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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
2
Graduates hear about ladders of knowledge and the medical field. The address discusses rising through rounds of learning, preventive medicine, germ theory, and notable figures like Pasteur, Gorgas, and Treves. It urges aiming for medicine as a vocation, emphasizing public health over wealth.
Address by A J Stuktenberg urges graduates to value hard work over easy prestige. He contrasts John Smith the bossy innovator, John Jones the compliant clerk, and John Brown who pursued journalism. Brown becomes a successful editor, showing independence of thought leads to real impact. He warns against complacency and late nights, stresses restraint and ethics in business.
The speaker urges young women to think for themselves and recognize true state. He argues women are built of better clay and dwell on a higher plane, placing greater responsibilities on them. He asks which of three Johns to marry and leaves the thought that a person is what he thinks in his heart, urging independent thinking.
Portland June 19. The annual Northwest conference of the YWCA opens this evening at Seaside house for ten days. Delegates from Montana, Washington, Idaho and Oregon are expected in the several hundred. Leaders include Bishop Robert Paddock of eastern Oregon Miss Emma Hays Miss Harriet Reynolds D H N Boothe Dr Francis J Van Horn and Dr Hiram M Foulkes.
Pineules claim a 30 day trial for $1.00 with a guarantee. They state the pill acts directly on the kidneys and provides relief in the first dose for backache weak back lame back rheumatic pains and kidney and bladder trouble. The product purifies the blood and invigorates the system and is sold by H. J. Moogh and C. P. Guenther.
The Pearl City News editor hired a tramp printer to cover a vacation, then found the man missing on return with about ten dollars of printing sticks and rules. The description paints him as a small, gaunt man with gray hair and a large nose, warning other editors to beware. The piece recalls how veteran printers kept watch on tramp printers in the office.
In Oakland on June 19, the California Women's Automobile Club presents the first national endurance run for women. Start from Oakland at 10 am with finish at San Jose. Confection marks guide the route, and a three hour limit applies. Only women drive and may ride in cars.
The primary department at First M E church presents a 10 30 a m children’s day program with processional prayers anthems hymns addresses of welcome solo performances and readings featuring Lent themes and graduating exercises including diplomas and a class song The program includes multiple named participants and teachers and ends with a recessional marked March Along Happy Hearts.
After fifteen years of chronic indigestion and spending over two hundred dollars, B. F. Ayscue of Ingleside North Carolina proclaims Dr King s New Life Pills the best pills ever sold. Sold under guarantee at Jos Emmiert s drug store for 25 cents.
F J Burdett, piano tuner, is listed with Brown and Dollmeyer and the phone number 3% may be shown for contact. The brief entry notes a local service listing in the business section.
Max Pemberton born June 19 1863 in Birmingham England pursued schooling at noted preparatory schools then Cambridge University. After trying several vocations he devoted himself to literature producing more than a score of romances and adventure stories starting with The Diary of a Scoundrel published in 1891 and gaining success.
The passage notes Mr. Pemberton becoming well known in both America and England. It highlights his surprising productivity in writing many successful stories despite years serving as editor of a major London magazine.
The Friday night euchre club will meet in K G hall tonight. The public is invited to attend.
Beesy Laxative Cough Syrup promises prompt relief for coughs croup hoarseness and whooping cough. Gently laxative and guaranteed. Sold by H J Moogh and C P Guenther.
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