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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1900
Page
7
Poem recounts Time as both thief and friend, noting youth’s roses stolen yet wisdom, home, and warmth gained in return. The speaker acknowledges aging, honors Time for gifts of life and love, and writes with nostalgic period voice attributed to Eben E. Rexford in the New York Sun.
In Cannes two Englishmen share memories over coffee as Fleming recalls a failed marriage to Mamie, an heiress, and a past encounter with her mother. A pink confetti disk triggers old jealousies, but Mamie later reunites with Fleming at the Grand hotel, ending years of separation.
A dialogue notes Deacon Hardskin bunked in York and being sold a gold brick. A scammer sold the brick to a Canadian traveler before the deacon could act. The Boston Courier records the exchange with two Yankees discussing the incident.
Poem by Bessie Manning McIntosh from Somerville Journal laments a seashell’s music embodying a lost world of warm Australian shores and earthly longing. It muses on beauty, pain, and faith, imagining a future peace when divine will prevails.
In the Magersfontein battle tale a wounded Piper Duncan Farquharson struggles through barbed wire and heat to reach the laird, sharing water, recalling a Loch and Ben-dhouran, then looting a silver flask from an officer before reviving with whiskey.
In a dawn tragedy during a Boer War assault, Piper Farquharson tunes the reels and matches for Duncan as the laird dies, his final playing echoed by the troops and Boers alike. The piper’s last performance becomes a haunting farewell as dawn reveals the casualties.
The article explains that future navies may rely on balloons carried by battleships to observe submarines and wakes. Balloons, similar to army models and made mainly at Chatham, would provide clear line-of-sight for depth up to thirty feet even in cloudy Thames waters. Balloons prevent daytime submarine access to ships within striking distance.
A quotation from Ladies' Home Journal on how to handle impertinent questions about private matters. It advocates firm polite refusals, suggesting a simple statement to withhold information and maintain dignity. The guidance emphasizes calm, courteous honesty when declining to answer.
In a playful exchange, Warabel jokes about a spouse treading a rose strewn path forever, while the other party quips about foot travel everywhere, highlighting a comic exchange over marriage and promises.
A clubman recounts a gift of a Chinese peanut and ginger jelly paste sent by a young Chinese former laundry worker from San Francisco. The paste derives from ground toasted kernel growths and yields an aromatic, cream cheese like texture when mixed, worth about ten dollars per ounce. The note also mentions a local private telephony network and long pasture fence lines used as wires.
Ask your grocer to show Grain-O the grain based drink that replaces coffee for adults and children. It has a rich mocha color but is grain made and gentle on delicate stomachs. Priced at 5c and 25c per package and sold by all grocers. Boston Commercial Bulletin mentions liver cleansing and blood purification with DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. Klondike eggs sell at 120 a case and beef at 1 50 a pound.
Brooklyn will spend 300000 on a new wing for the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. The move signals expansion activity and institutional growth within the organization.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for painful, swollen feet and bunions, claiming instant relief and comfort for tight shoes. It promotes sales by mail and in stores, with a trial package and 25 cent mail option, plus a printed address in Le Roy New York. A historical battle note mentions Thnustings circa 1006 with swords and battleaxes causing 500 fatal casualties per 1,000 soldiers.
Catarrh sufferers praise Ely's Cream Balm for curing even severe cases. Oscar Ostrom of Chicago and A C Clarke of Boston report full recovery after use. Balm is non irritating and free from sneezing. Sold by druggists for 50 cents or mailed by Ely Brothers in New York.
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