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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1907
Page
3
Miss Mason and Tessa in a village schoolroom navigate bedmaking mischief and class rites. A young rector observes their poverty and longing for refinement while offering gentle encouragement. In tender exchange Tessa declares affection and offers herself as proxy for love and support.
The article traces the origin of the word strawberry to the old Anglo-Saxon streaw berrye and debunks several folk etymologies. It notes that strawberry leaves in heraldry are not real strawberry leaves, a common misconception corrected by heraldic authorities. It mentions a Fraser of Lovat pun linking fraises to strawberries in French.
Richard le Gallienne recalls a sober faced critic who questions the poetry business. The exchange turns humorous as the poet explains that poetry is not a trade like groceries or dry goods. The club scene ends with the punchline that the critic was joking.
A western newspaper ad seeks diverse roles for a versatile printer including foreman pastor lecturer and assayist. It promises advice on marriage and interest in teaching, choir singing, and odd jobs. The note ends with unlearned outcomes and references Lippincott's.
Lavonia Mills, preparing for her wedding, hears a stormy warning over a telephone from her lover Henry Thurston. After his death in a farm accident, she discovers a box of bonds and a will gifting him estate to her but urging care for his cousins. The mystery of the phone message remains unresolved.
A foreign tourist touring a vast asylum for the insane is told the institution is well ordered quiet and neat throughout. He asks if this is typical and the attendant confirms top to bottom discipline though mentions violent words exist and are not shown to visitors.
Eleanor Robson cites an apocryphal tale from Los Angeles about a rising actor who decides to reclaim Hamlet after feeling he failed to convey the full meaning. A friend urges another performance, arguing Shakespeare would not leave the Dane in a poor stance.
Old Sam sits on the riverbank near the dam with a shotgun asking for pay for work. A passerby learns Sam aims to shoot muskrats under mining the dam and jokes about employment. Sam explains he wants to keep his job by doing the task.
Racing at Ascot dates back many years with Queen Anne as the first royal patron in 1711. George I and George II did not greatly patronize, but George III offered a 100 guinea plate. Since then the Berkshire heath festival has enjoyed royal favor.
Robert Blatchford in Clarion argues true study of human nature comes from life in the world with books by Shakespeare Iago Cervantes Sterne and other writers as students. The learner must bring vast love and sympathy to truly enter another’s heart.
A judge recounts a small domestic moment where a visitor smiles at Willie and offers a penny if he recites a poem his mother taught him. Willie dismisses the idea, claiming he can attract a picket elsewhere without reciting.
A Milwaukee Sentinel brief quotes a conversation about Tompkins sounding cautious. The speaker worries Tompkins may be stringing them along, noting hesitation and politeness as clues to potential deception.
In a humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly, Grace asks if a marriage proposal occurred in a canoe. Fred replies he proposed once and never again as the altercation caused the boat to topple, yielding a lighthearted anecdote about romance and misadventure on the water.
The Cleveland Leader notes a quip about the De Lacys being dropped by society for having a skeleton in their closet but then suggests the closet was kept open. The remark plays on public gossip and social perception rather than a specific event.
A terse line echoes Horace urging prudence in talk with whom and about what and where. The aphorism emphasizes measured speech, social tact, and restraint in conversation to avoid offense or folly.
Outing Magazine denounces drivers of wagons cabs and carriages who jerk a horse’s mouth and punish animals with persistent rough pulls. The piece describes bruised mouths, torn skin, and quivering jaws, urging stronger penalties for such abuse. It compares beating horses to shafting tails as harsher actions, urging reform.
The Rogers Bros engage Avita Sanches for their new Panama production. Wright Lorimer appears in Quicksanda next season with special matinees of Ibsen's The Wild Duck. Florence Lester joins a new piece with Lulu Glaser opening Liberty theater New York. Henry W Savage plans ten pieces including A Yankee Tourist The Merry Widow The Prince of Pilsen The College Widow and Tom Jones. William A Brady reports Miss George's London season extended as critics praise her Divorcons. The theater lease in Elizabeth New Jersey moved to Keith Proctor for vaudeville. Klaw Erlanger and Cohan Harris sign with Emma Carus as Just Plain Mary in Forty Five Minutes From Broadway. Fay Templeton retires after two seasons playing that role. Carus is a noted singing comedienne.
In Belgium telegraph messages reach recipients in one to fifteen minutes. A czar portrait was stolen from a Berlin gallery. New Zealand has few wild animals. remnant species are protected and new varieties sought. Global commerce relies on about 30,100 vessels totalling 25 million tons excluding small craft. England hosts 2000 golf clubs, 300,000 members, 500,000 balls weekly, and 250 million miles walked on links yearly. Paris costs 18 cents per square yard annually to clean streets,Berlin 4 cents. Dr A Walton of Bangor Maine owns an aged muster roll from Confederate Army Company BH, Civil War relics readable despite yellowed paper.
Jean's fifteen hundredth student received a free meals card for the summer at a local hotel. Spitalfields free school in London claims to be the empire's largest elementary school with nearly 3,500 pupils. Dr. John Shedd, formerly of Wisconsin and long head of physics at Colorado College, is named dean of Westminster faculty in Denver, opening Sept. 1. Dr. Edward Hitchcock of Amherst College linked to this work. since 1859 Amherst has 49 classes and over 4,000 living alumni.
The statement of an attesting witness that a testator was not in a condition to make a will is held not to impair the effect of his attestation. Hack drivers are liable for injuries from failure to provide safe vehicles and competent drivers. A futures act within a warehousing statute does not violate equal protection.
The article notes Matilda Betham-Edwards receives a civil list pension of $250 annually for her work as a novelist and poet. It also reports Swinburne at seventy remains fiercely vigorous, denying any decline and ready for brisk walks or swimming challenges.
Don’t get out of patience with the baby when it is peevish and restless just give it a little Cascasweet. Cascasweet is a corrective for the stomachs of babies and children. Contains no harmful drugs. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkung 85 Stephenson St.
Harr M. Burbank, a longtime teacher at Yano, died at age 86. His burial is planned at Grove Street on date to be announced.
The Daily Journal announces home delivery available throughout the city at a rate of ten cents per week.
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