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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1907
Page
3
Six sailors hire a launch for ten dollars per hour. Leigh Richards helps stranded crew after the boat fails, meets Edith Appleton in a hidden summer house, and professes shared past and future. The party resolves to return to the others once Leigh and Edith confirm their engagement.
A narrator describes Aver age Citizen denying entry to a figure calling itself Opportunity. The scene parodies commercial promises and self-help rhetoric as a humorous confrontation unfolds on a second-story window ledge.
A New York Press account describes a notably fat woman on a Crosstown car forcing seating space, panting, then unassistedly pulling herself up from the seat by grabbing a standing man’s arm, leaving him in apparent pain as onlookers react.
Shorthand education free with each piano purchase before September 1 1907. Five lessons can make a shorthand writer in months, much faster than other systems. Demand is high with forty three stenographers needed. Knowledge can yield 500 to 3000 dollars yearly. Easy pay plans available. lessons apply to first piano payment if later bought. Details at DeVore Piano Co Freeport Illinois 76 and 78 Main Street.
A narrator recalls meeting a refined London woman aboard a steamer leaving Southampton. He reads a fragment of her writing that awakens a grand passion, pursues her, and faces social consequences as notes and threats unfold, culminating in a demanded payment to halt a breach of promise suit.
The text explains Mars has days close to 24 hours 39 minutes 23 seconds, and a solar year of about 686 Earth days, yielding long seasons. It notes a watery atmosphere with visible oceans and thick ice that melts in summer, and extreme temperature variations due to partial solar input.
Elder Monthly notes that half dollars, issued regularly since 1794 with five gaps, are common but certain early dates command high prices. The rarest are 1796 with 15 or 16 stars, 1797, 1838 New Orleans mint with an O under the bust, and 1866 San Francisco without In God We Trust. Values cited include over $100, up to $120 for the 1797 specimen.
In a mid nineteenth century Lancashire dispute Lyon Playfair calmed strikers at two mills. He offered himself as hostage to persuade action while guards limited damage by withdrawing boiler plugs. The mob halted operations at one mill, received food money, and later pressured the second mill. The militia ended the march at Clitheroe.
The Minneapolis Journal reports that contrary to common belief, duller star scintillation signals approaching storms. Studies in the country show steadiness in starlight precedes violent weather, with the night before a southern storm given as an example.
The findings state tea is harmless with breakfast but may be harmful with meat and protein digestion. China tea is less harmful than Indian tea due to lower tannic acid. Ginger beer shown to have little influence on digestion according to hospital observations.
A dialogue from Meveland Leader features Gabriel lamenting that his trumpet sounds go unheard as Tsrafel notes people flee from the curb to avoid the street’s auto.
A concise reflection echoes Ben Jonson's line that the mind resembles a bow when unbent, gaining power through restraint. The proverb implies discipline, focus, and inner steadiness heightening resolve and effectiveness.
A historical advertisement claims Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts gently on the bowels and clears the system of coughs and colds. It says the remedy relieves throat inflammation and irritation and is sold by Wm F Jungkunz at 35 Stephenson.
Public sale of fee simple real estate on Tuesday September 10 1907 at 2 PM at the front door of the residence. The Bauch place No 672 South Galena avenue features a 17 room two story brick house and a one and a half story frame structure on about 20 acres with wells and cisterns. Auctioneer A H Miller and listed bidders Ina Dam MPMan Emma Sauderman Louis Baruch Mathilda Kuehner.
The Daily Journal announces a free week of newspaper delivery across all city areas. Residents no longer pay for home delivery during this promotional period, with emphasis on broad access and door to door service.
A collection of historical anecdotes showing leaders and rulers relying on luck, dreams, or superstitions. Examples include General Grant's belief in dreams, Nelson's horseshoe, Von Moltke avoiding battles on Sundays, Bismarck's tea with thirteen, Davis's belief in children, Blaine's fear of returning home, Nicholas II's father consulting an American medium, Farragut's inner voice, and rulers like the ameer, sultans, and khedive employing astrologers.
A New York Times item recounts a lighthearted yet racially charged exchange. A colored gentleman saluted a large colored woman described as Amazonian, complimenting her with a flirtatious line. She knocked him down and challenged him to define the compliment. The next day he offered Webster’s Dictionary to look up the term, which she refused to accept.
A New York Sun reader notes a rise in funeral fashion with dressmakers sending hurry orders to undertakers for ladies fine burial dresses. Materials like heurletta pongee faile and chiffon taffeta are used, and undertakers stock the latest styles when regular shops lack items.
A dime museum manager claims to seek a local boy born without limbs, provoking a citizen’s blunt retort that parents won’t exhibit him and that such blessings go unappreciated. The exchange reflects attitudes toward disability in the era.
Todd asks for return of a book borrowed a year ago. The reply says someone else took it and never returned it, lamenting the lack of honor shown by such behavior.
Don’t get out of patience with the baby when peevish or restless. A little Cascasweet calms the stomachs of babies and children. Contains no harmful drugs. Sold by Wm Jungkung, 85 Stephenson St.
Harriet M. Burbank offers piano lessons at Studio 84 located on Grove Street. Lesson times are 9 to 4 daily, with emphasis on technique and musical expression.
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