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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1905
Page
5
A vintage ad asserts dandruff is caused by a parasite that ruins hair, claiming Newbro’s Herpicide kills the germ. It promotes glossy, healthy hair and urges readers to buy via mail order, listing Detroit based The Herpicide Co. and agent Joseph Emmert.
The city of Freeport Illinois invites sealed bids for city lighting for five years from April 6, 1906, including 2000 candle power street lights and 60 candle power gas or incandescent lights. Bids must include lamp make and description, with a $1000 certified check and a $5000 contract bond. Proposals due 8 p.m. January 2, 1906.
A preacher shifts from Joseph’s rise to power in Egypt to a moral sermon on motives. He argues true prosperity blends wealth with love, service, and faith, citing Lincoln and Waldensians to show generous living and steadfast integrity amid temptation. He urges readers to honor God in work, family, and trials, trusting the God of Joseph.
Vestrymen of Old Trinity church on Broadway opposite Wall Street New York refused 3 000 000 for the site intended for skyscraper offices. This marks repeated rejection of similar offers as they honor historic associations and reflect the Trinity corporation's wealth and lack of need for money.
A fragmented excerpt mixes sewing advice for buttons with a dialogue about a lady’s virtue and a Century Dictionary note on a lobster stomach part. The sewing instructions emphasize threading methods to prevent button loss, while the dialogue reflects period social language and definitions.
In a seaport town a widow named Caroline Owens keeps a vigil at a boxlike shelter near the life saving station. Her fiancé Trevor, lost at sea on the Mary Deane, returns years later after memory is restored, and they marry on Christmas Eve amid small-town relief and joy.
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