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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1900
Page
7
The piece recalls four friends reuniting as if time had stood still, noting the familiar grass plots and the old tree where they once played. A mother reflects on her child’s arrival, imagining future shared moments beneath those same scenes.
Andre pleads for consent to wed Noemie against his despotic father M Delvalley who vows to disinherit him. The elder blasts the match as ungrateful and money driven while Andre recalls Noemie's sincerity and their love as he confronts a looming familial fracture.
Andre pleads with Noemie to marry despite his father's disapproval and a telegram that may disinherit him. Aunt Rose uses a secret charm to secure a favorable dispatch from M Delvalley, uniting the lovers and revealing a shared past with Rose and Delvalley.
In Nassau Bahama Islands the hurricane tree, a colossal ceiba, shades the entire public square. Its massive trunk braces outward with wind shaped supports, surviving a hurricane with leaves gone but no major limb loss. The tree is ancient beyond living memory and remains a landmark in the capital city.
A compact life guidance quote by Henry Van Dyke urges gladness for life as a chance to love work and play, seek stars, value possessions modestly, despise falsehood, fear cowardice, follow admirable traits, cherish friends, honor Christ, and spend time in God’s outdoors.
In a Baltimore American excerpt, a police discussion features Roundsman Clubbem praising South Africa’s force and quoting a remark about fifteen thousand British soldiers unable to contain one hop, highlighting a tense exchange about policing and authority.
A historical extract urges women to avoid embonpoint through early rising, outdoor exercise, and mind cultivation. It warns against ballroom dancing in overheated rooms and fattening foods while promoting intellectual pursuits and varied physical activity as aids to beauty and weight management for both stout and thin women.
A commentary on family life argues that a wife and mother should not be limited to domestic tasks. It advocates equal participation in outside interests and suggests homes should include cheerful, relaxing times for all, not just to please the husband.
If green vegetables are wilted, soak them for more than an hour in pure cold water. This keeps them crisp and ready to use, ensuring moisture returns and texture improves before cooking.
In 1856 a rural resident vowed to wear hair untrimmed until John C. Fremont became president. Forty years later, believing Fremont’s death ended the vow, he had hair and beard shaved for half a dollar. The barber asked for the fee and the man asked about the hair.
An old colored farmer recalls Brer Williams warning against banks as unsafe and hoarding cash. In a dream Brer Williams sees himself digging up money buried in the ground then waking to find the state left behind with the treasure, as recounted by the Atlanta Constitution.
Question Answered. August Flower remains the largest selling medicine in the civilized world for indigestion and biliousness. It was used to clean out the system, stop fermentation, regulate liver action, and stimulate organic functions. Sample bottles available at Joseph Emmert's, successor to Emmert & Burrell.
A collection of wry observations about gender roles, ambition, and human folly. Quips note while conductors report odd railway incidents and a rural editor lampoons an ice house fire with a Chicago Daily News aside.
Wm Orr of Newark Ohio endorses One Minute Cough Cure as vital at home. He credits it with saving his boy during pneumonia and calls it the best medicine for coughs and lung issues. The remedy is described as pleasant to take and harmless with immediate results from H Dr Moogk.
The Grand Duke of Luxemburg, age 88, is described as an active sportsman and a good shot. The item notes other leaders and events including U S figures and royal visits, with varied political and historical mentions.
The seller offers remaining wallpaper stock at lowered rates to make room for new arrivals. Prices include 25¢ items now 15¢, 20¢ items 10¢ and 123¢, 10¢ items 6¢, 8¢ items 5¢, and ingrains 20¢ items 124¢. Paperhanging and painting services are available at the lowest rates. Estimates furnished. Joan E. Apayson, 56 Stephenson St.
A collage of humorous lines on gender, marriage, fashion, and virtue from a Chicago Daily News style voice. It touches on poverty, matrimony, fashion notes, and a medical anecdote about a daughter torn between suitors, ending with a physician’s ironic counsel.
A promotional note asserts most serious diseases start in the kidneys and endorses Foley's Kidney Cure with a guarantee. It invites readers to try the remedy today and lists H. J. Moogh and Wm. F. Jungkunz & Co as the advertisers.
In a Sabbath sermon Parson Woolfman denounces the congregation for contributing only sixty three cents to the hat. He defends Brudder Slewfoot and accuses the members of meanness while insisting the choir resumes its regular melodiousness.
Mrs Calvin Zimmerman of Millsburg Pa extols One Minute Cough Cure as a speedy harmless remedy for coughs colds croup and sore throat. She says it is pleasant for children and produces immediate results. The ad claims it cures bronchitis pneumonia grippe throat and lung diseases and will prevent consumption per H J Moogh.
An elderly woman, eager to praise stories about children, asks the city editor who writes the features. A staffer with a corncob pipe is pointed out angrily as the person delivering curses to the office boy. A reader testifies to Kodol Dyspepsia Cure easing long standing indigestion.
IT has on hand choice bargains in residence and business property and a long list of desirable building lots in all parts of the city. Call at 209 Float street or City drug store. Money to loan at 5 percent on first mortgages. 2-Sdtf Peter Metzaar.
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