Morton Returns Home and Encounters a Fateful Vision
In New York six years after swallowing loss and riches Morton wanders Broadway. He encounters Lucy Desmond as a vision in a park, and they confess a shared longing. Lucy reveals her husband died two years earlier, and she longs for him to join her.
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Mark
Lucy Desmond
Howard Desmond
Tottering
Metcalf
Lucy
Morton
Lfe
Cupid
Mammon
Jim
New York
Teddy Farrington
London
De Witt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve Remedy
Cleansing cooling soothing healing household salve by De Witt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by F Jungkunz druggist on Spy Stephanson Street. Ends with promotional note for household use and local shop distribution.
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de Witt
Win
F. Jungkunz
Stephanson
Odd Historical Toothache Cures From Olden Times
A survey of quaint beliefs before modern dentistry describes remedies from Scotland Cornwall Staffordshire and various regions. Methods include dressing the right side first drawing a tooth salt and burning herbs and inhaling a glowing powder to expel a supposed worm at the tooth root.
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Scotland
Cornwall
Staffordshire
England
Grim New England minister in field rebukes traveling baker
An old New Hampshire minister noted for grave demeanor and rural work refuses a baking joke with a biblical retort. The scene shows his humor restrained to devotion and domestic matters left to his wife, while he remains stern in field and pulpit.
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New England
New Hampshire
Abraham
Charah
Sarah
Daily Journal Delivers To All City Areas For Tiegwede
The Daily Journal announces comprehensive delivery to every city district for Tiegwede, expanding access and ensuring residents receive newspapers across the region.
The Office Pedometer Shows Long Walks
A Brooklyn Eagle note reports a downtown office worker carried a pedometer for six weeks. Weekly totals averaged 33 1/3 miles, with a daily high of nine miles and a low of 1.5 miles. Yearly projection reaches 1,733 miles, equating to a cross country trip from New York to Bismarck or Galveston.
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New York
Bismarck
N. C
Galveston
Tex
Brooklyn Eagle
Peril in Painless Faces from Facial Neuralgia
A New York Press report describes tic douloureux causing loss of facial sensation after surgery. Victims may injure themselves without realizing it, as the disorder can trigger dangerous reactions and even drive some to insanity or suicide.
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Tic Deloureux
New York Press
Arbuckle Brothers
Arbuckle Bros
New York City
The Speed of Light and Electricity Around the World
The text marvels at rapid travel and signals, noting sound moves 12.5 miles per minute while a rifle bullet would travel 16.5 miles unimpeded. It explains light crosses seven and a half Earth revolutions in a minute and electricity completes a circuit around the globe 11.5 times in sixty seconds.
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Earth
Oratory In the Commons Styles of Parliamentary Speech
A London weekly laments declining eloquence in the house of commons. An observer classifies speaking styles as Haw haw Lum and haw and he haw. The first suits the Treasury bench leaders, the second the keen opposition front bench, and the third the effort of a private member.
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Commons
London
House of Commons
Treasury
A Loud Call William H H Crane on Hamlet
A cosmopolitan actor William HH Crane recalls attempting serious Shakespeare work years ago in the west He says he played Hamlet and was challenged by an admirer who asked if he had great success Crane adds that they dared him to perform before the curtain indicating his wary reception and the reaction of the audience
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William HH
Crane
Cosmedian
West
Hamlet
Audieno
Aroonaut
Landlady Charges Full Price Over Piano Neighbor
A quirky exchange reveals the landlady offering a room at a reduced rate to a man hearing a next door piano, only to demand full price when learning the applicant’s nephew is a gay man. The humor hinges on misunderstanding and social attitudes of the period.
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Het
Naturalist asks about aquaria display
A naturalist offers his aquaria and the visitor fears wild beasts. both discuss security and restraint before viewing any animals.
Neutral Sensing and Singed Voices Proverb Note
A German proverb notes that neutrals are observed from above while singed from below, implying distant observation contrasts with harsh exposure.
DeWitts Little Early Risers Sold By Local Druggist
Small safe pills marketed by Whi F Jungkunz druggist located at 85 Stephenson Street. The ad promotes quick relief with a compact, reliable remedy.
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DeWitt
Whi
F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
BG Dewitt & Company
Chicago
Ill
Wu. F. Junghunz
Apple blotch in Maidan Blush on Ben Davis apples
The article describes apple blotch caused by a fungus that forms brown surface spots on fruit, enlarging to cracks that can nearly divide the apple. It notes spreading from lower shaded fruit, affecting many blotches per apple and leading to premature drop and crop loss in Bentonville Arkansas. W. M. Scott reports June to August observations.
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Ozarks
Ben Davis
Bentonville
Ark
W. M. Scott
The Value of a Good Dairy Cow Compared to an Average Cow
Professor Cooley in American Cultivator notes the average dairy cow yields about 5 000 pounds of milk yearly with a $52 50 value and a $51 cost, while a top cow may produce 10 000 pounds and up to 1 050 in yearly profit for Pieterje Sr. a Holstein. The analysis implies that higher producing cows cost little more to keep and are economically advantageous.
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Pieterje Sr
Professor Cooley
Great Thing For Fruit Growers Said By L H Bailey
L H Bailey urged in Rural New Yorker that markets should distinguish apples by use not just by dessert quality. He argued non dessert apples can still serve many purposes and that growers should not be discouraged from cultivating lower quality grades.
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Tme
L. H. Bailey
New Yorker
Drinking Dish Protector Described for Poultry Yard
A drinking dish protector for poultry yards offers a clean water option akin to a drinking fountain. The recommended protector is built from two one foot square boards, cut diagonally and assembled with triangular pieces to create a durable crookery 86 style frame.
