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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1906
Page
6
Straightforward statements of facts, supported by instruments sold, attract piano buyers. The aim is to deserve patrons by selling pianos and expanding from existing customers. They encourage old customers to bring friends, proving satisfaction with careful safeguarding of buyers' wants and interests.
A wife describes her husband’s condition during wartime strain brain exhaustion and anxiety. She notes he repeats excuses for late returns from the club, illustrating tense homefront strain and fear of breakdown.
Conversation from the Kansas City Independent shows Wise claiming self defense after Jenks laughed at an old test. Wise says he laughed to reveal the point, otherwise remonstration would follow.
A Georgia official from Atlanta testifies to rapid relief from indigestion after using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He claims twenty years of stomach trouble improved in one day and notes the product digests what you eat relieving sour stomach gas belching and discomfort. Sold by all druggists.
Testimony in the March 20 hearing before Special Commissioner Anthony details stock links among the Republic Oil Company and Standard Oil Waters-Pierce and related entities. Key figures include Frank Wilson, W. G. Rockefeller, James Taylor, and M. M. Van Buren, with stock held to benefit Standard Oil interests.
The attorney general demanded production of Waters-Pierce Oil Co records. counsel resisted citing constitutional protections. Adams identified as stock custodian and described a New York conference, with Pierce ex-president testifying on board matters. The day adjourned as a storm and cold weather affected the region from the Mississippi eastward.
Lieutenant Schmidt who commanded vessels of the Black Sea Fleet who mutinied in November was shot yesterday at Otchakov with three of his sailors. The incident follows the earlier mutiny and signals ongoing unrest among Russian naval forces.
An advertisement urges readers troubled by piles to use Witch Hazel Salve from B. G. DeWitt & Co Chicago calling it the original. It warns against counterfeit versions harming relief and notes the product is sold by all druggists.
Fragmentary notes mention Sta yer & Co and unclear figures like 3.50 grades and 9.48, with references to cleaving sglo and names garbled. No coherent event or names to establish a clear action or outcome.
An advertisement asserts Dr Pierce’s medicines cure chronic diseases from impure blood and constipation. It claims the formulas have glyceric extracts from native American forest plants with no alcohol or habit forming drugs. Dr Pierce offers free consultation from Buffalo New York and promotes Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative.
Washington reports indicate Bellamy Storer the United States ambassador to Austria Hungary will retire immediately. Secretary Root refuses to comment on the change as friction with the administration is not ruled out.
Caro line von dem Bussche, divorced wife of German baron Baron von dem Bussche Haddenhausen, shot herself at Fort Leavenworth where her son Second Lieutenant Carl Frederick von dem Bussche serves in the eighteenth Infantry. She had been troubled with melancholia.
March 10 mass meeting in Washington represents most local unions with resolutions denouncing the arrest of Moyer Haywood Pettibone as trumped up conspiracy charges. A second note discusses the Triton lizardlike reptile with remarkable limb and eye reproduction, citing Bonnet experiments and observed rapid regrowth timelines.
The donjon, a central tower, was built stronger than the surrounding walls and designed as a last refuge for defenders. It often housed a secret tunnel long enough to reach a hidden outlet, allowing relief or escape if the fortification fell to attackers.
A humorously misquoted exchange notes a man wears a string on his finger to recall a task his wife told him to remember. The light anecdote reflects domestic life and memory aids in a casual tone.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes the honeymoon ends when a wife suggests her husband have his trousers pressed by a tailor. The remark uses humor to reflect domestic routine and changing spousal dynamics.
The excerpt features a nurse noting a healthy baby who is peevish due to whisker cutting. The dialogue centers on care and a motherly commentary about the infant's mood. The tone is domestic and lightly humorous as characters discuss the child.
Nervous debility vital weakness and prostration from overwork and other causes offered with Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 in use over 40 years. Described as the only successful remedy, priced at $1 per vial or $5 for a special package for serious cases. Sold by Druggists or prepaid on receipt of price. New York address William Sts.
Senator Stephen B. Elkins challenges Governor Cummins over statements in a hearing before the interstate commerce commission. The letter accuses the governor of misrepresenting facts and questions his motives, with pointed remarks about terms used and the conduct of the inquiry.
Secretary Taft received two cable reports from Major General Leonard Wood in Manila about Mount Dajo. The first notes Wood’s familiarity with the situation after eight months’ effort to relocate locals without fighting. The second says sensational cables reached Mindanao with no new facts beyond Wood’s prior report.
Atlanta March 20 heavy rain crippled southern railroads with widespread tangles and paralyzing conditions. In Wisconsin Jatesville six bakers were found unconscious from gas fumes. all are expected to recover.
The advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a safeguard against headache constipation and liver troubles. It urges keeping a vial at home and taking a bedtime dose for cleansing without griping, sold by all druggists.
Tax notice lists L and associates for collection at Bokemeier and Lapp's shoe store in Lancaster Gro MexsenkaMp on March 17 and 21. Authorities require payment of town taxes present for the period. The notice seeks compliance by the shop and notes deadlines.
Jacob A Riis reporter and author of notable works including Flow the Other Half Lives is described as a warm admirer of President Roosevelt. Riis, born in Denmark in 1849, came to America after thirty and began as a reporter, later writing a detailed life of Roosevelt.
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