Eye Glass Testing Described as Precise Science
A statement frames eye wear testing as a science, not guesswork, claiming only a trained observer can grasp the anatomy of the eye and affirming the method’s guarantees.
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1906
Page
7
A statement frames eye wear testing as a science, not guesswork, claiming only a trained observer can grasp the anatomy of the eye and affirming the method’s guarantees.
The Republican Convention for Illinois Thirteenth Congressional District meeting August 16, 1906 at Freeport to nominate a representative and select a central committee. Delegates allocated by county based on Roosevelt and Fairbanks 1904 vote totals. 88 delegates total.
R R Time Tables list mixed passenger and freight services with schedules from Freeport and Chicago bound west and east. The document notes train numbers, equipment, daily and Sunday operations, connections at Rockford Belvidere and Belvidere for Beloit Janesville Harvard Madison Sycamore DeKalb and other points, with agent John F Daly listed.
Going East timetable shows No 10 leaving Rock Island at 7 am arriving Milwaukee 8 10 pm with freight and passenger service to Freeport Mt Carroll and Davenport connections. Westbound No 0 68 carries passengers to Rock Island Davenport. No 9 links Kansas City Omaha Cedar Rapids and Dakota points. Agent J B Sweatt notes connections and freight rules.
Oscar J. Elsesser as supervisor of assessment certifies a complete list of real property in Harlem Town Stephenson County Illinois for 1906 subject to taxation. It notes changes due to improvements or destructions and lists fair cash and assessed values opposite each tract or lot. Deputy Mary C. Elsesser assists.
Property listing details for towna in Stephenson County Hillnots state with year nineteen hundred six and abbreviated sections for direction fractions corners lots blocks feet and quarters noted throughout the document. The text explains shorthand conventions including n for north e east 3 for south w west frac cor fon corner pt for part it for lot bik for block ft for feet sec for section t for town r for range a for acre and! for undivided h for half seq for southeast quarter sway for southwest quarter neq for northeast quarter nwq for northwest quarter.
In Revue de Paris a writer proclaims Milwaukee as the real capital of German America, a Teutonic Athens preserving the German language in its purity amid English influence. A German arrival notes the city’s linguistic purity while contrasting German and French learners of English.
A World’s Work excerpt claims about 400000 people in Indian Territory with only a quarter Indians. It notes towns show few Indians, only tepees along rails, and many Indians are misread as white due to attire and integration. Tulsa businessman says fewer than 100000 Indians own land and about 300000 whites inhabit the area.
The London Sketch laments no new foods have been discovered for centuries and notes monotony at all meals. It mocks meat scarcity, calling the situation disappointing since only three specimens exist and two are stuffed.
A classic recommendation urges keeping a box of De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve at home for sunburn cuts bruises piles and boils. Marketed as the standard brand with many imitators the ad cautions buyers to ensure they get the genuine DeWitt’s Salve available from all druggists.
Low round trip fares to Denver Colorado offered by the Chicago Great Western Railway for annual Grand Lodge BPOE meeting. Travel dates July 16 to 21, nickels on sale July 10 to 11. Final return limit August 30. Inquiries through any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minnesota.
Chicago and Northwestern Railway announces round trip excursion rates from all points on July 12. Shoshone Wyoming reservation border is the only all rail route to the border. Registration dates July 16 to 31 at Shoshoni and Lander. Pamphlets with information, maps, and how to take up home steads are free on request to W B Koiskern Pp M Chicago.
Listing for legal services shows address 145 Stephenson Building Block labeled as 145 Stephenson Bt in Freeport Illinois. No further context or client details available.
The dialogue imagines the shade of a multimillionaire arguing with Adam about wealth. Adam retorts that no body existed to pay a dollar daily, and suggests that lying could have let the shade own the earth. The ad promotes Best oil Perfection-8 palm at Burrell S. Cash Grocers.
Plans furnished on application for A. L. Babcock contractor with residence and shop at 281 North Galena avenue and new telephone 838. Ruthe Carpenter contractor offers brick and frame houses moved and raised with office at 152 Stephenson Nephen, residence 487, office 479, and residence 183 Douglas.
Anzeiger Building at the corner of Chicago and Spring Streets houses Wagner Bindery, offering magazine binding as a specialty.
Advertisement for Frisbie and Haney Contractors and Builders offering general contracting services plans specifications and estimates furnished on application at 10 Exchange Street phone number provided for contact.
Excursion rates to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo or via the North Western Line in effect from all stations July 38 to 16 inclusive with favorable turn limits on account of Grand Lodge BPOE Two fast trains through to Colorado daily only one night For full information apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry
Frigid phrasing limits readability but notes low weekend rates to Williams Bay and Fontana on the North Western line. Tickets available Fridays Saturdays and Sundays with return timing after the sale date. Apply to agents of Chicago and North Western Railway.
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