A Christmas Act Ends With Renewed Vows and Reunion
Ned Bucklin, after years of separation and a costly search for his wife Alma and their two children, answers a widow's Christmas ad in Dakota. The widow is his ex-wife, who, with their daughter and son, visits Bucklin on Christmas Eve. The holiday leads to reconciliation, a wedding, and the wife selling her farm to help expand his.
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Ned Buckfin
Ned
Alma Blodgett
Tie
Alma
Neda
Great American
Dakota
Bucklin
Vuekko
Christusmas
Kleen Winston
Pervitt’s Carbolized Watch Hazel Salve Ad
DeVitt’s salve featured in an old time ad run by Jungkung druggist at 85 Stephenson Street. It promotes Pervitt’s Carbolized Hazel Salve and claims use with Win BP branding and Dewitt’s product reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pervitt
Hazel
DeWitt
Win
Jungkung
Stephenson Street
A tactful gift from Armour to Field brothers memory
Dr Henry M Field elder recipient of a valued dinner gesture by Philip D Armour at Plymouth Church Chicago. During the meal Armour extolled Cyrus W Field inventor of the ocean telegraph and history of faith in the cable. A slip reading Good for 10000 dollars payable to Cyrus W Field's brother was given at dessert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IF. W. Gunsaulus
Plymouth Church
Chicago
Philip D. Armour
Armour
New York
Henry M. Field
Gunsaulus
Mr. Armour
Cyrus W. Field
Ocean Telegraph
Boiling a Ham in Slow Gentle Style
A Chicago News recipe explains slow ham cooking. Soak a 10 pound ham in cold water for four hours, wash, scrape, and simmer until tender. Remove skin, dust with sugar cracker crumbs paprika and cloves, then bake slowly for one hour.
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Chicago News
Drawbacks of Culture in Chicago Social Life
A Chicago matron, absorbed in society duties, seeks medical aid for her three year old daughter as a French nurse leaves, leaving the household unable to understand the nurse's words. The doctor arrives just as she phones for help, highlighting social focus over family care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marie
Death of Colt in Buck Fever Misadventure
An Atlanta Constitution note recalls a colt killed in a buck fever accident. The mortally wounded animal rose briefly to request a message for its sire then collapsed, dying with a final sigh as onlookers gathered around the barnyard.
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Atlanta Constitution
Return Favors With Complimentary Concert Tickets
A New York Press remark suggests repaying favors by gifting complimentary concert tickets received. The careful man cites a pair gifted once, passed on to five others, and notes the cycle may continue until returned to originator.
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New York Press
Read the Journal Want Column by J Burdett piano tuner
J Burdett a piano tuner writes at Rowan Rowan Dollmeyer's for phone Bt 4ae Read the Journal's Want column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Burdett
Rowan Dollmeyer
The
Journal
Adroit Judge in Cuba Trial Sparks Hidden Romance
A Havana trial of Miguel Sanchez reveals a twist: Judge Antonio Herrera, recognizing associates of Weyler’s regime, yields a dramatic verdict and suspends sentence while exposing a lovers’ ruse between Dona Maria Sanchez and the judge. The case ends with Sanchez granted indefinite reprieve as secrets surface.
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Cuba
Miguel Sanchez
Havana
Weyler
Don Gr
Sanchez
Tavana
Sanches
Antonio Herrera
Spain
Dona Maria Sanchez
Dona Maria
Ife
Marht Sanchez
Bue
Marin
Doug Maria Amet
Poa Myppchel
DeWitt's Early Riser Fills Sold by Win Jungkunz Drugist
DeWitt's Little Early Riser Fills are sold by Win Jungkunz, druggist, at 5 Stephenson Street. The note lists the product and the seller with a street address.
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DeWitt
Win
Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
All Over The House Skin Care Routine For Blackheads
The article outlines a daily thorough cleansing ritual to extract blackheads. It advises a long warm wash with soap, two cloths, and a facial massage, then toning with alcohol and water, rinsing, and applying cold cream. It repeats morning cold-water washes and more cold cream until blackheads disappear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haven
Cautions On Visiting The Sick To Avoid Infection
The text warns: do not enter a sickroom while sweaty or cold, and avoid visiting when the stomach is empty. It advises seating so air moves from door or window toward the bed and not toward a fire, as heat may draw infectious vapor, reducing exposure risk.
Baking soda helps meals and minor ailments
A home use guide shows baking soda eases bean cooking by soaking water and tenderizes beans. It notes relief for minor burns with a soda and water mix and soothing bath for tired feet or insect bites by dissolving a teaspoonful in lukewarm water.
