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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
3
A collage of humorous quoted snippets and brief jokes from the San Francisco Chronicle Chicago Tribune and Chicago Record Herald. Observational witticisms on appearances money manners dogs and romance appear as compact, period voice quips with a final line about a cautious river crossing.
The piece bundles snippets of quips and cartoons from multiple columns. It includes remarks on heredity, school reports, marriage, and social satire, with brief dialogue and captions from varied periodicals. It reflects a collage of light humor and observational witticisms across several publications.
A detailed description outlines a combination hayrack built from pine or lightweight hard wood fourteen to sixteen feet long. It includes bed pieces, crosspieces, and aris supports with grooves and hooks for stability. The rigging is sectional with adjustable standards, designed to be moved easily onto wagons, with bolts possible for secure assembly.
The notice describes bed pieces and wheels to be used as shown, with care instructions and shelter. It then reports Mumford and Hall finding 450 per cent favoring Stort fromis, 20 per cent therefords, 18 per cent Angus among cattle breed preferences, plus stockers commonly favored. It cites stocker weights and yields, and closes with Colorado’s pen industry yielding 200,000 lambs fattened for eastern markets and about 30 in profit per head on a $2 investment.
Historic garden notes advise delaying cucurbit crops until the weather settles. Early May suits planting summer annuals and bordering with ornamental perennials. Emphasizes timely labor, tidy borders, and kind attention to plants as the season progresses.
An obituary notes the death of Friday Viger, a familiar local Black man, with a small private service in a pine-lined cemetery. The piece recalls friends and mourners, and includes a solemn funeral reading by Bol McRaven.
Numerous excursion offers by the Chicago and North Western Railway note low round trip fares to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Portland, and other destinations. Special trains for Epworth League and National events, with through routes, accompanying trains, and return limits. Also promotions for railway history compendium, summer resorts, and a closing bedding plants sale at Walnut Hill Greenhouses.
Public notices explain Newbro's Herpicide as a destroyer of herpes and scalp parasites that cause dandruff itching and falling hair. The ad claims hair regrowth after treatment and directs readers to obtain the product from druggists or by mail from The Harpicide Co. in Detroit, Mich. Special agent Joseph Emmert is listed.
A fragmented OCR item lists times and codes such as 8:22 am and 3:16 am with scattered numbers and abbreviations. The readable text does not reveal a clear event and lacks complete names or places to identify a full notice.
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