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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1898
Page
6
Whittier reflects on night moonlight waves a quiet shore and lasting peace. Descriptions of meadow lilies mountain ranges and a vine fringed river convey a serene landscape and timeless beauty.
A banker-narrator recounts a tense scene with Madame Otterburn who delivers diamonds and a morocco case, asks for receipt, and later returns, with the mood shifting as truth and fear unfold around a vanished treasure and a possible threat to the husband’s temperamental mine shares.
Madam claims her jewels vanished and accuses a husbandly plot, but Mr Henry’s detective helper uncovers a sleepwalking theft scenario. The jewels reappear in madame’s duchesse drawer, while a pale man and a doctor reveal counterfeit stones and a mystery deeper than a simple robbery.
The Wivliczka salt mines near Cracow are cited since 1044 with activity noted from 1240 and a starting shaft in 1688 by Martin German. Current shafts range from 307 to USS feet deep, with levels extending 845000 feet and 115500 feet of underground tram lines. From 1773 to 1892 about 4000000 cubic yards were excavated, using machine drills and compressed powder. about 1187 pounds of powder per ton of salt produced. present levels measure 72 feet high by 613 feet wide.
An exchange reveals an elderly man sighing over lost youth while a golden haired child jokes that the grandfather should get his wife to spank him. The playful remark ends the fragment with a child’s mischievous retort.
A London Queen item notes a new tennis shoe trend featuring a low solid rubber heel and tan, black, and green canvas options with a supportive instep strap. Styles include patent leather or glace kids, long narrow shapes with Louis XV heels in Rus sian leather and white antelope, patent calf lacing, and elaborate broguing, while button boots fade for general wear.
W R Beebe a 67 year old former Illinois Central conductor now runs a successful grocery in Centralia TH. He details long suffering from kidney and back problems, eye strain, and swelling, claims Morrow’s Kid-ne-oids cured him after three weeks, with ongoing improvement and relief from frequent urination and pain.
A public health note warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury as dangerous to smell and overall health. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Care from F. J. Cheney Co of Toledo as mercury free and taken internally. Sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle.
An advertisement touts Grain-O a pure grain coffee substitute claiming it suits delicate stomachs and can be mistaken for coffee. It costs about a nickel to a quarter per packet and is advertised as beneficial for children. The ad also notes Bank of England ledgers are filled daily with account writing.
An ad-like fragment touts Foley's Honey and Tar for comfort and relief in advanced consum tion and asthma. It warns against cures while promoting Kidney Cure as a guaranteed remedy and notes a map atlas offer with price and address details in Cedar Rapids.
Attention is called to the excellent service of the North Western Line to California and the favorable rates for single and round trip tickets this season. Best accommodations in first class or tourist sleeping cars, which run through every day in the year. Personally conducted tourist parties weekly to California and Oregon. Choice of many routes without extra charge. Inquiries to Chicago & North Western Railway agents or connecting lines.
The public buys the better article when prices are same, so profits grow in aggregate. Consumers quickly judge and favor the superior item, here Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised as reliable for coughs cold and croup. Sold by Emmert & Burrell. London hosts 60,000 Germans and other nationalities.
Dr J C Bishop of Agnew Michigan reports Foley's Honey and Tar has shown good results in three very severe pneumonia cases this past month. Endorsement from HH J Moogk Swartz Fleurk.
Protestants in France account for slightly less than 2 percent of the population, highlighting the small share of the religious group amid the nation’s diverse faith landscape.
Benj Ingerson of Hutton Indiana reports months of whispering until one bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar restored his voice. The remedy is popular with speakers and singers. H J Moogh Swartz and Fleck London notes a wide open space in the capital.
An 1870s style ad claims Foley's Kidney Cure as best for kidney troubles and asserts universal approval. It notes telegram totals in the United Kingdom and warns chest pain signals pneumonia. It promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm on the chest for pain relief and pneumonia prevention, and touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as safe and pleasant, sold by Emmert & Burrell.
The Hot Springs in the Black Hills of South Dakota boast medicinal properties for rheumatism neuralgia and related ailments. First class accommodations and baths are available with tourists tickets on sale daily. Full information from ticket agents C N W R y.
Leave Chicago February 9 1899 under Mr J J Grafton personal direction. Entire trip on a special train with dining car. Tour includes Mardi Gras in New Orleans and principal points of old New Mexico. All express included in one ticket. Limited space. secure early. For pamphlets call or write agents Chicago & North Western Ry.
Prudent Investment Co. of St Paul bonds secured by tax certificates offered by Knownton Bros Bankers. Bonds dated Sept 1 1898, five years, 6 percent interest payable semiannually, priced with a 2 percent premium for buyers netting about 5.5 percent. Par paid by the issuer, total issue up to 76000, marketed as very safe. Also ads for Christus present and tin types.
Free chrysanthemum show at South Carroll Street greenhouse invites the public to pick up flowers for Thanksgiving. No purchase required and visitors can view a variety of blooms on display.
Railroad timetable fragment listing Illinois Central passenger and freight departures and arrivals including Nos 1 2 4 82 142 and connections at Lena Warren Galena Rockford Madison Dodgeville and Freeport with freight limits, daily and Sunday exceptions, plus Chicago Great Western routes and transfer services.
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