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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1906
Page
8
A compact list shows multiple daily time slots including 11:50am 2:45pm 7:45pm 9:40pm 12:50pm 11:00pm with Sunday reference and abbreviated weekday tag indicating service hours.
Train listings from Rock Island show No 68 and No 10 passenger trains east and west with connections to Davenport Freeport Rock Island and Milwaukee. Freight services noted with passenger options on some routes, plus connections to Janesville Madison Kansas City Omaha Cedar Rapids. Agent J B Sweatt signs for the B Q R K Forreston office.
Worth knowing that Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic whitens teeth and destroys germs in cavities, prevents decay, cleans artificial teeth, freshens breath, and promotes mouth and throat health. Sold with a money back guarantee by Jos. Emmert, Druggist, Freeport.
Lieutenant Bevan recounts at a New York dinner how a thrifty English millionaire never earned a penny yet saved every shilling. Bevan notes the man’s generosity and humor as he lends his Malacca walking stick as security for an umbrella during a rain delay.
A medical advertisement touts Kodol for Dyspepsia as a cure for indigestion and flatulence. It claims the product digests food, calms the stomach, relieves heart palpitations and sourness, and reduces worry by improving stomach health. Sold by all druggists.
The Archibald marriage struggles when the husband clings to old bachelor friends while the wife endures loneliness after a wild night out. A car crash engineered by friends leads to a staged hospital scene and a belated reconciliation as the couple confronts jealousy and hurt. Willard C. Irving reports.
Thousands annually hear witness to the efficiency of Early Risers. These pleasant reliable pills have long borne a reputation second to none as a laxative and cathartic. They are as staple as bread in millions of homes. Pleasant but effective. Will promptly relieve constipation without griping. Sold by all druggists.
Carter Bros hardware at 55 Stephenson St offers stove storage at affordable rates for customers needing secure, temporary housing for their cooking and heating appliances. Local service with convenient terms.
Letters from readers describe cures of female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Pinkham, based in Lynn Massachusetts, offers free advice to women and has aided thousands over twenty five years according to testimonials from Bradford Pennsylvania and others.
The piece surveys various oddities and short items: Trajan era lighthouses in Moranna Spain, a pauper’s cat left to Spain’s king, Angora goats in doll hats worth 40 million dollars yearly, a Spain doctor’s low fees, a combined poultry and barber shop in Kansas, Portugal wine gluts, a diver’s fatal pressure sickness after a shipwreck, Herbert Spencer’s pulse checks, Turkish sultans and canaries, Hamblen county Smith family notes, Dr John Brown manuscript sale, Colusa school trustee race, a Yeagertown gold hoard found after a fire, a Khartum war drum, and sheep farming profits versus cattle.
The C M and St Paul railroad offers excursion tickets to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo for 24 dollars and 40 cents round trip. Travel dates are July 10 to 16 with a limit of August 30. Tickets arranged by agent J B Sweat.
Beatrice recalls a summer scene with Dick on firefly nights and the rift over marriage. After a week of pride and two years of silence, he returns from South America saying he has money and asks to wed. she agrees, noting the spring hats she wore hint at a renewal of their plan. Flora Milligan.
A health ad argues that an unwell stomach hard to eat and suggests Kodol for dyspepsia as a digestive aid. It claims the product digests foods, rests the stomach, and returns it to proper condition, urging readers to buy from druggists.
Readable notice reports an early cabbage tomato and celery plant sale at Burchard’s garden in West reepert, dated 4 26. The brief item notes gardening offerings and location.
A Seattle harbor anecdote centers on a passenger rushing to a departing steam schooner. He dives toward a baggage hatch, only to be warned by a bystander that he tossed his bag onto the smoke stack. The misstep ends with his exclamation and a quick correction.
The Waterbury Connecticut units Companies A and G use expensive Krag ammunition at seven cents a shot. They extend practice by collecting and reloading used shells, letting marksmen accumulate substantially more range time than state regulations allow.
Illinois Central announces round trip tickets to St Paul Minneapolis for the GFWC bi annual meeting May 30 to June 7 1906. Tickets on sale May 28 29 30 31 with return limit June 9. extension to July 15 with $2 payment. Through chair cars and sleeper between Freeport and St Paul offered by IC RR.
Stephenson county announces multiple candidates for county treasurer and sheriff. Thomas C. Shaffer Brubaker J. McCann J. Mason Fox express intention to run in the Republican primaries with the goal of winning county treasurer or sheriff roles.
William W. Sre declares his candidacy for the Illinois General Assembly in the twelfth senatorial district. He states the decision rests with Republican voters at the party primaries.
A candidate announces their bid for the office of county clerk in Gisph. The statement identifies the name RO RSPUELn Beiatuege Miles and frames the campaign as a formal run for the county clerk position.
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