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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1900
Page
3
A man on a street corner presents a sarcastic math tally of conversations between couples. He claims in 1000 observations the man spoke 139 times while 750 times the woman spoke alone or was heard, with 83 silences and 27 times both spoke, concluding a claimed ratio of female talkativeness.
The page details cherry themed desserts including a cherry dumpling steamed in a tumbler with sugar and nutmeg sauce, a cherry pudding batter with eggs milk and baking powder steamed or baked with fruit sauce, and a cherry roly poly wrapped in biscuit dough with a nutmeg scented sauce. Also describes sunshine dessert cups with strawberry pineapple and brandy cream and tipsy pudding with cake rounds soaked in liquor and whipped cream.
Marrow, though costly, persuades few to use it widely. The marrow from bones, salted, is best used in marrow pudding as a butter substitute. It is described as highly nutritious for invalids.
A speaker sits in a chair, fanning himself, saying he has suffered and waited for a changing climate but has no word to say about the weather. He reflects on his past habit of complaining about the variability of the climate and admits penitence for it.
An article extols Dr Piorea's Golden Medical Discovery claiming 98 percent cure rates for weak lungs and links nourishment to improved digestion and blood supply. Also mentions a French process to lower rubber costs and Foley's Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy. A London court heard a drunkenness case where a man said he lost his wife at the Princess Alice disaster. he was discharged.
A London firm advertises a cough syrup as the most pleasant remedy for throat and lung complaints and claims it is the only prominent medicine containing opiates safe for children. The ad notes prices of 25 and 50 cents. Also reports a 15 year old English girl attempted suicide by drowning in a Wimbledon pond after her mother insisted on wearing corsets.
An old advertisement claims a cold remedy for throat and chest soreness with guaranteed comfort saying it "hits the spot" and urging the use of boley's Honey and other tonics. It references Cuba's vast timber forests awaiting railway construction to unlock profits.
C Unger of Champaign Illinois writes about a year long hacking cough believed to be consumption. After trying many remedies and months of medical care one bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar cured him. The Rev M G Sheldon author of In Isis Steps will read a new story to his congregation this winter replacing the Sunday sermon.
An advertisement touts Chamberlin's Cough Remedy as fastest and most permanent relief for bad colds. It claims to ease lungs and avoid pneumonia, while being pleasant and safe to take. Sold by Emmert & Burrell with pianist studio note at 149 West Street.
Advertisement offers a special train trip from Chicago on Tuesday January 30 1900 a guided excursion to New Orleans Mardi Gras and Old Mexico with dining car and all expenses covered, limited spaces available for descriptive pamphlets and information requests to Chicago and Northwestern Railway agents. Adama Carroll Williams Schange street N Galena avenue and Clark avenue property owners warned their special tax is due by January 2 1900 with 6 percent penalty and 10 percent rebate for Clark avenue and N Galena avenue owners, overseen by M BacmuGarren special tax collector.
Americans who seized Spain’s territory now enjoy Spanish dishes at home. Savory onion and garlic dominate most lagouts, fish fried in oil, and steak cooked in several ways with butter, rice, onions, and peppers. A chafing dish friendly banana dessert with orange juice, salatine, whipped cream, and banana mold with rum jelly completes the spread.
A Paris dinner for eighteen guests featured flowers arranged in a tall, grassy screen that muffled voices and dampened conversation. When the table was later laid with flat cut flowers, acoustics returned and laughter resumed. Professor Albert Lavigne explains the effect in La Musique et les Musiciens.
A house fly hides through winter in roofs and between floor partitions. It retreats from sight as cold sets in and can be found in great numbers around roofs near chimneys, springing to flight when disturbed, while continuing to be a potential vector for disease and annoyance.
The government maintains IS vessels at work to poll and chart ocean floors. Last year about 10,000 square miles were surveyed across Asia Africa and the South Pacific to locate potential dangers at sea.
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