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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1900
Page
7
Two visiting Americans describe barefooted children in Havana and explain why locals wear slippers. They blame tetanus and hot streets, noting rope-soled shoes cost 15 cents and that barefoot walking risks severe injury and illness, urging footwear for all.
An English naturalist W H Rivers reports experiments on Torres Strait and New Guinea natives showing primitive eyesight is slightly superior to normal Europeans, driven by keen observation and detail. He notes aborigines track footprints and spot distant birds, yet warns findings contrast with Darwin and Terra del Fuegians who could see ships before seasoned sailors.
Edward Bok argues in Ladies' Home Journal that the domestic service problem is nearing a natural solution and that women’s wages will align with a divine division of labor where men handle business and women run the home, with equal standards for employers and workers.
A St. Louis judge declares that a husband may chop down a door if locked out by his wife but must pay for the door. The ruling frames a spouse conflict with civil remedies and property responsibility in a domestic dispute.
In Century Magazine, a tale of Bret Harte begins in San Francisco after schooling and varied pursuits. He writes for Golden Era and Californian, edits the latter in 1865, shares a workspace with Mark Twain, and amasses wastebasket rejects before composing enduring pieces.
The article explores attempts to color flowers, noting old methods with poisonous dyes and grafting results. It cites carnations and Belgium’s varieties, discusses dipping cut blooms, and reports progress with in cultivation coloring using alum iron vitriol and nail rust as agents.
The best judge of human nature at sight may be all at sea when he attempts to estimate people of another nationality.
HH Frederick recalls mining luck and misjudgments in the El Dorado district. A doctor friend rejected his stake plan yet later profits showed the risk and reward, with a later neighbor fetching fifty thousand dollars from a hillside claim and other pan results illustrating how luck shapes gold gains.
A Michigan man arriving in Chicago used a trade dollar to pay a Park row bus fare and, discovering its true value the next day, complained of being treated as a farmer. He tried the coin at a cigar stand for zero, refused, then sold it to a coin dealer for 1.65 dollars and decided not to contact the bus manager.
A German official notes the discovery of a central Indian forest tree whose leaves shed electric shocks on touch. The tree affects a magnetic needle up to seventy feet, with power peaking at noon and fading at midnight. Wet weather erases its force. birds avoid it and insects are never seen nearby.
The tale unfolds with a maiden who loses heart as the lovers pace through acts and vows. The youth quakes at fear of a tyrannical father while the maiden braces for a risky third act revelry. A wry Detroit Journal reflection ends the fragment on public taste.
A quotation from the April Ladies' Home Journal laments that women have zealously pursued reform in the last thirty years, trampling beliefs, customs, and prejudices on their noisy march to victory, depicting their dominant role in social change.
A 3000-year-old Egyptian letter, inscribed during the reign of Rameses II, rests in the British Museum. The script remains legible, offering a vivid glimpse into life in ancient Egypt and the era's daily concerns.
Two reader letters praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for ovarian and abdominal ailments. Mrs Mary Satru of Arlington Iowa notes swelling and pain easing after one bottle and eventual recovery. Mrs Eastk Bayan of Otisville Michigan reports two years of suffering from womb descent and bladder inflammation, taking six bottles to become well.
A Philadelphia Times piece explains that soil is alive with electricity, audible as distant timber and warm odor. It describes electric currents in rocks and water, blue lightning in polluted water, and foresees a future ignition of the earth. The essay likens electricity to fire and warns of a planetary catastrophe.
Advertisement fragment touts Foley’s Honey and Tar as a guaranteed remedy for grippe cough. Claims to restore strength and health, attributed to H. J. Moogh and W. F. Jungkunz.
Try Grain O. Try Grain O. Ask grocer to show you Grain O the new food drink that replaces coffee. Children and adults may drink it with no injury. All who try it like it. Grain O mimics mocha and java flavors but is grain based and easy on the stomach. Price 26 cents per package. Sold by grocers.
Excursion tickets for the second anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay and reception of Admiral Dewey in Chicago sold at reduced rates via the Northwestern line on April 30 and May 1. Trains arriving in Chicago by 11:00 a.m. May 2 must be used, with travel limited to May 3. Apply to Chicago and Northwestern Railway agents.
The article recounts US Cavalry endurance feats tallied by Col Theodore Dodge. It highlights 84 miles in eight hours by Capt S F Fountain in 1891, Merritt’s 170 miles relief march in 66 hours, and Lawton’s 126 miles in 26 hours, plus other rapid marches, all without changing horses. It notes care for horse condition and the role of mounted scouts in frontier service.
Aluminum wire is widely replacing copper in the West as a cheaper and nearly as good conductor. Ten years ago aluminum was $8 per pound, now about 30 cents. An American plant produced 5,200,000 pounds last year, with production rising in England, France and Switzerland, signaling further price drops.
The excerpt promotes The New York Tribune 1900 Dany and Sunday edition offered at ten dollars a year. It highlights an illustrated supplement of twenty pages, calling the edition the best and most valuable from the Tribune office and noting its appeal to business readers for timely delivery.
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