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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1899
Page
3
In a fragmentary passage Samuel Waddington in Literature hints at a struggle against tyranny and bondage. A faded, noisy text evokes heroic rites and a call to avert mankind’s fate by restoring faith and repairing a long ancient wrong.
In a frontier Colorado town on the Fourth of July a poker game at the Head Gate pits Red McLane against rival Jim Melville, the canal company's superintendent. After an all night grind, Melville bets his last hope, writes two checks, and asks to take McLane's gun as a measure to prove he will not shoot.
In Lawrence Gazette, Frank Lundy Webster reports a tense card game where Melville wins big against gambler Bob McLane. After a staged show of the revolver and a bold challenge, Melville reveals a royal flush to secure the pot and hands McLane the loaded weapon as a final, theatrical gesture.
A farmer testifies in his neighbor’s trial, asserting he recognizes his ducks by unique features. The lawyer doubts this claim, noting similar ducks exist in his own yard. The farmer concedes more ducks have been stolen recently, bolstering the dispute.
A Paris statistician notes the number of distinct words used by top authors. Corneille about 7000, Moliere 8000, Shakespeare 15000, Voltaire and Goethe around 20000, Paradise Lost about 8000, and the Old Testament not more than 6642 different words.
An Iowa correspondent urges western farmers to breed acclimated corn varieties and shorten maturity. He cites a 80 day corn example and emphasizes land preparation, rotation, harrow use, and careful ear selection. the result is higher yields, up to 60 bushels per acre, with proper cultivation and timing.
A detailed Ohio Farmer description outlines a cheap portable icehouse built from nine rough hewn posts and planks, filled with layers of ice and sawdust, plus a straw covered bank method. It notes drainage on sloped ground, vine adornment for cooler appearance, and an alternative straw bank stack for temporary storage.
The excerpt portrays Palmerston as methodical in business yet careless in private money matters and flirtations with married women. A London coach builder’s near-execution illustrates public friction with Cambridge House. A devout relative rebukes him, while Palmerston retorts that gentility and religion differ, and that his reputation “never fails.”
John McCutcheon notes on Admiral Dewey aboard the Olympia receiving Aguinaldo gifts. He says Aguinaldo shows admiration with elaborate presents and that Dewey treated the Filipino leader with courtesy when appropriate and firmness when needed, while Aguinaldo calls him “my honorable and illustrious friend.”
A Kansas ranch superintendent advises Arkansas valley farmers on pasture management for alfalfa with irrigation to keep hogs healthy. He warns against hogs in wet pastures, recommends 2-3 pastures to rotate hogs, and urges raising purebred Poland China or Berkshire sows with robust offspring, not scrubs.
A ladling of symptoms is listed for kidney trouble including backache in the kidney region, severe head pain at the back of the head, groin pain, frequent urination, dark strong urine with sediment, nervousness, and facial bloating. The ad cites Mr E M Harnish's cure with Morrow's Kid-ne-oids and promotes Liverlax with price details.
A winter morning scene notes snow clearing by shovel is slow. Farmers with many farm paths need a snowplow. Greiner in Worm and Fireside shares a simple Make do method. Disposing unused cultivator parts, two boards, and effort yield a workable snow path appliance from house to barn and outbuildings.
Train description notes excellent service on Superb through trains on the Queen and Crescent Route from Cincinnati to New York. Advertises Burrells at 110 Stevenson Street offering cream cheese varieties among other goods.
The piece explains how to keep winter farm paths open after snowfall. It recommends using steady oxen to pull a sleigh or sled to create a br road, followed by a sheep herd to compact the snow. It notes drifted snow refills tracks after repeated passes and thaw risks.
United States Department of Agriculture studied Yellowstone valley alkali soil. Original prairie soil lacks injurious alkali above the ditch while lower subsoil depths show greater alkali. Excess irrigation leads to water accumulation and early vegetation injury. Colorado won 42 gold and silver medals at the Omaha exposition.
John H. Hamline of Chicago and Chas W Purdy MD endorse Bethesda as a cure for Bright’s Disease and acute cases. The firm sells sealed half gallon bottles via local druggists and invites readers to request a booklet with testimonials and full information from A M Jones, president, Bethesda Mineral Spring Co, Waukesha Wisconsin.
Paris Academy of Medicine Dr Doyun described 146 stomach surgeries with 22 fatalities, 20 in cancer cases. The piece also includes a wary consumer note about Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, urging blood purification and claiming a 98 percent cure rate for various respiratory ailments.
An Austrian chemist who has been researching the subject declares that of 4,110 varieties of flowers known and cultivated in Europe scarcely 400 have any odor, and of these nearly 60 have an odor which is, if anything, disagreeable.
Advertisement states a money back guarantee on Chamberlain Cough Remedy bottles with 35 and 50 cent pricing and promises relief for grippe colds and whooping cough. Mentions Immert & Burrell as sellers and claims no polter machsige related to use.
Leave Chicago February 9, 1899 under Mr J J Grafton personal direction. Entire trip in special train with dining car. Tour includes Mardi Gras at New Orleans and principal points of Old New Mexico. All express included in ticket. Limited space. secure early. Descriptive pamphlets and information from Chicago North Western Ry agents.
A 87 day Mexico tour launches January 24 from Chicago on a special vestibuled Pullman train with open top observation car. The trip includes railroad and sleeping car fares meals hotels carriages and boats with guides and interpreters. Conducted by The American Tourist Association Beau Campbell gen. Be 1424 Marquette Bldg Chicago. Ticket agents of Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad handle full information.
A dense, fragmented timetable excerpt lists trains West and South with arrivals and departures for various stations including Rockford Lena War ton Galena Madison Dodgeville Freeport and Chicago. It notes freight trains carry passengers and lists specific Nos 32 84 142 101 134 141 182 201 264 271 271 168 etc with irregular timing details and Sunday exceptions.
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