Miss Carstairs Chooses Marston Over Suitor On Train
On the Florida Polar special a stylish Miss Carstairs receives a lavish hamper and conflicts with Richard Marston over marriage. She hails a telegraph to Deering while debating romance and social status, then reveals her true intent to marry Marston.
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Miss Caretairs
Richard Marston
Marston
Miss Carstairs
Daytona
Helen
Europe
Deering
Mme
Tam
Richard
Bad Boy
De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve Sold By Local Drugstore
A cleansing cooling soothing healing household remedy De Witt's Seeeen Witch Hazel Salve is sold by Wm Jungkunz druggist for five dollars with street division noted.
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de Witt
Wm. Jungkunz
A Horological Curiosity From Japan Timepiece Frame
Japan possesses a remarkable timepiece housed in a frame three by five feet showing a Noonday landscape. In the foreground bloom plum and cherry trees and plants. a crystal cascade rises behind a tortoise marks each hour while a gilded sun is absent. A bird sings hourly as a mouse dashes from a grotto into the garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Professor Splits Latin Joke Over Vollx Meaning
An acquaintance asks a Latin scholar to define vollx a word supposedly meaning Vol TX. The professor feigns confusion and then reveals the joke hinges on omitting the word’s point, leaving the claim unresolved in a witty exchange.
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London
Daily Journal Delivery Expanded Citywide for 8 Weeks
The Daily Journal announces citywide home delivery for eight weeks expanding service beyond previous limits. Residents will receive daily issues at no additional charge during this limited period.
Paper currency unfit for cleanliness and health
A Philadelphia Inquirer summary argues that dirty paper money spreads disease through frequent handling. It notes germ carriage on currency, worse conditions in rural areas, and proposes restricting denominations below twenty dollars and shifting to gold and silver, citing European practice as workable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Bank of England
Philadelphia Inquirer
Earthquake Curiosities in Jamaica Public Square
The Jamaica earthquake in January caused four nearby statues to react differently. The Queen Victoria statue leant left, a statue on the north side leant right, a northeast facing statue toppled and broke, while a west facing statue split in two and its bust slid to the pedestal base. Streets north south were blocked by debris. east west were clearer due to movement direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Queen Victoria
Wallis
Deaf and Dumb Label Misnomer in Language Education
The Scientific American notes that most mute children are deaf rather than malformations of speech organs. It argues a loss of hearing need not destroy speech and that modern schools teach language naturally, abandoning finger alphabets once common.
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Scientific American
French felt padding helps prevent tire punctures
A French solution uses a half inch thick felt layer between the air chamber and envelope. The felt, cemented to the protecting band, adapts to tire shape and tends to give way to sharp points rather than piercing the tire, reducing punctures though not always.
Not Yet Diagnosed Placeholder Illness Reaches Hospital
Regret to inform that Pte I admitted to hospital this morning is dangerously ill with N Y I. The instruction notes the faculty’s search for ten complaints while clarifying N Y I stands for Not Yet Diagnosed in a London Truth style quip.
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Pte
N. Y
London
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Sold by Local Druggist
Small, safe pills marketed as reliable by Wm. F. Jungkunz, druggist, located at 5 Stephenson Street.
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DeWitt's
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
The Matterhorn Mystery With Glacial Death
Professor Hixley and Hans Britterman study a glacier’s slow descent on the Matterhorn. A shelf of ice collapses, sending Hans into a crevasse as the glacier weathers at seven inches yearly to move three miles toward the valley.
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McClure
Bynglicate
Hans# Britterman
Matterhorn
Professor Hixley
Royal Geological Society
Hans
Hans Britterman
Hhim
Vacation paper forwarding offered by Journal office
Subscribers leaving the city for the summer may have their newspaper forwarded by leaving their address at the Journal office. Call phone 25, choose system, and addresses will be changed freely. Half the pleasure of vacation is the reading of happenings at home.
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Journal
Daily Journal Delivered to City For 110c Per Week
The Daily Journal is circulated within the city and offered at a weekly rate of 110 cents. The notice emphasizes local delivery to residents and potential subscribers.
