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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1899
Page
3
A reflective exhortation urges seizing the moment and valuing time as life’s battles loom. It warns that delaying action wastes opportunities and harms futures, noting how years slip away and forgotten chances bring sorrow. The piece frames this as advice from Good Housekeeping.
In a sunlit orchard Fedora sketches a plump bird while a professor, aged about forty, confesses a proposal. She guides him toward declaring his love, revealing mutual affection, and the scene ends as they admit their feelings and plan a future together.
The Sporting World notes Tenesta Roeber, heavyweight champion, may face numerous challengers soon. John Plening of New Jersey seeks a title shot, while France’s Paul Pons and Germany’s Beck Olsen announce attempts to dethrone the American. Olsen is hailed as nearly invincible Greco Roman champ, having defeated all rivals in Europe. Roeber welcomes more worlds to conquer.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes every road has two or three trouble wagons with horses kept like fire department units. Signal boxes stand at intervals, alarms trigger rapid responses by Gleetrigians and wire repairers. There are 71 wagons crewed by nearly 100 men.
The article surveys golf clubs from drivers to irons, noting wide variety in shapes, weights, and forms. It highlights players’ preferences, repair needs, and the craft of fitting shafts, with emphasis on seasoned timber and the steel-like feel for optimal performance.
Kenry Payne Whitney will next season manage his father William C. Whitney s racing interests, now huge in scope. The Whitney stable will split into three divisions led by Samuel Gildreth Thomas Welch and Peter Wimmer, with Whitney ignoring the betting ring. Last season the stable earned $61 550 in prize money.
Cincinnati pitcher THiahn Wahn recalls how he earned the nickname Noodles. A neighbor and family meals inspired the moniker which his brothers teased into a widely used handle for him since childhood.
Staten Island golfer J. T. Randall faced a wager by G. de Pontainebleau Bayaud over the Richmond County Country Club links. Randall had 36 chances to hole the fourth hale about 110 yards in four or better, finishing ten up with six closings in two, eleven in three, and nine in four, failing on ten attempts.
The Baltimore American notes muskrat as a popular delicacy among epicures led by J Frank Morrison in Baltimore and the Eastern Shore. It details Morri sons marsh rabbit dinners, the economics of muskrat pelts, trapping methods, skinning, and the fur market extending to Boston and New York with skins rising from 10 to 12 cents to 206 to 300 cents.
Ely Brothers advertise Cream Balm as a nasal catarrh remedy that cleanses and heals the nasal surface. It is non drying and not irritating, priced at 50 cents, available at druggists or by mail from 56 Warren Street New York. A cold in the head is claimed to disappear promptly after use.
A compiled roundup notes Vienna gravediggers women, 60 steamers on Swiss lakes, the largest carrying 1200 passengers, and doctors linking cold ankles to women’s nerves. Ireland uses belts of women’s hair to ward off harm. London eyes $100 million for underground transit. Warships aside, 558 vessels totaling 1,817,549 tons under construction by Sept. 30. Hartville may rival Pittsburg via hematite ore growth. Paderewski claimed fastest pianist, 1,080,300 notes in 12 hours. Sweden streetcars rarely stop. people jump on and off in motion. Venice mosquitoes not malaria carriers due to nearby marsh absence.
Dr C J Bishop of Agnew Michigan reports Foley s Honey and Tar effective in three severe pneumonia cases during the past month. Also notes coal mining shifts from mules to electric locomotives at half the cost. Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by Emmert Burrell.
Winter in the South invites visitors to the gulf coast along the Louisville and Nashville line between Mobile and New Orleans. The region offers mild climate pure air even temperature and hunting and fishing delights. Through cars from northern cities reach Florida destinations by this line. Write for folders to J K Ridgely NWPA Chicago.
Three guided island tours leave Chicago January 11 February 15 and March 8. Special Pullman sleeping and dining cars transport travelers to New York then aboard the steamships Ponce and San Juan to explore Puerto Rico by rail automobile carriage and boat. All expenses paid. Led by Walter Boyd Townsend under the American Tourist Association with Beau Campbell manager. Inquiries to agents of the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.
Property owners on Adams Carroll Williams Exchange street N Galena avenue and Clark avenue are notified their special tax is due. If unpaid by January 2 1900 a six percent penalty applies under Illinois law. Ten percent rebate offered on Clark avenue and N Galena avenue. M BausGarten Special Tax Collector. 12-2dtf
The C M & St P Ry Co offers second class tickets to western points via Great Northern and Northern Pacific connections at greatly reduced rates. Details available at the local ticket office. J B Swert Agent.
Southern Railway announces cheap one way and round trip tickets on the first and third Tuesdays through October to Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Florida. Homeseekers’ tickets cost one fare plus $2 for round trip, valid twenty one days from sale. For details contact A G P A Louisville or N W P A Chicago.
An ad promotes Grain-O as a nutritious coffee substitute for children. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like coffee, and costs about a quarter a serving. It advises giving Grain-O to children to boost health and notes grocers sell it for 15c and 25c.
A special vestibuled Pullman train tour starts January 28 from Chicago to Mexico City and other major stops, returning to Chicago without changes. The all-first-class trip is limited and guided by Beau Campbell, general manager of the American Tourist Association. Tickets and maps available through Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway agents.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway will sell Harvest Excursion tickets on November 7 November 21 December 5 and December 19. Tickets may be bought at stations and are valid for the special trips arranged for the harvest season.
The New York Tribune advocates its 1900 tri weekly edition as a vital Republican serving daily newspaper alternative. It touts expansive contents, editorials, markets, humor, letters, and features, claiming superior value for business and family readers while stressing protection and sound money principles.
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