World Fact Sheds Light On Global Trends And Anecdotes
A wide montage covers population shifts in Paraguay and Cyprus, ostrich farming in Oudtshoorn, archaic finds in Pennington NJ, and Archimedes scripts in Constantinople. It notes US newspaper reach, large bridge specs to Canton, Cyprus demographics, Tasmanian smoking laws, and Italy's nurse corps push alongside cultural figures and maritime trade with Tibet. It also mentions Tibet products, rubber in Italy, Salvini’s coffin, Jones the dramatist, Boer hero Botha and Chaplain Collins, and historic Chalais Meudon aviation post. Plus bells of an old Lincolnshire church, and West Point milk pasteurization linking to typhoid decline.
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Paraguay
Oudtshoorn
Cape Colony
Pennington Seminary
Pennington
N. J
Elelberg
Archimedes
Convent of the Holy Sepulcher
Constantinople
United States
Yanlanman
Canton
China
Cyprus
Sicily
Sardinia
Mediterranean
Tasmania
Japan
John Ryan
West Newton
Mass
Calcuttah
Tibet
Michael
Calcutta
India
Italy
Bozzi
Palermo Botanical Gardens
Milan
Rixey
Tommaso Salvini
Salvini
Florence
Porte Santo
Portland Place
Henry Arthur Jones
Theater Royal
Exeter
Louis Botha
London
Mr. Collins
Millbank Miltary
Splenkop
Pieters Bill
Mablethorpe
Lincolnshire
England
Thomas Franklin
West Point
Corps of Cadets
The Beautiful Danube color claims debunked
La Science Francaise notes Strauss’s waltz title misstates reality. A scientist observed the Danube for a year and found the river displayed eleven brown days, forty six yellow days, fifty nine muddy green days, forty five clear green days, sixty four yellowish green days, sixty nine steely green days, and forty six emerald green but never blue.
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Danube
la Science Francaise
Personal notices from Freeport area social circle
Miss Margaret Sutton of Oshkosh seeks Mrs H W Shelp. J H Hartman travels from Rockford to Freeport on business. Miss Nettie Cranes of McConnell IA attends chautauqua. John Hoebel of Blairstown IA visits Mr and Mrs H J Moogh. Eva Cowell travels to Rockford for vacation with relatives and friends. George W Runkle of Rockford visits. Robert Brine returns to Fort Dodge IA after a stay. Roxanna Brisburn of Center Hall PA visits Helen Bolander at 62 North Galena Ave. John B Thorpe of Chicago passes through after visiting Winslow. Earl Vincent of Chicago visits relatives. Mrs M G McGowan and Mrs J F Gregory go to Amboy for their nephew’s funeral. Dr and Mrs T J Holke return to Peotone with Esther Hermameir. Edward Miller and companion return to Brooklyn NY after two weeks with relatives. Arthur Landeck, Oscar Pote of Chicago. Lloyd Aspinwall of Elgin. Chester Kinley of Rockford guest of Freeport friends over the Fourth. Walter Snyder, Malcolm Ford and Al Marks of Royal Insurance Co Chicago spend days with local relatives. Rev F J Bate and family return from Sterling and Dixon. services tomorrow. Mrs M G Levingston leaves Wednesday for Otterville Ontario then Jamestown exposition. five weeks away. Misses Vicinta Mattert and Florence Briggs depart Tuesday for Jamestown exposition and later Washington, Philadelphia, New York and other eastern cities.
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John Hoebel
Blairstown
Iowa
H. J. Moogh
Misa Eva Cowell
Rockford
George W. Runkle
Robert Brine
Fort Dodge
Roxanna Brisburn
Center Hall
Helen Bolender
North
Galena Ave
John B. Thorpe
Chicago
Winslow
Earl Vincent
M. ©. McGowan
J. F. Gregory
Amboy
Arthur Landeck
Oscar Pote
Lloyd Aspinwall
Elgin
Chester Kinley
Freeport
Walter Snyder
Malcom Ford
al Marks
Royal Ins. Co
F.J. Bate
Sterling and Dixon
Berry Picking Record Set by Turner Farm Helpers
Report from Turner & Son’s deal fruit farm shows pickers earning over 2 dollars for the day. Miss Nellie Turner gathered 171 boxes for 2665 dollars, while 10 year old Ella Turner took 106 boxes earning 162 dollars, a northern Illinois record. Mr Turner runs two trips daily to Freeport with 616 boxes of Senator Dunlop’s Beauties berries.
