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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
8
An old herb and tonic remedy promotes stomach comfort using Compound Tincture of Cinchona Proseive and Sherry Wine. The mixture is taken before meals and at bedtime to boost gastric secretions and aid digestion. Claims to cure most curable stomach cases.
The human hair crop forms a large industry. London merchants import five tons annually. Paris serves as a central hub with about two hundred thousand francs harvested yearly, valued near four million dollars.
Warning against turpentine noting it dissolves paint and varnish on contact due to its volatile nature. It also claims turpentine cuts grease in the same manner.
A woman who wore a pedometer to track housework found she traveled 7.38 miles daily under favorable conditions. If 3.13 percent of unnecessary steps, or 2.46 miles, were added, she would walk more than 3,500 miles in a year doing housework.
A tall man on a freighthouse platform is confronted by a stocky rival who accuses him of slandering his character. The stocky man later offers a postage stamp apology and the two men shake off the dispute, crossing the street together for a drink.
A defense lawyer questions an elderly witness named Sam Miller to insinuate past crimes. The witness denies being the accused Sam Miller and retorts about a brief jail stay, noting the lawyer’s bias and insisting on truth. The exchange highlights courtroom tension and racial tensions of the era.
A child denies making faces at another, claiming only to have twisted a ready made expression. The parent counters, while the boy maintains he cannot make a face at all, insisting he merely altered an existing one.
A court exchange frames a joke about depravity and bachelor life as Grumpy explains boarding with a large family for three months. The judge comments on the shift in Grumpy's views.
In a cautious aside, mentions that Dr Neglar sometimes sends payments for placing pie and pastry recipes during dull business times, indicating indirect advertising tactics. The remark appears in a conversational, period tone within the noted source.
A Chicago Record-Herald note recalls Mr Meehan quipping that if the trousers do not fit his wife will send him back with them. The tailor wraps up the order, noting the humorous misunderstanding about who the trousers were for.
A humorous exchange features Mr Pen arguing with Mr Brush about who will leave a lasting impression, while Mr Pencil dismisses both as too prideful to matter. Ro h Hemian sources a playful portrait of creative rivals.
A light dialogue in the Washington Star features Miss Cayenne explaining a suitor’s affection for a red haired woman. He praises hair as golden and says freckles signal a fine complexion in a playful remark on love.
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills are described as best for backache and weak kidneys. Sold by William F. Jungkunz at 85 Stephenson Street.
A London Spectator excerpt recounts a young green parrot learning to talk by imitation. Polly masters phrases from cab calls to greetings and can respond to care and weather, sometimes prompting human reactions and humorous exchanges with household members.
The author argues gray or white horses are the finest and most versatile, citing Arabian and legendary examples, circus carriages, packers choosing Vercheron horses, and prophetic references. He asserts a future trend toward white or gray drafts becoming dominant across regions.
A chemist extols sulphuric acid as a public benefactor, noting its role in fireworks, explosives, coal tar dyes, superphosphate fertilizers, and soil enrichment, while admitting its cost is low yet its impact is vast. The discussion highlights the paradox of a inexpensive chemical driving major advances and industries.
The Daily Journal confirms delivery to all parts of the city within about a week, expanding access for readers.
George Disney Mills recounts a Mississippi River flatboat gambling tale in Cincinnati to New Orleans. Planter Julian Maran loses his fortune to professional gamblers, aided by Gustavus Sterling who intervenes, exposes fraud, recovers losses, and leaves Maran with enough to start anew in Baton Rouge, where he marries.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are promoted as non sicken or gripe. The small pills are described as easy to take and are sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz located at 85 Stephenson Street.
A London Tatler piece extols the worm eater, an elderly craftsman who ages furniture by beer and boot polish and drilled wormholes. He paints, hacks, and lathes pieces to mislead buyers, selling through Ye Olde Antique Seconde Huande shoppe to wealthy Americans, risking fraud penalties.
A Baltimore News readers anecdote shows a mother recently corrected on her infant’s age as three months two weeks and six days. The piece humorously contrasts parental eagerness with social accuracy in newborn details.
A Vienna paper quotes a New York letter describing tenant signs on apartment doors. Names listed include Becker, Schneider, Schuster, Drucker and others with misread trades like clerk, railroad worker, cigar maker, barber, and painter. The piece notes an American baker family and a boarder named Carpenter.
Subscribers leaving the city for the summer can have their Journal forwarded by filing their address at the office. Call 25 to set or change forwarding as desired at no extra charge. The note ends by noting vacation readers miss happenings at home.
The Daily Journal announces delivery to a portion of the city at a rate of 10 cents per week. The brief notice emphasizes local circulation and affordable access for residents in the serviced area.
A collection of curious claims notes the salmon as fastest fish, rats avoiding a house with roaming guinea pigs, and a wing strength ratio twenty times a man’s arm. It recalls a London “lady shaver” who died and Nellie Wick, a 21 year old barber, who shaved 21 men in as many minutes, father dubbed “lightning barber.”
The document lists officers of STATH BANK Freeport including D. C. Stover as President and H. H. Antrim as Cashier. It notes capital stock of 125000 dollars and names directors R. G. Shumway A. S. Held W. H. Holland Fred W. Hoefer H. Antrim Dr J. H. Stealy D. C. Stover Fred Dorman W. Hagner Henry Baier Homer F. Aspinwall and mentions a Savings Department.
East Bound and West Bound schedules list arrival and departure times for Omaha, St Paul, Dubuque, Madison, Dodgeville and other cities. It details train numbers, service notes buffet parlor cafe parlor coach and connections at Rockford Belvidere Belvidere for Beloit Madison and connections to Milwaukee and the Pacific coast. John F. Daly is the agent.
A historical timetable lists passenger and freight connections from Rock Island to Milwaukee Cedar Rapids and Davenport. It notes specific train numbers No 63 No 85 No 86 and times such as 7:35 pm and 8:10 pm with approach to Chicago Milwaukee and Midwest points.
In the Chicago Great Western timetable a daily special from Chicago to Des Moines and beyond runs with multiple stops including Dubuque St. Paul Minneapolis Waterloo and Fort Dodge. No 4 Chicago express serves only certain markets while No 4 and No 8 designate specific passenger routes. Contact R. Elmer GP A for schedule details and fares.
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