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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
3
An in-depth account from Town and Country details deer taking at Ferigge Park, England. It explains the process of capturing a stag alive, the hunt layout with park keepers and hounds, the stag’s evasive Lake swims, and the final securing of the animal for transfer to the home park.
A fragmented description of rice deities and propitiatory rituals in the Malay peninsula and Ceylon. It details a rice soul sought through seven stems and seven joints, swaddled like a infant and carried home. and a riverine rite after harvest with a god placed on dry fire and water-influenced rice.
The surface of the world sees a heralded new deity amid acclaim. Special festivals of thanksgiving for the first fruits are held in both China and Japan as communities welcome the figure, with joyous public celebrations reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Bailey's Magazine recounts Jamie Anderson's 1878 Prestwick final where a spectator's remark led to moving the ball behind the line. The adjusted lie yielded a winning drive, while sticking to the original spot would have cost him the championship. The tale frames luck as a real factor in golf.
A Presbyterian delegate recalls attending denomination conventions and notes differing receptions. He can preach in Episcopal pulpits, take communion at Baptists, but at Methodist gatherings is granted every privilege except taking the collection. The remark, shared with a smile, comes from the Ladies' Home Journal.
European housekeeping in Papua is described as charmingly simple with tin-packed staples and a routine store room. Tin meat milk butter and vegetables filled shelves and occasionally a live turtle could be bought for tobacco. When season favored, joints of wallaby appeared, leaving cooks unsure how to use the abundance.
W. 8. Gilbert praised Beerbohm Tree's Hamlet as funny without being conge. An usher in New Haven told a latecomer to sit quietly as the audience is asleep. A Philadelphia woman quipped that no marriage would occur in heaven since there would be many women and few men, none desirable.
A Liverpool punchline on Cardinal Manning depicts him gaunt from ascetic life. During a convent visit a cook knelt for a blessing and, glancing at his thin face, asked for divine pardon for her cook, asking God to forgive him.
A London villagers exchange features a Coster demanding a change while an unnamed idiot resists laughter. The exchange turns to bending the face as the Coster grows exasperated, captured in the London Tatler's brisk verse.
A humor vignette captures Mrs Hicks questioning a servant’s early rising and Mrs Wickes revealing the girl’s secret: she rises early because she is in love with the milkman. The exchange highlights quaint domestic humor in a Boston transit scene.
A brief quotation exchange contrasts forgiving enemies with avoiding revenge. The piece nods to the Philadelphia Record quote about intellect and heart, crediting Frances Power Cobbe and noting a simple mug’s remark.
A physician warns that sleeping on the side pressurizes the eye against the pillow. This habit can cause bloodshot eyes inflamed lids tearing and watery eyes and may impair sight. The doctor notes many eye problems resist treatment until this cause is corrected. Buffalo News orgy
A Philadelphia Record science note explains seasonal shrinkage in iron bridges due to overlapping plates. It compares expansion of mercury in thermometers with water behavior, noting water expands when frozen and ice rising above a glass rim. The piece notes everyday implications for lakes and fish if water didn’t expand when solid.
A description of a village game where pairs form arches with handkerchiefs as they pass through, creating a moving line. The activity is noted as English, played in Northamptonshire, once including married women in the north county on May day under a garland hung across the street.
A Seneca belief ties a maiden’s death to a bird ritual. They imprisoned a young bird until it tested its song, then loaded it with caresses and messages. The freed bird supposedly flies to the spirit land bearing the tribute of affection to the deceased, not closing its eyes until the journey ends.
Guests form a circle and receive paper and pencils. The host reads the last word of each line from a chosen poem and participants write a line ending with that word. When all lines finish the poems are read aloud. Some funny verses come to meht.
A vivid excerpt from Putnam's Magazine notes rapid mining activity at Panama. It claims every two minutes a ton of coal is burned, each minute twelve carloads of rock and gravel are removed, and every minute 1 660 pounds of dynamite are detonated in mountains and jungle, with labor costs totaling 124 dollars per minute.
A teacher drilled pupils on meanings and asked for sentences using the phrase bitter end. One child wrote a garbled sentence about a dog chasing and biting, illustrating confusion in a classroom exercise.
A diner complains after coffee, noting it has two good points and one bad point. He jokes that the coffee has no chicory, then adds a twist about it having no coffee at all. The waiter, amused by the line, imagines a larger tip. The exchange ends as a humorous misunderstanding.
Whistler arranged the annual Liverpool exhibit by lining a gallery of babies with varied poses and tones. Artists arriving to view their own works found babies everywhere, provoking astonishment and laughter as the room reflected a satirical take on the art world.
An amateur ventriloquist entertains a house party on the Thames. Ten drinks in, a tree above sparks a talking ventriloquist dummy voice from a guest up the branches. The cousin groom denies mischief and the audience applauds the performance as superb.
London Standard reports rats and squirrels cuddle for warmth during severe cold. When searching hedges and dells, a rat may emerge from a single hole after many attempts. Twenty or more rats gather together, blocking windward holes to guard against drafts and storing food for winter to threaten potato crops.
