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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1905
Page
6
The article urges that beauty and vigor come from general health and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female ailments. It cites Mrs. May Kelley of Sylvia Kansas who improved after using the medicine, regained strength, and gained twelve pounds in two months, with readers urged to avoid substitutes and try Pleasant Pellets for gentle relief.
Practical household guidance on refreshing pillows by airing and reconditioning feathers, avoiding old pricked plumes, and preventing vermin. Also covers linen care, ironing limits, borax whitening, drip-drying rules, salt to prevent dye bleed, and canning fruit with soap to seal tops. Mentions an inventor proposing a garbage bag trash receptacle.
Bernice, reared in the army, forgives Edgur Adams after he shapes a debt plan and hides. Adams, ten years later a colonel, returns to find his rival dead and the Swift daughter grown into a counterpart of his former love, uniting at last with the fortune saved. Rose Treat Thurber chronicled a saga of debt, disguise, and daring.
A stream of practical home hacks covers garbage disposal with daily reinvasion and new bag inserts, chalk as a cleanser for grease and stains, a freckle remedy using lemon juice borax and sugar, fireproofing curtains with ammonia salt, brass polishing with lemon and salt, and cleaning glass with a ammonia and whiting paste followed by tissue paper polish.
A peculiar scene unfolds as Methuselah confronts a storekeeper over a broken oyster opener bought eight years ago. The confrontation echoes a measured, icy rage as a man recounts the failed purchase and resolves to open an account elsewhere, while brief notes on sleep and punishment in animals contrast with the domestic dispute.
An early report outlines mule classifications used in markets and by government contracts. It details cotton mules, miner mules, levee mules, and mining-specific types, noting color, build, weight, and age as key buying factors. Prices vary by class, with government purchases by contract and quality controls shaping demand.
In a sharp exchange from illustrated Bits, a man argues every woman deserves equal consideration, while a woman counters that equality hinges on the woman's willingness to “bring herself down” to a level she deems acceptable, framing the comic social tension.
A terse, poetic fragment mentions Repulse and Ho-I with a playful exchange about credit for the law of gravitation. The lines hint at historical or literary allusion rather than a reported event, leaving readers with a cryptic snapshot of dialogue and wit.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt notes extreme Chinese medical consultations where a hundred doctors may gather to discuss a royal patient. It describes a high level of debate among physicians and the cultural pride in vast consultative gatherings, though sometimes ending in tragedy.
A retired railroad engineer laments glare from sunlit rails and heat yielding eye pain. He notes color blindness fears, but advocates smoked glasses to protect vision and extend engineers’ careers amid long rail trips and track obstruction checks.
In the second empire a noblewoman overdrawn her allowance sought Worth the milliner. He finally complied and dressed her in a costume entirely of his design. The tricolor adorned her skirts shoes and earrings. Her hair painted as a stormy sea with three galleys. The dress cost 1400 francs and was worn for one night only.
The report notes the question of the tueteie cystedy and general permissiveTar a cer tal thine. Mothers are warned to guard infants during hot summer months and to use castor oil for bowel troubles. If needed, Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy should follow, with castor oil again.
Public notices advertise low round trip rates to Portland via the Northwestern route with connections through San Francisco and Los Angeles, including a side trip to Yellowstone and Alaska. The pamphlets promise extensive route options and request a 2 cent stamp for a folder.
Travel promos advertise low round trip rates to Portland on the North Western Line with direct routes or via San Francisco and Los Angeles. Illust rated folder offers extensive route choices with a 2 cent stamp for details, including optional side trips to Yellowstone and Alaska. Sir Alfred Jones plans a central London hotel project with deluxe facilities at $20 per day.
An advertisement offers Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a remedy for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation priced at 25 cents and sold by all druggists. It also notes a cash register for sale by Brown & Dollmeyer inviting inquiries.
Excursion tickets to the Interstate Fair and Races at Beloit Wisconsin via the North Western Line will be sold at reduced rates August 14 to 18 inclusive, with return limited to August 19 inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
Public notice announces the regular annual meeting of Illinois Central Railroad Company stockholders at the Chicago office on Wednesday October 1st 1905 at noon. To attend, holders of registered shares as of September 27 1905 receive a free travel ticket valid four days before and after the meeting. tickets require personal application to the president or assistant secretary and exact name and address matching the stock certificate.
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