Premist General Louis Botha Emerges in London Gathering
Great Britain's imperial premiers host General Louis Botha who becomes a prominent figure, joking with former foe Lord Roberts and earning praise from Lord Haldene. Once Boer commander, Botha is now a British empire premier, recounting past battles at Colenso and Spionkop.
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Premist
Transvaal
Louis Botha
Tranavaal
Great Britain
London
Lord Roberta
Veo
Haldane
War Office
Botha
Edward
England
Tie
Joubert
Botham
Colenso
Splonkop
Frick notes rail merger plan at directors meeting
At a directors meeting YH G Frick described the planned amalgamation of two railroads. He quoted a colloquial exchange between Pat and Biddy illustrating initial coyness before engagement, reflecting the period speech patterns.
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G. Frick
Pat
Biddy
Rochester Flerald
Gaines Urges Order as House Debates Ship Subisdy Bill
A friend of Representative John Wesley Gaines recalls his outburst during a chaotic House roll call on the ship subsidy bill. Gaines declares the chamber is out of order and demands quiet, drawing a sharp exchange with Shenker Cannon who notes the noise only from the Tennessee congressman.
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John Wesley Gaines
Gaines
Shenker Cannon
Tennessee
Navy plans two squadron mock battle on New England coast
The navy department outlines an Atlantic fleet plan for the coming summer with two squadrons the red and blue. Rear Admiral Evans will command the first squadron and Rear Admiral Davis the second. They will stage a sham battle and then attack seaport defenses.
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Navy Department
New England
Evans
Davis
Ely's Cream Balm for nasal catarrh and hay fever
Note recommending Ely's Cream Balm for nasal catarrh hay fever and cold in the head. Claims purifying soothing action on airway membranes and a true cure, with no cocaine or mercury. Warns against substitutes. Available from all druggists at 50c, mailed by Ely Bros New York.
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Ely
Ely Bros
Werren Street
New York
Water as a Beverage and the Pleasure of Drinking It
An old Brooklyn Citizen column extols water as the finest drink and offers playful rules for serving and enjoying it. It discusses how water tastes after eating an apple or popcorn, the boost from peppermint, and the effects of serving ware from a glass to a birch bark dipper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Beauty Tips From the Bohemian Magazine
The Bohemian Magazine offers harsh and satirical beauty advice. It mocks vain methods such as using diamond dust on the skin and hammering nails, and jokes about avoiding freckles by prying them out with a nut pick. It also lampoons cosmetic tricks and social pressures around appearance.
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Bohemian Magazine
Ginger Borland a West Point grad in 1860 class
The West Point cadet known as Ginger Borland, nickname derived from his ginger hair, had spent six years at the academy and finally passed. Recalled by General Morris Schaff, Borland impressed by answering Captain Benton in ordnance with not less than two pieces when asked how many a twelve inch shell bursts into.
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Ginger
West Point
Harold
Borland
Benton
Ordnance
Mgr
Captain Benton
Morris Schaff
Atlantic
Largest Japanese Spider Crab Stuns New York
The American Museum of Natural History displays a gigantic twelve foot across Japanese spider crab, claimed as the world’s largest. Its body rivals a tall bushel, with elastic legs reaching high like a four story building. the arms could encircle a man.
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American Museum of Natural History
New York
Empire of Japan
Ilerald
And Then He Ran panel caption exchange
A snippet from the Chicago Record Herald features Mr Henpeck asking his wife if any man told her she was beautiful. She replies no and quips that men are more honest than she thought.
Not Frank She Be Frank With Me
A brief fragment shows dialogue with a mix of names and phrases including James and Harvard Canis poon. The readable portion offers no clear event, location, or outcome to summarize into a full news item.
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Sis James
Harvard Canispoon
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills Advertised
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills offer prompt relief for weak kidneys backache and urinary troubles. Sold by Wm F Jungkunz druggist at 33 Stephenson Street.
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DeWitt
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Melvin Sheppard Top U S Runner Gathers Indoor Relay Marks
The Philadelphia born runner Melvin Sheppard, now based in New York, is hailed as the ablest all round runner in the United States. He has run the half outdoors in 1 minute 63 8 5 seconds and indoors he has posted relay times of 1 minute 54 4 6 seconds and 1 minute 56 45 seconds, also showing endurance in standing starts.
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Melvin Sheppard
United States
Philadelphia
New York
Indoor mile dominance and distance versatility noted for Sheppard
The Quaker City lad shows top indoor mile form clocking under 4 22 on several occasions and aims to break Connell's 4 15 85. Outdoors his mile pace lags, but indoors he can stretch to 50 seconds for a quarter and has run two miles well under 10 minutes. He was on the I A A C cross country winning team last fall.
