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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1896
Page
3
The Freeport Daily Journal, published every day except Sunday, lists a 5.00 annual subscription by carrier or mail. Printed at Sag0 Street, Freeport Illinois, it is marked as second-class matter and dated December 3, 1896.
Three inches of ice cover the river. James McNamara expected home from Montana in a few days. Miss Maggie Smith returned to Lanark for an upcoming wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jungkunz celebrate with a birthday party Saturday afternoon. J X Brown, formerly with C B Hill & Bon, visiting. now living in Pennsylvania. J D Weeks of Lena visiting Freeport friends. Invitations issued for a dancing party at Blust's hall next Wednesday by Mr. and Mrs. M E McHenry. Eclectic club of the People's church meets tomorrow at 8 in the minister's study, No 112 Stephenson street.
An ex-Denver man recounts a party of minors spotting lvying mastodons near the White River headwaters. Stick Indians allegedly saw tracks as large as a barrel, described as resembling an elephant print in moss. Hunters fled in fear, believing the creature giant with yellow tusks, and speculation ties it to a vanished Yukon-era population.
Milwaukee Journal highlights James Lappen of Appleton Wisconsin as inventor of a liquid for making wood pulp. It claims the mixture converts slabs and various woods into pulp, avoids tank corrosion and fumes, cuts pulp costs by 50 to 76 percent, cooks wood in six hours, and yields strong leathery paper suitable for inner soles and heels.
Major T. Picton, manager of the State hotel in Dennison Texas, praises Chamberlain's colic cholera and diarrhoea remedy. He says he uses it personally and with guests, calling it an infallible cure for diarrhoea and dysentery and regularly endorses it. Sold by Burrell.
The Freeport public schools foresee a new two story plus basement building to replace crowded facilities. Architect Julian Barnes will supervise construction, planned for 80 by 90 feet on two levels with modern heating and ventilation. Work may start next spring and the school term will begin in fall. The plan comes with a detailed illustration and description.
A hardware dealer notes skates are reverting to old style fastenings. Last year catalogs showed clawtype adjustments with wrench and nut, but this year several leading makers feature screws with side pressure levers for tightening. Prices range around 90.
The article outlines a multi story school building with basement heating and ventilation, large classrooms, administration spaces, and sanitary amenities. It highlights timber, stone and brick exteriors, Portland cement basement floors, and a novel ventilation system delivering 1,800 cubic feet per hour per pupil. Also noted are bay-window lighting, ample lavatories, and drinking fountains. A brief market note follows about skate prices and availability. It ends with a testimonial praising Chamberlain's cough remedy from a distant editor's family.
Ottawa committee examined twenty three applicants for admission to the bar. Gov Altgeld commuted the life sentence of Jonathan Skene to eighteen years. Nearby farmer Jonas Coarson lost a hand in a corn husker. Brakeman Elmer Rose found a severed finger on a freight car in Sycamore yard, car coming from Chicago two days earlier.
Bea versville pharmacist G Gaillouette credits Dr. King's New Discovery with saving his life after a grippe attack. He tried many physicians, received no relief, and was told he could not live until using the medicine. After three bottles, he recovered and could resume activity. Free trials available at Emmert & Burrell's drug store.
Brahmacharin Bodabhikshu delivered the third in a lecture series at the YYM O A auditorium. He argued Christianity Buddhism and Hinduism share roots and that unity of belief is a current historical trend. He traced influence of British power commerce and India on global thought, noted evolution over creation myths, and called for impartial study of world religions.
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