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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1907
Page
8
The 1711 Spectator issue No 71 recounts a tale The Holatie of the Enamored about a footman who mailed his master's intended love letter. After realizing the error the footman retrieved the letter, only for the master to declare it a great letter to appear in the magazine.
The national union of Tlungarian bakers organizes an international bakery exposition to be held in Budapest from May 16 to June 80 of this year.
A New York Mail piece explains stage rain and storms. Gas pipes with water barrels simulate rain while a revolving barrel moves canvas for wind and a bass drum fuels thunder. Lightning flashes use an electric battery and a heated plate in a Hecht device for distant bolts.
A New York Tribune note recalls poets who faced death with verse. Adrian the Emperor addressed his soul as death approached. Margarete of Austria penned epitaphs amid danger at sea. Phillip Strozzi carved Virgil lines before suicide. Montrose laments lacking limbs to reach Europe in verse. Patris of Caen and De Barreaux reportedly wrote poems on their deathbeds.
An elderly London traveler mocks a cobbler's horse at Liverpool Street Station. The cabman explains the horse is stubborn and faithful, praying for a kind-hearted fare after years of begging, but warns the animal may lose faith and die if nothing changes.
A medical opinion argues ovens cause more dyspepsia than other devices while modern cooks prefer baking to roasting. The spit dog nearly vanishes as kitchens lack helpers, and food cooked in confined spaces is less digestible than that cooked before open fires where gases escape freely, notes Country Life.
A boy questions his father about school discipline after assisting a classmate with French. The father responds that the teacher will not keep the boy in, arguing it would be unfair for the student to suffer due to another’s ignorance.
In a Washington Herald snippet, Mr Jellus confronts his wife about a framed photo. She reveals it is a picture of him from years ago with hair, not a treasured portrait of someone else. The exchange carries a humorous twist on memory and vanity.
A fragmentary dialogue hints at family tensions and social satire. Characters Frankman and Richmond Dispated exchange quips about virtue and marriage rites, suggesting a playful yet pointed clash over propriety.
The Cleveland Leader reports on a women’s rights rally provoking strong opinions. Activists push for equal pay and suffrage while opponents voice concerns about social change and tradition in the city.
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills offer prompt relief for weak kidneys urinary troubles and barkade. Sold by Wm F d Jungkunz druggist at 35 Stephenson street.
A Washington traveler recounts a Bermuda visit and a New York customs encounter. He hurriedly packed his luggage and left a prayer book in the lounge. In New York, a Johnny Bull official ferried through the case, joking that a prayer book on top of traps signals no smuggling, then confiscated cigars and delayed the declaration.
Technical World Magazine highlights galalith a milk derived material. It claims galalith can be fashioned into houselike structures and fittings rivaling Aber deen granite, colors well, offers white grade close to ivory, and resists fire, chipping, and cracking unlike bone.
Cobbled references describe cave homes across Africa from the southern Gibraltar shore to Tebessa in Algeria and Lunisian Galite to Matmata and Medenine in southern Tunisia. Stone age artifacts like polished stones and arrowheads are found in some shelters. Troglodyte villages rise in rocky terrains with rock cut stairways and srottoes deepen rock dwellings.
The French writer Racine composed parts of Mithridates while walking rapidly in the Tuileries, shouting lines to the crowd. Workers once mistook him for a maniac, yet he pressed on and, upon returning home, wrote scene after scene in prose declaring the tragedy complete.
A small Austrian watering place Hichwald hosts a remarkable church built in Venice by an Italian architect for Prince Carlos Clary-Aldringen. The church was disassembled into thousands of numbered cases for transport to Eichwald where it was rebuilt and gifted to the inhabitants by the prince.
In a conversation quoted from a period exchange Bess mocks Flo for wanting to write novels. Flo urges giving up fiction and reading something more substantial while Ben questions the idea that a man could improve her.
A light moment unfolds as Mrs Benham jokes about giving all her worldly goods while Mr Benham playfully upholds the idea of endowing her with every cent. The exchange highlights a playful domestic repartee captured in the record.
When Ostan drifts with the streams he tends to believe the current has stopped flowing. The sentiment reflects a contemplative line from New Haven Lender.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers advertised by F Jungkunz druggist located on Stephenson Street priced at five dollars. The notice emphasizes the famous tiny pills and their quick relief claims.
Charles Whitely argues in Blackwood's Magazine that Boston clings to relics of England and Revolution while its humor at the past wanes. He contends liberty was never truly in danger, and Boston could honor greater events than the glittering generalities of natural right.
