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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1909
Page
6
Uncle Ben races across fields to stop Joe at the Milly family home and proposes on the kitchen threshold. Milly, surprised, agrees, and Joe arrives to find Milly as Uncle Ben’s fiancée, ending the rivalry and aging illusions for both men.
Amos James recalls a late summer night wind that blew through Henrys, lifting a well over the board fence and depositing it in the west yard. He and his wife stayed bound to bed, fearing the blast, while neighbors drew water from the disrupted well.
The Sunday timetable lists No 200 202 204 206 211 services with parlor or cafe cars, and westbound No 201 6 205 207. No 200 connects at Rockford to Beloit Janesville Milwaukee Madison and points north. No 04 at Rockford to Beloit Janesville Harvard Madison. No 06 at Belvidere to Sycamore DeKalb Spring Valley and to the Pacific coast. JOHN F. DALY, Agent.
The item lists O. M. and OT P B East Bound arrivals and departures with passenger times, routes via Rock Island to Milwaukee and onward connections to Janesville Madison Kansas City Omaha Cedar Rapids and points in North and South Dakota. J B Weat l Agent notes rail connections and freight/passenger services.
A humorous exchange centers on a dramatic facial pun and a quip about telling faults. The dialogue shifts to a boast about dye and diamonds, concluding with a wry remark that goods alone without advertising are useless, and advertising without goods is pointless.
An old advertisement lists remedies for fevers, colds, dyspepsia, coughs, headache, rheumatism, and numerous ailments. It promises “small bottle of Pleasant Pellets” and claims many cures with prices and 94 recipes. The copy mimics period medical patter with drug names and broad claims.
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