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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1908

Page

10

Cuticura Remedies Restore Health in Measured Case

Mrs V. V. Albert of Upper Frenchville Me recounts a long rheumatism ordeal. After tried physicians failed, five dollars of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent were used. Sores dried and pains eased within weeks, full recovery in three months. Re lapses years later cured by Cuticura again. She also reports benefit from Cuticura Pills for debility and back pains. July 21 1907.

V. V. Albert Upper Frenchville

One-Treatment Cure for Skin Eruptions Promoted

A warm bath with Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment and a mild dose of Cuticura Resolvent or Pills is advertised as often sufficient to relieve eczemas rashes and skin inflammations from infancy to old age. Cuticura Scan Ointment Resolvent and Pills are sold by Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston.

Potter Drug & Chem. Corp Bole Props Columbus Ave Boston

Save Me Julian Dear A Ballroom Blaze Love Tragedy

Grace O Rourke the belle of Grey Inn trembles between fidelity and flirtation at Pine Grove midsummer ball. Julian Hawthorne, late and loyal, rescues Grace as a fire traps dancers, guiding her to safety through servants quarters while he risks himself to save others.

Greymere Inn Grace O'Rourke Mizabeth Dwyer Pine Grove Grace Julian Elizabeth Belle of Grey Ian Tony Julian Hawthorne Rice Hawthorne Charlie Love Pye Trawthorne Ca Min Mawthorne Aton Anlea Darling Tawthorne

The Readiness of Tommy

Mrs Taddells praises Tommy as a good boy while the minister notes his discipline over pie. Dr Choker comments on parental dietary caution. Tommy cheerfully accepts deprivation, using a 5 cent incentive to buy a whole pie at the nearby grocery with his nickel.

Tommy Mrs. Taddells Dr. Choker Mrs.Taddells

Minister Delivers Hard Sermon to Local Black Sheep

A western diocese parish faced gossip among its flock. The minister traced the source and preached a special sermon to a schoolhouse attendee labeled the black sheep. The man admitted the hit and left with others after the Sunday afternoon service, noting it would sting some.

The Japanese Cook Curious Kitchen Tale

A Newport household hires a Japanese valet to cook after the regular cook falls ill. He adapts by observing closely and attempts to imitate cooking methods, even placing his feet in a hot mustard bath to peel potatoes, claiming it mirrors peeling motions. The episode ends with the mistress’s amused consent to the trial.

Newport Has Atile New York Times

Counterfeiting Guilty in Local Case

H J Moogh and Wm F Jungkunz found guilty of counterfeiting. The court contrasted counterfeit money with substituting an unknown worthless remedy for Foley’s Honey and Tar, a well known cough and cold remedy claimed to cure persistent coughs and heal the lungs.

Foley H. J. Moogh Wm. F. Jungkunz

Local Engraving Delayed Until After Christmas

The firm EMERICK BARRETT & CO announces engraving services will pause for external goods until after Christmas due to internal workload. Customers with outside purchases should expect postponement.

Emerick, Barrett &Co

John Spiess Buys Geo McCarty Meat Market

John Spiess has purchased the Geo. McCarty meat market located at 53 Stephen Boult. He invites old friends and many new GUSTO patrons to call on him and visit the shop in the coming days.

John Spiess Geo. McCarty Stephen Boult

Piano tuner ad offers suits and tailoring services

J Burdett piano tuner advertises orders at Browns and Do leyer or by phone 806. Suits neatly pressed at Mallea Galena and Van Buren.

J. Burdett Brown's & Do Leyer’s Malle'a

Harriet M Burbank Piano Teacher Studio Details

Harriet M Burbank is listed as a piano teacher with a studio at 36 Grove and phone 9-238dtt. This short notice notes her occupation and contact location for lessons.

Harriet M. Burbank Grove Bt

Yankee marksman with a musket shines in mock duel

An American army officer recalls a tense duel of words with a pompous British spectator. The American proves his skill by first missing, then hitting the bullseye six times in rapid succession. The Brit concedes praise for a Yankee with an English gun, noting American marksmanship.

England Los Angeles Times

First British engineer to ride electric tramcar in public

John Burts, a British labor leader, settled as a Journeyman engineer in Battersea after his 1880 marriage. He later claimed to be the first to operate an electric tramcar with his own hands in Britain. To persuade nervous crowds at the Crystal Palace, he used his wife and mother in law as decoys, showing the novelty in action.