A passage from the Loudon Mail argues that women are an imitative class from childhood to marriage. It claims girls copy elders, adopt a friend’s femininity, and proceed to fashion and homekeeping alike, with deviation seen as wrong or unfeminine.
A six year old son challenges his father's sermon claiming the line you said the boy of today is the man of tomorrow is too soon. The minister replies with a calm explanation about growth and time.
Dialogue recalls Cousin Henry crossing the water and notes from a diary dated June 14 about seasickness and two spouting whales seen at sea. Abner Dobbs questions if any passengers had ever shattered a whale life.
The war office long dissuaded inventors, but one unlucky in service faced harsh treatment. General Shrapnell, inventor of the projectile named for him, died four years after spending vast sums on his invention. London Regiment.
A dialog recounts a tale where Little Fred asks about Uncle Jolio and the uncle saves the boy a quarter. The exchange ends with the narrator explaining it is all by chance.
A compact motto asserts that nothing can stop a man with strong will and determination, praising perseverance and personal resolve as keys to overcoming obstacles.
The Daily Journal offers delivery to any part of the city for a weekly fee. Readers can sign up for home delivery and receive the latest local news, sports, and notices.
The essay cites Disraeli Gladstone Beaconsfield Marlborough Pitt Sheridan Reed McKinley Knott as examples showing grave or gay temperaments shaping political success. It argues wit and gravitas influence leadership, with Keen contrasts across eras and nations, citing speeches and public reception.
A Pall Mall Gazette report recalls Emperor Francis Joseph touring an Austrian elementary school. A local official shows baths for pupils, the director fumbles for the key, and the emperor finds a lumber room full of broken desks hiding the bath. He quips about being inquisitive and the moment ends with a wry remark.
The article notes rising sealskin prices due to pelagic sealing and rookeries decline near Alaska. Prices for the largest bachelor seal pelt jumped from five to ten dollars to one hundred to one hundred fifty dollars over 25 years, making seal hunting profitable for a few dozen pelts per season.
The Navy reports counts of wireless telegraph stations by country and territory. Nations listed include Belgium Denmark Germany France Great Britain Ireland Holland Spain Portugal and many others with varied totals. United States possessions Trinidad Tobago Andaman Islands Hong Kong and several regions in Asia Africa and the Pacific are noted with small counts.
Sunday excursion rates announced by Illinois Central lines commence May 6 1907 and continue each Sunday until further notice. Round trip tickets from Freeport to Decatur at one fare for the round trip with a minimum of 26 cents. Tickets on sale Sundays only and valid for return the same day.
The passage lists various royal titles and their meanings. It explains that King denotes father while kaiser and czar stand for Caesar or autocrat, and that words like duke emperor hospodar master of the house khan and others carry similar leadership connotations.
East bound trains list arrivals and departures for Omaha St Paul Dubuque Fort Dodge Sioux City and more with numbers No 24 No 402d No 82 No 6d No 4d No 36 No 68d and No 81 No 1d No 401d. West bound includes No 68d No 81 No 1d No 131 No 133 No 182 No 124d No 805 No 881 No 332 No 304 No 255 No 231 No 269 and other services with daily and Saturday schedules and special sleeper and coach notes.
Train timetable lists eastbound No 200 202 204 206 with varied parlor and cafe services and westbound No 201 No 203 No 205 No 207 with corresponding amenities. Connections shown at Rockford Belvidere and Belvidere for several Illinois and Wisconsin cities. agent JOHN F. DALY notes schedules and services on a clipped notice.
No 10 Passenger runs east round at 11 00 am and 1 0 me. No 86 Passenger at 3 55 DOA. No 564 from Rock Island 7 35 pm. No 96 Freight carries ponmenaeys to Freeport Racine Nova Freight carries passengers Mt Carroll to Freeport 5 45 pm. West round connections to Chicago Milwaukee for No 36 and No 10 leaves Rock Island 7 am arrives Milwaukee 3 10 pm with links to Janesville Madison Kansas City Omaha Cedar Rapids and Dakota points. J B SWEATT Agent.
Train notices show Maple Trane Route trains from South Sepport to Dubuque St Paul Minneapolis Waterloo Marshalltown Des Moines Omaha and Kansas City Express. Additional services include routes to Des Moines Fort Dodge St Joseph and Kan sas City East and West trains with specific stop rules for Dubuque passengers. Stage service from Brewster via St Paul Minneapolis and Wa starts at 3:37 am.
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