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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
6
Arthur Lynwood and his brother Dick plot to help Arthur win Irma Shelby while navigating tense relations with the Shelby family. Dick defuses a minor scuffle and vows to protect Arthur, as Irma hints at friendly neighborly ties and a possible alliance between the families.
Gids contracted at this season of year are quickly relieved with Raxative Cough Syrup. ite quality ride the system of d. Pleasant to take. Best tren for coughs, colds, croup oping cough. Sold by HH. J.
A New York Globe reader recounts living in a multiunit building for twenty years and learning that a familiar neighbor, a man he liked, had died nearly two weeks earlier and was buried unseen by him. The elevator boy’s remark revealed the death, prompting reflection on urban life.
A gamekeeper in Leicestershire faced a trapped collie in a steel vermin trap. With the dog in agony and no muzzle available, he pressed the gun barrels against the animal’s jaws and eased the spring. The steel barrels bore the teeth marks, proving the dog’s incredible jaw strength.
A garbled OCR style notice mentions Poetheo Porson-Whitt and a difficult transport issue. It references sad waves and a vehicle or device named Sick Dassenger Chit, with unclear actions or outcomes.
A laborer in a shipyard struggles with a two foot rule to measure a plate. After much effort he returns and explains the plate is the size of the rule plus two thumbs, plus a brick and a pan tie, and the breadth of his hand, stretching from there to there, bar a angel.
The New York Sun notes college students resist external labels for athletic teams. Varsity mascots such as Maroons Gophers Badgers Cornhuskers Wolverines and Minit are commonly used by students themselves. Preferences vary by institution and many favor traditional self identification over external nicknames.
Sir Alexander Simpson notes in London Quiver that entering medicine centers on noble peers like Aristotle among ancient sages. He recalls the Hippocratic oath as guiding future physicians to purity, selfless service, and strict ethics in every household they enter for the sick.
A New York observer who has toured all European capitals says New York is no longer young and innocent. He cites weariness and vice seen in Paris London and Rome. He recalls Lord Exe at seventy chasing youth’s pleasures and jokes about a two year old egg.
The text notes a storm of vilification around Victor Hugo after Les Miserables. It cites Prosper Merimee calling Hugo's Brussels dinner speech shallow and vile, and Hugo retorting that Merimee is naturally vile.
A fragment from a weekly piece presents a dialogue between a mother and child about honesty and a shared story. The child deflects a question about wanting more cake while the mother probes the behavior. The tone hints at cautionary domestic humor within a family scene.
A garbled note of a London illustrated bits page shows a dinner party delay and exchanged pleasantries with Mrs Smith. The fragment hints at social foibles and etiquette in a light, humorous tone.
The London Illustrated Bits recount a courtroom moment where the district attorney declares a prisoner convicted of a similar offense, while the prisoner's counsel counters with indictment. The exchange features a misstatement and a corrective echo from the paper.
Golden globules claim direct kidney action and fast relief for backache rheumatism and fatigue. Trial offer priced at $0 or $1.00 with claims of curing or improving weary condition. © Lola H. J. Mooghand GC. 2B. Guenther.
In a Philadelphia Press editorial the paper argues the constitution’s presidential succession clause is flawed. It notes gaps for vacancies from other causes and cites Hour and Bacan urging Congress to act to clarify and secure succession in all contingencies.
The Right Rev Cosmo Gordon Lang archbishop designate of York was once praised by Queen Victoria for preaching at Osborne. She joked that he should marry to reduce curates, but Lang quipped that he could replace a curate who misfitted, not a wife. The anecdote appears in London Fit-Bits.
New York businessman William Stuart has engraved the entire Lord's Prayer on a pin head, totaling 276 letters and figures including his name and the year. He accomplished this in spare moments using simple tools, the pin mounted in wood and magnified by a linen tester microscope.
Restrictions in New York society grow stricter with newer arrivals clashing with old families. A rush of newcomers seeks entry while long-absent families return to reclaim status, producing a mix of humor and confusion as locals lose prior territorial emphasis.
