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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1900
Page
6
A collection of wordplay, riddle style quips, and pun lines. It blends anatomy, animals, letters, and daily life humor, ending with a classic line about secrets in a cornfield. The piece showcases playful wit and regional newspaper cadence from an earlier era.
A collection of pointed aphorisms about gender, truth, ambition, and social behavior. It mocks diplomacy, honesty, and pride while noting universal habits. Notable lines reference women, marriage, memory, and perceptions in everyday life with a Chicago News attribution.
A collection of pointed maxims on gender roles, manners, and social wit. It contrasts behavior at public spaces like railways and homes, notes on debt to money, love and marriage, empathy from shared suffering, and cautions against sarcasm and dictatorial tones. It includes guidance for politeness, restraint, and prudent social judgment.
The article reviews Arbor Day votes on state flowers across the United States starting in 1890 in New York where the rose won the 1891 repeat vote by a majority. It lists leading flowers by state, mentions early adopters by vote or act, and notes limited progress in recent years with scattered state favorites like Georgia Cherokee rose and Oklahoma mistletoe.
Captain Peter McIntyre recalls panther history in Vermont and nearby towns. He recounts a panther crossing ice near Underhill, scares among farmers, and a frozen panther exhibited in Johnson that drew thousands of spectators and profit before preservation.
A reflective Goethe line notes that gatherings bring not only chance encounters but the chance to meet friends, capturing the social value of communal assemblies. The remark frames public gathering as meaningful beyond random attendance.
A collection of aphorisms on marriage jealousy home pride and human folly. Witty maxims discuss women and men, jealousy, dignity, affection, temperance and perception, reflecting social humor and gender notions of the era. Several lines offer cautionary or humorous takes on relationships and self awareness.
Ten rules quoted by medical journals on daily hygiene for cold weather. Do not leave rooms on an empty stomach avoid cold air after warm drinks keep wraps in cold weather breathe through the nose in cold air. Avoid open windows after heavy exertion prevent lingering in cold rooms or snow. Speak when needed yet value silence. Don’t skip baths or sleep with wet feet.
Try Grain-O. Ask your Grover today to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. Grain-O has the rich seal brown color of Mecha and Java, but is made from pure grains. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress. Price of coffee, five cents and two shillings per package. Sold by all grocers.
In a Wilbert street market a young woman asks for live frogs legs but balks at the price two dollars a dozen. The dealer touts cold storage and live delivery, even while noting the animals appear dead to her. The exchange ends with the woman declining and choosing eelfish instead.
The Ely brothers propose Ely's Liquid Cream Balm for nasal application with a spraying tube priced at 75 cents. The liquid preserves the medicinal action of the solid form, absorbs quickly into the membrane, and aids secretion normalization.
In New York newspaper rows spectators watch trucks unloading giant white paper rolls used for printing. A passerby jokes the unwound length is the most wagered subject, with guesses ranging from 1,000 feet to 10,000 feet. He notes four miles of paper per roll, and claims office staff cannot confirm the exact length.
A South Burgettstown father reports his boy nearly died from whooping cough but improved after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. After a few doses one bottle cured him entirely, and he calls it the best cough medicine in the house. For sale by Jos Emmert, Druggist.
A girl questions why brave but overlooked youths who go to war are repeatedly named Jim. A cynic says it is the name that makes them heroic, noting poems glorifying Jim. The passage also mentions pneumonia, a patent remedy, and rising settler numbers in Manitoba territories.
An advertisement touts De Witt's Little Early Risers as liver cleansers and blood purifiers that invigorate the body. The copy claims the famous pills act promptly and names H. D. Moogk as the contact.
The Illinois State Dental Society sets its annual meeting in Springfield from May 8 to 11, 1900. The Chicago Great Western Railway offers excursion tickets on the certificate plan for this meeting at one fare and a third round trip, with return by May 15. Inquiries may be made with any C GW agent or F H Lord G P T A 113 Adams St Chicago.
The ad proclaims the coughs from lagrippe or heavy cold yield to Foley's Honey and Tar, claiming it strengthens the lungs and makes them sound. Endorsers listed are H. J. Moogh and W. EF. Jungkunz. The note also mentions irrigation work demand for iron pipe dredging excavating and pumping machinery.
Henry H. Richards of Willseyville NY reports a yearlong breast sore cured after applying Banner Salve. One half box brought perfect relief and he will never be without it. Also mentions Foley’s Kidney Cure as benefiting kidneys and notes British farmers adopting scientific crop methods.
Chas. Replogle of Atwater Ohio recovered from kidney trouble after just four days on Foley's Kidney Sure. H. J. Moogh and W. F. Jungkunz report the same. The Scarborough, England corporation approves naming a new thoroughfare Ladysmith Avenue.
H Clark of Chauncey Georgia claims the salve cured twenty year pile illness and heals skin diseases quickly. He warns against dangerous counterfeits and identifies H J Moogk as a point of contact.
The Chicago Great Western railway announces home seeker excursion tickets to nearly all U S points on the first and third Tuesdays of May and June at one fare plus $2 for the round trip. Tickets are valid for return within 21 days of sale. Inquiries and details available from agents or F H Lord G P and T A 118 Adams St Chicago.
On Sunday April 29 a time change affects trains Nos 54 and 6 with revised departure and arrival times between Rock Island Savanna and Freeport. Through sleepers run St Louis to St Paul via three lines, offering through car service Freeport to St Louis. J. B. Swearr announces the improvements.
The gulf coasts along the Louisville and Nashville line between Mobile and New Orleans offer mild climate and ideal hunting and fishing. Through cars from northern cities reach Florida destinations by this line. Accommodations are first class and affordable. folders available from J K Ridgely, NWP A, Chicago.
The C M and St P Railway resumes the Midland Route Tourist Car from Chicago to San Francisco with a detailed schedule: Chicago at 10:35 p.m. Friday, Omaha arrival 3:55 p.m. Saturday, Omaha to Colorado Springs depart 6:40 p.m. Saturday, Colorado Springs to Salt Lake City arrive 9:30 a.m. Monday, Salt Lake City depart 9:05 p.m. Monday, arrival San Francisco 9:45 a.m. Wednesday. An optional one-day Salt Lake City visit is offered. Eastbound car from San Francisco leaves Saturday 8 a.m. arriving Chicago Wednesday 8:25 a.m.
A historical timetable lists trains going east and west from Milwaukee. It notes arrivals and departures, connections to Chicago Racine Rockford Janesville Madison and other points, with through coaches to Rock Island and baggage checked through to destination. J B Sweatt is named as the agent.
The Chicago Great Western timetable lists direct routes to Chicago and cities including Dubuque Minneapolis St Paul Des Moines St Joseph and Kansas City. Trains depart South Freeport eastbound No 2 Chicago limited daily No 4 Chicago express Sunday No 6 Chicago Special westbound No 81 P and K C limited daily 9 87 pm Nod Express daily except Sunday 10 09 am Nog express daily. Ticket office in Brewster House Stage departures from South Freeport on arrival of trains Stage from Brewster House 430 and 845 am. Baggage checked from residence through to destination without extra charge. A G Fitz Agent F H Lord Gen Pass and Tkt Agt Chicago.
The Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines can be reached via connections at greatly reduced second class ticket rates. Details are available at the local ticket office. J B Swert, General Agent.
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