Brief Chronicle of Oddities and Appointments
Brief items report James Lewis of Verrell Tex excused from jury duty claiming twenty two children. Henry Thompson of Philadelphia to explain in court whether his past suicide was accidental or intentional. John P F Twiss long time Shaker Station agent and town postmaster. Albert Sutton of Denver found a gold nugget under a peach tree. Joseph Fix pays wife with pennies. court deems legal tender. Dr James L Wellington holds oldest militia commission in Rhode Island dated Sept 21 1840. he is eighty nine. Daniel Kinsley, seventy eight, works at Worcester courthouse. Frank R Mowrer moves from Leghorn to Copenhagen as consul general. Ernest A Man moves to Leghorn. Mling falls sixty feet from a Bruceville bridge. uninjured after smoking. Dr Franklin Slocum wins Russian fortune claim lineage from father. Senator Tillman praised as polished, literate, wealthy. noted as popular lecturer. George Mayhew Moulton named first major general of Illinois National Guard. architect, Chicago-born, linked to grain elevators.
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James Lewis
Verrell
Tex
Henry ‘Thompson
Philadelphia
John PF. Twiss
Shaker Staton
Conne Flo
Albert Sutton
Denver
Joseph Fix
New York
James L. Wellington
Swansea
R. I
Marcus Morton
Daniel Kinsley
Worcester
Mass
Frank R. Mowrer
Ohio
Leghorn
Italy
Copenhagen
Denmark
Ernest A. Man
Florida
Atreghorn
Washington
Evarcig
Senator Tillman
Senate
Tilman
Tie
George Mayhew Moulton
Thellinois National Guard
National Guard
Rendshoro
Chicago
Moulton
Old Fashioned Puzzles and Punchlines from Atchison Globe
A clippings-style quip wonders about the fate of the old fashioned man who praised a dog that does everything but talk and the man who feared hair rising on end. It recalls a talk of a woman cooking for company and a man courting a girl with Tuesday nights visits.
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Whit
Atchison Globe
New York City Bank and Firemen Counts Revealed
The New York Herald reports city figures showing 105 banks and 3,027 firemen plus twelve volunteer companies in Richmond. NYC acreage exceeds Chicago and Philadelphia combined at 219,218 versus 196,757. Runaway horses are fewer than in the average city, and elevated railway stations are poorly kept, drawing health board scrutiny.
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New York City
Richmond Borough
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Board of Health
New York Herald
Editorial Flings and Graft Jokes in Newspapers
A collage of quotes from papers lampooning social norms and public life. The Chicago line jokes about theater etiquette, Somerville mocks grafting milkweed to strawberries, Kansas City notes clergy travel costs, and Akron jokes about publicizing players errors.
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Chicago News
Luther Burbank
Somerville Journal
DeWitt's Pills Promoted for Backache and Kidney Strength
An advertisement for DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills claims relief for backache and weak kidneys. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz at 86 Stephenson Street.
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DeWitt
Wm. IF
Jungkunz
Stephenson St
How We Are Formed From Anatomy Facts
Chicago Record-Herald describes the human body as largely water, detailing hair count and red blood cells, blood circulation, heart weight, and speeds. It notes the skin’s limited ability to regenerate, the brain's safety scalp valve, and bones nerves and muscles regenerating less readily.
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Chicago Record-Herald
A Wise Briton and a London Times Misread
A Brooklyn man recalls a Londoner’s surprise at American froth culture and then learns of a Times article on mob rule in the United States. The cousin misreads tar and feathers as a hint that beds were for other uses, not poultry consumption.
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Brooklyn
London
New York
London Times
America
United States
Brooklyn Eagle
Youthful Financier in New York Gloves Incident
A twelve year old girl named Molly bought three pairs of gloves without parental permission. Her father regrets the act and Molly explains she needed gloves and that they were charged. The exchange appears in the New York Post style item.
