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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
8
A promotional sale discounts white wash suits with marked down prices. Items show various values reduced from 8.50 to 19.50 now priced between 5.95 and 14.75. The message targets travelers and shoppers seeking savings on suits for vacations.
In Freeport retailers boast high demand for waists with hundreds already sold. About 200 remain priced at 1.00, encouraging customers to view the display and then visit the store to explore more options for value.
Vacation employment for college youths runs from book selling and view sales to hotel clerks and field work. Some aim to earn about 200 dollars plus board and clothing costs, while others pursue up to 500 dollars in three months selling books. Many shift into insurance, other sales, or engineering-related fieldwork after the summer.
Railroads employ chainmen and rod handlings while mining students seek coalfield exposure. Trainees work in shafts and tunnels and draft plans in the chief engineer’s office gaining practical experience near the mountains of coal.
Excavations at Oxyrhynchos in southern Egypt uncover ancient papyrus and parchment fragments. Notably a small vellum sheet presents about 400 words of a gospel fragment describing Jesus and disciples at the Jerusalem temple. The Vienna correspondents and Chicago News note its potential significance, including fuller details of purification ceremonies and temple topography.
An eminent surgeon after study in Germany reports a silver compound named collangol as a potential nonoperative cure for appendicitis. In seventy two cases three days of treatment cured all but two severe instances without surgery, claiming superiority over surgical approaches when diagnosed early. The report cites Sharper's Weekly and notes other Africa animal anecdotes and a giraffe telegraph disruption in Victoria Falls.
A Russian count fled Austria’s army and rose to Siberia as a railway guard before learning his uncle’s death left him vast estates and a million-dollar yearly income. A garbled personal ad and a tale of fortune conclude with a patent remedy promotion for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
The Daily Journal announces city wide delivery at 10 cents a week.
Mrs Meler feared an assault when an unknown man followed her home. Frankenberger, a 30 year old widower employed on a Rock Grove township farm, eluded pursuit after pushing her and her child from a buggy and nostrils flee. The episode left Mrs Meter exhausted after a two hour three mile ride from Twin Grove.
A central Kansas editor recalls a church service with a long sermon and hymn singing. He notes about a dozen local congregants do not speak to each other, musing why they would know one another there if they do not here.
The Illinois Central Railroad will sell round trip tickets to St. Paul and Minneapolis for 6.65 dollars during the National Encampment in Minneapolis Minnesota from August 13 to 18 1906. Tickets go on sale August 11 12 and 13 with a return limit of September 30 upon a small extra payment.
At Rock River Assembly in Dixon on Sunday July 31 a daylong program begins at 9:30 and 8 p m featuring the 8 Traied Birds and Dogs, Doubs Family concert, Patnas hasi band, and Marie C. Brehin state presidents soloists Antionette Hunka and William Petite Christes. A special Illinois Central train from Freeport at 9:10 a m offers $1 adult, 60c child under 12, round trip $1 from Freeport with 50c half fare. Children under sixteen admitted free.
The Illinois Central railroad offers round trip fares during the Rock River Assembly meeting at Dixon from July 28 to August 12. One and one third fare for July 30 with return by July 31, one fare for August 4 with return by August 6, and one fare for August 11 with return by August 18. A rate of one and a third fare on the certificate plan applies for the balance of the meeting.
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