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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1898
Page
4
Fragmented poetic meditation on moral life and social behavior attributed to Clark W. Bryan in Good Housekeeping. Reflects on pride humility and human frailty as humanity traverses a moral path.
A royal romance unfolds as a noble artist wooes a princess in a grand apartment. He professes undying love, kneels, and pleads for a chance beyond duty while she wrestles with duty, fate, and royal expectations. The scene ends with guilt, longing, and a reluctant distance between them.
In a Chicago News recap, a staged rehearsal depicts a princess resisting an artist’s advances as a king discovers the scene. The dramatic moment ends with the king joining the actors in lighthearted banter, offering a benefit for a successful opening of the play titled Her Highness and the Artist.
A historical physiology reflection argues humans once had six senses. It notes a remains of that sense in all minds the pituitary body, two tiny oval masses past the nasal area, in the salla turcica. Speculation covers dark vision, ghostly contact, or navigation in forests, with loss as improved senses emerged.
A Detroit Press item describes a six year old living at home with his family near the city limits who voices firm opinions and independence. One morning his mother scolds the family for slow breakfast as the boy humorously pledges that they must rise on time or fend for themselves.
Princess Beatrice visits Florence where Giovanni Meucci marks drawings with his own low price. She once bought a small sketch for three times the asking price and teased him for underestimating the cost of materials.
Plans for a monumental Nile dam at Assuan would cost about 15 million dollars with 9 million for the main dam and 6 million for downstream works. The project aims to flood minimal portions of Philae while expanding Egypt's irrigated land by hundreds of thousands of acres and boosting state revenue and land value.
The Chinese use bell flute drum sonorous stone fife plume shield and ax as ritual instruments. Two of each kind appear in ceremonies to stress duality, with examples of paired drums and bells signaling start and end of music.
In 1888 Carlyle returns from Scotland to Scotsbrig then Manchester where he recalls waking to a watchman groaning outside his window. He confronts the lantern bearing figure and pleads for quiet, after which the night sounds stop. The anecdote is recounted by Charles T. Copeland in The Atlantic.
The passage cites child misunderstandings of black people and race through quotes about “Negro” stereotypes from village children and Sunday school tales. It contrasts this with a reporter quoting a glycerin wells safety view, noting perceived danger, mortality, and predestined death in glycerin workers versus railroad workers.
An ex sea captain living in Sydney recalls a mutiny tale from years ago. Convicts killed the crew and forced him to steer to the islands. He made land, played music to appease natives, and was revered as a god. He later married the chief’s daughter and ruled the island for years before a ship returned him to sea.
Readable sale ad shows Boston Store at 120-122 Stephenson Street offering a ten day clearance with jackets cloaks and coats. Items include English kerseys silk and satin lined coats for up to 30 dollars, jackets priced as low as 4.95 to 12.95, misses jackets 4.95 and children’s coats 1.99.
A new shipment from an overloaded jobber arrives in 44 in wide all wool black novelty dress fabrics. Worth 75c, the ten days sale offers them at 39c. This promotion emphasizes affordability and stock variety for immediate buy.
Great sale offers free Goodyear glove fitting rubbers with every ladies' shoe over 2.00 during ten days. Rubbers valued at 60c at any Freeport shoe store. By December 2 a full line of holiday goods arrives including dolls drums books albums perfumes jewel cases silverware air guns pocket books and more with 30 to 50 percent savings. Follow the crowd to the store for best bargains.
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