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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
4
On game eve Robert Saunders faces embarrassment after declaring love to Kirst in Harvard hues. The scene shifts to Yale spirit as Kirstan and Saunders attend the Yale game with braided blue fashion and cheers. Saunders, though, grips the public moment, watching Yale triumph amid rival roars and personal remorse.
A dramatic overheard wager leads to a Yale win in a tense college game. Elaine Saunders bets on Princeton and mourns Yale’s victory as Robert Saunders watches in quiet heartbreak. Amid cheers, the Yale blue dominates while personal pride and romance collide over the outcome.
The excerpt extols oats as a great crop in northern Wisconsin and cautions on milking cows, stressing clean conditions. It notes the impracticality of obtaining clean milk from filthy stables, and mentions advice to cater to markets for profitable sales. It also observes rotting potatoes worse on dry high ground, per a New York farmer.
A mosaic of brief items cites Marconi objecting to the term Marconi gram, Hartz of Cleveland spearheading a monument drive for Sir Henry Irving, Lady Wyndham Quin cultivating a violet farm in peerage circles, Miss Jessie Ackerman in Ceylon recovering pearls, and Baron Alphonse Rothschild’s lingering fortune. Also noted is Dr Oscar Culpins winning the King Humbert orthopedic prize in Heidelberg and an advertisement for Ely Dream Balm claimed to cure nasal catarrh with Cream Balm, 50 cents.
A new through train from Chicago to Los Angeles starts December 17, leaving Wells Street at 10 05 p m daily and arriving in Los Angeles at 4 45 p m the third day. The electric lit car service includes Pullman sleeping and drawing room cars, a buffet smoking room, Book lovers Library, and dining car meals. Route runs over double track to Ogden and Salt Lake City then across Southern Nevada to California with new scenery and top service.
A philologist recounts how Cinderella's slipper was originally described as vair, a fur, not verre glass. The fur slipper, misread by poets and printed in modern versions, led to the enduring mistaken belief in a glass slipper and the speaker argues for the natural comfort of fur.
All branches of music both instrumental and vocal offered at the Conservatory of Music. Call at 401 Wilcoxon Building for catalogue. October 28. tf
Exclusively first class tour under the auspices of the Tourist Department Chicago Union Pacific North Western Line leaves Chicago Wednesday February 7th spending February and March in the land of sunshine and flowers. 350.00 includes all expenses railway fare sleeping cars meals in dining cars and hotel expense. Service first class in every respect. Persons starting from points west of Chicago can join the party at some convenient point. Write for itineraries and full particulars to S A Hutchinson Manager 212 Clark St Chicago Ill.
Reduced excursion tickets offered December 22 to January 1 1906 valid return through January 4 1906 for travel to and from points on the North Western Union Pacific and adjoining lines via Denver Cheyenne and Colorado routes. Apply at Chicago and North Western agents.
A December 19 2005 round trip excursion to the South and Southeast via the North Western Line offers gold at very low rates with favorable return limits. For details and tickets contact agents of Chicago Northwestern Ry.
Travel discounts to Springfield Illinois for Illinois Teachers Convention ticket sales Dec 26 to Dec 31 return inclusive. Apply through Chicago North Western Railway agents. Limited return travel period.
A soldier on a battlefield lies dead with a bullet in the forehead, statue like. Captain Porsyth recalls a tiger that withstood a three ounce shell at thirty yards while hunter and trained elephant circled. The tiger remained unmoved, eyes fixed, until the captain drew closer.
Low rates offered for round trips to many West and Southwest points. Tickets on sale October 17 November 7 21 and December 6 18 with return limit 21 days. Liberal stop over privileges. Details on request. J B Sweatt ticket agent.
One fare plus one third for the round trip to Arkansas Colorado Illinois Indian Territory Iowa Kansas Louisiana North Dakota North Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma South Dakota Texas Wisconsin and Wyoming. Tickets on sale December 28 24 25 80 31 and January 1 1906. Final return limit January 4. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minn.
Mexico City tickets will be sold for a single fare round trip from January 1 to 12 inclusive with favorable return limits. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry. 12-18dwi-t.
Ex cursion tickets will be sold at low rates on presentation of proper certificates issued by the educational institution. For full particulars as to dates of sale limits etc apply to agents Chicago Northwestern Ry.
Openings for business men professionals and manufacturers across nine towns on a progressive line. A “square deal” offered with maps maple leaflets town data and full information on request from Industrial department G W railway St Paul Minn or E B Magill Townsite dept Omaha Neb.
The Illinois State Teachers Association holds its annual gathering in Springfield from December 26 to 28, 1905. Round trip fare is 26 cents via Illinois Central. Tickets go on sale December 26 with return by December 29.
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