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New York
Molly
New York Post
Inconsiderate Remark Sparks Poem Honor Controversy
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a student exchange about a poem written to honor a young woman who just turned twenty one. The discussion centers on public reaction and the question of how old she is and who should know.
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Ruggles
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Clock joke in hospital ward stirs a remark
Two women touring the State Hospital for the Insane discuss a ticking clock. An inmate overhears and retorts that the clock must be wrong, quipping that it would not be there if it were. Lippincott's.
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State Hospital
Scott
Lippincott’s
Difference Between Prepared and Ready
A quip from the Chicago Record-Werald contrasts being prepared to die with being ready, noting many people are prepared yet seldom truly ready in life.
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Chicago
Werald
No Time for Pleasure When Busy With Money
A noted quote from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat cautions against overworking for wealth at the expense of enjoying life. The saying emphasizes balancing labor with leisure.
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Daily Journal Delivery Offer Ends Near Citywide
The Daily Journal announces citywide home delivery available to all residents for one cent per week, inviting readers to subscribe for local news and updates.
Selections Tests to Prevent Poisoned Food at Russian Court
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch report describes M. Eugene Kratz, chief cook at the Russian imperial kitchens, earning about 55000 a year with authority over palace meals from Peterhof to Livadia. The czar’s tasting rituals involve high officials and army officers to guard against poisoning, a practice dating to Ivan the Terrible.
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M. Eugene Keatz
August Cordon Blow
United States
Peterhof
Balkan States
Turkey
Czar
Veterhof
M. Kratz
Ivan the Terrible
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A New Pharmacy Precaution
A Chicago Inter Ocean excerpt notes a pharmacy practice where a druggist gives a slip with foods to avoid while on medicine. It cites doctors’ forgetfulness and the industry forming a dietetics school to protect reputation amid complaints of ineffective medicines caused by improper eating.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Deaf Mute Bottling Firm Seeks Quiet Labor Talent
A New York East Side merchant in bottling hires deaf mutes as workers, praising their industriousness and higher wages, with claims they show superior perception and sobriety. The piece asserts deaf mutes outperform nondisabled workers in reliability and thrift.
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New York
New York Press
A Horse With an Annuity Receives Lifelong Income
The Chicago Tribune reports on King the horse once owned by the late George C. Watts. King now resides on a farm drawing $150 monthly, with a provision for $200 yearly during usefulness and $150 monthly thereafter until death. The estate, valued at $100000, will partly go to charity after the horse’s death. Billy the vet dog has died. Ning is twenty one years old.
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King
George C. Watts
Mr. Watts
Billy
Ning
Chicago Tribune
Ambergris valued and harvested from whale herds
Ambergris, now about £6 per ounce, has seen around £120000 spent last year in making perfumes. The fatty material, ash gray with red or yellow streaks, is found floating at sea or on shores in the Bahamas. It is believed to be produced by disease in the sperm whale and is mainly used by scent makers and in some medicines.
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Bahamas
Loudon Standard
Evening Post predicts peace talks after warship build
The passage imagines an empyrean warship construction followed by a Hague meeting where powers will banish pamphlets deemed harmful. The tone is speculative and dismissive toward humanitarian aims.
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Evenine Post
Hague
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Pills Sold Locally
Small pills that don’t sicken or gripe are sold by Wm. I. Jungkunz at 85.
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DeWitt
Wm. I. Jungkunz
Stephenson St
New York Dives Use Hijinks to Evade Police
The New York Press describes speakeasies known as dives or dumps that employ anti police tricks. Bans on buzzer schemes led to outside lookouts and copper plate floors triggering alerts to help patrons slip away before law enforcement arrives.
Ladybug praised as natural ally of farmers by NYU instructor
Henry Griscol Parsons, horticulture professor at New York University summer school, extols the ladybug for protecting crops by devouring aphids. He notes children’s kindness to insects inspired by Mother Goose teaches respect for beneficial bugs and aids farming.