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the Daily Journal
The Bed's Place and a Farmer's Ghost Fright
The text argues beds should be away from walls to allow air flow around the sleeper. It also reports farmer Eloff of Rustenburg awaiting trial in Pretoria for killing a Kaffir. He claims he fired a loaded gun to frighten ghosts, with his family attributing mysterious noises to the hauntings.
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Eloff
Rustenburg
Transvaal
Pretoria
Bank Directors and Officers Listed with Time Deposits
C. O. Collmann presides with D. F. Graham Cahler and J. S. Collmann as vice president and director. L. F. P. Jungkunz is cashier with A. Bergman and other officers named. Interest paid on time deposits noted.
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C. O. Collmann
Pres’t
D. F. Graham
Cahler
J. S.collmann
L. FP. Jungkunz
Rass’t Cashier
D. B. Schulte
Wm. Trembor
Bergman
W. T. Rawleigh
W. N Cronkrite
John Collmann
Biéwerl
Wic
A. “Aldwel
Ouahler
J. M. Clark
Directetes
Bisel
Tossoe Amert
Little, m. C
M. V. B. Elson
J. N. Galloway
F. B. Schaeffer
H. &Webster
E. Mayer
HH Union Loan & Building Association
Freeport
F. BF. Shaeffer
C. J. Wells
John J. Trunck
B. Mayer
J. F. Kramer
W. J. Schwars
Ekater
Time Tables And Train Connections For North Western Route
A detailed timetable lists east and west bound departures and arrivals from Freeport to Chicago with multiple named trains, daily and Sunday only services, and connections at Rockford Belvidere Beloit Sycamore DeKalb for Madison Janesville Milwaukee and western points. It notes specific cars and services for Nos 200 202 204 206 207 208 209 211 and mentions buffet parlor coach cafe and straight car services.
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N. W
Lr. C’cage
Freep't Nwesoi
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Pointa
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Harvard
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
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National Lead Company
State Street
Chicago
III
Ann Arbor
People's Column
King's Daughters
J. M. Nesbit
Kaste
Stephenson
South
Galena AV
Ldlw
King's Daughters Employment Bureau
Stephenson &J
White
Jno
M. Wise
West Bear
Anthd
U. S. Army
Cuba
Stephenson St
Elgin
National ‘Bank Buldg
New York St
Aurora
State Bt
Til
State St
O. B
Kling
Stearns & Zipf
Galena Ave
Union 81
C. G. Schoeffel
Galena Bt
Pale Pee
Wm. O.wright & Co. Shoe Dept
John Hen
Lancaster Township
John F. Rezner
Lancaster
Shantz
Harlem
Wim
Clement
Seale
Martem
Kleroy
Pevatonica River
H. H. Becker
Galena Avenue
Toll
Nere
Mayer & Parsons
Rawleigh Medical Co
Orent
C.0. Wolf
Douglas Avenue
Stephenson &T
Court House
Stepheneh
E.S. Brown
Clark Favenue
N. Galena Avenue
A. L. Babcock
Brown & Shower
Ren T
Ark Ave
Galena Street
Tunaglas Pattison
Sarah Weber Addams
X Broadway
Florida
WN. F. Jonge
E. Dewitt & Company
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Business Directory
Freeport, Illinois
SANKS
D. C. Stover
H. H. Antrim
F. Dorman
Asa't Cashier
R. G. Shumway
G. Shumway
A. S&s. Held
H. Holland
W. Hoefer
H. Anti Dr
J. A. Areas
German Bank
Ill
First National Bank
Attorney AT Law
W. N. Cronkrite
Freeport, NL
R. P. Eckert
Ilinois
D&w
DH. C
Freeport, I
Wagner Bindery
Anseiger
Spring Streets
A. Ruthe
Douglas Ave
Frisbie & Haney
General
Illinois Central
R. BR
Nord
Ft. Dodge
Dubuque
Omaha Lim
St Paul Lim
Decatur
Southern
Ce Receere Ee
Dodgeville
John F. Daly
Wast Hound
Arriva
Ceneveeeey
Rock Island
Nee
Assengers Freep
Racine
Nea Freight
Carriea Pase Gers
Arroll
Galand and Daven
Adigon
Menete Maha
Cedar Rapida
South Dakota
J.B. Swratus
Eretek
Pass
Rock
Chicago Great Western
Peewevee
Blmbdr
G. P. Bulett
Seu
Pobberton
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