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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1900
Page
3
The piece portrays Nogood as a dead-alive town surrounded by Despair with all classes present except the Foolkiller. The narrator urges courage and duty, warning cowards and urging daily effort guided by the motto I can I will, attributed to W. E. Penney of the New Haven Register.
Tommy adored oranges and wasted peels causing accidents to neighbors and family. He is lured by strange orange creatures that whisk him to a yellow world, tumble him down a hill, and lead him to a castle built of orange skin.
A boy named Tommy dreams of Orangeland where orange skinned elves host him at a grand dinner. He spills orange mead and food, is punished by the king, and narrowly avoids losing his head in a dance. He wakes with his cat and vows to treat orange peel carefully henceforth.
Spectators praised Washington school youngsters marching to Convention hall waving flags and shouting with joy. The article notes Italian desent and calls the children living proof that all who grow up in America are Americans, urging faith in the Republic and the U S Army.
A reader recalls a dog that once buried a kitten in a garden and later dragged a tethered tortoise toward a shallow grave. The animal barked as the tortoise struggled to free itself, ending any chance at completion.
A chameleon deprived of sight cannot change color and its body stays a uniform tint, study notes.
The article surveys global greeting practices from shaking hands to kissing feet or foreheads. It describes Continental Europe, the East, and Africa, noting customs in Persia, China, Japan, Siam, Ceylon, American Indians, the Moors, Arabs, and Turkey, with gestures ranging from bowing and prostration to firing a pistol as a threat.
A compact meditation collecting quotes from Emerson Manning Smith Adam Smith McLaren Ford and Kingsley. The passages urge living with gratitude prayer and fruitful action through union with Christ and daily kindness toward others.
A readable collection of witticisms and aphorisms from the era. It includes quotes on virtue vanity pride and social pretensions attributed to Bacon Shakespeare and Gay. The humor centers on editors readers and pretenders with short quips about subscriptions and talent.
A quirky set of proverbs contrasts the Czar’s power with limits from God and public cost. It notes the Czar’s high status yet not all powerful, and that royal edicts depend on divine approval. A closing line links a tailor’s suit to lasting pay in a humorous aside.
A schoolyard dispute over cloaks exposes two girls Laura Craven and Flora Barnes, one rich in pride and the other exaggerating wealth. Flora’s deception triggers a debt crisis at home and a mother’s counsel that honesty is best, ending in Flora’s repentance and a family vow to live simply.
Ruth eagerly awaited her birthday with grand ideas of turning three and growing to be as large as Mary. On the morning, she decides she can still wear her own clothes, saying she feels as big as Mary though she is not yet dressed in new clothes.
A playful dialogue features a Reverend asking children to name the best man who ever lived. A boy answers humorously that it was his mother’s first husband, prompting a judge’s reaction.
C Unger of Champaign reports a year long hacking cough and belief of consumption, claiming Foley's Honey and Tar cured him after one bottle. The note includes a historical aside on hats by a Swiss innovator in Paris in 1404 and earlier wearing of hoods and caps.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy is advertised as the best medicine for bad colds offering quick relief and permanent cure. The ad claims it eases lung symptoms and avoids pneumonia, noting its safety and pleasant taste. Sold by Emmert & Burrell, Druggists.
Grand excursion leaves Chicago on Tuesday January 30 1900 under J Grafton with a special train and dining car. Tour includes Mardi Gras in New Orleans and major sights in Old Mexico with tickets covering all expenses. Limited spaces, reserve early. For pamphlets or information contact Chicago and Northwestern Railway agents.
Schedule shows arrivals and departures for trains No 4 No 2 No 34 No 82 from the West and No 81 7 37 on the east and south routes with daily frequencies and exceptions at Lena War tén Galena and other points.
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