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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
3
A Philadelphia North American account describes Mamma Viaud a thin elderly widow famed for roulette at Monte Carlo. Her calm focus on a wheel reveals a flaw in a wheel that repeats a favored stopping point. After immense winnings managers tried bribery to stop her. she disclosed the wheel’s flaw and left with her fortune.
A music teacher criticizes common errors in early training as Robert D. Braun notes in Etude. A girl seeking lessons was placed on a Beethoven sonata set in two volumes and Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodie No 8 before mastering basics. She could not play scales and was redirected to easy Durand pieces.
The article recounts how Samuel Coates, a Quaker, secured donations from Stephen Girard for the Pennsylvania Hospital. It details Girard’s brusque generosity, a lesson in tact, and the founder’s strict farm discipline including an instant dismissal after he detected lateness and impropriety by a hired worker.
A Leslie's Weekly observation proclaims Americans as the greatest travelers, likening them to Columbus and noting their dominance among tourists in England, Europe, and even African cities during the travel season. The piece highlights the United States as the primary source of global travel influence.
A tongue in cheek London Tit-Bits quip warns riders to slow down over stones and watch for a railway gang, as a cabman reassures a passenger about careful driving and choosing the right hospital in case of an accident.
A reflection on the elusiveness of defining a perfect woman since time began and a note on Gypsies commonly believed to be of Egyptian origin, but likely originating from India.
New York June 29 Harriman dodges retirement chatter about his Union and Southern Pacific presidencies saying he may retire but hopes readers attend his funeral. He denies a chairman role and quips about preferring not to wear gold lace, while noting the rumors persist.
Chicago announces Ossian Guthrie a famed mechanical engineer and geologist will wed Elizabeth J. Flower 41, of 122 Forty second place, next Monday night. This marks his fifth marriage after four prior wives who all died.
Washington June 29 Building operations in the District of Columbia have practically come to a standstill as stonemasons bricklayers and hodcarriers walk out to oppose the open shop policy Contractors plan to import labor of all building trades to meet demand
President Roosevelt has transmitted to Herbert Knox Smith a telegram from the Central Labor Union of Washington requesting an inquiry into alleged violations of the anti trust act by telegraph companies.
The Wisconsin assembly, in Madison on June 29, passed by a 69 to 3 vote the senate resolution calling for election of United States senators by direct vote. The measure seeks a constitutional method to choose senators rather than state legislatures, reflecting growing momentum for reform.
Chicago and East Buffalo quotations list diverse grain and livestock prices. Wheat corn oats pork lard and short ribs show wide bid ranges. cash sales note No 2 red No 2 hard and spring wheat prices. Live stock receipts and bids vary with prime fat steers cows heifers calves and lambs amid mixed market tones.
report notes several fungi attacking apple leaves causing brown circular spots from specks to larger marks. observations mention variable spot sizes and prevalence in some cases.
A historical note recalls a farm overrun by goldenrod where ten acres would not feed a goose. After mowing and stocking with five sheep per acre plus bran, the next season produced a fine blue grass pasture. The writer in National Stockman and Farmer claims all goldenrod plants were killed and notes cows avoid it while sheep thrive on new growth.
A Prairie Farmer hint describes a top mounted hay wagon brake using a one inch gas pipe and a balance wheel connected by a chain to a brake lever on the rear wheels. The note also discusses moisture use after rainfall and its value to crops in dry farming districts.
Thinning tree fruits should be practiced by every intelligent grower. Better fruit and more money will be the result.
The Daily Journal is delivered to any part of the city for 10 cents a week.
A historical excerpt lists common usage corrections for proper English. It contrasts informal contractions with formal forms and provides examples like you were instead you was and he doesn't instead he doesn't written as he doesn't.
A Scottish passenger reluctantly lends a match to a Welsh traveler in a railway carriage. The Welshman’s empty pipe and failed pocket search provoke lament. Damascus is praised as the garden of roses, with a note on damask roses tracing to Syria and Mohammed’s quote on paradise.
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