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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1898
Page
8
The annual Vienna beauty contest culminates on Kahlenberg amid crowds and bands. Christine, a petite blonde stenographer, wins 644 votes while a brunette waitress placed third and plans a stage career. rivals cheer with fanfare and coupons.
A reflective passage compares people to Alps and quiet lakes, noting how some seem distant and imposing while others reveal depth only when probed. The narrator describes dropping a line into the lake and finding no shallow spot, realizing the lake is unfathomable yet still quietly impressive.
A New Yorker designed a combined wagon, sleigh, and boat. The body uses a water-tight box, with axles and wheels for land travel and runners hung below the axles to rest on the ground when wheels are removed.
The piece argues men should judge a woman's feelings before proposing. It recalls how eyes betray lovers, notes many proposals occur after long courting, and includes a vivid anecdote of a child pressuring an engagement. The writer cites M. E. Braddon on preferring natural proposals to dramatic speech.
A three year old Boston girl breaks her arm and, amid tears, asks if it will drop off while her mother reassures her. The child clings to the injured limb and asks TJ to hold it tight so the sawdust does not run out until the doctor arrives to fix it.
Hilton Mi, claims the nation's only woman bank president, Mrs. Jacob Tome. She was elected President of the National Bank of Elkton after previously leading the Cecil National Bank of Port Deposit for a period.
Dr Walter Evans and Special Agent Ball surveyed Alaska to assess climate soils and crops. They observed arctic gardens near Circle City and Dawson, native diets centered on potatoes turnips and seal oil, and potential farming in the southwest with winter forage challenges. Blue fox farming emerges near Kodiak while carps may be introduced to feed foxes. wildlife populations show decline in deer moose and bears.
A narrator recalls Havana customs of viewing the dead overnight before funeral rites. Bodies lie on couches near windows with wax tapers and bright illumination. A vivid memory describes a young girl of about fifteen dressed for a ball, her silent, serene face framed by flowers and white satin shoes.
An advertisement touting Doan’s Kidney Pills as a cure for back pain and disordered kidneys. It features testimonials from J. Beaver of 65 Fifth Avenue, praising relief after using the product sold at Emmett & Burrell's and offered by Foster-Milburn Co. in Buffalo New York.
Advert says Foley's Honey and Tar does not claim miracles but promises relief in advanced cases and possible cure in early stages. It suggests worth trying for those afflicted or threatened by consum tion or asthma per H. J Moogh Swartz and Fleck.
The London Vauxhall bridge is disappearing after a little more than 80 years of existence. Contractors have worked on it for weeks and the entire structure is expected to vanish within months. Also notes urge blood health and promote Dr. Pi erca s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for impure blood, linking vigor to a robust circulatory system. A separate item reports a new cigarette making machine in England risking 1,600 Liverpool workers losing jobs, producing 500 to 800 cigarettes a minute.
Advertisement touts a grain based beverage Grain O as a stomach friendly coffee substitute priced at 4 for a package 1 25e per pack age and suitable for children Also notes Italy’s territorial addition claims and medical tips for chest pain and pneumonia with Chamberlain remedies sold by Ermert and Burrell
A farming note claims four acres yielded 963 bushels of tomatoes valued at $192.60, vs 48 bushels per acre of corn worth $48, leaving tomatoes $144.90 ahead. The article discusses diversification, cannery centralization, and cautions about market control. It also praises One Minute Cough Cure and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
A fragment notes a fortune teller moving to 182 Galena St and invites Indies to a Grand Excursion to Old Mexico leaving Chicago Feb 9 1899 with dining car and Mardi Gras in New Orleans. It also advertises Home Seeker Excursions by the Chicago North-Western Railway with low western and southern rates and agent contacts.
A camera makes a good Christmas present from C. P. Guerinen & Con. located at the corner of Galena Street and Galena Avenue.
The Chicago Great Western Railway advertises round trip tour ist tickets to winter resorts across the U S and Cuba with return validity through May 31 1899. The Sunshine Route via multiple lines offers Pollyman tourist cars to Los Angeles and San Francisco departing Chicago Saturdays at 2 PM with connections to California through Kansas City and Santa Fe.
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