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Quaker City
Sheppard
Conneff
Quaker Lad
Nillman
Ile
Baseball Rule Snippet On Ball Handling And Umpire Jurisdiction
A set of baseball rules specifies fines for players who soil a new ball, notes that a pitched ball touching the ground before crossing the plate counts as a ball, and bans batsmen from switching boxes after the pitch. It covers catcher interference, base runner passes during tagging, and cites last year’s AL runs as contrast to the NL.
Nuckols Harness Stable Plans Splitting Races at Glenville
Nuckols Harness owner Vance Nuckols lists fourteen trotters and pacers at Glenville with runtimes and lineages for each horse. The stable will be split up as usual and every horse raced where Nuckols believes they can win.
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Vance Nuckols
Glenville
Jack Wilkes
Guy Wilkes
Jay Kay
Jay Bird
Colonel Osborne
Shea
Alcone
Gurney Girl
Gregory the Great
Kenneth Mac
Bobby Burns
Pauline Simmons
Simmons
Moko
Gallagher
Royal Rysdyk
Clea S
Charlie Fisk
Tommy H
Delmarch
Jim Kyle
Tip Top
Sir Darh
Mountaineer
Erla Pointer
Star Pointer
Javelin
Nuckols
May Ride For Belmont Jockey Mountain Promises Strong Season
Jockey Mountain, praised for clever riding, will ride for August Belmont amid strong Belmont stable plans. He performed well in New Orleans and Bennings this past winter and is expected to be a key asset during the metropolitan season. Belmont edged out Alexander Shields and R. Thomas for Mountain's services.
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Belmont
Jockey Mountain
Guood
Mountain
New Orleans
Bennings
Alexander Shields
R. Thomas
Lee Tannehill Aims to Slug In Comeback Season
White Sox infield idol Lee Tannehill vows power surge after slugging drills and practice games. Once a light hitter, he claims to have overcome his pull from the ball and targets a high batting mark to force national attention on the showy third baseman.
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Lee Tannehill
Tanny
White Sox
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers Pills Sold at Jungkunz Drugstore
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers advertised by William F. Jungkunz druggist located on 5 Stephenson Street. Strong emphasis on a famous quick-acting remedy is noted in the commerce listing.
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DeWitt
Household tips on cleaning and baking utensils
The article advises using sheet iron fans for bread baking, cleaning bottles with sand and soapsuds, and washing iron pots with soda in cold water. It recommends wiping dough from rolling pins, drying, using chamois or tissue for polishing, and avoiding brass kettles until cleaned with salt and vinegar. It warns against tea or coffee standing in tinware and suggests dry flour on newspaper to clean tinware.
How to Make a Lye Soap Suds Solution
A recipe instructs shaving laundry soap to dissolve in hot water, creating a boiling mixture to which gasoline is added for effervescence. The process is explained as safe if kept away from fire and light, with directions to treat clothing by soaking and washing in hot suds made from the solution.
Carrot Pie and Meringue Topping Instructions
Recipe outlines making carrot pie by boiling and mashing carrots with cracker crumbs butter milk and eggs then baking in an open crust. A meringue is prepared from egg whites sugar and orange juice and spread on the pie after baking before a coolish oven finish.
New Flower Eat Patent Promises Simple Construction
An IWinds uhan introduces an entirely new arrangement of flower eat that has been patented. The design is described as exceedingly simple, requiring little skill to make one.
Iron bracketed three shelf flower stand attaches outside window
An outside window flower stand is shown with three evenly spaced shelves. Iron side brackets support the unit and incline the frames so lower foliage does not touch the upper shelf. It can hold over a dozen pots, expanding space from a former six.
Pointed Paragraphs on Pride and Money Signs
A column excerpt critiques motives behind political talk and lending. It argues that claims of principle often mask prejudice and that talkative brashness hides inaction. The piece notes people seek to air views rather than gain information. From the Atchison Globe.
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Roman
Atchison Globe
Fasser's Phrases and Jamaica Colic Remedy Ad
Writer Thomas Tasser cites proverbs while Jamaica is described as Britain's oldest Caribbean colony. A claim promotes Casca sweet for babies as a remedy for colic and teething issues. Sold by Wim. F. Jung kunz, druggist, $5 Stephenson street.
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Fasser
Thomas Tasser
Wim. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Daily Journal Delivery Offer in City for 10 Cents a Week
The Daily Journal announces citywide home delivery priced at 10 cents per week. The notice highlights convenient access for residents to receive the newspaper at their doorstep.
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the Daily Journal
Furniture Polish Recipe From A Cleaning Formula
A cheap furniture cleaning and polishing cream is made by dissolving half an ounce of white wax and two ounces of beeswax in half a pint of turpentine in a warm place. Then add a mixture of one ounce of pure white soap a nutmeg sized piece of rosin and half a pint of water boiled until melted. Mix well and store in a full bottle.
