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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1900
Page
3
A weary commuter in a smoking car hears a stranger recount a tale from Backville about a town clock that ran slow. The clock’s delay caused time become distorted, days were lost, holidays misdated, and the town sank into chaos until the man exposed the clock as the culprit, ending in a tragic banishment.
A traveling man notes gossip travels fastest on ships where passenger lists split into castes within hours. On board any fun is allowed yet scrutiny of others plates is constant. Seasick sufferers and repeat travelers provoke laughter and stories as diversion. An ocean liner is the gossipiest place on earth.
An 18th to 19th century note recalls quill drivers dying out as schooling began. Steel pens existed but rare. goose quills died hard as common tools. A skilled youth could fill pages with name age date and flourishes, swans, and birds, while masters rarely cut or used quills.
A veteran animal trainer notes that most monkeys learn with steady drilling though some individuals are stubborn and refuse to learn. He adds that only chimpanzees and orangutans respond to instruction by imitation, making training simpler when the trainer demonstrates first.
A traveling conversation in the Chicago Post features a good natured woman remarking on a fine looking little boy and a mother testing a stranger’s railroad connection. The exchange ends with a quip about waiting for the conductor to overhear.
A Boston Transcript quote praises Impressionism over direct imitation. Elisha Berry reports Chamberlain's Pain Balm gives rapid relief from rheumatism, via Emmert & Burrell in St. Paris Ohio. Aluminium bottle stoppers now produced in the thousands weekly, with gaskets preserving gas for effervescent fluids for four years.
An 19th century advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Syrup as the most pleasant and effective throat and lung remedy. It notes opiate content and suitability for children with prices 25 and 60 cents.
A fragmented ad-like passage touts a “pre Kidney and Blad” medicine by H J Moogk and Kunz & Co claiming a money back guarantee. It promotes cures for a range of diseases and urges quick relief with One Minute Cough Cure cited by users and doctors, including a Chicago hospital suit paragraph.
A Columbus Indiana man testifies that kidney complaints and backache vanished after using Kid-ne-oids, claiming he spent nearly five hundred dollars on doctors before a less than one dollar box cured him. The ad cites widespread testimonials and notes boxes sell for fifty cents at drug stores including H J Moogh's, manufactured by John Morrow & Co.
Free examination of urine and remarkable cures perfected in cases neglected or poorly treated. No experiments or failures. If incurable, patient informed. Cases treated by mail or express, but personal consultation preferred. Confidential correspondence and medicine sent anywhere in the United States. List of questions free. Address.
Leaves Chicago Arrives Freeport. Several train numbers and times listed, including No 147 at 7:05 am and No 149 at 10:20 am. Freight service noted with No 167 at 8:50 pm. Freights do not carry passengers. Daily schedule with agent V. Holder.
Train notices show eastbound and westbound arrivals and departures with numbered trains. Notable connections include No 6 linking Chicago Racine Rockford Madison and Milwaukee arriving 3 40 pm, and No 88 with connections to Chicago Racine Rockford Madison and Mineral Point division arriving 8 40 pm. Through coaches Milwaukee to Rock Island offered on No 6 and baggage checked through to destination. J B Sweatt agent.
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