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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1907
Page
8
Mrs. Liza A. Wiley of Liscomb Iowa reports eleven year eczema on hands with cracked bleeding skin and nail loss. After three doctors failed she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills, noting complete hand healing and strong recommendation. October 18 1906.
Personal testimonial from Mrs Harner Reading Pa January 25 1906 describes a blood disease cured by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Includes product pricing and worldwide sale by Potter Drug Cur Co Boston Mass with a booklet offer on skin care.
The piece notes that animals possess a keen sense of distance and threat detection, citing partridges as examples. It highlights how improving firearms increase animal vigilance, making game wary of modern chokebore guns. The London Mail framing emphasizes heightened watchfulness among wildlife.
A fragment describes Nero with a monocle set into a concave emerald screwed into his eye in a vivid, surreal image. The brief text conveys a striking, operatic visual without broader context.
For one year customers may buy all known sheet music and music publications at actual cost by mailing name and address or calling the Piano Parlors to register in the music Directory. Smith & Barnes Song Book offered free to all callers from Divore Piano Co. at 76 78 Stephenson St Freeport Illinois. A pastel picture is advertised by Brown and Dollmeyer offering to produce fine pastel art on demand. No dates beyond month hints.
Secretary Wilson says Wall Street fluctuations do not affect farmers who prefer land over volatile stocks. Manitoba and Western Colonization Co. promotes wheat lands in Canada as a secure using easy terms, with 216,912 immigrants to Canada in 1906. Excursions to inspect lands occur every Tuesday.
Mabel Wagnalls describes the piano concerto as a grand symphonic solo with orchestral support. She analyzes Rubinstein’s D minor concerto as colossal, oceanic in scope, demanding vast memory and precision from the pianist, with dramatic crescendos and a fierce solo-orchestra dialogue.
A young artillery lieutenant borrows a cab from an elderly man who reveals he is Marshal von Moltke, the army chief. The lieutenant believes the man mocks him, yet later the marshal attends the wedding as a surprise relative, praising the groom and wishing him esteem for his wife.
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills provide prompt relief for weak kidneys backache and urinary troubles sold by Wm F Jungkunz druggist at 85 Stephenson Street Shop.
William F Jungkunz druggist at 5 Stephenson Street advertises DeWitts Little Early Risers, famous small pills, highlighting their availability locally.
Practical guidance from the New York American on child nutrition. It covers cooking methods for beef and poultry, importance of fats, recommended meats, vegetables, and fruits, and cautions about overcooking bacon fat and banana tolerance in children.
A Cincinnati inquiry article proposes curing facial neuralgia by placing the opposite hand in hot water. It claims relief within minutes due to crossing fibers of the fifth and median nerves, suggesting sensory impulses travel to the opposite facial side.
A fashion note describes the smart girl choosing a plain black satin slipper with a medium high French heel and a large black satin bow. The design aims to visually reduce foot size, contrasting with brighter, heavily embroidered evening slippers.
Guidelines warn that copper or brass vessels contaminate vinegar. boil only in stone or well seasoned cast iron. Do not use untinned copper or brass as it dissolves copper into the vinegar creating a poisonous solution. stone or cast iron vessels are preferred.
Instructions describe finishing furniture by washing frames and chairs four times with a boiling lugwood and water mixture, drying between washes, then applying a wash of acetate of iron made from iron filings and vinegar for color.
The text claims a letter sealed with egg white cannot be opened by heat or boiling water, as heat supposedly hardens the seal. This suggests an old wives tale about sealing letters with egg white for security.
The Daily Journal announces delivery to any part of the city for a weekly fee. Subscribers can receive the newspaper at their doorstep, with options for home or business delivery and flexible subscription plans.
A poem portrays a father who serves as a soldier on furlough a knight a peddler and finally a tired parent. Children cherish him most when he returns home at six o clock and unlocks the door, ending the day with a kiss and warmth. The piece exalts domestic love and the multifaceted role of a father.
A Chicago News description explains charcoal production by stacking small sticks in round heaps with a central chimney and ground-level outlet. Air is restricted to burn wood to carbon while preventing blaze, producing charcoal in one to three weeks. After cooling, the charred sticks are spread to dry.
Three year old Dorothy on a first long trip thinks the ferryboat is a fairy boat. She asks where the fairies are after hearing it is magical, while her mother notes the disappointment and the gasp that no government can be just without the consent of the governed.
The notice promotes Cascusweet for babies as a remedy for colic, summer complaint, diarrhoea, sour stomach, and teething irritation in the stomach and intestines. It states Wm F Jungkunz, a druggist at 55 Stephenson Street, sells the product.
A dense list of railroad timetables shows east and west bound services with arrivals departures for several routes. It notes services for Omaha St Paul Dubuque Fort Dodge Sioux City Decatur Madison Dodgeville and Dodgeville freight and passenger limits including sleepers coaches and Sunday exceptions.
Train times list arrivals and departures at Chicago and nearby towns, noting connections to Rockford Belvidere Janesville and Madison. It outlines equipment by train number including buffet parlor cars and cafe service and lists Sunday only trains and connections to Beloit DeKalb Sycamore and Pacific coast points.
A historical rail timetable lists East Bound and Rock Island routes with passenger counts and times. It notes No 10 at 11:00 am and No 36, No 9 freight carrying passengers to Racine, No 72 from Mt. Carroll to Freeport, No 53 to Rock Island and Davenport, No 85 to Rock Island, and No 10 departing Rock Island for Milwaukee connections, including links to Chicago and other cities under agent J. B. Sweat.
Fragmentary timetable notices show Chicago Great Western routes including Maple Leaf Limited and Westbound Express services with stops at Dubuque St Paul Minneapolis Waterloo Des Moines Omaha and Kansas City Also listed are passenger and through service notes with stage connections and through-check details attributed to officials R Hussetf J P Elmer and G P a St Paul Alem B Q Be St FG part ener.
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