Freeport banker writes from Egypt and Holy Lands
The Well Known Freeport banker recounts a voyage abroad with his party visiting Madeira Gibraltar Algiers Malta and Alexandria and describes life in Cairo and rural Egypt as well as a planned stop in Joppa and Jerusalem The letter notes good health and asks friends to be remembered and signed O B Biowetu
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Caro
Journan
Khedive
Cairo
Joppa
Jerusalem
Madeira
Gibraltar
Algiers
Malta
Alexandria
O. B. Biowetu
For the Sick Room Nurse Advice From a Nurse
Practical guidance on caring for the sick at home emphasizing calm demeanor proper lighting and rest for the nurse. It covers handling flowers medicine bottles bed comfort and nutrition plus home remedies and soothing practices for patient comfort and recovery.
The Sick List: Illnesses Across the Community
George Goetz and J. C. Bricker are on the sick list. Will Figeley suffers blood poisoning. Emil Haeni is quite ill with pneumonia. Frank McCall is improving and will not lose his arm as once reported. Mrs. Seth Mann fainted in church but is better. A. O. Schwarze underwent surgery Sunday hoping for a permanent cure.
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George Goetz
J. C. Bricker
Will Figeley
Emil Haeni
Frank McCall
Seth Mann
A. O. Schwarze
The Theater and Its People Tales From Burlesque Night
Made It a Burlesque recounts Laura Don turning a dramatic Egyptian princess role into burlesque to provoke laughter when John T. Raymond was the lover. The piece notes audience misreadings and the actress’s clever adaptation. It also recalls Fanny Davenport directing a battle tale in Cleopatra with a queen’s impetuous narration.
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Franklin Tyles
Ladies’ Home Journal
Laura Don
Wresh
John T. Raymond
Miss Don
Mr. Fyles
Cleopatra
Fanny Davenport
Miss Davenport
Puerto Rican Social Etiquette: Fans as Flirt Signals
A historical note outlines how wealthy Puerto Rican women use fans to convey emotions to men, under strict old Spanish etiquette. It catalogues fan actions and meanings, from opening and closing to lip use and cheek rests, mapping gestures to messages like “wait for me,” “kiss me,” “I love you,” and “we will be friends.”
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Spain
Debutante Etiquette At Table For Quiet Society Dinners
The article urges refined table manners for women entering high society. It emphasizes daintiness and discretion, noting many rules and the need to seat, rise, and manage a chair gracefully. Debutantes should practice to avoid awkward movements and noisy chairs.
A Writing Corner For Small Home Offices
A writing corner can be fixed up easily in a home where a desk is hard to fit. The setup uses a board shaped like 41 quadrant of a circle in the wall corner, a small cupboard above for stationery, and a wrought iron lamp with a rose shade fixed to the wall to illuminate the space.
Liberty and reform sermons urge end to liquor evil
A sound sermon condemns the liquor trade and links it to societal decay. Rev N H Axtell addresses Freeport and her Young People on moral city governance, calling for saloon abolition and civic reform. Rev C H Holden denounces saloons, wine rooms, gambling, and brothels, urging moral action. public opinion is framed as national safeguard. Trinity Church hosts W H Fouke urging faithful followership.
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Waterloo
Gettysburg
America
Sini
Darkness
Spenser
Milton
Hampden
Sydney
Rienzi
Dante
Hamilton
Washington
Freeport
M. Iu
N. H. Axtell
Paul
Jeremiah
Paris
London
Berlin
Baptist Church
C. H., Holden
The
Truth and Righteousness
Holden
Trinity Church
W. H. Fouke
Evangelical Church
Markets report with closing quotes and receipts
Market notes from Cutosco and Chicago show July wheat at 674-2, corn 371-38, oats 224-23, pork 10.274, lard 6.20, ribs 6.174-20. Union stock yards quotes list cattle 14,000 strong, hogs opened steady to strong then closed weak, sheep 19,000 firm. Chicago receipts outline hogs 25,000. cattle 14,000. Northwestern data, New York stock figures, and a medicinal ad promoting Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery ending with an offer for the People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser.
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Cutosco
Board of Trade
Union Stock Yard
Reeves
C. W. Killen
Fry’s Block
Chicago
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
NEW York Stock Market
Freeport
Nailing Down A Soldier In A Hot Tent Punishment
A description of a harsh disciplinary method for refractory soldiers involving a sealed tent under a hot sun. The text notes that a Turkish bath is milder by comparison, and after an hour or two of sweating the most stubborn will promise obedience.
Wealthy Chinese families seek sons-in-law for daughters
Wealthy households in China advertise for desirable men to marry their daughters and stay in the parental home after marriage. The chosen son-in-law joins the family by hanging up his traps at the wife’s home rather than leaving it.
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Dinah
China
Ely's Cream Balm Cures Catarrh Easily and Pleasantly
Dry catarrh worsens as secretions dry and decompose. Avoid drying inhalants and use a cleansing soothing healer. Ely's Cream Balm heals catarrh or cold in the head, sold by druggists for 50 cents or mailed by Ely Brothers, 66 Warrer St., New York.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warrer St
N. Y
Taxes due as last week to pay in person
Tax collector J.C. Kasch urges taxpayers to call and complete payments now as this is the final week the books will be open. Col. Kasch signs the notice, stressing urgency for settlement.
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J.C. Kasch
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C.B. Bidwell
Making
Pierce
Piorece
Iren
R. Y. Pierce
Buffalo
Steel
Hale Baby Hada Am
Brooklyn R. T
WeTig Ar Ae Yaneers
Cc. R. .& Ae Tgoneen
Mig Ches
Ohio
IL Tobacco
Why ‘ Ontredeceerne
Federal Steel Renee
Federal Steel
Bey Lou
Nash Aes
Ue Oh
Bly Bullet
Manhattan
Nor
West
Pacific Mail
Union Paci Og Oal Doe
Union Pacific
Taha West
Union
Hood
Gertrude Stoppard
Peterson
Héparilla
Freeport Mattress Co
Enney Buggy Co
People's Column
Lie Ad Frick
WiAntEp
Dloe
Devereux
Brewster House
I. Lehman Co
Broadway
New York
Jno
J. Connolly
Moler Barber College
Salie
Benton St
Housa
Beaver St
Park
E. H. Morgan
Stephenson St
Pearl City
Elias Perkins
Clark Ave. & Cor
van Buren St
Bettef
Chas
Nieman
Washington and
Mechanic Sts
R. Nieman
Carrolls' Street
T. Hy Hallister
H. H. Antrim
State Bank
Lineola Avenue
Wdlw
Union Street
Will Kautenberger
J. Whenat
Walton's
Lladwif
C. A. Sheets
Free Port
Court House
Oun Stephens
City Hall
C. R. Sheets
Stephenger and Adams
Brown & Shauer, Lyudtf
Galena Ave
Guiteau
Grove St
BM. E. Schofield
Florida
Fleming
Hast Freeport
Hoffman
Mee Piace
Foley
N. J. Moogk
B. F. Jones
Boston
GEO. H. Tandy & CO
Chilten
Stephenson
Freeport, Ill
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