Bakers in Germanny present at a children’s party a colossal bread twist weighing 180 pounds with a breadth of 1.70 meters and a length of 620 meters, large enough to feed about 500 children, as reported by Bakers' Weekly.
The Melbourne Finders Street station handles about 150,000 passengers daily, earning it the title of world’s busiest railway station. Liverpool Street in London ranks far behind with roughly 128,000 daily, per an Australian statistician.
The article lists historical salaries of rulers and leaders, noting figures such as Roosevelt and Napoleon in daily terms. Amounts span $25,000 for the Great White King, $12,000 to $37,200 for various monarchs, and $137 for President Roosevelt, reflecting lavish pay scales of the era. The Chicago Journal presents a snapshot of royal and presidential earnings in a stylistic summary.
Advertisement for Woods Liver Medicine in liquid form promotes liver regulation and relief from headaches constipation stomach and kidney disorders. It is said to ease chills fever and malaria with tonic effects felt after the first dose. bottle sizes compare 50c and 1.00 with the larger containing 244 times as much.
A digest of prominent women achievements and milestones. Mme Louise Briand and Mme Jeannes Menard serve as ship physicians on major Mediterranean steamers. Mrs Mary B Farrell, aged 105, celebrated her birthday in Midland Park New Jersey. Princess Maria zu Ysenburg und Budingen to Admor Robinson in Baltimore sparks commentary on German princesses in America. Anna I Kyle, wife of ex Senator Kyle, patents several useful devices. Laura A Hecox keeps Santa Cruz lighthouse lit for 27 years, describing life as keeper as neither lonely nor monotonous. Madeline Edison, daughter of Thomas A Edison, follows in his footsteps as an inventor and markets an automobile map.
Eugenie Thats Lawton becomes Henry Miller's leading woman in The Great Divide. Ralph C Herz will be featured next season by Florenz Ziegfeld in a musical comedy. Chauncey Olcott plans Lent rest and a Florida stay. A new play titled The Question Is? reflects the London suffragette movement. An artist attempted to sketch George M. Cohan from life, producing a moving picture. Frank Worthing plays the Indian and Harry Harwood is Salem Scudder in Bra dy's revival The Octoreon.
English observations note land variability since 19th century, the last duel in 1845, a London coffee house opened in 1852, and a Britain with sixty two warships and forty four merchant vessels. The king desires a brisker national anthem performance by military bands. royal family objects to dirge renditions.
A collage of city contrasts shows Philadelphia elevators bearing Iexpress to Second Floor signs. Milwaukee's municipal service nearly ends horse use. Lewiston publicity buys 10000 postcards. London covers one square mile with capitalized property value of 1.25 billion dollars, claimed as the world’s richest area.
Milwaukee hosts seventeen bowling leagues as Detroit yachtsmen establish a catboat club. Jake Schaefer may not play billiards matches until 2010. Indiana University students may form a boxing class. St. Louis old fair grounds race track is being turned into a public park. Ty Cobb aims to be an all around baseball star in Detroit.
A brief note on appealing accompaniments for fish salad and a Virginia housewife secret. Thin brown bread and butter sandwiches pair with fish salad. Potato cakes warmed over mashed potatoes in a double boiler with butter milk and cheese. The roast duck gains orange flavor from stuffing with one large or several small oranges during roasting.
The article notes cement is used for roofing in France especially around Lyons. It states the emoluments of officers at the French Academy of Sciences were fixed by Napoleon and unchanged since. It adds Parisians move slowly in some matters and that a General Boulwinger erection bill placarded about twenty years ago remains visible at the corner of Boulevard Richard Lenoir and Rue St. Sabin.
An elderly sea captain visits an exhibition and examines the mechanised section with stera whistles. He asks how far a huge buzzer can be heard. A deputy guides him, claiming sixteen miles by explaining eight miles in each direction.
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