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T. Turner & Son
Deal Fruit Farm
Missa
Nellie Turner
Ella
Illinoia
Turner
Freeport
Senator Dunlop
Card of Thanks and Humorous Anecdotes
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Agatha Weigand and child expresses gratitude for illness and death services and for floral offerings from Illinois Central shop men. Also contains a humorous anecdote about a mother and a joke about Mr Joblots and stationery in the New York Times excerpt.
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Agatha Weigand
Illinois Central
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement notice
One hundred dollars reward offered for curing catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsers Walding Kinnan Marvin certify F. J. Cheney's honesty and financial ability. Cure taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Price per bottle and testimonials offered. Hall's Family Pills for constipation also advertised.
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Hall
F.j.cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
July W 0 C F Afternoon Card Party
Gleanings notes Rhodesia population and Spanish grasshopper plague. Simplon tunnel shortens Paria Milan trip. Toulon tests gulls as carrier birds. Combine as term linked to 1886 bribery case. English benches critique Americanism.
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Rhodesia
Spain
Simplon
Paria
Milan
Toulon
New York
Home Notes Tips for Cleaning and Food Prep
Cleaning tips for home spaces include wiping specked picture frames with kerosene and avoiding sand soaps on marble basins and enameled bathtubs. Muslin curtains readied for bedrooms should rinse in alum water to preserve color and reduce flammability. For slicing hot brown bread, pull a clean white thread across the loaf to produce smooth slices without stickiness.
Long Railway Feats and Innovations Across Nations
The Transsiberian railway spans 6000 miles at a cost of 484.5 million dollars. A new electric Toledo to St Louis line aims to be the longest of its kind. English railways boast thirty tunnels one mile or longer, while the Severn tunnel at 4.5 miles stands as the longest. In Japan government stations display tablets to help late passengers send messages to fellow travelers.
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Toledo
St. Louis
Japan
Science Siftings Facts on Moon, Icebergs, Storms
The article notes mountains on the moon reaching 86000 feet, an iceberg’s typical lifespan up to two centuries, a thunderstorm’s travel speed about 28.5 miles per hour, a healthy adult breathing 14 to 24 times per minute, and a pulse rate four times the respiration rate.
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North Atlantic
Women’s Shoe Gaffe from Ally Sloper Cartoon
In Ally Sloper a shopper asks for a pair of ladies shoes for his wife, the shopman quizzes the size and the punchline comes with the shopper’s remark that size doesn’t matter since the wife won’t be pleased anyway.
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Bumpus
Sloper
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Stephenson St
Samar & Sons
Pikes Peak
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Purple
Blue
Hermsmeier
Galena
the Savings Department of the State Bank
Illinois
Chalais-Meudon
Betsweep
Paris
Versailles
la France
Renard
Margaret Sutton
Oshkosh
H. W. Shelp
J. H. Hartman
Nettie Cranes
McConnell
T. J. Holke
Peotone
Misa Esther Hermameir
Edward Miller
Brooklyn
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City
M. G. Levingston
Otterville
Ontario
Vicinta Mattert
Florence Briggs
Washington
Philadelphia
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Mr. Joblots
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Parkman Bidg
Boston
Harlem
Wim
Clement
Todew
Ae Mary's Nail
Science
Canover
Mason and Hamlin
Cable
Kingsbury
Wellington
the Cable Co. Pianos
Galena St
Geo. A. Stemm
W.J. Young &Co
German Bank
DeVore
Sylphonia
Main St
Freeport, Il
Brown & Dollmeyer
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Sherwin- Williams Co
Demeter, Seitz & Co
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Office of Home
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Wm. Koenig
Stephenson St. Undertaking
C. W. Harden
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