Eye care risks and nightly cleansing tip from Woman's Life
The article urges regular careful washing of the eyes before bed to remove dust that accumulates on the lids and can cause irritation. It recommends dabbing the lids gently with a cotton wad dipped in cold weak tea as an old fashioned cleaning method.
Household mildew removal tips from old newspaper text
Mildew can be removed by rubbing or scraping with common yellow soap then salt and starch. Apply to linen with soap on wet fabric and use lemon juice on both sides, or dust with pipe clay or fuller's earth. Expose the item to sunlight and air for several hours to complete the treatment.
Pressing towels for a fine crease with dampened sheets
Instructions describe brushing trousers seam to seam and dampening with water, placing a newspaper over each Tes and pressing with a hot iron. Replacing scorched paper yields a crease with no lint and no ruined towels.
Iceland Moss For Throat Trouble Remedy
Instructions describe soaking washing and simmering Iceland moss for a throat remedy. After half an hour in water it is strained and sweetened with lemon juice to form a clear jelly. The text notes the moss yields a gallon of jelly from a small quantity and can be flavored as desired.
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Iceland
Bert
Linen care tips for fine fabrics and ironing
The text advises washing fine linen in clean water with pure soap and avoiding starch. It notes the satin finish is best ironed while damp, and emphasizes sun gentle air drying as essential for maintaining linen in good condition.
To Keep Feathers In Pillows
Advice on pillow care uses damp laundry sap rubbed into pillow ticking to prevent feathers from escaping. It notes the damp sap keeps feathers from forcing through the ticking. The tip references common textile maintenance practices for feather pillows.
Unclear fragmentary travel scene on Atlantic voyage
Fragmentary dialogue describes Zitty Wills Norton meeting a Bird on an Atlantic ship, with evasive remarks about perils of crown travel and a visitor posing as an old friend named Bill. Confusing lines imply a domestic scene with a daughter asking for a name and a reference to someone not yet home.
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Zitty
Wills Norton
Hmn
Bill
Uirieuia
Coaling Finished for Pacific Cruiser Fleet
At Madelphia on December 3 the battleships Mansas Georgia Noarsarge and Maine completed coaling in preparation for a Pacific voyage. Ships report fuel loads, bunkers near capacity, and deck stowage as they begin final outfitting at Loarne Island yard. The Kansas, Georgias, and Maine carry large fuel and supplies. crews await Norfolk and Trinidad legs of the long cruise.
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Madelphia
Mansas
Georgia
Noarsarge
Maine
Loarne Island Navy Yard
Ehanpeton Roads
Trinidad
Kansas
Lot Tone
Bac
Norfolk
Weansarcee
Supreme Court rules tax dispute over Kentucky bank
Washington December 8 The Supreme Court of the United States decides a dispute between the Pestidre of Kentucky in Louisville and the state of Kentucky over county taxation against a bank. The bank claimed a perpetual contract exempting it from all taxes except white taxes but the court upholds that the contract was altered by the new state constitution.
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Washington, Dee
Supreme Court of the United States
Kentucky
Louisville
State of
Supreme Court
Committee to Attend Smith Funeral Named
A committee to attend the funeral of the late Representative Smith of Illinois appointed by Speaker Cannon is listed. Members include Lorimer, Prince, Chapman, McGavin, Foster, McDermott, Rodenburg of Illinois. Dawes of Ohio. Chaney of Indiana. Packer, Russell of Missouri. Maynard of Virginia. Steenerson of Minnesota. Broussard of Louisiana. Legar of South Carolina.
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Washington
Smith
Wlinois
Cannon
Lorimer
Prince
Chapman
McGavin
Foster
McDermott
Rodenburg
Ilinois
Dawes
Ohio
Chaney
In- Mana
Packer and Russell
Missouri
Maynard
Virginia
Steenerson
Minnesota
Broussard
Louisiina
Legar
South Carolina
Balloon prize duty levied on Erbsloeb’s cup
Berlin reports authorities require Herr Erbsloeb to pay about 80 dollars in duty on the international balloon cup won for the St. Louis race. The duty is refundable if the cup leaves the country after the next contest.
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Berlin
Herr Erbsloeb
St. Louis
Herr Febsloeb
Pullman Paint Shop Fire Destroys 21 Cars at Buffalo
Fire at the Pullman Company's Buffalo paint shop razed the facility in under an hour. Twenty one Pullman cars were burned, with a total loss estimated at about 4100,000. Local firefighters battled the blaze as alarms spread through the industrial district.
