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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
7
A poem reflecting on the impulse to send flowers after a neighbor’s bereavement and the broader theme that gentle acts of love endure. It recalls biblical women who ministered to Jesus, dignifying care as a form of devotion even when others deem it useless.
Charley Halstone, bored in a London military club, reads news of Lord Eldersford and Miss Mary Breyton. He hatches a plan to visit Southborne for a chance encounter with Mary, recalling a previous friendship and the allure of a fresh contrast to other women.
Charley Halstone, lodging in Southborne, meets Mary Breyton in a sunlit drive and contemplates marriage while a pair of cornettes and a letter mix stir his plans. Notes reveal Mary’s potential, and an anonymous aside hints at flirtations and rival confidences in a country town.
Pearson's Weekly describes the Marotse in a South African valley north of Lialui as a race where every full blooded man is born a king. The people govern without a single head ruler, aided by slavery from neighboring tribes, while England and Portugal contest the land to slow Western 'civilization'.
A Chicago railroad ticket office tale shows a traveler seeking a line guided by moral influence. The agent notes two switchmen and three firemen recently joined the Salvation Army and the board discourages poker and beer, prompting the traveler to request a ticket to New York.
A newspaper note reflects on the plight of having food yet being unable to consume it, contrasting deprivation with abundance and underscoring a moral frustration about unutilized sustenance.
The article notes a surge in long distance household moves within the United States driven by better communication and moving services. It discusses moving from cities like New York to Chicago and the rise in relocations for business, health, or family reasons, with cross Atlantic moves also increasing but at a smaller scale.
A New Orleans engineer notes Northern researchers dispute a top that spins for an hour without stopping. He recalls a German watchmaker William Freund, once based in Dallas, who built a Saturn top that spun for over an hour, with a metal sphere and tin disks, harnessed by a winding peg.
A vintage recipe notes use of one pint cold water and flour with a pint and a half, one egg and salt. Bake in gems with a hot oven described as the secret of success.
A collection of aphorisms by Balzac Moliere Dupuy DeVigny Mme de Stael Epictetus Fontenelle Latena De Maistre Sir C Bell Bulwer Lytton and Margaret Fuller Ossoli. The quotes explore love sentiment action character and art with emphasis on virtue and presence.
A list of old time home cures and folk remedies suggests cranberries for malaria, sun baths for rheumatism, clam broth for weak stomach, and other aging tips. It includes treating croup with a tippet, using hot flannel for neuralgia, cider for ague, and turpentine fumes for whooping cough, with advice on dress and posture.
A series of maxims on human behavior. It suggests setting a personal example over preaching, valuing durable friendships, and the hazards of hobby fixation. It notes people often display confidence while ignorance remains common, and that daily interactions expose others who claim to know it all.
A jumble of observations notes stammering rarity among savages and a girl named Neuralgia found on a bottle. It praises a tiny French hamlet Aumone with elderly inhabitants and asserts hope in work while praising friendship and love. Nevada sandstone reveals a historic woman's footprint. Chicago is misrepresented as a modern city.
An account of a serialized dinner in a seragito with cushions and Hat scone plates. Guests share white soup from a communal tureen then tear meat from a boiled joint with fingers, followed by vegetable curry Zagagig pudding fruit and rice and coffee made over charcoal in a copper pot. The coffee-maker Lily in the Desert is described as dark and striking.
The text extols August Flower as a universal cure for indigestion fatigue and related ailments, claiming it cleanses the system and supports liver and nervous function. It promotes sample bottles and cites endorsements from users in Indiana and Michigan, then notes historical Japan insurance growth data.
A short ad notes kidney disorders as the main source of serious disease and promotes Foley's Kidney Cure from H. J. Moogh and Wm. F. Jungkunz & Co. It also claims arseni¢ is a normal thyroid constituent, explaining arsenic use in anemia and other conditions.
A Chicago reader reports his wife suffered a severe la grippe cough before using Foley's Honey and Tar. He says a 60 cent bottle cured her cough completely, with other price points noted and cited vendors in Chicago and by H. J. Moogh and Wm F Jung Kunz & Co.
The native commissioner at Sebung Africa notes the white rhinoceros is still seen on the vyeldt between the Sanyati and Zambezi rivers. Rumors held the animal extinct. Also quoted is a retail medicines endorsement and a flood of volumes threatening Venice’s palace.
Rev W E Sitter of New York reports twenty years of dyspepsia with no relief from doctors or medicines. He credits Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with immediate help and calls it a panacea for all forms of indigestion. Hy J Moogk.
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