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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1908

Page

3

Sunday School Lesson on John Two Cleansing and Vision

The article reflects on John Chapter Two and the Passover cleansing scene as a key to Jesus being the Son of God. It links the temple cleansing to future prophecies, the bride of Christ, and the believer’s role as a temple, urging faith under the blood and readiness for the resurrection glory. It cites Luke, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and Revelation while urging personal spiritual cleansing and belief in the risen Christ.

American Press Association Christ John Jesus God Elis Jesson Nathanael Canapte Eden Israel Jerusalem Ezek Ezek. Xiviii New Jerusalem Jacob Capernaum Nazareth Capernauin Isis Capernahum Nahum Tim Isa Amos ix Hezekiah Haider Market Place Wall Street Willi Pimi

Death of English Architect William Longmere Linked to Yom Blood

An old English architect William Longmere dies after a broken link with Yom Blood. He was nephew to Jane Reynolds, wife of the poet, and recalled many visits to his uncle and aunt.

William Longmere Jane Reynolds

Prayer Meeting Topic For Week Beginning Jan 26 1908

The devotional session stresses the home mission work of the denomination and urges a survey of church activities to assess condition and outlook. It cites Isaiah’s call to reveal transgressions, urges renewed zeal for home missions, and highlights diverse American and immigrant groups needing outreach with Bible readings listed for reflection.

H. Doyle Issa. Ivili Fe Bank Dup Church Isaiah Jacob America Christ

Conventioning In Brazil Dr Francis I Clark reports Brazil trip

Dr Francis I Clark describes a 1000 mile Brazilian journey where Endeavorers welcomed him with warm greetings at stations. In Jala the Christian Endeavor convention opened with enthusiasm and dignity, under electric lights, drawing attention from newspapers and local leaders including the Roman Catholic mayor. The event emphasized prayer, committees, pledges and interdenominational fellowship.

Brazil Francis I. Clark Jala Presbyterian Church Christian Endeavor Leo North America South America Essex County Massachusetts New Jersey Urigiin United States Roman Catholis Idaho

Emphasis Shifts in Christian Endeavor Movement

The article argues that Christian Endeavor prioritizes mission over church distinctiveness, re-embodying apostolic vigor and uniting evangelical churches with modern needs. It notes sustained energy and rapid growth from a 50-member society to thousands, underscoring pervasive movement momentum.

Guy Punt Sud Tessing Terie Lerld

Smuggling Tequila Across River Spotted At Park

Customs officers noted a new tequila smuggling method where a clothesline stretched over a river near Washington Park carried tequila bottles tied to the rope by a Mexican associate on the far bank. The rope delivered the liquor to the other side. Also, researchers state whalebone laminae indicate whale ages of 300 to 400 years, increasing with yearly laminae growth.

Washington Park

The Arctic Region Atmospheric Wonders Describe Freezing Vapors And Phosphorescence

Explorers in Arctic and Antarctic seas may witness smoke rising from water that freezes into ice particles, while vapor from snow and bodies forms a strange rustling on land. At 40 degrees below zero tree sap ignites trunks burst silent. Phosphorescence lights seas when steamer propellers churn water, a debated natural phenomenon.

Arctic Antarctic

Whistler’s Forgetfulness Of Big Bank Balance

The Dundee Advertiser recounts how the painter James Whistler faced debt pressure and could not recall his funds. A friend offers to cover a loan after checking the bank balance. The teller, showing a balance over $30,000, astonishes the visitor, who then struggles to recall where the money came from or when it was deposited.

Dundee Advertiser Whistler

Beaconsfield Declines Reading a Friend’s Book

In a drawing room scene a devoted benefactor and a prime minister spar over reading a young writer’s romance. The PM, aged and candid, declines reading aloud and offers a polite note citing solitude at Hughenden. The exchange ends with light humor and a sharp appraisal of Malock’s work.

