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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
10
An 19th century styled advertisement touts Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 23 as a long used remedy for nervous debility, vital weakness, and prostration from overwork. It markets a vial at 1 dollar or an eight dollar package for serious cases, with bold claims and prepaid mail options.
A southern yard anecdote recalls a cook’s boy who asks for a white shirt and high collar. He wears it proudly then returns to a colored shirt, joking that the white attire makes him resemble a black mule by a whitewashed fence.
A sentimental schoolteacher announces his wife bore a boy, phrased as a note that “the loom of nature has woven an other Webb.” In contrast, a man named Snow reports “a little Suow drifted into my house last night,” presenting a playful take on the same event.
A Greene County tale recalls Sheriff Cosgray who pursued a debtor from Waynesburg to Philadelphia. The debtor, faced with arrest or payment, handed over $5,000 after Cosgray locked the room and demanded repayment. The money was banked in Waynesburg, ending the confrontation.
A private detective from the Wall Street area muses on vanity among men of business. He notes most busy figures fear personal risk, while those who carry real burdens stay calm and unhurried, a “side-light on New York's Vanity Fair.”
The draft pulls young German men toward cities and army service, where better pay and variety lure them from rural life. In Norway, during planting and harvest, more women than men are seen working in the fields.
A reminiscence on Kit Carson and his fair dealings with tribes, contrasting legend with reality. The narrator recalls childhood myths of Carson as a giant rifleman and a counterpoint about his modest, wiry later years, ending with Carson’s amused denial of a sensational illustration.
A Harvard hoax recounts the Lampoon paper publishing a fake Crimson on moral day 1901. The joke features sensational items like a plot to blow up Memorial Hall and a Lampoon celebration at 7, drawing national attention and repeated pranks next year.
A Mobile Register quote praises Jasper county for its eloquence in Mississippi politics. It cites a speech to voters by a prominent local figure who pledges to add jewels to the commonwealth’s crown, aiming to guide citizens toward peace, prosperity, and happiness.
A Swedish newspaper asked readers to name the world’s most beautiful thing. The top prize went to an anonymous entry, The eyes of my mother. A vivid runner up praised The dream of that which we know to be impossible while a humorous reply ended with a quip about carrying a mother-in-law across a river.
A fragment from the San Francisco Call recalls a father and son exchange about punishment. The child asks if spanking occurred to make him good and the father confirms it happened, noting that discipline aimed to make both better.
A terse London Opinion item notes a visitor, Makdb-Ne, seen peering through a curtain as someone named Mrs. Dodge departs. The scene conveys suspense and a sense of looming trouble as the narrator grows anxious.
A fragment quotes a maxim urging individuals to judge themselves by their own standards, attributed to Tlorice. The note emphasizes personal calibration over external measures.
London Opinion notes a week of failed attempts to extract a proposal from a person named Ste Otee FP. The writer calls him horrid and reflects on social tensions in a mischievous column style.
A Washington Herald report quotes Alois Steinalerl of Vienna describing arsenic use in Styria. He asserts workers eat arsenic for strength and longevity, claiming evidence from factory foremen and workers who show enhanced color and vigor despite rising doses.
Berlin imports about 82 million geese annually. A daily goose train from Russia carries 1200 birds per car in 15 to 40 car lots. Sanitary checks trigger eight day quarantine if any goose dies or is diseased, with further eight day extensions raising costs. Plump geese sell to dealers. the rest go to suburban fattening farms. A nearby market sells partially damaged geese at reduced prices. There are 21 recognized Russian goose varieties with wholesale prices from 44 to 60 cents per third.
A New York Press quote notes a philanthropist saying charity leans toward artificial legs. He recalls urging support for various body parts but finds legs attract broad public sympathy, with donors quickly providing funds for multiple pairs.
A dialogue involving an employer and Pat recalls Indian scalping stories from the west, with a twist that the narrator reveals the scalp tale actually refers to his brother Moike. The New York Times fragment hints at mistaken identity and family link in a humorous or mistaken recollection.
Lady Violet Greville laments social decay in London as men and women push through crowds, shout in public rooms, and claim space with loud talk while workingmen display better manners than the middle class.
In a brief exchange the speakers discuss Willie Vanfeller's medical studies and TD's wellbeing. The notes mention Sharper's Weekly as the source and imply positive momentum in TD's situation.
A clipped dialogue fragment shows a lecturer noting a man walking toward a lemonade stand while others discuss sleep and oddities. The scene hints at a humorous, casual exchange amid a lyceum setting.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions industry and frugality with a proper noun style phrase likely from a historical column. The readable text hints at a proverb or moral lesson about prudent living and productive effort in Toctune or a similar locale.
