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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1899
Page
7
A cautionary note on gambling in sports and markets highlights how bettors ruin families by chasing odds in horse racing and stocks. Advertisers tout remedies for illness and hiccups in a stream of promotions and misprinted names.
A sermon portrays the Shunemite woman as a model of hospitality, domestic virtue, and faith. She welcomes Elisha, supports God’s messenger, and endures loss with grace, illustrating how Christian womanhood elevates society and honors piety.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt depicts Bixley as greedy and opportunistic, chaining his ventures from dry goods to shoes jewelry and art. An eyewitness recalls Bixley altering his ride to impress a bewitching young lady, prompting scorn for his alleged vanity and manipulation.
A New Orleans visitor admires pale yellow bamboo curtains hung on second and third story windows, praising how they glorify an old house. Her friend identifies the house as a spaghetti foundry run by a colony of Italians, noting the misperceived bamboo.
A humorous exchange based on a salary envelope prompts a crewman to suggest he would not mind being docked. The remark surfaces in a Chicago Post item, reflecting light banter over wages and duty aboard a warship.
Yonkers Statesman quips about a lawyer nicknamed Mr. Crimsonbeak and Mr. Yeast, noting the charge and odd moniker in a compact, wry dialogue. The excerpt reflects local humor and character sketches from the period.
A garbled historic piece recalls the USS Brooklyn, its Civil War past, and a voyage to the Persian Gulf via Lisbon, Gibraltar, Suez, and Muscat where the Sphinx looms. It notes a covert midnight mission, a lantern ascent, and the rise of the Brooklyn’s fame as a naval symbol. Also included are stray notes on duty and a frog that hibernates in dry ground.
An ad copy promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a perfect remedy for kidney and bladder diseases. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and invites readers to consider the product a trustworthy choice from H. J. Moogk Swarts & Fleck.
The civil population of Gibraltar is 19 100, to which a garrison of about 4 600 men is to be added.
Foley's Honey and Tar advertised as a guaranteed remedy for la grippe with a racking cough and pneumonia prevention. Priced at 25 and 50 cents, offered by H.J. Moogh Swarts and Fleck. Also promotes Atlas of Spanish possessions with 16 colored plates, 14x21 inches, postage paid 18 cents, addressed to J. ae G. P. T. A. Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Mr. A Ballard reports a London Chronicle item about a negro student leading family prayers with an earnest plea for pure, clean, and sweet hearts and the congregation responding Amen. The note also comments that English farthings now differ in size design and color, minted in dull bronze.
A fragmentary newspaper snippet features a plee for payment tied to human nature and a suggestion that even the best of us err in what we say. It references a Washington Star quote and mentions several unrelated names and companies in passing.
An advertisement notes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digesting what you eat. Onograms are produced and mounted on pins. Photos mounted. leave orders with C. B. Anderson at Ennenga & Wagner's Clothing House, 107 Gulena Street.
Notice from William Buccuet and Mrs A C Thomas announces agency for Bauer Piano and Organ Co. Old pianos will be exchanged for new ones. Monthly payments or cash options. Purchasers may inspect pianos at Buccuet’s rooms. Services include tuning and lessons for piano, organ, violin and clarinet. Hair work also offered.
The schedule lists multiple trains on the western lines with arrivals and departures at Lena Warren Galena and Nos 82 84 142 daily. the Madison and Dodgeville lines show passenger and freight services with daily except Sunday patterns and connections to Freeport Chicago and Forreston.
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