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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1906
Page
3
Our Business Methods emphasizes straightforward facts about the instruments we sell and the aim to earn repeat customers. It highlights earning trust through good service, correcting mistakes promptly, and offering the lowest prices to satisfy every buyer.
Bargains in used pianos include a $2.50 item, a $1.75 piece, and an $80 upright. New pianos of various makes priced from $1.25 to $7.50 with cash options from $5 to $25 or monthly payments from $4 to $10. Inspect these goods. they will bear inspection.
A historical note describes writing around 450 BCE shifting from right to left to left to right. It details confusions, the boustrophedon practice, and how Greeks and Hebrews later settled on left to right. The piece quotes a Franklin-like example about reversed lines.
Three million separate shoe nails are cast from one ton of metal. Smaller nails are molded in large quantities, with 22 000 nails per mold and eighty molds per day producing about 160 000 nails. The nails are linked in a sand network after casting and then annealed with hematite ore in a furnace to avoid remelting. This process softens the brittle network, allowing the nails to be bent and become usable without breaking.
A Bristol County Massachusetts legal anecdote recalls Timothy Collin, famed half a century ago for winning an acquittal for an old Irish woman accused of stealing pork. In court she whispered asking how to handle the porrk, and he quipped that she should tat it, fool, since the judge says she didn’t steal it.
An old advertisement promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as the original laxative cough syrup. It claims the product clears bowels and mucous membranes to treat coughs and colds, including croup and whooping cough, and notes it tastes good and is sold by all druggists.
A writer in an eastern paper laments the passing of the old red damask tablecloth once a symbol of comfort and cheer. The white cloth now evokes cold formality, a clothesline over a snowdrift, while memories of grandma pouring tea and extra pie for the young linger.
The Bly's Liquid Cream Balm spray brings relief to catarrh sufferers with a soothing atomizer spray that clears thick discharge and aids breathing. Sold by druggists for 76c with spraying tube, or mailed by Ely Bros New York.
In Topeka the Interstate Commerce Commission resumed hearings into rate discrimination charged by the Kansas Oil Producers Association. Witnesses described pipelines occupying Santa Fe and Southern Kansas rail lines east of Sugar Creek and Signi Creek, with railroads deeming Kansas rates arbitrarily set and not adequately challenged by business or public sentiment.
Koonts said the freight rate increase was needed by trade conditions and not for any single interest. Prouty pressed for figures on the risk of drawing fuel oil, while Mayer denied bribery attempts. J. W. Mayer and ex-Standard officials faced questions as a California crude shipment dispute emerged. The era of Moroccan reform talks faced a tense stalemate in Algeciras.
An old fashioned ad urges avoiding indigestion by using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure after meals. It promises reduced belching puffing and palpitations, with claims that Kodol digests food and leaves the stomach sweet. Sold by all druggists.
Advertisement notes best oil per perfection single gallon price at Barrel Bros The Cash Grocers located at 119 Stephenson Street with a 180 tf-wlt designation.
The Daily Journal offers home delivery to any city area for one week or longer at a rate of one unit per period. This notice outlines service availability and subscription terms for residents seeking convenient newspaper access.
Dr Pierce of Buffalo N Y releases a pamphlet listing all ingredients in his Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription to prove their value a bold move that aims to silence critics. The notice promotes his peasant Pellets and the People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser offered free with mailing stamps and requests readers to send stamps to obtain copies from Dr. R V Pierce Buffalo.
A compact historical note traces foreign flags over North American soil from Isabella’s royal banner over Isabella’s era to later banners carried by Cabots and others. It outlines waves of national flags seen in regions now part of the United States, noting Spanish French English American and Confederate emblems across territories such as Texas Louisiana and California.
The article traces button use from ancient times to modern days, noting Greeks and Romans lacked functional buttonholes until the eighteenth century. It recounts the rise of steel buttons at Soho Birmingham during George III’s era and credits contemporary artisans for broad, low-cost varieties, even making buttons from unlikely materials like the potato.
An observer notes that black snakes over seven feet are rare, can be caught easily, and though they may struggle they are not vicious. They restrain themselves when captured, offer little danger, and can be handled without harming the handler. The account appears in Forest and Stream.
The piece argues that those in all lines of duty who do the most work remain calm and unhurried. Duties do not chase each other, and one task never displaces another, allowing methodical, single‑minded labor. A calm spirit yields swift, high‑quality results without haste.
A Philadelphia Ledger exchange captures Miss Plane noting a prophecy of falling in love with him and Miss Spelta replying with curiosity about the omen. The playful dialogue reflects social wit from the period.
A woman reflects on following her mother’s command to seek the world and earn money, revealing a tense personal dilemma about obedience versus ambition and consequences in daily life.
A compact quotation from Jefferson reflecting the paradox of happiness as perceived by others. The line contrasts external judgment with inner contentment, suggesting that true joy is found in not conforming to public opinion.
Veterinary specifics claim cures for horses cattle sheep dogs hogs and poultry by acting on sick parts. Listing fevers inflammations distemper rabies quinsy epizootic pneumonia and many others. Promotes ten specific remedies and a booklet available from Humphreys Medicine Co New York.
In Philadelphia crowds hissed as Battling Nelson and Terry McGovern fought six rounds with Nelson holding the edge late. The round six saw a clinch after missed blows and a flurry near the wind, ending as the bell rang with McGovern nearly out.
Three men in a Jamestown grocery were killed and five injured when the Odd Fellows building, weakened by preparations for a new front, collapsed onto the store. The dead are Samuel Lewis George Scott and Chas Hedge. Injured include William Mitchell Ju Jett Jeg Ry Abney Joseph Jackson Oscar Wyatt Julius Underwood and others. Workers on the building were Joseph Turkson Oscar Wyatt Julius Underwood and an unnamed man who tried to flee but were trapped. Abney was struck by bricks as he left.
Judge Alton Parker, en route north, told a Birmingham reporter he is convinced Roosevelt will seek the Republican nomination for a third term. Parker noted the president had stated he would not pursue another term when WO was secure, but now believes Roosevelt intends to run again.
The sterumer king foundered off Sable Island last Sunday with twenty seven crew drowned. The captain perished after rescue. Also noted are a Manchurian order barring Japanese north of Russian lines, anniversary of Emperor Alexander II's assassination, Missouri judge resignation over pay, senate gift acceptance for Adams Davis, and other brief items.
Hon Jake Moore of Atlanta Ga testifies indigestion plagued him over 20 years until Kodol relieved symptoms in one day. The advertisement claims Kodol digests what you eat and relieves sour stomach gas belching and related discomfort. Sold by all druggists.
Hollister and Barrett's Jewelry offers special prices for a limited time with details in their advertisement. Note the notice ends with a mark indicating a date and time framed as promotional copy.
Henry C. Ide is appointed governor of the Philippines to succeed Luke Wright as the first American ambassador to Japan. Ide, a Vermont native and Philippine commission member since 1901, will be relieved June 1 by F. Smith.
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