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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1896
Page
3
A contemporary notice touts access to medicines and drugs, stressing purity and reasonable pricing for all ages. It asserts openness about needs and positions itself as a reliable source for those seeking remedies. The tone mirrors a local newspaper ad emphasizing practical health goods.
Two well dressed couples stroll Madison Street at midnight with girls on arms. A young man chasing cigars enters a shop leaving his partner with a German bystander who, asleep and silent, guides the couple onward. The girl realizes only too late the man is not Eddie as a crowd gathers.
The piece urges drastic home remedies for illnesses with a satirical tone. It promotes airing rooms, exposing patients to cold air, and burning incense as a lung balm, while mocking overprotective heating and alarmist health measures. It references November winds, a fevered epidemic, and a mock Goshen of health.
Take one half peck of ripe tomatoes peeled seeded and chopped. Drain overnight. Next morning chop onions peppers horseradish salt mustard seed black pepper celery seed whole cloves mace cinnamon, sugar and cider vinegar. Mix with tomatoes bottle and cork well for a delicious cold catsup.
America's literary scene notes Louise Michel, the Red Nun of Paris, urged to visit this county for lectures on anarchistic doctrine. Paris lawyer Edouard A. Martel launches a new science apelaologiec the science of caves and plans systematic cavern exploration. The Bay View Reading circle grows as a western rival to Chautauqua expanding to 15 states by 1900.
The London Times reports consul general in St. Petersburg describing Russia's crown monopoly on spirits sales. Initiated in 1893 in Perm, Ufa, Orenburg and Samara and extended from 1896 to Bessarabia, Volynia, Ekaterinoslav, Wieff, Podolia, Poltava, Taurida, Kherson and Khernigov, with modifications. By 1897 it reaches Vilna, Vitebsk, Kovno, Minsk, Mogilev and Smolensk, and in 1898 to St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Pskov, Oronetsk and Kharkoff. The system aims to control private licenses, favor grain and corn brandy, and grant private vodka sales only to trusted dealers. The policy's financial success remains unsettled, though early eastern provinces show favorable results and justify gradual expansion.
The Maryland revolutionary memory society holds its annual meeting on October 19, recalling the burning of the Peggy Stewart in 1774 by Annapolis patriots. The event, though eclipsed by the Boston tea party, signaled Marylanders' outrage at taxed tea aboard the cargo laden ship.
A brief anecdote cited by the Atlanta Constitution shows a voter answering a reporter’s question about his vote. The man explains he voted for the colonel who won, noting the candidate’s nickname kunnel for his name. The exchange highlights wartime political sentiment and plainspoken Southern speech.
The Indianapolis Journal notes a dialog where Mrs Farmner asks why Wakins walks the roads year after year and he replies he has no bicycle, illustrating everyday hardship in a brief humorous exchange.
A Contemporary Review discusses Swift and Vanessa, noting Vanessa's vanity and the unresolved romance with Dean Swift. It questions whether Swift married elsewhere and argues the tragedy fades under scrutiny, while suggesting the tale remains a dramatic legend.
A hodgepodge of short items including a mother’s geography anecdote, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertisements, medical testimonials for Chamberlain’s remedies, almanac history notes, and hotel manager Major C T Picton’s praise of a Dennison Texas State hotel. Mentions Emmert & Burrell as purveyors and O P Bucher & Son buckwheat flour.
The Illinois Central will sell excursion tickets to points on its lines within 900 miles at one and one third fare for round trips during Christmas and New Year holidays. Tickets available December 24 25 and 31 1896 and January 1 1897 with return by January 4 1897. H W Rowey 129th Ticket Agent.
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