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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1906
Page
7
Railway notice outlines service split with No 1 west carrying loaded coaches and another line handling slips and banday items. Agent W Rowlen updates timetables and freight passenger arrangements for West Corridor services.
A fragment from a daily schedule shows a partial entry with times and the note daily operation except Sunday. The readable text is incomplete but indicates regular publication timing and a Sunday gap.
Burton Ashley drives the first National’s motor boat across the lake to fetch $100,000 needed to quell a bank run. Molly Langdon helps, arguing that a husband must steward her fortune. The boat’s daring crossing and swift return avert collapse and set a wedding date in June.
An advertisement extols urinary and female organ inflammation relief through hot douches and Pax tine Toilet Antiseptic. It promises surprising success and offers a money back refund through Joseph Hummer, a druggist in Freeport, Illinois.
The famed anatomist Owen could reconstruct ancient creatures from a tooth fragment though the public mocked his science. Letters asked him to judge odd finds from sea serpents to sausage scraps, including a supposed dog tooth later found to be pig. Earl Russell sent him a bear ham bone. Owen ruled it a pig ham bone.
A reflection on preemptive grave markers and postmortem wishes. A condemned Connecticut killer, awaiting execution, asks his lawyer to arrange a simple headstone with the inscription Sacred to the memory of. Died with name and date omitted, illustrating the odd comfort some seek in monuments.
Fifteen Masonic Judges in Maine have celebrated their centennial milestone, marking 100 years since their notable convocation. The event underscores a long tradition of fraternal service and regional leadership within the Maine judiciary circles.
In Colville the gambler Joe Peters defies danger and blizzard to rescue the colonel's wife left behind in Panther Pass. He rides through drifts with brandy and blankets, reaching the frozen stage and bringing her back alive, earning praise and a somber farewell from the colonel.
Poultry yards long favored partial shading with trees and shrubs to beat heat. Plum trees have been common but San Jose scale and susceptibility of plum varieties hurt their value. Kiefer pears are being planted as a preferable alternative for shade and shelter in poultry facilities.
The squash bug overwinters as adults under rubbish making cleanliness crucial. Remove crop debris and collect cucurbit vines after harvest to destroy debris and starve or kill many immature bugs, reducing next season damage.
A Washington wheat grower accuses eight Washington millers and north west exporters of colluding to keep prices down. He urges farmers to pool interests and ship wheat to San Francisco in cargo lots to secure better prices. Millennial grapes are praised for high table and white wine quality in California.
In a promotional note the article explains Herpicide as a destroyer of herpes and related parasites said to cause druft itching scalp and falling hair. The company claims the microbe is promptly destroyed and hair regrows after use. Sample offered for 10 cents by The Herpicide Co. Detroit Michigan with agent Joseph Emmert.
Reduced price excursion tickets to New Orleans Mobile Pensacola and winter resorts in the US and Mexico offered by the North Western Line. Tickets valid Feb 21 28 and Feb 26 for trains arriving at destination with stop over options. Daily excursions at reduced rates available. Inquiries to Chicago and North Western agents.
Rates to Arkansas Colorado Oklahoma Territory Kansas Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Mexico Wyoming from Feb 6 and 20. One half the one way fare plus a $2.00 agent fee. Names J Elmer and G Paul listed as agents or contacts.
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