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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1907
Page
1
Vacation time is here and subscribers leaving the city may have their Journal forwarded by leaving an address at the office. Call phone 26 for either forwarding system. Addresses will be changed as often as desired without extra charge. Half the pleasure of a vacation is the reading of happenings at home.
The Daily Journal offers home delivery to every city area for ten cents per week.
The piece argues Abraham Lincoln embodies universal mercy and moral leadership. It contrasts Lincoln’s charity with rivals like Washington Jefferson and Hamilton, imagining how Lincoln would engage today across parties and interests, from labor to capital, protectionists to free traders, with firm yet nonhostile resolve. Postal Telegraph & Cable Co., and Richard Lloyd Jones, secretary.
An article notes a plan by the Lincoln Farm association to build a grand memorial at Lincoln's Kentucky birthplace on 110 acres. It urges popular support from every American, outlines memberships from 25 cents to 25 dollars, and lists prominent officers and trustees from political, literary, and artistic fields. The drive highlights humility over grandeur and aims to enroll thousands nationwide.
Journal reviewer Bob Hampton praises Randall Parrish's AMONG THE NEW BOOKS for its stirring scenes and strong hero Hampton who saves Naida His from Indians and mentors her while a later romance with Lt. Donald Brant unfolds. Kipling and Hope titles receive cautious praise for child literature and historical sensitivity. Mary Cholmondeley Prisoners and other novels are lauded for character insight and style, with critiques noting stiff dialogue and moral undertones.
A Bakersfield mother reports her seven year old granddaughter recovered from a fierce itching and bleeding skin eruption after measles, following twenty four hours of Cuticura use. After five days and one set of Cuticura Testiative the child was entirely cured and remains well. June 1906.
A concise appraisal of Whispering Smith by Frank H. Spearman. The plot follows a railroad man tracking train wreckers in the Rocky Mountains. A close friendship ties to the chief villain while a secondary arc centers on George McCloud and ranch owner Dicksie Dunning. The reviewer lauds the well drawn characters, especially Whispering Smith, and notes a minor flaw in the subplot’s sudden shift.
The Missouri Girl, a popular domestic comedy by Fred Raymond, features a faithful American country life picture with a healthful atmosphere. It plays at the Grand opera house Tuesday night August 20.
J C Lewis in Si Plunkard will be presented at the Grand Opera House on Wednesday night August 21. The production promises artistic realism with a dose of rural drama and pathos. The performance depicts simple farm life and the trials of plain country folks without trimming details.
Dramatic adaptation from Mary J. Holmes novel depicts love and jealousy between two sisters with intrigue and exciting scenes. Story ends with both rights affirmed and love prevailing. Show billed for Thursday night August 22 at the Grand opera house.
A home treatment promises to stop bed wetting without spanking. Mrs. M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers free instructions by mail for mothers. The program claims success for children and adults with daytime or nighttime urine difficulties.
A compact list of historical markers including Edward V and Richard in the Tower 1483. Antwerp capitulation 1588. Cromwell defeats Royalists at Preston 1648. Robert Blake dies 1047. New England printer era 1721. Davy Crockett born 1786. Peter Hunter became lieutenant governor 1794. Nelson's Monument foundation 1809. Cardinal Ramapella born. Niagara rope walk 1859. Julia Marlowe born 1860s.
Kodol for Indigestion and Dyspepsia is a preparation of vegetable acids and contains the same juices found in a healthy stomach. It digests what you eat. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz, 5 Stephenson St.
Advertisement notes women Oxfords priced at 1.55 after a 2.26 value. Promotion lists patent leather or kid uppers in all styles through Schmidt Wachlin and Preliers. Includes discount period and store references.
Advertises a DeVore plan in Freeport Illinois offering shorthand lessons with a piano purchase. Five lessons claimed to make a shorthand writer, faster than other systems. Prospects cited include high demand with forty three stenographers wanted in Chicago and potential annual income between 6500 and 8000 dollars. Payment options include easy pay and apply lesson costs to a first piano payment, plus a weekly $1 plan after employment. Call or write DeVore Piano Co. for details.
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