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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1900
Page
3
In Lewiston Journal the poem recalls a tall, light teacher named Professor Joseph Tate who supposedly taunted pupils then beat them in gym. The narrators describe locking him out and vandalizing the school, ending with a card asserting athletics as his specialty.
This sketch depicts the Fennings a large clan ruled by a bedridden Pa and a vigilant Ma. The ten siblings shrink from labor preferring idleness while neighbors hire them out of pity. Lew Fenning the one armed son stands apart as a tragic badge of their supposed virtue in sloth.
In a Michigan or Illinois setting, Lew Fenning, mocked for his disability, plays the sympathy card to win neighbors and earn a place with the Inglehart family. He fakes melancholy, marries Liza, and uses influence to lift their fortunes while remaining the butt of jokes at home.
The speaker laments that years of knowledge and refined judgment are not fully used to aid those lacking such advantages. Better use of wise guidance could prevent mistakes, save effort, avoid wasted time, and spare disappointments and sorrows, a loss we should regret.
A letter praises Allen's Foot-Ease for absorbing perspiration in gloves and as a dainty toilet powder. It claims the product eases tight shoes, keeps feet cool, and invites physicians to note its purity. Available at drug and shoe stores for 26 cents with free sample. Actress Allen S. Olmsted is noted from Le Roy New York. The Scots Grays horses in South Africa are dyed khaki to blend with the battlefield.
A maize of endorsing claims for DeWitt’s pills and Banner Salve, notes on Connecticut supreme court ruling about furnace personal property, Swiss federal cabinet pay, and quotes praising Foley’s Honey and Tar. Mentions E Presson of Pressonville Kans and Merchants H J Moogh W F Jungkunz & Co.
New York's high society has gained several hundred million dollars in the past five years as wealthy westerners move to reside in the city, shifting social prominence and funds toward glamorous urban circles.
An advertisement touts Banner Salve as the best salve for piles burns and skin diseases, claiming a prescription from a world renowned skin specialist. It recommends Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism with a testimonial from Josh Ennar of Germantown Cal, and notes local dealer Joseph Emmert offering the products.
An essay notes that smiles at the ignorance of a savage who cuts down a tree for fruit. It argues that every person makes a similar blunder by being over eager and impatient in seeking pleasure.
Lewis Ackerman of Goshen Indiana says DeWitt's Little Early Risers provide relief for headaches without gripe. He notes the pills gently cleanse and invigorate the bowels and liver. H. J. Moogk.
A collage of brief items includes a quote on virtue from Eugene J. Hall, claims about Foley's Honey and Tar restoring a voice, Asheville lumber region preservation efforts, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cautions, a prize by the Allgemeine Deutsche Sprachverein, and endorsements for One Minute Cough Cure plus vocal coach John G. Oyler.
A. C. Thomas at 255 Galeng Street offers hair work services across branches.
The article describes root grafting apples with stock and scion pieces in fall or winter, using tongue or whip grafts, with bark contact and wax as needed. It notes winter grafting in large nurseries, storage of unrooted seedlings, and spring planting. It also mentions Metcalfe bean as a promising legume forage in dry western lands.
A Farm Field and Wire correspondent notes sorghum cane’s rise in winter feeding. It withstands drought, is easy to harvest and store, yields eight to ten tons of fodder per acre where soil and season suit, and seed sells around 10 cents per 100 pounds. It can be hauled in, stacked, or left in field piles for cattle. Some feeders use it to cut costs, with reports of no milk-dairy issues and strong dairy outcomes from fed cattle.
The plains irrigators prefer soaking soil deeply and forming a mulch on the surface to reduce evaporation. This method sustains moisture for deep roots, avoids spasmodic growth from shallow watering, and supports uniform maximum plant growth through copious later irrigation. B Cowgill.
Rural New Yorker describes starting melons and cucumbers in hotbeds or greenhouses to advance maturity. Seeds are sown on inverted sods six to eight weeks before planting, with six seeds per spot spaced eight to ten inches. When warm weather arrives, sods are cut into squares and transplanted, accelerating harvest and reducing early insect damage.
Mrs H V Brown at 74 Clark Avenue offers china painting lessons from a set schedule. No further details provided in readable text.
Winter in the South invites eastern travelers to the gulf coast between Mobile and New Orleans where mild climate and first class accommodations await. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad offers through cars from northern cities and Florida connections, with folders available from J. Kelgenly, NUW. P. A. Chicago.
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