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Henry Griscol Parsons
New York University
Slang And The Distant Customer Illumination
A New York firm reports a Far East correspondent unable to grasp American business slang. The letter cites phrases like do not get Messrs hand you a lemon and pitch one for fair right over the plate to Mr foozles column for a solar plexus. The exchange highlights language gaps in cross cultural commerce.
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New York
Far East
Croker Denies Pugilist Past and Gin Palace Rumors
Richard Croker replies to the Journal of Irish Society denying claims he was a professional fighter or connected to liquor traffic. He clarifies his father was not a blacksmith and notes Eyre Coote Croker of County Cork emigrated to America and rose in the U S Army veterinary department.
Brown County Lod Jail Built With Thick Oak Walls
The Brown County lodge jail was built in 1887 with three foot thick white oak walls. The exterior and interior walls use hewed logs one foot square, forming a total three foot thickness. The two story building has squire timber floors twelve inches thick with lumber nailed to timbers. No prisoner, regardless of crime, has ever dug through the walls.
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Brown County Lod
Execution in Pretoria Reignites Debate Over Capital Punishment
Description of a recent Pretoria execution in which a condemned prisoner resisted to the scaffold. The prisoner was bound to a chair and restrained by executioners and assistants, sparking renewed controversy over capital punishment.
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South Africa
Kadir
Pretoria
Devi
Vacation paper forwarding service offered to subscribers
Journal subscribers leaving the city for the summer may have their paper forwarded by leaving their address at the office. Call 25, either system. Addresses will be changed as often as desired without additional charge. Half the pleasure of a vacation is the reading of happenings at home.
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Journal
Daily Journad Delivery Across City This Week
The Daily Journad announces delivery to all city areas for the week. Readers may receive the paper at homes and businesses with flexible subscription options and extended weekend hours.
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Journad Ig
Illinois Central R R Ticket Rules Enforcement Notice
The Illinois Central Railroad warns that under the state act a two cent per mile cap applies to passenger fares effective July 1, 1907. If a passenger boards without a ticket, a three cent per mile rate may be charged. tickets should be purchased before boarding to avoid excess charges.
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Ilineis
G. Hatch
G. Pla
A H. Hanson
PT. M. F-ld
Bank Directors and Details From Freeport Institutions
Directory items list STATRK BANK Freeport with capital stock 125000 and directors including R. G. Shumway A. B. Held W. H. Holland Fred W. Hoefer H. H. Antrim Dr. J. H. Stealy D. C. Stover Fred Dorman W. Hagner Henry Bater and Homer F. Aspinwall Also GERMAN BANK Freeport ILL Capital 150000 with C. Cellmann President D. F. Graham Cashier J. S. Cellmann Vice President L. R. Jungkunz Ass’t Cashier Directors D. B. Schulte Wm Trembor August Bergman W. T. Rawleigh W. N. Cronkrite John S Collmann Interest paid on time deposits.
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D. C
Freeport
Ill
C. Cellmann
D. F. Graham
Webster
L. Z Farwell
THE
Second National Bank
Fredport
Illinois
Capital
M. V. B. Elson
Farwell
H. &. Webster
Reuben Siegfried
F. Fair
J. N. Galloway
Schaeffer
E. Mayer
Union Loan & Building Association
FF. WM. Shaeffer
C. J. Wells
John J. Trunck
Bw. Mayer
J. FP. Kramer
W. J. Schwars
WW. B. Webster
Time Tables for R R Services and Arrivals
Rail listings show arrival and departure times for multiple routes including Dodge Ex and Dubuque Ex. Notes mention daily services and Sundays only trains with various numbers and stations such as Omaha Lincoln and Sioux City. Northeast routes list rail numbers and times across early morning to late evening with patterns for southbound and westbound departures.
Train schedule and connections at Rockford Belvidere era
Passenger timetable lists arrival and departure times for multiple trains with past bound and westbound services. Notes indicate buffet parlor and cafe parlor car availability on various trains and connections at Rockford Belvidere and Belvidere for Sycamore DeKalb Beloit Madison and Milwaukee. John F Daly is the agent.
