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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1899
Page
8
In a sparse southern Nebraska settlement, teacher recounts Joe Morton's first day at a small school. A patched clothing newcomer faces taunting from Tom Atherton and peers while Morton earns respect through honesty and steady progress. The class includes Pearl Atherton and local dynamics at a rural streamside school.
A narrator recalls Pearl Atherton’s near drowning on a bridge and Joe Morton’s brave rescue. Tom’s remorse and Joe’s forgiveness strengthen their bond, leading to Joe’s later success as a beloved writer in the Pacific coast community.
Father Darcy jokes about a wealthy host’s library and “intimate friends” named the books. The Irish wit grins as the host praises his bound volumes while the priest quips that the books are the host’s best friends.
A woman entering the smoking compartment on a Vienna to Prague train claimed to be a weed devotee. She offered cigarettes causing the two male travelers to fall asleep from opium-laced tobacco. When they awoke, their pockets were empty and valuables including watches and $2,000 were missing.
A dialogue from the New York Weekly depicts Mrs Newwed showing thrift by altering dresses shoes carpets and linens and trading luxury goods for cheaper items while Mr Newwed praises practicality. The couple discusses economizing with humor and light rebukes.
A man asks the clerk if a policy can insure him for $20 a week if he is fired from his job. The clerk confirms the office offers such coverage, prompting the humorous exchange.
A telegram style exchange shows Jack asking a cousin for help with Mabel. Belle replies she only intimated to Mabel that Jack was pursuing her, not that she interceded directly.
The New York Evening Journal quotes a lighthearted remark about vanity and routine missteps as a man jokes about going up for nuts, reflecting a playful street corner exchange. The fragment showcases era voice and casual humor without a clear broader event.
A Chicago Post playful prose line likens love to an endless ring. The homely heiress responds with delight as the suitor flatters her. He privately admits the spin on endless love also implies no beginning, a paradox he notes to himself.
An Inquisitive Westerner jokes about a collecting trip while a man who just arrived explains he seeks a relative blown up in a sawmill explosion. The Chicago Tribune quote highlights a dark incident and a quip about distant kin.
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press reveals a narrator annoyed by a man who endlessly talked shop and boasted about his own prosperity and the expected special path for the speaker in business.
A visiting elderly woman quips to a prisoner about his wives as she remarks on his wife’s tears. The prisoner replies asking which wife is meant, and the woman identifies him as being jailed for bigamy in the Philadelphia Record.
A courtroom or public discourse notes two men declared guilty by witnesses or observers with comments on their eyes and bold stares in Indianapolis reporting. The piece emphasizes perceptions of guilt through demeanor as part of a broader narrative.
A retort explains a coquette as a girl who attracts admiration but avoids marriage, framed as a witty exchange between a young reader and an elder. The line reflects social attitudes toward courtship and marriage in period journalism.
Report cites Duff breaking a collar bone during football and mentions his wife faced a kneecap injury from basketball. The items appear as brief notes in a Chicago record clipping, with minimal context or follow up.
A brief quip from the Philadelphia North American calls a young man versatile. The line suggests he can shirk any kind of work, illustrating a sharp satire on labor and diligence in a light phrasing.
A brief item from the Indianapolis Journal notes that Frenry Irving moves pigeon toed, prompting the quip that a man with his income can afford to walk any manner he wishes. The remark reflects social views on wealth and behavior.
The secretary reports efforts to substitute home grown tobacco and food for imported products, study of flavor factors in grains and oils, and irrigation as a key focus. He argues for leasing public lands to boost improvement, notes New England abandoned farms will be studied, and highlights potential for Porto Rico to grow oranges, lemons, coconuts, bananas, and coffee. He urges coordinated irrigation legislation and wider adoption beyond arid regions.
An Iowa Homestead correspondent describes a practical sack holder built from strips 144 by 42 inches, lath pieces, and boards to brace the frame. Hooks are set three inches from the top, made from bent tenpenny nails, with braces on opposite sides. A tin pail serves better than a scoop shovel for filling sacks.
