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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1906
Page
6
A narrator recalls a western lodge night trek with Dane and Nan, chasing a rattlesnake belt prize. Dane narrates a past romance with his first sweetheart Bailey and Nan, ending with a cliffside rescue gone clouded by memory, leading to marriage with Nan.
A woman journalist hosts about six Wellesley undergraduates at an expensive tea in an upscale apartment. She admits success from writing fashions and recalls cheaper past years as a high class journalist chasing celebrity interviews. She cites Richard Watson Gilder and Arm in anecdotes about the price of a story.
A poulterer explains that warm fall weather leads to turkeys wandering long distances after worms and bugs, creating leaner birds, while a cold fall with early frost keeps turkeys near grain and flesh them up. The piece notes that athletic turkeys in warm falls reduce public demand.
A cousin of Lord Curzon, late vice royalty of Tholin, works as a New York truck driver. The piece surveys global trivia from debt records in London to political voting rules in Switzerland, and notes varied curiosities from a Paris landmark's fate to a Lafayette heirloom watch in Altoona.
A quirky quote captures a homemaker musing on turning trust into preserves for pies, mixing mentions of peach and apple Balti in a muddled, humorous regional utterance. The fragment hints at domestic planning and fruit combinations.
Fragmentary OCR shows a special issue commemorating the war and a milk dealer advertisement with a cartoon of cows at the milking hour. The text references a Tokyo journey and a hostile tone around wartime alliances.
Henry Watterson, famed Kentucky editor and influential American journalist, announces he has abandoned politics at age sixty five. The piece extols his energy and trenchant pen while promoting Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a trusted, alcohol free health remedy with testimonials from satisfied users in Durham and Cotton, and a notice offering Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser.
A blurb extols Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for digestion and tissue-building blood. It promises relief from Sour Stomach Belching Heartburn and all forms of Indigestion and notes palatable and strengthening effects. It also praises DeWitt's Little Early Risers for expelling putrid matter and bile and improving liver activity. Sold by all druggists.
A terse promotion touts Mrs Austin pancake mix as universally available in grocers, promising reliable quality with broad market reach and strong consumer familiarity.
If you enjoy muffins and waffies, try Mrs. Austin's pancake flour and you will be delighted with oe ver aults.
A pair of quips from New York Weekly feature Mrs Strongmind noting a world of trouble is often caused by women at the bottom while Mr Thinkum counters that after turmoil the woman ends up on top.
A Philadelphia Press caption notes a playful exchange about a married couple Henpeck and his wife settling their visit ing cards. The joke centers on their mutual compromise naming the pair Mr and Mrs Marta Henpeck.
For sale by all druggists. The note promotes Dr Bunsen’s tablets for throat diseases and lists distribution details with a terse time reference.
The Winre Mortgage Co. records show the company, established in 1889, has negotiated over $4,000,000 in farm loans. It claims no investor ever lost principal or interest or held land via foreclosure. Mortgages will net investors six percent. For more information, contact G Taylor & Frick.
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