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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
6
A short verse from Ethelwyn Wetherald’s The House of the Trees and other poems reflects on pine needles dripping fragrance, the quiet path they form for weary travelers, and the poet pine gazing skyward. The imagery blends nature and emotion, noting scent, sun, rain, and the calming effect on listeners.
James Russell Lowell writes of a farewell scene with a young girl at a gate. A wistful goodbye echoes as she lingers in memory and in the lamp lit chamber the speaker senses unspoken paths. The poem blends longing and tender distance.
Stephen Godstone, a gifted surgeon, loses his way after a broken heart and whiskey, then accidentally extracts the wrong eye during a theaterward operation, leaving a patient potentially blind for life. The blunder sparks envy from a rival surgeon who publicly taunts him.
In a dramatic moment at the theater Godstone, tormented by guilt, asks Sam to deliver a photo and a message to Miss Townsend then shoots himself in the temple. Ally Sloper recounts the botched tragedy and the ensuing shock.
A writer in the Woman's Theme Companion recalls the private viewing of a sacred carpet used by Mohammedans. The black velvet piece, embroidered in silver and gold, is paraded on a gilded camel as crowds in Cairo gather at dawn to witness the ceremonial procession toward Mecca.
An Irish couple sails from Londonderry to New Hampshire in 1720. Pirates seize the ship, but the captain christens the infant girl Mary, sparing the crew. Mary later marries, wears the silk gifted by the pirate, and becomes an ancestor of Horace Greeley. she dies at ninety four and is buried in Henniker’s God's Acre.
City life appears harsher on male infants as more boys die before six months in urban areas. Urban families tend to be larger, with higher marriage and divorce rates. The Globe notes urban foreign populations are being eliminated, predicting American cities will dominate in twenty years.
A riddle instructs writing your age then performing a sequence of operations. The steps yield a result that allegedly reveals something unexpected, aiming to entertain with a simple numerical illusion.
A compilation of wry quips and brief bits such as a bachelor’s dowry joke about sugar a sly take on patient versus man and a line about a stenographer’s fee in a New York contested will case. Other mini stories include a salt joke about a fresh egg a quip on macaronis and a note about presidents watching retirements with gifts like a watch or chain.
Mexico reports 12,619,049 people and about 50,000 marriages yearly. It lists 66,000 km of telegraph wires, 17 museums, 83 libraries with 457,431 volumes, and 581 periodicals including 48 dailies. Population density under seven per sq km, gold and metals worth $26 million annually, and 84 colonies with thousands of settlers and colonists.
The piece recalls Dr. Campbell Black of Clastow praising medicine as imperfect. It notes Cecil Rhodes as a morning rider, classical reader, history and fiction lover, furniture and curio collector, pyramid player, private menagerie keeper, and lion watcher. Champ Clark is hailed as the current foremost man of letters in Congress. An admirer claims others have broader reading but none with his command of it.
An Illinois audience reads testimonials praising Morrow's Kid-ne-oids as a cure for kidney related troubles. J R Rogers of Galesburg describes long standing kidney pain, sleepless nights, and backache, claiming relief after using the yellow tablets. The remedy is described as not pills, sold in wooden boxes for about two weeks at fifty cents, available at H J Moogk's Drug Store.
A farmer and son drive a team to market with a stubborn black horse. The father notes the gray mare handles extra strain, a sentiment used to promote Jr. Pierce's Medicine. Dr Pigreo's Pollots are advertised as a cure for constipation and a boost for women’s strength.
The magistrate admonished the group for hurting a witness during a college prank. The spokesman explained they sought a little lark and caught a jay. Each did face a $2 fine plus costs as punishment.
A medical ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar for sore throat and chest congestion with a guaranteed claim that relief comes quickly and a warm comforting feeling follows the healing. The note is from H. J. Moogh and W. F. Juogkunz & Co. Also referenced is a laundry trade journal noting a new antiseptic using solidified formaldehyde to sterilize clothes during laundering to prevent contagion.
The Sanitary Record reports terrible overcrowding in London slums. In St. Marys Newington parish 15,150 people live in 4,057 one room tenements while 40,184 residents occupy 7,670 two roomed tenements and 18,742 in 1,752 three room tenements.
Many have lost confidence and hope as well as health because they were told their kidney disease was incurable. Foley's Kidney Cure is presented as a guaranteed remedy for the discouraged and disconsolate. H. J. Moogh, W. F. Jungkunz & Co.
Obsolete advertisement claims Bethesda Mineral Spring Water eases kidney and bladder symptoms. It asserts prompt thirst relief and rapid disappearance of distress, urging readers to write for a booklet listing partial cures. A. M. Jones, president, Bethesda Mineral Spring Co., Waukesha, Wisconsin.
A new multicolored embroidery on dark ground is said to be the invention of the queen of Madagascar and has attracted great approval from fashion searchers seeking novelty.
A French officer has devised an army bicycle that folds at command. The rider dismounts, folds the machine in two, extends the handlebars, straps it to his back, and continues as easily as with a pack. The portable design promises easy transport on the march.
A chest balm treatment using Chamberlains Pain Balm on a damp flannel can ease chest pain during a cold and help prevent pneumonia. The same method cures a lame back in a few hours. Sold by Emmert & Burrell.
An old advertisement promotes Grain-O as a tasty alternative to coffee. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, aids digestion, strengthens nerves, is non stimulative, and suitable for children and adults. Packages cost 15c or 25c at grocers.
A German physiologist challenges the view that sugar harms the stomach. He calls sugar one of the most wholesome nourishing foods, noting only that dyspeptics should avoid sweet dishes in the evening.
The Gulf Coast along the Louisville and Nashville line from Mobile to New Orleans offers mild climate pure air and good hunting and fishing with first class accommodations at moderate prices. Through cars from northern cities via the L N R R to Florida are advertised. Write for folders to J K Ridge ly N W P A Chicago.
Benj Ingerson of Hutton Ind says he had not spoken above a whisper for months until a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar restored his voice. The preparation is widely used by speakers and singers. HH J Moogk W EF Juogkunz and Co.
On the first and third Tuesdays of each month through October the Southern Railway offers cheap one way and round trip tickets to most Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Florida. Homeseekers’ tickets are one fare plus 2.00 for the round trip, valid twenty one days from sale to return. Addresses for illustrated matter and further details include West Taylorsville A G A Louisville J C Beam Jr NW P A 80 Adams St Chicago Ills.
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