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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1905
Page
8
A British regimental officer in India writes a bold reply to his tailor about an overdue bill. He jokes of cholera cases, alligators, a jungle trek toward a tiger, a forlorn hill fort retreat, and a peak ascent to Dhawalugiri as a test of survival, then returns home safely to settle the debt.
Antiquities of Parliament notes that women of birth and quality, abbesses, and noble consorts sat in councils and parliaments with kings and bishops. It lists abbesses presiding or signing decrees and cites proxies used by noblewomen in Edward I era and earlier, including Mary de St. Paul and Margaret de Roos.
In a testimonial from Freeport Illinois Clara Ziders describes kidney pain backache and sleepless nights improving after Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad claims the pills cure urinary trouble and diabetes and promotes buying at local drug stores with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as national agents. She urges inquiries and says the medicine restored health after a box. Price 60 cents. Remember the name Dean's.
Sergius Yulevitch Witte head of Russia’s peace conference commission is hailed as the greatest living Russian statesman. A tall heavy set reformer with a keen grasp of world affairs, he modernized railways and finances but earned the hatred of reactionaries. Born in 184, Witte rose from journalist to rail minister and finance minister, shaping policy during a tumultuous era and attempting to avert mass killings in St. Petersburg last January.
The associate member of the Japanese commission to the peace conference, Takahira, is now Japan’s minister to the United States. At fifty two, educated at the University of Tokyo, he is described as stocky and American business like, keen and a thorough diplomat. He has held numerous postings including consul general at New York and minister to the United States since 1900, with earlier roles in Seoul and Shanghai and as minister to Holland, Italy, and Austria. Popular in Washington, he is multilingual, fluent in English, and regarded as tactful and discreet with a deep grasp of world politics.
Advice on slow mindful eating to avoid indigestion and disease. Emphasizes chewing thoroughly, avoiding rapid bites, and the harm of hurried meals. Warns that rushed eating strains teeth and stomach, while deliberate chewing invigorates digestion and sustains health.
An essay notes that artificial marriage selection risks harming natural balance and lineage progress. It cites varying outcomes from history and biology, arguing instinct guides mate choice and that engineered pairings can defy natural law. It includes biographical tidbits about notable figures and a diplomat nicknamed Speck.
The Sporting World highlights Titcher Reulbach of the Chicago National League club as a rising baseball sensation with superb control of his pitches. He blanked the New York Giants in Chicago and narrowly lost another game to them in New York due to fielding errors. Reulbach previously played in the Missouri Valley League.
Notice to dairymen from The Wisconsin Condensed Milk Co. Peeatonica Tl pays August milk at 1.16 per hundred pounds at factory not by test with payment on the 20th of each month. Tickets for shipping via Interurban Line from Freeport station at 0.5 cents. Woodstock excursion tickets Aug 26 through Sept 1, return by Sept 2. Freeport Conservatory of Music catalog and enrollment information available at 401 Wilcoxon Building.
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