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Orange Judd
Shorthorn Breeds Distinguished by Milk and Beef Qualities
The article notes two main Shorthorn types: a dairy-leaning animal strong in milk and a beef-leaning type. It states the beef-type is more common here while English dairy sections favor the dairy strain, as reported by American Cultivator.
Vacation Forwarding Service for Journal Readers
Subscribers leaving the city for the summer may have their Journal forwarded by providing their address at the office Call phone 25. Addresses will be changed as often as desired without extra charge. Half the pleasure of a vacation is the reading of happenings at home.
Daily Journal Delivers To City Section At 110c Weekly
The Daily Journal is distributed to parts of the city at a rate of 110 cents per week.
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the Daily Journal
South Pole Ice Extends Far Beyond North Pole
The article notes vast ice at the south pole exceeding that at the north, vegetation ends around 68 degrees, and no man has been found south of 56 degrees with land animals absent south of 68 degrees. It mentions towering mountains and numerous volcanoes, and ends with tips on keeping knives from rusting by rubbing with vaseline.
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South Pole
North Pole
Time Tables Illinois Central R R East and South Bound
Schedule lists east bound trains with arrival and departure times for No 2d Omaha Lim No 4d Sioux City and Omaha BX No 31 Dubuque Ex and No 40ld St Paul Lim Also south bound and freight notes including Decatur Ex Madison District and various passenger and freight services with daily and Sunday only designations.
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Omaha Lim
St Paul Lim
Dubuque FE
Nemea
Ft. Dodge Bex
Sioux City
Omaha
Bsa
Ft. Dodge
Dubuque
Nord Omaha Lim
Lears Dodgeville
Decatur
Madison
Chicens
Eepress
Chicago
Ne & Dubuque
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Marshaltown
Des Moines
Kansas City
Joseph
Fort Dodge
Brewster
R. Holett
J. P. Almer
St. Paul Mioe
Train Schedules and Car Services For Bound Fast Service
Bound schedules list multiple trains with times for Ne S08 We B04 and Ne 200 scens. Notes indicate Sunday only trains and various buffet parlor car services. Train connections link to Rockford Beloit Janesville Madison Belvidere Sycamore DeKalb and western routes.
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Freep't
r.Ceage
C’eage
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Point A
Northwast
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Harvard
Spring Alley
Pacific Coast
Rock Island and Davenport Train Passenger Service Update
Freight and passenger trains run from Rock Island to Davenport and Marcell, with west bound service at 6 45 pm and 11 20 am. Passengers travel on north bound routes while Rock Island and Davenport are listed as key endpoints.
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Aenes
Rock Island
Assengera
Marrell
Chicago
Milwaukee
Rives
Janesville
Madison
Kansas City
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
North
South Dakota
J.B. Swratt
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People's Column
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King’s Daughters Employment Bureau
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M. Wise
West Freewort
H. E. Dreyer
4Th Ave
O.B. Kling
Stearns & Zipf
Galena Ave
Union St
C. G. Schoeffel
Galena Bt
Tascreen
Wright & Co
John Hea
Harlem
Wm. Clement
Orease
Harlem Township
Freeport
Eleroy Station
Pecatonica River
H. H. Becker
Galena Avenue
Tikirlowe
Idwelling
Mayer & Parsons
Rawleigh Medical
Lancaster Township
John F. Rezner
Lancaster, IL
Atlantis
W. T. Rawleigh
Tikdwin
Ssipa Street
M. B. Marvin
Bath and
Hnauke
Carroll Bt
Highland Park
K. L. Burchard
Lincoln Ave
Nene
Orent
Wolf
Douglas Avenue
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Court House
Brown
Stephenson Bt
Krown & Shower
Bat Ts
St . T
Galena Street
Ladlw
Third Ward
Pleasant St
W. Cowley
New Phore
Ialena Ave
Tag
Homer St
A.S. Held
Richeshorn
M Stephenson St
T-Isdiwt
Ec ‘Tost
Vollar
Tison
Broadway
Oly
Daily Journal
Tiegwede
Business Directory
Illinois
BANKS
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H. H. Antrim
F. Dorman
Asa’t
R. G. Shumway
Fpres
Henry Bater
State Ban Freeport
A. & Held
W. H. Holland
Fred W. Hoefer
J.H
German Bank
Freeport, Ill
Cellmann
Pres't
D. F. Graham
Presa't
L. R. Jungkunst
Asa’t Cashier
D. B. Schulte
Wm. Trembor
August Bergman
W. N Cronkrite
John
First National Bank
Fredport
Profutso
B. Pita
Wm. C. Wright
A. Bidwell
Cash M. Clark
Ane't
John Burrell
HL Little
Wm. C. B. Blawel
Boyd P. Hinl
Addison
M. V. B. Elson
B.S. Webster
L. Z. Farwell
THE
Second National Bank
H. S. Webster
Reuben Siegfried
J. F. Fair
J. N. Galloway
F. B. Schaeffer
E. Mayer
Untion Loan & Building Association
FF. X. Shaeffer
C. J. Wells
John J. Trunck
Mayer
J. ¥. Kramer
W. J. Schwars
Ebater
Attorney AT Law
W. N. Cronkerite
Freeport, T
KR. P. Eckert
Freeport, Illinois
A&w
C. L. Best
Magnasine
Agsetsor Building
Chicago and
Siring Streets
T A. Ruthe
Carpenter & Contractor
Hougey
Douglas Ave
Stephensou St
New
Offen
Frisbie & Haney
Poona
Illinois Central
R. R
Joen F. Daly
Sveees
Rock Island and Daven
Chicago Great Western
Maas
Iene
Sours
Q. BR. R. AF Forbrestor
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