John Burts Battersea Great Britain Burns Crystal Palace London

Towers and Ancestral Towers In Country House Plans

In a witty exchange the patient architect is pressed by Mrs Drippingeld to include many towers in her country house. She rejects mere discretion and demands visible Norman or Gothic ancestral towers to be seen from the road as visitors pass by, in a Puck style jab at high life.

Neighborly Scottish Exchange Over Fading Health

A straight talking Scotswoman visits an ailing elderly neighbor Janet. Janet laments a cold damp weather hastening her end. The visitor retorts with blunt humor, urging Janet to set a death date and commit to it.

Janet Marth

New Boy Smither Inquisitives About Missing Money

In a London Answers snippet, a master notes a boy’s poor sight and a new pupil asks why another lad left things behind. The master concedes the eyes are sometimes defective yet hints at unseen till thefts by a pupil.

London

Time to Stop. Mrs Benham and Benham discuss past troubles

The fragment shows a conversation where Mrs Benham expresses relief that you no longer drink, and Benham recalls a night when his mother was involved after a rough incident at home. The text is incomplete but hints at injury or conflict.

Benham Ilenry

The Outcome The Doctor

The excerpt presents a dialogue about fate and curiosity as a doctor notes that going to school may reveal what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object. It juxtaposes a Life Magazine line and a German proverb about love and increase, reflecting a reflective tone.

Doctor Johnny

Ward Sewer Notice Final Settlement December 7 1908

On December 7 1908 the Board of Local Improvements will settle with the contractor for the 8rd Ward Sewer construction. All parties wishing to pay assessments before that date are requested to do so. E DITIPMAR GRIFFIN Special Tax Collector. Spring chickens 1c, hens 12c, ducks 12c, geese 12c, turkeys 18c at the Poultry House 16] Galena St.

Ard Board of Local Improvements E. Ditipmar Griffin Galena St. L

HIS DECISION AND A TELEVISION LOVE TRIANGLE

Theodore Cook, a rising civil engineer, wed Evelyn Knight after weighing a practical, emotionless path. A flood ruins his work and his life, but a brave telephone operator Madeline Travers sacrifices herself amid the disaster, leaving Cook to face a broken marriage and looming debts.

American Press Association Theodore Cook Cook Evelyn Knight Miss Knight Madelene Travers Telephone Miss Travers Knight Europe Tre Madeline Travers Helping Wand Society Tom Warry Adelaide Routh Hill

Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted For Coughs and Lung Ailments

The notice urges talking to Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble, arguing it has a forty year cure record. It names H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz as sources or endorsers and cautions against unknown preparations that may contain harmful drugs.

Foley H. J. Moogk Wm. F. Jungkunz

Repair Your Shoes at A. T. Meier Kort

Bring shoes to A. T. Meier Kort for repair work as advertised near Uider Second National Bank. The notice references December 202.

A. T. Meierkort Uider Second National Bank

Ingenious Swindler Lures Widow and Child for Land Deal

A wealthy village man with a sickly daughter befriends a widow and her similar child. A German doctor enters, promises cure on condition the millionaire deed vast Texas land to a socialist colony and pay nearly $50,000. After cashing the check the doctor vanishes with wife and child, leaving the man ruined and the widow harmed.

Lake States America Europe Millonaire Texas Witew Teva Tye

Broadcast Drop Prosecution Mentioned by Don Lemon in Magazine

Don Lemon is cited in Bohemian Magazine discussing a dropped prosecution. The piece frames the incident as a notable media and legal topic with emphasis on commentary. The exact details of the case are not fully provided in the fragment.

Don Mark Lemon Bohemian Magazine

Execution of Mazeppa by Mock Punishment in Sweden

From Scrap Book: Peter the Great punished Mazeppa, traitor to Russia, by a court martial sentence carried out on a wooden effigy. The Cossack chieftain’s substitute bore his medals, then the figure’s knighthood was ripped away, and it was hanged until dead as the soldiers looked on.

Peter the Great Russia Mazeppa

Early Grecian Phidias Mention Sparks Editor Query

An antiquary complains his article mentions Phidias, a Greek sculptor, but the editor dismisses the claim and jokes about the price of advertising Phidias in the paper at five shillings a line. The exchange appears in the Bangkok Times with a playful tone.

Phidias Bangekok Times

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