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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1907
Page
3
The article describes testing a locomotive on a treadmill to measure starting power, pull, speed, and efficiency under varying loads. Engineers monitor steam and water gauges, fuel use, and boiler fit, adjusting pulleys and levers to find the optimal load and reliability before installation.
A garbled item notes that no horse or dog should work on a treadmill. The fragment from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch hints at animal labor restrictions or training advice, but the text is unclear and non-specific about an event or policy.
Julius Chambers profiles London winters marked by dense fogs that cloak streets and homes from November to May. He contrasts the fogbound capital with America’s cities, noting how Londoners endure mist while New York and other locales heat up and empty out.
The tale follows James Lick from youth when he wooed a miller's daughter to his 1854 grand mahogany flour mill near San Jose. The mill, photographed inside and out, neared completion as he vowed future wealth. In 1873 he donated half the mill’s proceeds to the Paine Memorial Society of Boston for a memorial hall and lecture course.
In Stockton a nervous German man searches for a chair in a barber shop. He paces the door and wanders outside, then returns to find another customer seated first. He asks if someone who comes in and goes out “has went.” The barber replies “We was, but he ain't,” ending the dispute.
A New York hotel hosted three high ranking couples who had coffee in their rooms. After a waiter found three spoons missing, a search revealed them under a table. The hotel owner defended staff and warned the guests to leave rather than face critics.
Billy Bevan, famed for pranks, traps himself with a handcuff gag on Ted Wolcott’s wedding trip. The joke backfires when Bevan is cuffed to his chair and escorted toward Presley, where Grace Coburn helps shape a romance as Bevan finally confesses love and asks for a yes.
Willa Sibert Cather comments in McClure's on Circe's Swine by a young German painter. The grotesque study of the enchantress among beasts sparks debate among critics, with an older artist condemning such art as improper and monstrous.
A Joplin News-Herald report describes a reporter traveling to the Indian Territory to eat locusts with full bloods. Locusts are caught at night, cleaned from a prepared ground, then beaded and salted before baking. The tester found the bugs flavorful like dried herring or salted peanuts and enjoyed a tastier snack than expected.
An excerpt on how people judge character by appearances, especially the eyes. It argues eyes expose truth and tell tales of ability and honesty, noting a guilty eye can signal crime while a steady gaze aids in facing difficulties, as per an anonymous prequel reader.
A Westminster Gazette account describes the cunpanero or nevil bird of Brazil, slightly larger than a thrush with white plumage and green facial skin. It emits a hammering sound at dawn, heard up to three miles away, produced by its remarkable vocal mechanism.
Chicago July 23. 0 Stubba traffic director of the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line states the railroads will cut 25 cents per ton on freight and 25 cents per ton on coal price for July and August shipments stored by Aug 31 1907 to spur winter stockpiling. Congress act after May 1 1908 blocks opening new lines or expanding coal production west of the Missouri River, limiting supply growth.
Marinette Wis July 28 Officials of the Wisconsin and Michigan rail road deny the Marquette Michigan report that the line has been bought by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul road. They confirm mutual accommodations allowing Milwaukee access to Norway and Iron mine routes.
A. Lansing Baird, accused of misappropriating several thousand dollars from the brokerage firm where he was assistant manager, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head under a Central Park tree. He had been missing for three months as police searched for him.
Mrs Hazen Pingree widow of the celebrated Michigan governor dies at her Detroit home aged 67. She never recovered from the shock of her husband’s death five years ago. She leaves a son Hazen S Pingree and a daughter Mrs Sherman I Pew.
The fifty-two foot sloop Vencedor representing the Chicago Athletic Association won decisively in the fourth national cruising race from Chicago to Mackinac Island. Vencedor completed the course in 43 hours 29 minutes.
Chicago market quotes show Wheat, Corn, Oats, Pork, Lard and Short Ribs futures, plus winter and spring wheat samples. Hogs, cattle, and sheep receipts and price ranges are listed for July 22. East Buffalo live stock prices include cattle, hogs, and sheep with regional variations.
The article notes that most boys’ marbles come from Germany and that marble and agate quarries employ efficient refining methods to minimize waste.
A quarrel erupts between two neighbors when one warns he may shoot a dog that eats his chickens. The other dismisses the warning, escalating tension as the dispute centers on livestock losses and neighborly limits.
In 1830 Hart Das a famed Elindoo fakir agreed to test claims of dying and remaining dead for months. Hypnotized to halt circulation he was buried behind a wall. Exhumed after four months he revived within an hour and walked out, shaved, cited as proof vitality could be suspended.
A list of beliefs from an old text noting that an ill favored meeting at dawn or a shaggy dog or black cat signals bad luck. Other signs include crickets leaving a chimney or dreams of eggs fire or the devil indicating luck or misfortune. birth timing and head marks also predict fortune.
A proverb warns it is dangerous for a man to give a pair of knives to his sweetheart as it may sever love. It also notes ill luck if a saltseller falls toward you, reflecting old beliefs in everyday misfortune and romance.
The London Standard argues that a fox’s skill and intelligence in hunting and evasion reflect a natural sporting instinct shared with the huntsman and hounds. It notes that an old fox may bait the chase by waiting for the hounds to showcase their prowess, implying enduring traits bred for sport.
The text explains rats breed rapidly with one pair yielding four to five litters of ten to fifteen offspring each year. In six months young are ready to reproduce, so a single pair could produce hundreds of thousands in three years if not controlled by measures.
The note describes trivial as gossip from the Latin for three ways, implying small talk among locals at crossroads gatherings.
Experts say camphor makes teeth brittle yet it is used to whiten teeth and as an antiseptic to keep gums healthy.
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