The 1899 world wheat crop is 2 496 400 000 bushels, 1898 is 2 886 144 000, and 1897 is 2 209 352 000. The 1890 crop lags last year by 880 744 000 bushels but exceeds 1807 by 227 048 000. 1899 is closer to 1897 than to the large 1898 crop, per Broomfalls estimate.
The U S department of agriculture will issue Bulletin No 72 on Farmers Reading Courses prepared by Professor L T Bailey of Cornell University. It traces the history of farmer reading groups and lists the books used in various courses. It notes no crop departures from the ten year average in principal tobacco states and cites potato yields per acre rising to 88.7 bu from prior years. It also describes forestry work in the Adirondacks in Bulletin No 26 and the 1898 offer to assist in managing forest lands.
Immense coalfields have been discovered in Zululand. New York has 12 times as many churches as Berlin. More than half of the world's phosphate is now supplied by the United States. The first Hebrew congregation in the Tawakan Islands forms at Honolulu. Over half a million dollars worth of coconuts were imported into the United States last year. German pianoforte manufacturers hold a near monopoly of Australasian trade. Cotton manufacturing in Mexico rises as room counts grow. Germany unveils an airship lifting ten tons for days. Dublin's electric tram system eases travel across the city.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar for cold relief promising immediate throat and lung relief with a warm healing feeling. The copy mentions the throne of Queen Latsu from the Nile valley, dating to about 1000 BCE, now housed in the British Museum.
Dr. C. J. Bishop of Agnew Michigan reports using Foley's Honey and Tar in three very severe pneumonia cases this past month with good results. H. J. Moogh W. F. Jung kunz & Co.
The article notes 78 hard rock high grade phosphate mines operating in Florida, in addition to mines producing low grade rock and pebble operations in the southern region, reflecting a large exploitation of the resource.
Remember that name when you want a delicious appetizing food drink to take the place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all who have used it. Grain-O is made of pure grains, aids digestion and strengthens the nerves. It is not a stimulant but a health builder and the children as well as the adults can drink it with great benefit. Costs about four times as much as coffee. 16c and 25c per package. Ask your grocer for Grain-O. Germany is the third greatest iron country in the world and a twentieth of its iron ore comes from Krupp mines and is manufactured in the Krupp works.
A reader praises Allen's Foot-Ease as a versatile powder that absorbs perspiration in gloves and helps break in new shoes. The ad claims it keeps feet cool and comfortable and invites physicians to note its purity. Available at drug and shoe stores for 25 cents with free samples from Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York.
After a recent Australian tornado thousands of water snakes swarmed a beach massing along the shore. In a separate area severe waves washed away the beach leaving bare rocks and exposure of the shoreline.
The ad touts Green's August Flower as the top selling medicine, promising relief for indigestion, biliousness, headaches, and more. It urges readers to try it, noting sample bottles at Emmett & Burrell's and praising its preventive appeal. Banner Salve also advertised for chapped hands and rough skin.
The C M and St Paul Railway will sell tickets on December 23 24 25 30 31 and January 1 at one and one third fare for round trips to points within 200 miles. Return travel valid through January 2 1900.
Illinois Central R R offers excursion tickets within 200 miles at one and one third fare for round trips. Tickets on sale December 23 to 25 and 30 31 1899 and January 1 1900 good for return travel through January 2 1900.
Washington and Louisville railway officials announce double daily fast trains to Florida. The notice lists W. A. Tors as General Passenger Agent and Wa. H. Taylor as Assistant General Passenger Agent with offices in Washington D.C. and Louisville Kentucky dated November 2002.
The C M and St P by resumes the Midland Route Tourist Car Service from Chicago to San Francisco with a Friday 10:35 p m departure. It stops at Omaha Colorado Springs Salt Lake City and arrives San Francisco via Southern Pacific on the following Wednesday. Eastbound service departs San Francisco Saturdays at 8 a m reaching Chicago Wednesday at 8 25 a m.
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