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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1907
Page
1
A Boston Herald piece recalls Peary’s early Arctic travels. He once gave an Eskimo an ancient Prince Albert coat and a creased sombrero. Years later natives guided him to a stone shrine where a disused sledge and six strangled dogs marked an austere funeral for the coat and hat.
Forecaster predicts a week of storms heat and heavy rains from July 27 to 29 with hail damaging crops and a sharp cooldown afterward. Disturbances reach Pacific coast July 27 to 28 and sweep across the Rockies central valleys and eastern states by early August. Crop prices and corn market actions noted, with advice on holding corn for higher futures and claims of market control by speculators.
Lena July 20 local society notes list Emma Perry David City Wim Lemley Rising City Abner Armagast returning home. Residents and visitors from Freeport Aurora Rockford Beloit Amboy Milwaukee and Dixon visiting relatives and attending events. Auto purchases and lodge work noted with several travel mentions and social calls.
Miss Kathryn Leamon arrived from Rockforesterday to visit her mother. Mrs. E. W. Bowker learned by telegram that her daughter in Artesian, S. D. is very ill with typhoid fever. Bowker departed for Artesian. Mrs. Lofburrow fell ill at Thursday night prayer meeting and remains confined to her home. Mrs. Alice Wangson came from Freeport for a day. Mrs. D. D. Fair and her son returned to Chicago. Maude and Elsie Bac kus leave for Normal Missouri for summer school.
State officials push for pure ice cream amid fears of contamination from impure milk. Chicago scales up inspections under the new factory law, targeting all ice cream makers to meet purity and butter fat standards before sale. Chief Inspector Davies will supervise intensified sampling and enforcement.
Edward L. Hagler a rural mail carrier became deranged when a June bug flew into his ear and caused a wild sprint along the main road into Alto Pass. He rode the panicked ponies into town thrasing his head with one hand and whipping the other as bystanders fled. Jesse Dufrain stopped the team near a livery stable after several attempts. A physician removed the insect and Hagler recovered.
A Mrs M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment for bed wetting in children and urine difficulties in adults. She states spanking does not cure the problem and urges mothers to write today for full instructions without sending money.
Whereas it has pleased our heavenly Father to remove our brother John Kiefer died June 29 1907 and his death ends our fellowship. Resolved that we deplore the loss of one cherished by long association and character that ennobled him. A copy of these resolutions be given to his relatives and to daily papers and attached to the minutes. Walter T. Saenger Worthy President Al Temper Secretary.
A citywide campaign outlines a plan to resist a half million dollar effort by merchants to keep trade local. The movement warns that concentrating commerce in large cities could spell commercial death for small villages and towns.
Nervous debility vital weakness and prostration from overwork and other causes. Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 in use over 40 years the only successful remedy. $1 per vial or special package for serious cases $5 sold by Druggist or prepaid on receipt. Humphreys Medical Co William and John Streets New Orleans.
A compact recap of key events and births across centuries: 1242 French defeated Henry III at Taillebourg, 1304 Petrarch born, 1588 first clash with the Armada, 1629 Champlain captured, 1808 Spanish defeat of French at Baylon, 1850 Daniel Webster becomes Secretary of State, 1864 Peach Tree Creek, 1886 Gladstone cabinet resigns, 1891 miners riot in Briceville, 1896 JameSon raid trial in London, 1897 poet Jean Ingelow dies.
The Liberal party in New Zealand and premier Sir Joseph Ward born July 20, 1837 began as telegraph messenger and rose to become Seddon’s ally. He serves as colonial treasurer minister of posts telegraphs telephones and industries and commerce. He earned his English title during a royal visit.
Lists of addressees and names awaiting letters at Free Port post office for week ending July 2 2007 includes LADIES Annett Mrs Wm Metz Mra Nellie Brishin Miss Roxanna Auntie Miss Florence Bryant Miss Letichter Mrs Chas Kinevhe Mrs Gust Tyler Miss Florence Leach Mrs Emma Wornkie Mrs Carrie and GENTLEMEN Branen EF Mockus Peter Brison Obas Oliver Robt Orously Freda Phillips Jake Gresent Steam Latin- Provenzano Vito dry famels 8 P Davis Garry Schienning C Dryden M I Smith Daniel Dudley J M Smith Fred Gastmann John Thompson Master Car Hall Fredrick 3 ter Hackenberg J Van Alstine Lynn Kendall AO Persons calling for the above please state advertised July 20 2007 SmitH DD ATKINS Postmaster
Philadelphia Ledger suggests planting enduring trees for descendants the box tree and smoke tree as lasting heirlooms. The smoke tree Atleus continus is a shrub with summer clusters of pale pink petals, often forgotten amid hydrangeas. It recommends smoke tree, box, and pyrus fiatpotiea as satisfactory choices for yards.
Vacation time prompts Journal subscribers to leave their summer forwarding address at the office or call 25 to have the paper sent to a new address. Addresses can be changed as often as needed at no extra charge. The note jokes that half the pleasure of a vacation is reading happenings at home.
Manager Clark at the League headquarters in Chicago discusses how mail order catalogs from firms in Chicago and elsewhere have grown to hundreds of millions in annual volume. He warns that unless corrected, a few cities will monopolize trade, injuring thousands of towns and villages, with Freeport feeling the impact and urging local merchants to act to stem the tide.
A compact reminiscence notes how various British leaders defused fatigue from toil in power. Lowe used asphalt and roller skates, Spencer sought relief in riding, Gladstone felled trees and translated classics, Randolph Churchill raced, Palmerston labored in the workshop, Paget warned rest, and Palmerston claimed standing kept him awake when exhausted.
Wide Awake and Fuddle chat about stocks while a patient is treated for insomnia. The doctor asserts the patient is a notably wide awake man.
Fragmentary lines describe eggs described as harder than ordinary ones and a reference to Horatio with a Plymouth Rocks clue. The text is incomplete but suggests a quirky aside about poultry or eggs and a character named Horatio.
In a first class waxwork exhibition each figure must be remade every four or five years as the wax tends to soften and become spongy after that period.
A Tilouston Chronicle reprints a surgeon reply to a young woman asking why woman was made from man’s rib. The answer emphasizes that she comes from his side to be equal, from near his heart to be cherished, and under his arm to be protected.
A Milwaukee Sentinel snippet captures a snappy exchange about color and complexion. The speaker notes Mabel’s habit of seeking matching tones, prompting a brief, lighthearted remark on appearances.
A doctor admits a shift in belief about patient bleeding. He had thought the practice past, but a bill sent by a colleague prompted reconsideration and changed his mind.
A compact note from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat urges readers to take initiative while awaiting answers to prayers, framing personal effort as timely and prudent in a busy civic backdrop.
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