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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1905
Page
4
A humorous Giggle Department item recounts a dry lodge chief near retirement who is presented with his own ring misdirected by a boastful speaker. The gag ends when the ring is recognized as the presenter's, prompting laughter and the orator’s silence. A second tale follows a stingy old lady who pays with a rare coin and a grocer’s prank yields revenge on the customer.
The text offers fragmented lines about writing for a boost, cashing down, and petty schemes, plus a garbled verse about Miss Dashe in a silk gown and a mock praise of a dog. It includes scolding lines, a vague subscriber note, and stray lines about catching up on news at 6:02.
Reports indicate bumper yields across the West with corn leading. Illinois projections show about 840 million bushels, wheat near 28 million, oats around 125 million, and overall grain freighted by record rail facilities. Frost danger minimal as crops near maturity in Iowa Kansas Nebraska.
Harveyr Conaway a Whiteside county politician and contractor was killed at Mrs. W. H. Herrick’s home in Coleta by her 14 year old son Charles. Authorities are at a loss to assign blame and no arrests have been made. Conaway a Civil War veteran and Republican figure. Mrs Herrick active in church work and women’s clubs.
Notice invites deaf mutes and friends to a special Episcopal service at Grace church Freeport on Tuesday Aug 8 at 7 30 p m The sermon by Rev Frederick J Bate will be interpreted by Rev Austin W Mann noted missionary to deaf communities The talk outlines the rolesless ministry begun in New York in 1850 and the importance of sign language in religious life The Rev Mann has led deaf mission work since 1873 and founded All Angels Deaf Mute Mission Chicago and other cities
A Norfolk smoker writes of a severe knee burn that blistered but Bucklen's Arnica Salve halted the pain and healed without a scar. The product also claims to heal all wounds and sores and is sold at Joseph Emmmert's druggist.
A list of upcoming community events, theater at St Marys and the Grand Opera House, county fair at Taylor's Park, and various social gatherings through late September. Highlights include Labor Day activities, a Freeport College term, and performances such as The Holy City and The Moonshiner's Daughter.
Fraudsters counterfeit Dr King's New Discovery and Bucklen's remedies to profit from trusted cures. The notice urges buyers to seek the protected name on the wrapper, warning that imitators have circulated for over thirty five years. Names H. H. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and Windsor, Canada, and pharmacist Joseph Hmmer t appear in the warning.
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