Cooking tips from the kitchen guide
Practical baking notes advise tempering ingredients for better texture. Instructions cover creaming butter and sugar, warming sugar to avoid frosting cracks, adding cream to egg whites, and using a hot knife to trim a frosted cake.
Spice poultice gains favor in the sickroom
A homemade spice poultice becomes popular for medical use. Combine one heaped teaspoon each of ground ginger cinnamon cloves and flour with hot water to form a spread. Apply to an old cotton piece, cover with cheesecloth, heat, then cool and moisten with brandy or whisky before reheating.
Time Tables for Illinois Central R R East and West
Illinois Central timetable lists east bound and west bound trains with departures and arrivals at Omaha Dubuque Fort Dodge Sioux City and St Paul for days daily and Sundays. It notes sleeper and parlor car services on No 200 No 201 and No 401 west and east and the various connections at Rockford Belvidere Beloit and Be loit to Madison and Milwaukee.
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Omaha Lim
St Paul Lim
Dubuque
Ft. Dodge
Sioux City
Omaha
Seatee Seers
Dodge
St Paul
Jon Ake
Decatur
Madison
Dodgeville
West
St. Paul
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Harvard
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
No&s
Rock Island and Daven
Chicago
Rock Island
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
Point
North
South Dakota
J. B. Swehatt
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Stain Removing Guide Using Milk and Lemon Juice
A traditional stain treatment advises soaking the fabric in milk overnight then rinsing. Next day rub the area with lemon juice to draw out salt and apply sun exposure. Repeat by soaking in clear water overnight if the stain remains.
Daily Journal Delivery Details From Citywide Service
The Daily Journal offers citywide home delivery for residents willing to subscribe. Service is available across all neighborhoods with weekly options and standard newspaper pricing.
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Sporting World
New Baseball
Mous
Jungkunz
Island
Caribbean Seas
People's Column
King’s Daughters’ Employment Agency
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W. Brokhausen
High St
Galena Ave
Clifton House
Smith
Freeport Mfg Co
Foot
Douglas Ave
Washington Street
Tall
Freeport Corset Co
Oliver
Monroe Bidg
State St
B. Kling
Miama Street
Galena Avenue
Stearns & Zipf
Galena Avye
Union 81
C. G. Schoeffel
Galena Bt
Sal
Bortrade
Cherry &I
T. C. Shaffer
COR
City Water and Gas
John Hea
St. Mary's Church
Joseph Miller
William Dunham
Charles Miller
Adams St
Biefort
Fourth Ave
Frisbie and Haney's
Winnebago and Montery Sts
W. FB
Bergman
Hxebange
Maguire
Orsale
J. F. Respeur
Freeport
Thawlw
Tio Carroll Co. Failes Ss. EB
Shannon
Hess Mill
van Buren and
Jackson Sts
City of Freeport
Scioto Mills
John Prot
Win
QO. Wright & Co
Lequire
van Buren
Jourfil
Shhoeffel & Brokhausen
T. V. E. Sweet
Carroll Bt
Lidin
C.C. Wolf
Douglas F&venue
Lor
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Float St
West Haifel Double House
First Press
Mercan Church
Walnut Street
tWdel
Leviteh
North Walnut and
Stearns Streets
Cardus
J. L.broadhead
Clanton
Ala
Seatec
Chattanooga Merihe Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Cardui
Blind Tom
Flo
W. J. Burdett
Brown & Dollmeyer
A. M. Hoover
Business Directory
Freeport, Illinois
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D.C. Stover
H. H. Antrim
F. Dorman
Ass’t
R. G. Shumway
Henry Baler
T. State Bank
A. S. Held
W. H. Holland
Fred W. Hoofer
C. O. Collmann
D. F. Graham
J. S.collmann
L. R. Sungkunz
Ass't
D. B. Schulte
Wm. Trembor
August Bergman
W. T. Rawleigh
W. N. Cronkrite
John 8. Collmann
First National Bank
M. V. B. Elson
H. 8. Webster
L. Farwell
Second National Bank
Illinois
L. Z
J. N. Galloway
IF. EB. Schaeffer
H. S. Webster
BE. Mayer
Union. Loan & Building Association
F. E Shaeffer
C. J. Wella
John J. Trunck
BP. Mayer
J. F. Kramer
W. J. Schwarz H. S. Webster
Anzeiger
Attorney AT Law
Stephenson St
Freeport, N
Illinois Central
R. R
Ly. Freep
T. Ar.C’cago
John F. Daly
Pass'gera
Mt. Carroll
South Export
Chicago Limited
Weielig
O. A. Ruthe
Carpenter & Contractor
Offive
New
Daily Journal
Frisbie & Haney
General Contracting
Exchange St. New Phone
Kreamer & Johnson
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