Lord Beaconsfield Mallock Hughenden

Night of whimsy at the Aton fancy dress ball

A London Answers note tells of a policeman at the door of the Aton children’s ball enforcing adult ban. A mother pleaded for admission for her butterfly child who forgot wings. The officer stood by orders allowing only youngsters, suggesting she go as a caterpillar.

London

Nightly barracks round ends with lit window

An irascible sergeant inspecting barracks lights finds a room with a window illuminated. He orders the occupants to extinguish it. A privates lamely notes moonlight but the sergeant insists to put it out, per London Graphic report.

Ier London

Costly Monotony In Dress Highlighted In London Graphite

The London Graphite laments fashion sameness in dresses and the rising cost of pinafores. It notes endless new embellishments, still centered on the simple pinafore, becoming more expensive every day. It critiques the unsold truth of gimmicky fashion while the core garment remains the same.

London

An Unfortunate Interruption Proposal Tale

A Cleveland Plain Dealer humorous brief recalls George planning to propose to his partner when a tire blew out, leaving him unable to think of a proposal. The anecdote captures a comical interruption thwarting a romantic moment.

George Cleveland Plain Dealer

The Siered Crocodiles of Egypt Buried With Kings

A fragmentary note describes ancient Egyptian crocodile effigies buried alongside pharaohs, signaling ritual significance and royal reverence for sacred animals in early dynastic burials.

Egypt

A Model Queen Crowned Princess of Wales

The Newcastle Daily Chronicle lauds Queen Alexandra describing her ascent as Princess of Wales and asserts she never breached tact or decorum. The text portrays her life as an exemplary wife mother and societal leader from the outset of her public role.

Alexandea Princess of Wales Abdoud Newcastle Daily Chronicle

Italian undertaker buys car horse in New York

An Italian undertaker in New York bought an automobile and found it so successful that he ordered two more. He is the first undertaker to try one.

New York Am Automobile

The Farm Horse and Winter Care

A farm horse suffers during winter from irregular feeding and improper watering. The text warns against overfeeding coarse fodder and hay, which can cause health issues, especially heaves. It also notes watering practices that neglect proper thirst cues, risking dehydration or overdrinking in cold weather.

Ventilation in a New York Poultry House

G Arthur Bell describes a poultry house with many pens and a ventilation method. Windows in each pen slide to regulate air flow, but winter drafts risk freezing and neglecting ventilation. A modification uses upper sash lowered to seal with duck, keeping the house dry and birds healthy in harsh weather.

New York G. Arthur Bell

Cutting Back Trees at Woburn Experimental Farm

At the Woburn Hingland experimental fruit farm experiments show that cutting back apple trees when planted leads to a strong initial wood formation but reduced long term crop. Over the first ten years the yield from cut back trees totals about one third of that from trees left uncut at planting.

Woburn Hingland

South hay crop plan promises ton per acre yield

Farm note by Pharman Benton suggests a winter hay crop across the south could yield one ton per acre, followed by a SULTer Crop of cowpeas producing one to two tons per acre. With hay prices high in the region the investment in equipment appears affordable.

Pharman Benton

Cotton as a Surplus Crop in Texas Farms

Farm writer Bud Kaneh argues high cotton prices do not help farmers when the cost of everything else also rises. He notes that even with cotton as a surplus crop, net income suffers as prices for inputs and goods climb.

Uni Texas Farum Bud Kaneh

Bagpipe Player Survives Wolf Pack by Playing Tune

Donald McLean of Warsaw Canada recounts being surrounded by wolves on returning to his route. He played his bagpipe for hours around a tree as a defense, and the wolves eventually left him. James K Barker, head of a small academy, quips about cooking skills and temper in boys and girls.

Donald McLean Warsaw Canada James K. Barker The Barker

McClellan and Lee Meet in Mexico War Incident

The Chicago News recounts a meeting between General George B. McClellan and General Robert E. Lee in Mexico during the war. McClellan, then a lieutenant, is challenged by Lee about disobeying orders as Lee demands he return to quarters. Later Major Lee apologizes to McClellan for his earlier sharpness, praising the corrective act.