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery for 10 cents per week.
An American writer in Japan extols the string as a versatile tool used in emergencies, clothing repair, tool maintenance, and even tying wrists to lead a detained person to the lockup. He contrasts Japanese restraint with Western jail methods, noting cultural respect for law.
The New York Press explains why watches collect dirt from worn pockets and advises regular cleaning once a week. It recommends keeping the watch pocket lean, never placing a watch on stone, and hanging it vertically when not in use, with winding done in the morning.
A Manila young man finds 25 pesos in an envelope in his suit pocket. He recalls giving a wedding fee to Dr. Rossiter and learns the fee was a box of vile smelling cigarettes. The caller wonders how the money appeared and confirms the gift with the doctor.
The London Chronicle notes that an arbitrator ends disputes with neither arbitrariness nor certainty confusion. It traces arbiter from Latin meaning one who goes to examine and shows how Roman law treated arbitrium as a decision on certain sums. The term arbitrary then shifted to mean uncertain or capricious based on context.
A college professor and his wife, recently back from their honeymoon, faced questions in Lewiston Journal reports about whether anyone in their hometown suspected they were newlyweds. The president asked, what kind of place was it you were do? The reply implied they visited an institution for the blind.
A fragmentary London Chronicle item discusses a laborer and his wife negotiating weekly tobacco purchases. The wife buys two half ounces separately, aiming to leverage advantage in senate decisions amid small economies and smatiness.
A garbled excerpt from a New York piece questions philanthropy and truth with scattered names and phrases, presenting a fragmented discussion of power, morality, and inequality without clear events or dates. The text reads like an OCR string with misused words and incomplete sentences.
Fragmentary quotation shows a judge citing a refusal and a charitable disposition. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities are extractable for a proper news summary.
A guest noted for antipathy to locals caused a ruckus at a country hotel when rats swarmed the premises. The man fled their room in the night with clothes in hand as the clerk asked about a 50 cent charge, likening the scene to a bull fight.
A piano maker describes the "scale" as the soul of a piano and the "senate" as elusive figures who adjust the instrument after setup. He compares these experts to opera tenors and sensitive artists, noting their skill, jealousy, and role in unlocking a piano's voice. The process ends with pitch set and sound released.
Verdi tells a privileged critic he aims to please a broad audience with Il Trovatore and to satisfy the public while not pleasing purists. He says success comes from making a work that many enjoy, even if critics disagree, as he plans to have the opera sung in Italy in three months.
The London Saturday Review praises the author for relentless energy and strong language but faults the writer for excessive zeal and lack of restraint. The piece notes vivid ideas and fluency yet accuses him of artfulness without true artistic discipline.
The fragmentary text references unidentified individuals and places with puzzled phrases. It hints at property, a potential dispute, and mentions a Philadelphia Press connection, but lacks clear names or events to establish a complete report.
A garbled OCR fragment describes a person referred to as Pdt the Belly and mentions prayers, a botlers biee, and a question about speaking bravely. The text is unclear but implies a scene involving children and a caregiver or guardian.
A garbled student exchange scene records a question about a lecturer’s talk. The text hints at confusion over the topic and mentions someone attending or presenting in an uncertain setting.
A fragmentary quotation contrasts judging a man by his wife’s clothing with advising not to judge by appearances. The source text presents a clipped, indented exchange attributed to Yonkers Stittesdian. The fragment lacks setting and full context.
The article notes a widespread move from turkeys to chickens ducks and geese amid blackhead disease and cold risks. Texas and northern regions adjust by boosting other fowl and egg production as turkey market prospects weaken. It mentions White Plymouth Rocks for meat and roasting pigs as a holiday option, with market prices varying by live weight and region.
A Vermont experiment compared ration blends noting that a alfalfa based diet with milk and batter yielded lower fertilizing value and less feed efficiency than a wheat based ration. Meat cost outcomes favored the wheat option, while alfalfa showed reduced butter and plant feed value, rendering it inferior at typical prices.
A farmer advises burning dodder infestations in clover or alfalfa fields after covering the spot with dry straw. The plant seeds freely, so cutting it away risks spreading seeds. burning is the recommended control method. The quote is attributed to Southery Phanter.
Take DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills for weak back bladder inflammation backache and weak kidneys. Sold by Wm BF Jungkung druggist at 5 Stephenson street.
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