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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1900
Page
7
Poem excerpt by Robert Loveman quoted from Cosmopolitan questions what riches mean to a man devoted to truth and quest for divine knowledge. It contrasts worldly spoils with spiritual ascent, imagining a soul that seeks immortality beyond death and seeks to awaken loftier life through diviner understanding.
A reflection on poverty as a driver of civilization, highlighting Lord Palmerston and biblical quotes. It argues poverty motivates labor, sustains progress, and explains wealth’s drawbacks. Stories of a fortune seeker, laborers, and a minister illustrate virtue in toil, faith, and the unpurchasable riches of character.
Greek divers raise treasures from the Tscheschme battle site off Chios in the Aegean Sea. A chest holds 12,000 gold ducats, plus 2,000 gold coins, copper vessels, a goblet, silverware, and firearms. Turkish bullion remains, with a full sea-bottom survey planned. Naval officials discuss using submarines for such salvages and potential future value to research and industry.
Tit Bits explains how gold leaf is packaged in books with Bible paper pages. Dealers say the practice is not irreverent and stems from even small type and light impressions. Gold leaf sits between printed sheets, using Bible and Prayer Book pages for their smooth, delicate binding.
New York consumes vast daily milk quantities with 1 280 720 quarts of milk 21 000 quarts of cream and 10 567 quarts of condensed milk sold daily. Five states supply Manhattan with milk including New Jersey Pennsylvania Connecticut and Massachusetts. About three quarters arrives by train while the rest comes from nearby farms. Each quart is protected from contamination souring and freezing. It is estimated that 186 333 cows are needed for the citys daily supply.
An eminent doctor declares no person should drink tea or coffee before turning eighteen. He argues the beverages unduly excite the nervous system and harm the digestive organs in the young.
At a New York Times account a hostess cleverly tries to keep two men apart yet they align by gravitation. One guest resists, but the hostess insists on discretion and stays, allowing both to remain in the room. The tale ends with the man leaving quietly without notice.
Kerosene is recommended for cleaning shellacked floors replacing soap with a cupful in lukewarm water, and lightly rubbing to freshen oilcloth colors. It dissolves dirt and cleans fabrics in wash routines. It also advises soaking rusted surfaces in kerosene and simmering ironware to dissolve rust, then polishing. Carving at table is praised as a social skill and educational goal for youths.
If a bad ink stain touches a carpet of delicate colors, rub with buttermilk until fading. Then wash the spot with a cloth wrung in boiling water without soap. Cover the area with a dry cloth and leave it for a day.
An elder asks his son which college he will attend after prep schools. The boy replies Vassar. The elder comedian reacts with a wry moment, remarking that he would also like to attend. The line appears in Detscis Blue Press.
In a tale from our youths column Frederick the Great tests reading aloud then dispenses justice to a laborer’s daughter Ermestine. Her swift reading reveals a widow’s plea and a son’s wish to paint, leading to the boy’s discharge and the girl’s education at the king’s expense. The two reading pages reform, aided by the girl, and rise in law and statecraft.
A Boston girl of three with no prior limb experience breaks her arm after a fall. She cries out for her mother to hold it steady and avoid pain until the doctor arrives. The child fears the sawdust might rupture out as the arm is treated. Youth's Companion.
An English visitor disguised as a Muslim recounts the Mecca pilgrimage ritual of seven circumambulations. After the procession, pilgrims drink Munipid water from Temzen, believed to be the Water of Hagar, and an infidel’s drinking is said to cause choking.
Claim that Allen's Foot-Ease powder lets ladies wear shoes a size smaller by easing tight or new shoes. It promises instant relief for coins and bunions, swollen feet, blisters, callous spots, ingrowning nails, sweating, and hot aching feet. Available at druggists and shoe stores for 25c, trial package free by mail.
A fragmented slice of a 19th century page features a poem about a cow named Bossy and a bell ringing scene. The text also includes diverse advertisements for salves, tonics, pills, and Grain-O coffee substitute, plus a real estate and loan notice from 209 Float Street. The tone is periodical, with multiple short items and quotes.
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