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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
7
A quaint old tale describes a brown man with a white eyed smile who endlessly saws a vast wood pile until it rises to the sky. He climbs to the moon and continues his work, leaving a smiling memory visible when the sky is bright.
A playful party game where guests fill in musical terms hidden as words in a narrative. The tale of John Smith, son of Major Smith, hints at themes and traits while omitting musical words such as tempo, pitch, and cadence. Players supply the missing terms to complete the musical riddle and win a sheet of music as a prize.
One player stands center blindfolded with arms outstretched while others march and clap to a piano tune. The blindfolded person shouts Spoons. others halt. He taps a player with spoons to guess who it is. Correct guess means that player becomes the next blindfolded participant and the game restarts.
A playful verse poses questions linking objects to states and actions. It asks when silks resemble clouds and books resemble holy days, and uses wordplay such as capsized boats and a peaked Mont Blanc to provoke clever contrasts.
A child asks about a tea sampler while the mother explains Rig's Cream Balm as a trusted home remedy. The product is described as a ready solution for early cold symptoms, promising immediate relief and a short treatment that could prevent a chronic condition like catarrh by stopping a cold in its tracks.
Thomas A. Edison tells the Chicago Tribune he plans a one fourth size model and iron molds to cast a full sized cement house in twelve hours after molds are set. He projects six day completion after drying, for about $1000 on sandy soils with molds costing $25,000 and machinery $15,000, enabling unlimited future houses.
A girl refuses to reveal her father's occupation on a school registration form. She finally confesses he is a worm eater, meaning he bores imitation worm holes into bogus antique furniture for dealers to claim authenticity. The tale appears in Woman's Home Companion.
A irate buyer accuses the dealer of falsifying vehicle performance, claiming the car won t go straight and feels zigzag. The suave agent reassures the customer with a quip about lightning. Detroit Free Press provides the snippet from the play title.
A New York Press note depicts a tailor praising a new cut that dispenses with suspenders and waistcoat buckles. The snug hip fitting front claims comfort, hygiene, and upright posture, appealing to Wall Street clients as the season marks the end of suspenders and buckles.
A large local firm manufacturing delicate instruments received a South American order with packing instructions. The firm’s packers ignored guidance, a wagon with the cargo toppled off a precipice and rolled down a mountain, destroying the instruments. The company had to cover the loss.
Glasgow born George McCulloch arrived in Australia nearly sixty years ago with less than 25 in his pocket. He died a millionaire after gambling away a mine stake, a fourteenth share valued at 6,250,000 pounds six years later, illustrating luck’s fickle path.
The North Cutine Dsity News reports details of a Chinese query into extraditing the wife of Pisa Lsi-lin, blamed for a white Bu Min’s murder. Anhui governor Fens P¢sa presses for action while the Chinese minister declines direct action and suggests a Peking Tokyo approach.
The Kansas City Star reports a downtown store window showcasing a coat made from the breasts of 05 loons. Each breast spans about full inches square with a white spot center. The coat’s many pieces imply years of collecting given birds’ difficulty to shoot.
Organizations form to spread positivity as members share smiles and encouragement. The blogan notes playful lines about optimism versus pessimism and the idea that optimism sees the doughnut while pessimism sees the hole, illustrating a hopeful outlook.
The Daily Journal is delivered to any part of the city for 10 cents a week.
The aging editor seeks a sneppy book reviewer while the applicant’s champion touts an unsuccessful author as the ideal critic. The exchange shows a clash of styles and a nibble at literary credential in a humorous note from Catholic Standard and Times.
In a Philadelphia Press item Miss Kreech praises a voice as very good while Miss Knox asserts the need for inside information. Miss Kreech asks for clarification and Miss Knox suggests he has a method to prove the voice is better than it sounds.
Pa reads a paper and asks what a philanthropist is. His wife replies the term describes a man who spends his time vetting others to spend their money for charity, in a humorous exchange from a Houston Post style voice.
A witty remark attributed to a proverb specialist recalls a Monte Carlo visit and a dealer's take at the roulette table. The exchange underscores fabled gambling bravado and the lure of chance in classic newspaper tone.
A rough dialogue shows Mrs Outertown addressing a former employer about a past task. Puck the Leader of vigilantes threatens action and demands control over how it is carried out. A horse thief expresses reluctant gratitude for being allowed to choose his fate.
The fragment hints at polished manners and self-control in social conduct, suggesting courtesy without effort. No concrete events, people, or places are present to anchor a fuller summary.
In the Pittsburg Gazette Times George Seibel criticizes literary excesses in war poetry. He notes absurd lines about slain men groaning and questions whether poets exaggerate or misunderstand history. He recalls Macaulay and a German schoolmaster tale to illustrate the comic misreadings of war motifs.
A humorous critique from the Washington Star detailing swans as witless, contrasting them with ornamental ducks in cold weather. It notes swans freezing in shallow ponds, failing to swim, and poor fighting ability, while black swans are portrayed as quarrelsome and victorious in clashes.
A correspondent recalls a trout story in a pond stocked with trout. He describes a rainbow that broke his hook and a later catch yielding a worm hook and a fly hook in the fish’s stomach. He wonders if a fish’s life experiences pain and how it endures such wounds.
A fragmented moral vignette warns against hatred and revenge while urging calm. It references a teacher and a student exchange about water turning black, and cites disparate lines from the Atchison Globe and New York Times to illustrate misreadings and confusion in public discourse.
A description details paper mosaic techniques using cardboard silk satin linen or leather bases and narrow colored paper strips. Designers transfer patterns, roll and shape strips to form flowers and berries, with gold edged strips for gilded effects. Three valuable miniatures of royal figures were stolen from a London engraver's studio.
Fragmentary railway timetable details list East and West bound trains with numbers and times, connections at Rockford and Belvidere, and notes on parlor car service and cafe buffet options. Mentions John F. Daly as agent and Maple Leaf Route connections.
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