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Pullman Company
Buffalo
Chicago Markets Show Wide Grain Quotes and Live Stock Figures
Chicago Board of Trade quotations reveal mixed wheat corn oats and hogs with yields varying by contract. Cash sales list No 2 red No 3 red No 2 hard and spring wheat by sample while cattle hogs and sheep receipts at East Buffalo and New York markets reflect price ranges and demand across classes.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Rasa
Flsa Rite Tate
Wisconsin
Cohofer
East Buffalo
Silenced the Sultan and a Morroccan exchange
A dated anecdote recalls Sir Charles Kuan Smith as a former British minister in Morocco, trading pointed remarks with the sultan who warned against provoking him. The tale contrasts with a later note about a baby loved by all, then a brief ad about Casca sweet sold by William F Jungkunz at 85 Stephenson Street.
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Charles Kuan Smith
Morocco
Sir Charles
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Train Schedule Fragments From Freeport Chicago Route
East and westbound train times listed with connections at Rockford Beloit Belvidere and Janesville. Equipment notes mention buffet parlor caf car services and Sunday trains with limited services. Wm Neeser and J P Elmer advertise agents for the routes and interurban connections.
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East Bound
Freep't. Ar
Eeoe
West Bound
Chic'ge
Bally
Suna
East Wourld
Rockford
Beloit
Janesvile
Milwaukee
Madison
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Ward
Janesville
Har
Spring Valley
Chicago Express
Faleas
Chicago
Dubuque
St Paul
Minneapoli
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Omaha
Kansas City
Minneapolis
St Joseph
Bt. Dodge
Wm, Neeser
J. P. Elmer
St. Paul
Ming
Rockford & Interurban Rwy. Cacs
Freeport
Elgin
Aurora
WM. Neeser
Confused exchange notes office address humor
Fragmentary dialogue mentions Orange street and playful misstatements about an office location. Names Ataecha Herbert Atachi Chiara Telia appear in garbled speech. No clear event or outcome is evident.
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Ataecha
Herbert
Orange Street
Atachi
Brad Street
Chiara Telia
Kennedy’s Lavative Syrup Plant for Gentle Laxative Benefits
A historical drug advertisement touts Kennedy’s Lavative Syrup as a non opiate remedy that gently eases the bowels to expel a cold. Marketed as child friendly, it claims no opiates or tar. Distributed by Walk Janekune, druggist, located at 85 Stephenson Street.
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Kennedy
Janekune
Stephenson Street
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Orino
WM. F. Jung
Stephengon
Uee
Pacific Ocean
Noy
Punting & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Bulgate
N.Y
PSO
Toheivers
Sau
S.S.S
S. S
Nature
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Harriet M. Burbank
Manga Stadiu 8
Grove
Business Directory
Freeport, Illinois
BANKS
D.C. Stover
H. H. Antrim
R. Shumway
Wenty Balers
Man
Ass't Cashter
State’ Bank
Ill
R. G. Shumway
A. & Held
J. Fred Smith
Fred W. Hoefer
H. H Antrim
Dr. J. Rent
D. C. Stover
Fred Dorman
W. Saree
Henry Baier
Homer F. Abie
Also Savings Department
German Bank
Freeport, Ill
First National B Bank
B.rere
Ma. Bidwell
Clark
Ass't
John Burrell
Joseph Emmert
GC. H. Little
Wm. D. Wright
B. Bidwell
Boyd P. Hin
Addison Bidwell
M. V. B. Elson
H. S. Webster
L. Z. Farwell
Second National Bank
Illinois
Webster
Reuben Siegfried
J. N. Galloway
F. B. Schaeffer
E. Mayer
Union Loan & Building Association
J. N. Ganney
FOE
Schaeffer
C. J. Wells
John Trunck
J. Mayer
J. F. Kramer
W. J. Schwarz
W. N. Cronkrite
Stephenson St
Freeport, I
Kh. P. Eckert
Attorney At Law
Tllinois
D&w
J. Sheldon Clark
Hettinger
Anzeiger Building
Chicago and
Spring Streets
Illinois Central
R. R
Rive
Cragg
Paul
Dodwe
Sioux City
Oamaha
Renee
Decatur
Arriva
Besa
Pen
Dodgeville BP
Eae & Am
BE. Daly
R. Island
Racine Oo
Mt Carroll
Depar
Rock Island
Wavenport
Milwauke
Juneaville
Kanea City
Cedar Rapids
Potato
North
South Dakota
J. B. Sweatt
Chicago Great Western
Maple Leaf
South Freeport
A. Kuthe
Douphes Ave
Otthee
Frisbie & Haney
General Contracting
LOR Exchange
St. New
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