branches and current male property owners who have paid taxes only.
W. W. Shipman of Beardsley Minnesota testifies under oath that twenty five years of dyspepsia were relieved by Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He says doctors and dieting gave little relief but after using Kodol he can eat what he likes and as much as he wants and feels like a new man.
The London Sunday School Institute promotes Sunday school efficiency and rewards proficiency in musical drill and gymnastic exercises. It hosts two large field days each year at the Crystal Palace.
Otto Korb Grand Chancellor of the K P Boonville Indiana extols DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for delicate skin and ulcer healing and claims it cures piles and skin diseases. A Cleveland freight railway trial uses fifteen thousand pound freight cars after passenger traffic ends, hauling stone eight miles from a distant quarry.
A Worcester Enterprise advertisement for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is cited with an endorsement from W A Stroup of Popomoke City Maryland. The ad notes Forsale by Joseph Em mert druggist. The London Graphic warns against camphor as a fashionable stimulant claiming it harms the system.
Thos W Carter of Ashboro North Carolina credits Foley's Kidney Cure with a perfect cure for kidney troubles and warns against substitutes. The item also notes President Cleveland received shoes from a Cleveland shoemaker for 15 years with mentions of H J Moogh and W F Joungkunz.
A. R. Bass of Morgantown Indiana suffered severe backache and kidney pains waking him ten to twelve times a night. He was cured by Foley's Kidney Cure, which is guaranteed, according to H. J. Moogh and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
Matt and Joseph Redlinger opened a bicycle livery and sales room at 45 South Galena avenue. They offer high grade wheels for purchase or hire and leverage Matt Redlinger’s ten years in the bicycle hospital trade to support growth across the river.
A sturdy work horse around 1200 pounds is offered for sale. Enquiries accepted at John Hea's music and sewing machine store located at 84 Galena Street in Freeport Tl. Sdwlw.
A passenger timetable for the Chicago and Northwestern line lists trains from Freeport to Chicago with departure times No 150 at 7:30 am, No 152 at 10:20 am, No 154 at 2:10 pm, No 156 at 6:35 pm, No 158 at 4:40 pm, No 168 freight at 7:35 pm, and return trips from Chicago to Freeport with No 147 at 7:05 am, No 149 at 10:10 am, No 151 at 4:45 pm, No 155 at 11:40 pm, No 157 at 8:48 pm, No 161 at 6:45 pm, No 167 at 8:50 pm freight. Services show daily operation with exceptions for Sundays or Saturdays and note that some trains do not carry passengers. End of day timetable details supplied by agent E. B. Daley.
Train numbers 6 36 54 94 and 72 handle freight and passenger movements between Freeport Elkhorn and Milwaukee with connections to Chicago Racine Rockford Janesville Madison and Mineral Point division. No 6 36 53 35 and 5 link Milwaukee to Cedar Rapids Kansas City Omaha Council Bluffs and further west, with through coaches to Rock Island. Baggage checked through to destination. J B Sweatt, Agent, Depart at 8:00 a.m.
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