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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1905
Page
6
Piano tuner 4 F Burdett notes an entirely new first class cash register for sale at a great bargain. Call and see it at Brown & Dollmeyer.
Le Page challenges his factor over driving out interlopers from a trapped valley. Faced with orders to use force, Le Page defies the method, sends the factor back, and tends a wounded husband while planning peaceable action. A later note secures Le Page’s promotion to factor with back pay.
A calm man, Uncle Rufus, endures a furnace blast when a new sluck coal misburns. A fierce smoke flood erupts, blowing caps from rooms above and blackening Isis Rufus. The incident reveals a dry wit as he surveys himself and mutters about a mullet cut.
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as uniquely effective for female weaknesses and related conditions. It promises a $500 reward for any unsolved case, cites testimonials from The Sisters of the Good Shepherd, and defends the medicine against alcohol-containing rivals while promoting additional products like Dr Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser and Pleasant Pellets.
A collage of anecdotes surfaces from a financial panic and social columns. A ruined city magnate laments bankrupt firms and lost houses, only to be reassured by his wife. Other notes touch on William Dean Howells’ summer in Maine, Astor and Vanderbilt possessions, and satirical vignettes about wealth, mining fortunes, and a lighthearted Indian interview about feeding hogs.
A former detective, McQueen, plots and executes a house burglary to rob a wealthy widow of a bonds-filled cash box. He disguises himself, fails to stay unseen, and is ultimately caught as the box is recovered and his guilt exposed. He pleads guilty and receives a fifteen year sentence.
Ayers Messrs. Sjeyrdmorn Clastow Mirage fy plan to build the first keel of a new British Mittleship to be named the Ainemayoan. The ship will displace about five hundred tons and feature heavier armor than anything afloat, signaling a major naval ambition amid early 20th century imperial buildup.
W L Yancy of Paducah Kentucky reports severe kidney disease resisted by three top Kentucky physicians. After trying Foley’s Kidney Cure, one bottle gave relief and three bottles cured him permanently per his claim. Advertisement notes medicines sold by local druggists and references other items including a seized painting in Cassel Germany and testimonials from J Z Barber of Irwinville Georgia.
A collage of medicinal claims and local notices. Foley's Kidney Cure is touted as a cure for early kidney issues and Bright's disease with testimonials from various readers. Other items promote constipation remedies, local bylaws against profanity, and Liberia export data.
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