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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1896
Page
8
The text asserts willingness to provide medicines at proper prices and speaks frankly about availability and access to drugs. It emphasizes self sufficiency and dismisses modesty in discussing point of access and affordability. The passage reflects a stance on medical remedies and pricing.
The place to buy new books offers the city’s most complete line of fresh goods. Customers are invited to view the broad selection before buying and explore a large line of novelties chosen with care.
A short notice urges customers to bring in photos ahead of a busy period to ensure timely framing. It emphasizes early submission to avoid delays and missed deadlines during peak times.
Colonel M Standifer recalls past Chickasaw nation voting at Rock Springs. He notes the young Democratic faction backing his friend and describes alcohol tolerance then, with horse-mounted polling rounds and lax enforcement of the liquor ban.
Officers from the more civil branch seek to renounce current duties, adopt new titles, and undermine naval discipline. They mobilize public opinion and Congress, enlist professional societies, and push government funds for college equipment and stipends, aiming to weaken the existing service structure. The unrest spreads to engineers at sea.
A Galveston News excerpt recalls Native American riders aiding a fast drink circuit while four officers in pursuit followed across the prairie. A swift rider would reach a jug of whisky, deliver it to companions, then bury the container before rejoining the group. The tale frames frontier life, policing, and political ambition in the era.
Investigations reveal a pure sodium sulfate deposit in the Great Salt Lake's winter salt. A Saltair pumping extension uncovered six inches below the lake bed a seam of pure sulphate of soda mixed with silica. The discovery may yield cheap, high purity Glauber salt for soap, glass, and other industries, with production costs estimated at about $1.50 per ton.
Captain KR Evans argues in the North American Review that Congress lacks settled ideals to govern naval affairs. He says officers seek authority to command and discipline, but the Navy already bears regulation driven duties. Social positions derive from line commissions, and individual vanity cannot overturn a large service's structure.
The article notes that asphalt pavement repairs for utility digs cause settlement and that cities like Brooklyn require eight inches of Portland cement underlay to prevent sinking. New York charges four dollars per square yard to open asphalt and Philadelphia sets escalating permit fees, reflecting a move to push repairs to experienced contractors.
In Meadville Pennsylvania a courtroom joke turned serious when two men named William Henry Harrison Wil Amy, both farmers from Greenwood township, stood to claim juror status. They matched all requirements and caused a rare double take before the clerk. The judge excused them and ordered mileage and one day pay. The other item notes the Cardinals division in the Roman Catholic Church with three ranks.
A collage of items from high society and royalty. Dr. Mannington Coffyn dies in England. Turkey’s Hamid the Hangman gains another nickname. Greece’s king and queen live modestly and ride trams to the port of Athens. Mme. Marchesi bans cycling for singers. Melba Nordica and de Reszke ride for sport. Count von Moltke-Ivitfeldt and his wife plan a U S trip for their son’s Baltimore wedding. Frances Hodgson Burnett to return to Washington and host events, plus theatre plans in New York. A political note hints Reed declining the speakership and Need taking a Republican leadership role.
In an essay from Harper's Magazine the cow bird stealthily predates other birds by laying eggs in nests of the song sparrow indigo bird Maryland yellowthroat Wilsons thrush and vireo. The piece warns that the adult cow bird uses deceptive timing to seize nests and abandon the host to raise its brood.
The Escurial palace near Toledo Spain is famed as the eighth wonder of the world. It features 1860 rooms 6200 doors 74 fountains wine cellars 8 organs and 54 bells. Its circumference spans 4800 feet and it was dedicated to St Lorenzo with foundations shaped like a gridiron.
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