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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1906
Page
7
The article explains that a quarter of a dollar was originally a quarter of a coin, with quarters marked by a cross to divide value and aid change. The cross was believed to bring heavenly blessings and avert fortune, a practice used long after fractional currency emerged. Only the English florin remains cross marked today, while some Catholic coins also bear crosses.
Fragmented timetable lines show train movements between Freeport and Chicago with varied departure and arrival times. Phrases indicate daily service Monday to Saturday with references to Sunday exceptions and missing consistent formatting.
SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF FREEPORT ILL capital and surplus listed. M V B Elson named president. Attorneys BURCHARD & BURRELL AT LAW noted with address Court House.
Amanda Saunders, a frugal old maid seamstress, longs for a home and saves nickels and dimes to buy a white cottage. After purchasing a cemetery lot, she tends it with care who shares her dream with a solitary man named Robinson who proposes, and they plan a life together with her cat Tom. The piece ends noting golf as Scotland's national game and its revival worldwide.
The text argues the corporate bond rapidly supplants the old form and predicts a future marvel at pon pertonal surferyship. It claims the new form offers superior safety, convenience and propriety, while the old form is weak and perilous.
Parker compliments his wife on her literary taste saying she can read Henry James in the original without pause. Barker replies with admiration as their banter ends in a light, witty edge.
Freeport readers learn about kidney function and remedies. An testimonial from Mrs. Clara Ziders of Freeport Illinois praises Dean's Kidney Pills for relief from backache, sleeplessness, and fatigue after using the product. Sold by Hammert's drug store and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. agents include Jos Emmert. Price 60 cents. Remember the same Dean's and take no other.
A rural tale centers on Samuel Hastings and Nancy Lee who argue over how many legs a potato bug has. After a long separation Samuel leaves, returns, and debates the same issue. He vanishes then returns again, and the pattern repeats until his death, leaving Nancy to lament a life of stubborn dispute.
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