Greorge B. McClellan Robert E. Lee Mexico McClellan Lee Winfield Scott General Scott Tee Chicago News

Aerial Horror Prank From Balloon Ends in Laughing Landlord

An audience in a village heard a German recount Strohschneider a famed aeronaut. He allegedly advertised lifting the landlord on a trapeze from a balloon. The landlord supposedly fell to the ground, but the crowd saw a dummy dressed as the landlord, revealing a practical joke from a balloon.

Strohschneider Strohschmeider Seronaut New Orleans Times-Democrat

Perils of Crinoline in Reminiscences Tale

The danger of the historic crinoline is shown in Lady Dorothy Nevill's Reminiscences. While near a fireplace her voluminous skirt caught fire. with no men present and nearby women unable to help without risking their own garments, she calmly rolled into a hearth rug to extinguish the flames.

Dorothy Nevill Dorothy

A Judge of Land and a Proud Father Dialogue

A farmer’s son returns to the old farm after college. The father urges study of chemistry to manage land and asks about a flat meadow for a stock yard. The farmer’s son comments on a balk game in the field. Kansas City Trandependent.

Parmner Sun Kansas City

Pity the Poor Wolf in a Doorway Antic

A short paragraph recounts a joke where a force asks why the wolf looks pale and the wolf answers that he must stay away from the door until the house is bare of food. The note is from Catholic Standard and Times.

Forc Catholic Standard and Times

New Yorker Quip Sparks Imagined National Gap

The visitor jokes that New Yorkers know little of the rest of the country provoking a playful exchange between the New Yorker narrator and Philadelphia resident Bedzer as they trade regional stereotypes.

The New Yorker Poe New Yorker Philadelphia Bedzer

Piguatus May Do All Right But Own Power Fails

Fragmentary note criticizes Piguatus with unclear claim about capability to convert into a fart, lacking concrete context or attribution.

Singer Buys Gold Opera Glasses For Sixty Thousand

Mr. Singer recently paid 60000 for a pair of opera glasses. The lenses are top quality, and the spectacles feature solid gold frames, a lyre motif, and are encrusted with diamonds and sapphires, making the purchase exceptional.

Singer Sewing Machine Fun

A Mephistopheles of Today Bridge Whist Tale

A bridge whist party in a fashionable house features a handsome stranger who enchants a Titian haired young woman. Cards escalate from a cent to a dollar, with hidden players and a cross bearing guest. the mystery man’s influence reveals a grand score, then a sudden withdrawal as scandal unfolds.

Iis Tie Gronne Tlan Titian Dle Inon Geryvous

DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Ad

DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills relieve backache and weak back. Sold by Wm FF Jungkunz, druggist, $5, Stephenson Street.

DeWitt Wm. FF Jungkunz Stephenson St

Poems Pictures and Songs in World Literature

A Current Literature passage notes that poetry pictures and songs reflect diverse tastes in world literature. It argues critics cannot fix rigid canons and that appeal is personal guiding what qualifies as great art versus merely appreciated works.

Wealthy Wyoming Governor Brooks Built Ranch Empire

One of Wyoming's wealthiest men and governor, Brrant Butler Brooks, began as a farm hand and cow puncher then trapper. He peddled furs to Chicago, settled on government land under the homestead act, and now runs a 100000 acre ranch with 30000 sheep, thousands of cattle, and hundreds of horses.

State of Wyoming Brrant Butler Brooks Chicago

KODOQOL Promises Relief for Indigestion and Dyspepsia

KODOQOL described as the best remedy for dyspepsia indigestion and stomach disorders. It is marketed as pleasant prompt and thorough. Sold by Wm F eTenany druggist located at 85 Stephenson t.

Wm. F. eTenany Stephenson T

Burdett Piano Tuner Orders Sought at Brown & Dollmeyer

J Burdett, a piano tuner, is seeking orders at Brown and Dollmeyer’s shop or by phone as part of local services and repairs noted in the advertisement. The brief item highlights contact options for customers needing tuning or related piano work.

J. Burdett Brown & Dollmeyer’s

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