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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1899
Page
6
A conversation recounts a farmer and a professor debating marriage worth, money, and social status. The farmer longs for change via wealth, while the professor argues a rested, respected wife brightens a life and home, urging humane treatment over dismissal.
Wait Awhile Raymond, a Utica commercial traveler known for his long tenure, recalls how his uncommon name arose from exhausted name ideas of his parents. They finally settled on Wait Awhile to avoid naming him baby, a nickname he carried since infancy and kept in adulthood, occasionally spelling it as Wait with a Y in signatures.
A poetic reflection on how love and sunny warmth transform a woman’s face and spirit. The speaker notes dullness fading as new light brings color to eyes, cheeks, and lips, lifting her life and making her best emerge. The verse contrasts “fast and west” with sunshine as the catalyst for beauty.
A robust New Yorker boasts wealth from thirty years of farming while lecturing a man who declares his wife miserable though she raised four children and helped build the farm. The professor critiques marriage, wealth, and shared assets, ending with a blunt contrast between youth and aging.
Crusty uncle and nephew spar over a $50 debt from last summer. The uncle decrees forgiveness while the nephew retorts he never intended to repay, in a witty Cleveland Leader exchange.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote captures a child’s fear of dying and going to heaven. The boy Johnny resists heaven because he would have to leave Petie Jimson, the only boy with fits he knows, prompting a maternal questioning reply about his affection and the reason for his reluctance.
A brief exchange from the Indign epolis Journal notes a minstrel show reference. The dialogue suggests nostalgia and time since attending such performances, reflecting a societal entertainment thread in a historical paper.
In a candid talk, a man from Kentucky downplays shooting as a nonfactor in elections while endorsing a large Democratic slate. He regrets Democrats’ inharmonious talks but accepts multiple banners, insisting on fair voting and no partiality. He asserts no single boss dominates his choices.
A Chicago Post exchange mocks a reader over a story about a girl rafting on a lake. The birch bark canoe sinks, leaving the girl unable to grab the sinking craft. The man doubts poetry and the female character’s fate, while she defends the tale as a legitimate narrative.
A grandfather explains civilization and barbarism to his grandson by contrasting close combat with distant bombshells, noting that barbarism is killing an enemy at arm's length while civilization kills from twelve miles away. The tale is attributed to Youth's Companion.
The Chicago Post quotes a dialogue debating a treaty with the Sultan of Sulu. The discussion mocks polygamy and proposes a drastic, unethical plan to alter the sultan’s habits by smuggling women into his harem, illustrating sensationalized media attitudes toward colonial affairs.
A man in a street debate recounts a supposed scientific tally of talk time between couples. He claims, after observing 1,000 pairs, that the man speaks far more often than the woman, totaling 751 instances where the man was the listener, with many cases of the woman speaking more or exclusively. The tale ends with a challenge to verify the figures.
A collection of cherry based desserts including Cherry Dumplings Cherry Pudding Cherry Roly poly Sunshine Dessert and Tipsy Pudding with instructions for steaming baking and serving each dish and notes on ingredients and flavorings such as nutmeg pineapple and brandy
Marrow from beef bones makes an excellent pudding fat though its cost limits use. The marrow can replace butter in marrow puddings, providing a nutritious option especially suitable for invalids.
A speaker shrugs off commentary on the weather noting personal patience with the climate. He calls himself penitent for once noting his past habit of complaining about changing conditions and references a wet wave as a misfortune he endures.
Public plea urges Freeport residents to trust neighbors over strangers and to share testimonies. The ad cites Wm. Trotter of Tutty Street praising Doan's Kidney Pills for back ache prevention and kidney-focused relief. Doan's pills sell for 60 cents per box, Foster Milburn Co. distributes nationally from Buffalo New York.
In a remote Stelermark mountain region the Prince of Orleans hunts. Rumors circulate as locals spread the whispered question about his lineage. An upper Austrian huntsman asks bluntly if the prince is the son of the Maid of Orleans.
Debate on marketing a superior article, noting public choice drives aggregate profit. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cited as trusted, with Emmert & Burrell as sellers. Also a Belgian voting law grants unmarried men one vote, married men two, priests three, with penalties for not voting.
Dr C J Bishop of Agnew Michigan reports using Foley's Honey and Tar in three severe pneumonia cases last month with good results. The endorsement comes from H J Moogh of W I Jung kunz and Co.
The czar has repealed the law in force since 1865 prohibiting Poles from owning land except by inheritance. Restrictions will persist, limiting each family to 65 hectares in Poland and western Russia.
An Austria themed column touts Foley's Kidney Cure as a cure for despair from incurable kidney disease and notes a new Society of Total Abstainers in Vienna. It claims widespread beer drinking among Austrians, including babies starting beer at eight months, and promotes Banner Salve for chapped hands and rough skin. Names cited: H. Jd. Moogh, W. F. Jungkunz & Co. 250.
The C M and St P Ry Co offers second class tickets to western points via Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines at reduced rates. Details available at the local ticket office. Secure the figures if planning a trip. J B Swett Gladwin Agent.
The 1900 New York Tribune promotes its Tri-Weekly and Weekly editions as superior value for business men and families. It touts extensive supplements, practical information, market prices, and wide circulation, urging readers to subscribe and sample copies.
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