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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1900
Page
3
An old timean message likens Michelangelo to a tailor offering a new spring suit at a small price. The copy suggests removing the winter outerwear and highlights ready to wear spring overcoats and suits. It frames tailoring as freeing the hidden form within cloth, echoing the sculptor freeing a figure from marble.
In a House debate on the army appropriation bill today, Sulzer urged United States support for the Boers in South Africa and called for peace and aid to the republics. He argued international law allows moral aid and questioned administration neutrality toward Britain. The remarks framed America as defender of liberty amid the South African conflict. John Hay noted U.S. foreign trade proposals with China and foreign powers accepting terms. the government will deem assent final once other powers agree.
Washington reports a request to European governments to sign an open door commitment in China. The plan would keep treaty ports and spheres of influence intact with tariffs and harbor charges to be set by China. Powers reply they will pursue no other policy for China and require identical instructions to all diplomats.
Washington reports no American demand for an apology from Britain over the Pretoria mail censorship. The State Department says Macrum did not file an official complaint, while Britain’s Lord Pauncefote disavowed the censor’s action as unauthorized. The matter, tied to mail transfer congestion at Cape Town, was acknowledged long ago.
Washington report says the senate spent the day debating the Porto Rico and Alaska civil code bills with little result besides a few amendments to the Alaska bill. Morgan proposed a free coinage amendment to Porto Rico. Tornker urged making Porto Rico an island under U.S. protection with noncitizen inhabitants and a tariff plan. The House likewise debated the army appropriations bill and other issues, achieving mainly political allocations.
Washington dispatch reports Governor Steunenberg's testimony to the house military committee in the Idaho labor inquiry. Lentz accuses him of using arbitrary power to arrest, the governor denies such power and declines to answer about breaking into citizens' houses by soldiers, calling the question an insult.
The Philippine commission held a meeting in Washington yesterday and at its close called on Secretary Root who said he would convey their instructions tomorrow.
Washington on March 28 reports the house committee on military affairs voted to recommend reappointment of the current board of the national home for disabled soldiers. New York March 28 notes poor Jennie O Nell Potter cannot have dying wishes ratified. She is too weak for the trip back to Patel Grove Wisconsin this week and doctors say she will not leave her present couch alive.
Cincinnati report states the funeral, initially set for today, was moved to tomorrow forenoon by the committee in charge. The altercation shifts the services to a morning hour, with details forthcoming.
Between two thousand and eight thousand Dunkards passed through Chicago yesterday on their way to North Dakota to settle.
The article outlines Matthew's Sermon on the Mount as a portrait of Jesus as Messiah and explains the Beatitudes. It links humility, mourning, meekness, hunger for righteousness, mercy, purity, and peacemaking to the Christian life, noting the audience as the saved and the suffering that follows for Christ.
A visitor notes Moscow’s constant church presence with hundreds of cathedrals and shrines seen every few hundred feet. He describes perpetual bells and wide public displays of prayer day and night, shaping a city where outsiders struggle to grasp the religious devotion.
The passage compares a sensation to mounting a stool on a springless cart driven over a plowed field and equates it to walking barefoot in chains. It notes that, in the eyes of the Moors, camelback riding is the worst degradation for prisoners, as described in Grey's In Moorish Captivity.
A Chicago Tribune account quotes a patient who joked with doctors as surgeons removed his leg. The exchange shows the man’s nerve and a disjointed tone during the operation.
To secure the original witch hazel salve, ask for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It is well known as a cure for piles and skin diseases. Beware of counterfeit products. they are dangerous. H. J. Moogk.
A quoted dialogue outlines joining a reform movement with a recruiting pledge that creates an endless chain. It contrasts with a dissenting reply and questions about business interests. The text also alludes to Banner Salve advertisements and Pomeranian spaniels trending in major cities as fashionable pets.
An 19th century advertisement collection cites Foley's Kidney Cure with a medical guarantee from H.J. Moogh and Wm. F. Jungkunz & Co. It also highlights a dramatic rise in recorded carbon compounds from 16 000 in 1883 to at least 67 000 per Dr. M. M. Richter, and presents Rev. E Edwards praising Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism. California tomato cultivation is mentioned with shipments from Deyion to Leniden and market hopes in the eastern states.
Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures painful swollen nervous feet and instantly relieves sting from corns and bunions. Makes tight shoes feel easy and reduces sweating callouses hot tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores or by mail for 25c. Trial package free. Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
Mrs A C Thomas advertises hair work services at 255 Galena Street offering all branches of hairdressing including trimming styling and restoration with prompt appointments and experienced care in a neighborhood shop setting.
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