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West Bound
Ly. C'cage
Rockford
Baaloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Northwast
Belvidere
Bycamore
DeKalb
Ess
Beloit
Harvard
Sycamore
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
Railway Schedule Fragments Show Passenger and Freight Details
J B Swratt, agent, lists train numbers and times for Rock Island routes. No 88 and No 63 passengers bound for Rock Island and Davenport via multiple connections. No 10 departs Rock Island 7 am reaching Milwaukee 9 10 pm with connections to Janesville Madison and Cedar Rapids. freight runs note passengers on certain trains and no passenger service on some freights.
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Nelo
Rock Island
Freicht
Raciné
Neva Freight
Agse'gers
Mt. Carroll
Weat
Daven- Ore
Chicago
Milwaukee
Janeavilla
Madison
Cedar Rapids
Pain
North
South Dakota
J. B. Swratt
Maple Leaf Route Trains Serve Midwest Destinations
Timetables show East Bound No 4 Chicago Express at 7 16 am and 3 44 pm daily except Sunday with connections to Saint Paul Minneapolis Waterloo Des Moines and Kansas City. West Bound service lists New Dubuque St Paul Minneapolis Des Moines and Kansas City expresses with multiple daily starts from Brewster and through checks to destination. RK HULETT agent and J P ELmer G P A St Paul Mln.
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Chicago Express
New Dubuque
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Omaha
Kansas City
RK. Hulett
J. P. Elmer
G. P. A. St. Paul Mig
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E. 14Th Street
Army
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Grayce
Helyn
Papa
Sume
People's Column
King’s Daughters’ Employment Bureau
Stephenson
Kintale's Laundry
Good House Patnters
Sluiter & Brauer
S. Gatenv Avenue
Bis
Iaundry
Hart & Albright
Clinton
U. S. Army
Cuba
Elgin National Bank
Elgin
New York St
Aurora
State St
CO. B. Kling
Stearns & Zips
Galena Ave
Union St
O. G. Schoeffel
Galena St
SHG
Wm. D.wright & Co
Lota
City Water and Gas
John Hea
Harlem
Wm. Clement
Lancaster Township
John F. Reaner
Lancaster
Marvin
Path
Remington
W. TH. Johnson
Winenebago
Ll. Tki
Orent
Wolf
Douglas Avenue
Stephenson Bt
Court House
Stephenson Rt
Fos. Brown
Exchanes St. T
Abest
A. J. Stukenberg
Galena St. T- Zul
Float Street
J.B. Jd. DuFour
Armory Hall
Liberty and
Adams
Vorneror Elk and
West Streets
Allen Janssen
High St
Tamiin
Poquire
Emmpire St
A.B. Care Journal
Lady's Gold
Locust St. and
M.A
Taylor’s Park
Iperrell
Ryan
Galena St. Tewaite
Hall of’ Fame
Kansas City Times
Akron Beacon-Journal
Hueman
the Daily Journal
Czar’s
G. Dewitt & Company
Cuicag
Wt. B. Jungkong
Stephengon
DIVES
Grocer’s Quickly
Gingerville
National Biscuit
Illinois Central
R.R
Business Directory
Freeport, Illinois
SANKS
First National Bank
Fanhport
Tll
R. P. Eckert
Attorney AT Law
Stephenson Street
W. N. Oronerite
Freeport, Jil
Bluting
Caselalty
Apseiger Mulidtag,corner
Culcage
A. A. Ruthe
Ouglaa Ave
Offve
Stephenson S§t
Frisbie & Haney
Exchange St
R. R
Maat Bound
Dubuque
Dodge
Sioux City
Ft. Dodge
Nord Omaha Lim
St Paul Lim
Decatur
Southern
Lesve
Dodgeville
Pheree
John F, Daly
Cbicago Great Western
Maple Leaf
Traina
Southexport
Besat
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