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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
7
A fragmentary verse excerpt reflects on Shakespeare's supremacy in music and light, contrasting him with Chaucer and Italian influence. The speaker laments the passing of Shakespeare’s era as England and Italy merge in a grand, luminous literary vision.
In a grand party a clever burglar plot unfolds as Henry Apps uses a fake costume to woo Lady Staplehurst. An open safe, a discarded key, a police constable entry, and a dramatic rooftop escape cross paths with a gondolier and guests, ending in a tense but comic note as authorities close in.
Napoleon's officer, ordered to seize towns after Jena, faced a frozen Idibe river. Skating across the thin ice, he saved six hours, avoided a long detour, and fulfilled the marshal's orders with bold, clever skill.
Hy Cocheins once Wiscon sin athlete and Harvard Law student shattered the Harvard strength record in the Intercollegiate testing room. He totaled 1,800 points, up 60 from his previous mark, with a leg pull of 960 points equaling 2144 pounds dead weight. He did not train for the test and aims to reach 2,000 points with future training.
The game Fiftynine, a four to six player trick game using all 45 cards, assigns bids from 1 to 59 with the right of trump for the highest bidder. Players discard nontrump cards, must lead trumps, and gain points by card values in tricks. Its origin is mysterious but it promises lasting appeal and frequent play.
The national meet of the League of American Wheelmen in Milwaukee will feature an expanded programme with many National Cycling Association championship events. Veteran race meet manager Gerhard Aussem joins the executive committee and, under his oversight, more open and handicap races for amateurs and professionals will be added along with a motor cycle series.
Trap shooting ace W. R. Crosby, famed for Madison Square Garden work, returned to form at Lincoln Neb. He broke 84 of 90 on day one and 212 of 215 on day two, with the only 25 live birds sweepstakes straight. Crosby totaled 296 of 300 and beat 30 rivals at 82 yards.
A Fort Smith versus Krebs game opened eight years earlier with LT Pink Wawley and McGinnity. Wawley struck out 21, no hits, Krebs won 1 0 as Fort Smith failed to handle Hawley’s fast pitching. The same pitchers would face each other in Brooklyn in 1900, a quirky reversal of fate.
Vermont station findings by Professor L. R. Jones on potato pests cover flea beetles and Colorado beetles. Bordeaux mixture plus arsenites improves protection. Paris green alone is less effective. Tip burn stems from dry heat, not fungi, and irrigation plus vigor help. Eastern states rely on soil musk and clover, drought tillage, and spraying to minimize damage.
An old judicially famed gentleman recounts a comic childhood moment. At fifteen, he sits for dinner beside a beloved neighbor girl, realizes he lacks a spoon, and frets over public mortification. A cat leaps onto the table during a chase, the scene erupts in confusion, and he calmly declares for two spoons.
The Commercial Advertiser notes that dining car kitchens will no longer open into the car interior. Kitchens connect only to the platform vestibule, with half of it part of the kitchen. The service is under the General Passenger Agent and aims to be perfected in every respect.
Dr A L Newton asserts ability to cure chronic diseases without operation and without questioning patients. He says many doctors acknowledge magnetic healing’s superiority for certain conditions and send patients for treatment, while a few “marrow-minded” physicians denounce the new system.
The text touts cures for rheumatism and female troubles by Drs Newton, claiming high success rates and magnetic healing. It highlights a large number of testimonials from cured patients and asserts no inquiry into patients exposures, presenting their treatment as universally effective.
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