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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1908
Page
6
In Broadwater, Carol faces a clash between city glamour and small town life as she confesses she used money to imitate success. Seth asks her to stay as his wife, proposing a honeymoon with a city return ticket saved for later. Carol contemplates leaving her dream for love.
In London Scraps a small customer asks for oak varnish for his father. The shopman refuses credit, the boy returns the can, and the vendor repackages it with a scowl. The lad says his father will pay on Saturday and that enough varnish was left around the sides to finish the job.
A reporter travels to interview a rising literary light. In the garden the author chats with a boy wearing a towel around his neck. He jokes about the plot direction with the interviewer and the boy, weighing different approaches to the book.
Patrons are asked to inform the office if their newspaper delivery is irregular or missing. The notice urges timely reporting to ensure proper service and prevent lapses in daily issues.
The fragment lists cures for distemper in animals and ailments such as worms, grubs, colds, influenza, lung issues, pleuro pneumonia, colic, bellyache, wind, and dysentery. It includes a note about a 7 inch book mailed free.
Mrs Blank asks her husband to draft precise minutes for her Twentieth Century Progress club meeting noting tangled motions amendments and bylaw changes during a discussion on protoplasms. She seeks proper wording to avoid accusations of ignorance in parliamentary usage from club members.
Higgins, involuntarily exclaiming Retten, asks for pardon to a startled neighbor, claiming his remark about the star was about the lines, not the actor. The man replies he wrote the play, a judge remarks on the scene.
The piece features a soulful young woman admiring spring’s scent and a practical man suggesting camphor from last year’s suits causes the pungent air. Dialogues evoke seasonal change with a humorous note on fashion’s remnants.
An amused exchange quotes a chauffeur scolding Dandy Sumpers for riding behind the car. Sumpers quips in dialect that a grease stain on his vest attracted fumes, offering a humorous, staged moment.
A brief Tatler item notes a quip about a pardonable blunder involving a little girl and a misdirected gift, with a playful line urging to give it to the father rather than the recipient. The fragment reflects early sentimental humor and social tone.
Jack questions an old man about a woman named Miss Paintheart causing worry. The Tory says she was not proposed yet, but the man fears losing time and a potential chance with her after long effort. Chicago News.
In the Washington Star a conversation between Mrs. Torkins and Harley describes a claim about a pipe found on the raves. The exchange notes uncertainty about whether the pipe is a lead pipe and jokes about plumbers being expensive.
A talkative youth calls Tenorance oliss and an old gentleman explains the remark. The youth asks what it accounts for and the elder says it explains the contented, happy look the man usually wears.
The offer features a 30 days trial for Pineules at $1.00. It claims relief from back problems and rheumatic pains and is stated as intended for kidneys, bladder, and blood. Sold by H. J Moogh and C. P. Guenther with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
The piece profiles aged leaders and achievers across fields. It notes John W. Stewart aged eighty three as Vermont Senate successor, West Point grad Glen Mdgerton top of 108 class, and Ambrose Petry honored by the Order of St Gregory. It also mentions Charles M Bechwah, Ignatius J. Dunn, and Francis Gatton, all tied to public life or science, with remarks on Bryan’s nomination campaign and eugenics progress.
Sporting notes report a $50,000 Derby in Mexico City and a ban on Merry Widow hats at Columbus Park. Tiverton is expected to stand training for added trotting interest. William Garland, former owner of Sweet Marie, owns a fast green trotter out of James Madison stock with a 2 13 mile. Chicago track gains Henneberry, top west pole vaulter, rejoining the university.
The piece notes Jack London favors boxing as a pastime. Dr. John Watson’s estate of 280 500 is left to his wife and family. Robert Burdette Jr. becomes a maker of humorous pictures. Elizabeth St John Matthews wins a 15 000 contract to sculpt Mrs. Gilbert, an actress, for the Gilbert Monument Association. Hall Caine, Isle of Man native and novelist, joins the island’s governing body, the house of keys, where he attends sessions and serves faithfully.
A curious survey notes the hare’s cry resembles a child’s distress call. It claims a top horse can travel sixty miles in ten hours on a light vehicle on good turnpike. It also states the goldfish is cowardly, while a small fish may scare it nearly to death. The bird of paradise is native to New Guinea and nearby Australian coasts. A glowwomm has a brush on its tail to keep its light-emitting body clean for visibility.
Maine produces vast white birch spools annually while Tennessee admits women to the practice of law within a year. Vermont is the Granite State with Pennsylvania leading stone production at nearly 14 percent. Michigan ranks second in beet sugar, with sixteen factories in 1907 producing 188 million pounds. Colorado leads in sugar with 422,752,530 pounds.
A collection of witty quotations on politics from the Atlanta Georgian the New York Press and the Baltimore American. The lines lampoon the noiseless politician the crowd at meetings and the cost of government while noting Congress struggles to explain expenses.
An advertisement promotes Bees Laxative Cough Syrup as a guaranteed remedy for coughs colds croup whooping cough hoarseness and bronchial trouble. It notes the product is pleasant for children and acts as a gentle laxative to expel phlegm, guaranteed by H. J. Moogh and P. Guenther.
F. J. Burdett, pianist, will play at Brown and Dollmeyer's and invites patrons to order by phone for reserved seating and upcoming dates.
In Carl Schurz memoirs McClure's recounts a séance where the spirit of Lincoln allegedly told Schurz he would become a U.S. senator from Missouri. The narrator, initially doubtful, notes that two years later Missouri's legislature elected him senator, fulfilling the prophecy amid a whirlwind of improbable circumstances. The passage ties to Johnson’s era and Schurz's career path.
From Pearson's Weekly this report describes two Sault Ste. Marie Indian fishermen who fish rapids with a bow man and stern man guiding a canoe. A 15 foot pole supports the bow, a four foot dipnet darts to river bottom as they twist the net under fast water to grab whitefish weighing three to five pounds, sometimes 300 in one day, while the bowman steadies the craft. The method, depth perception, and underwater sight are noted as mysterious.
A Pearsons Weekly tip notes that folding a couple of newspapers and placing them under the armpit reduces the burden of carrying a heavy bag or portmanteau, preventing leg knocks and arm ache during hurried train trips.
In a playful exchange a speaker debates proper usage of the verb have as they discuss a hat and its possible past forms. The dialogue centers on whether to say the hat “had had” or “had had a hole.”
The brief quip notes that lovers take a long time to say farewell even for a few hours, and joins a playful exchange about drama and parting in Kansas City.
The readable portion shows a daughter questioning a wife about her husband and starkly notes how she finds him lovely once he secures his way in everything. The fragment hints at marital dynamics and personality perception.
The readable text references caisses and social classes with numbers such as 243 and 156 in a historical context. It mentions middle class and laboring class groups and a time frame of sixty years, but the fragmentary wording limits clear interpretation of event or facts.
A fragment describes a minute fly moving three inches in half a second and counting at least 610 steps in the same period. It then contrasts with a man of similar agility who could run twenty four miles in half a day.
Posed as ready to use in a collapsible tube with nozzle, this remedy claims one application soothes heals reduces inflammation relieves soreness and itching. Priced at 50 cents and sold by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenther.
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