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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1906

Page

6

Grand Excursion to St Paul and Minneapolis via Northwestern

Arrangements made for a special low rate grand excursion to St Paul and Minneapolis Monday via the Northwestern line. A daylight trip through northern Illinois and Wisconsin on well equipped trains offers access to Minnehaha Falls Ft Snelling Old Soldiers Home and Twin Cities attractions. The 40th annual A R encampment in session at Minneapolis and the rate is less than one fare for the round trip.

St. Paul Minneapolis Ilinois Wisconsin A. R Twin Cities Minnehaha Falls Ft. Snelling Suimnmer White Bear Lake Lake Minnetonka State Capitol

Loss IN POTATO CROP and a tale of an engagement

A mixed historical column recounts a social farce about Anita Townsend and Arthur Brewerton who, through a staged ruse at a dinner, end up engaged after a public shoe mix up at a ballroom. The piece shifts to agricultural notes describing potato crop blight, pests, and the benefits of spraying on yields and costs across various stations and regions.

Anita Townsend Anita Miss Townsend Mr. Brewerton Mrs. Townsend Arthur Brewerton Colimon Sir. Brewerton Hoon Flo Wes Alammal Eliza C. Brierly Fter Coburn Ohio Tate

Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar Advertisement

A brief drugstore ad touts Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a non opiate cough remedy that moves the bowels. It claims that nearly all other cough cures cause constipation and notes availability at all drug stores.

Kennedy

Burrell Bros Oil Offers Eight-Cent Per Gallon Deal

Best oil deal at Burrell Bros The Cash Grocers located at 149 Stephenson Street offering eight cents per gallon. Read as a concise local advertisement noting the price and store location for readers.

Burrell Bros Stephenson St

Fattening Broilers Formula From Country Gen tlemsm

Unevenly transcribed feed formula describes mixing oatmeal, wheat middlings, and meal with skim milk for broiler fattening. It lists proportions including one part mixed meal to ten parts skim milk and mentions fine ground oats and other ingredients, reflecting noisy OCR.

Waterlogging risks for crops and root health

The text warns that water in the soil is as serious as drought, since roots need air as well as water. When pore spaces are filled with water, roots drown and plant vigor drops, leading to poor crop quantity and quality, according to L. Miller.

L. Lliller

Timely rustic tips amid hot days for farm work

The fragment offers scattered rural guidance on crops and animal care, mentioning rutabagas, lime cultivation, grindstone use, and mentions of hens and manure. It hints at farm routines during sultry weather and storage, with scattered phrases about stable work and feeding.

Bur. Journal

Half Rates to Peoria Excursion Tickets

North Western Line offers round trip excursion tickets to Peoria at one fare August 1a through 21, return by August 23. Tickets issued via Chicago and North Western Ry agents to cover Democratic state convention travel.

Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo North-Western Alvago & North-Western Railway Milwaukee, Ley Order of Eagles Chicago & North-Western R’y Peoria Chicago & North-Western Ry Enecampment Laws of Veterans Chiago & Northwestern R’y. &Odw

Cash Register for Sale at Brown and Dollmeyer

An entirely new cash register is offered for sale by Brown and Dollmeyer. The sellers advertise a great bargain and invite potential buyers to call and inspect the item.

Brown & Dollmeyer

Prison tale of Salters and a chained twin brother

In a 1906 narrative, Salters, a renowned thief, is jailed after a string of art store robberies and house break ins at a Chicago boarding house. Detectives trail him as a servant girl uncovers a hidden entrapment, and Salters pleads guilty to a ten year sentence while the chaplain and convict No. 1420, later revealed as his twin, evoke moral doubt and dramatic prison scenes.

R. Douglas Daily Papers Sanders Chicaga Salters Namie Buralar Mr. Salters Ife Mr. Davis Vian Mitch Nestor

Dr Cauldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Promises Quick Relief

An advertisement claims ninety percent of babies’ troubles arise from stomach or bowel disorders and that Dr Cauldwell’s laxative Syrup Pepsin cures them with a few doses. It digests curdled milk, sweetens breath, reduces fever, relieves pain, eases teething, and is sold by druggists for 50c and 1.00 with money back if it fails.

Daily Journal Delivery Across City for One Week

The Daily Journal announces wide city coverage for a seven day period with newspaper copies available to readers in all districts. The notice notes delivery accessibility and a limited time frame for the service window.

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Danish Name Laws and Garden Ghosts Noted in Odd Tale

Danish royal naming dictates require Christian and Frederick among any prince names. Ole Janson of Olsbure seeks legal name change to Ole Johnson, tracing history from Johnson to Janson after naturalization. In Waterville, Mass Melvin grows 2.26 feet of vagrant sweet peas to honor his mother, who visits the garden nightly with spirits and white robed figures.

Denmark Christian Frederick Ole Janson Olsbure Kan Pottawatomie County Ole Johnson America Johnson Janson Melvin

Doans Kidney Pills Endorsement From Freeport Resident

Freeport resident Dr J Murray of 47 Iroquois St Illinois attests Doans Kidney Pills cured his back pain and kidney symptoms since 1897 urging public use. Product sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY agents for US Remember the name Doans.

Dean Freeport J. Murray Freeport, Ill Iroquois St Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States Doan’s

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