A Philadelphia reader recalls a mature groom who, after marriage, and a Niagara Falls trip, was shaken when the hotel register read John Doe and wife then corrected to John Doe and bride. The anecdote ends with the groom admitting he was rattled by the wrong phrasing.
The Dublin Irish Homestead argues that the least affected by trade downturns is the peasant proprietor. As long as his acres yield corn potatoes peas beans fruit milk and vegetables, he remains safe from hunger. Sheep provide wool and home spun clothing, making farming a safe elemental profession close to the earth.
A Washington Star excerpt quotes a conservative campaigner who argues naming has no real effect. A scientist retorts that even Latin tithes given to germs would have deterred them long ago, reflecting a debate on influence and precaution.
A Louisville Courier-Journal quotation contrasts art devotion with a policeman who loved strict order. The lines depict a craftsman pleased by discipline and a lawman who finds joy in stricter control, illustrating different passions for work and enforcement.
Rats and mice troubled ancient Hawaii as they do today. Menzies and his Vancouver party ascended Mount Hualalai on Maui and were annoyed by rodents during their four nights there. Hawaiians used small bows and light arrows to reduce their numbers, though the bow and arrow did not seem to be used in wars.
Lena Star chronicles the death of Mrs Mary Saul a long time Stephenton County resident born March 22 1825 in Northumberland Co Pa and died December 30 1908 aged 83 years 9 months and days She raised a family through Civil War hardships later moved to Lena Freeport and Amity Lutheran affiliations Her funeral was held at Amity Lutheran with interment at Babbs Grove beside her husband.
The Philadelphia Ledger recounts Ethelberta a doctor's daughter just past six. On her sixth birthday her father gave a ring with a small pearl. Soon after, she visits her father’s office in a woebegone mood and laments losing the “little pill” from the ring.
A home guidance piece explains a cottage cheese method using thoroughly boiled salt bags and milk at lukewarm stages. Persist with careful heating over boiling water, separating scum, and draining into a salt bag to hang without squeezing for hours. The result is a nutritious cheese yielding much milk with minimal effort.
Ohio State Fire Marshal Creamer offers seasonable advice to prevent tree fires. He warns against festoons of tissue or cotton batting, lighting candles before the area is child-ready, and letting children touch the tree. He cautions against moving toys near flames, leaving a live or damaged tree unattended, and placing cotton under the tree for a snow effect.
A holiday card party cake idea uses butter and sugar with eggs and flour spiced with cinnamon. Roll out thin on a marble slab, brush with egg white, and sprinkle cinnamon sugar, then cut shapes like hearts and diamonds and bake until light brown. Cakes can be topped with chopped almonds as an alternative.
A fast method to gather sleeve tops uses coarse thread and long stitches. Thread the machine, loosen tension slightly, stitch two rows an eighth inch apart, pull underneath threads to reach desired fullness, then fasten. Sew sleeves to the waist on the first gathering line for a neat finish and a wider waist appearance.
How to wash a white silk parasol using tepid suds with white soap and borax. Rinse with blueing, scrub gently with a soft brush while the parasol is raised, then rinse again and dry away from direct sun to avoid wrinkles.
Instructions describe making cocoa with cocoa powder sugar and boiling water in a tin cup. Add milk to a saucepan and heat while stirring to prevent lumps. The text ends abruptly during the preparation step. No dates or organizations are present.
The fragment mentions stirring a cocoa mixture and cooking until it boils. It reads like part of a recipe, noting to mix cocoa, then stir and heat until boiling. No clear persons, organizations, or dates are present in the readable text.
A loom boss explains to Will that giving his wife new bank notes motivates saving. He claims women prefer new money and become economical, setting aside a tidy weekly sum in a drawer or teapot, potentially earning about 20 percent. The Philadelphia Bulletin quote frames the idea as a peculiarly domestic economic habit.
On November 12 1381 the Order of Fools was founded by Adolphus count of Cleves. They resembled today’s benevolent orders like Foresters or Odd Fellows, with a jester emblem on a mantle left shoulder and a cheerful outlook.
The origin of playing cards goes back to distant Asia with no surviving records to trace the exact source. From the orient, cards and chess were first introduced to southern Europe, especially Spain and Italy. The earliest cards have been lost and no records survive.
A brakeman humorously recounts running over a cow while aboard a train near Coffeyville. He says the animal was drinking from a creek beneath a bridge, then hopped onto the last car and left town grinning. The reporter notes the odd incident from the scene.
In a playful exchange, Brute and Weed joke about Jimson’s wife taking a vacation. Weed reports she’s away in the Thousand Isles for a week per his instruction, and Jimson reacts with curiosity about the trip. The judge oversees the banter.
Francis Cinlton, now eighty six, recalls surgical practice before chloroform in Birmingham hospital. He notes the cries of patients as distinctly memorable, initially alarming but gradually felt to be connected with the operation as attention fixed on the procedure.
Thele Maske and Victor Grayson mount a surprising and serious charge against members of the House of Commons. He claims they wear white attire and have something behind their foreheads, accusing them of misconduct.
A brief Chicago Tribune quote shows a couple debating age with a comic line about appearances. The exchange features Mise Glo ria and ME Rypun asking about age and objecting to looks. It captures humorous misheard names and social banter.
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