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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1907
Page
4
You can buy 12 foot wide linoleum seams to cover large spaces with a single piece and no seams. Many rooms are about 4 yards wide, so selecting the right length covers the floor. We offer 14 patterns for a variety of choices.
Advertisement promises Dr Kings New Life Pills prevent alimony from your appendix by keeping bowels regular. Gentle action, fee 26c, guaranteed by Joseph Emmert, druggist.
Observance of May 19 marks Sunday School Day as churches across the United States reflect on the international world’s fifth Sunday school convention in Rome May 18 to 23. W. R. Warren reports ambitious goals for 1999 centennial campaigns including foreign missions and college endowments.
In a Pullman dining car a worldly agnostic challenges a clergyman about understanding the Bible. The clergyman compares studying scripture to savoring a Hudson river shad, noting you skip troublesome bones and continue enjoying the meal, then the agnostic leaves to smoke.
Ancient Egyptian medicine was widespread with public treatment of the sick and eye disease receiving notable medical and surgical care. Surviving evidence includes the Anapyrus bers from Memphis dating to 3000 B.C. Disease was tied to divine anger and moral struggle, a view echoed across Africa and Asia.
In thick fog, scent guided animals fails and birds stop singing. Pigeons lie motionless inside their houses or nearby. Chickens stay still for hours as fog disrupts sense. A blind man wandering in London said fog makes the ground sound different, explaining his misdirection.
Prairie dogs habitually refresh their burrow bedding each night by turning and discarding the previous layers, creating a new clean bed for overnight shelter. This behavior shows a routine of cleaning and reorganizing communal nests.
Harriet M. Burbank, piano teacher, offers lessons at her Grove Street studio located at Studio 8. Her program emphasizes technique, theory, and performance readiness for students of all levels.
May 11 Forrester dancing and card party at Blust's hall. May 11 Joe Fifer’s social dancing shop at Lexington hall. May 16 Spring ceremonial session Capernau Shrine. May 14 Grace church Dramatic society at K of G hall. May 17 Concert for Settlement Home at Second Presbyterian church. May 17 Passion Play pictures Mo A. afternoon and evening. May 17 Dance and card party. May 19 Sunday school conversion Embury church. May 21 Joe Fifer’s social dancing school. May 26 Robinson circus afternoon and evening. May 28 Ehrjah concert Embury church. May 2 Joe Fifer’s social dancing school.
A readable fragment lists dates for Swanson's Moving Pictures showings May 1 May 20 and June 2 along with related notices for District Leader and Humty Couty and Lyman H Hawe's Moving Pictures.
A summary of how monarchs across Europe earned curling nicknames. It notes England’s Lion Hearted and Conqueror among others, and lists nicknames from France Germany Russia Denmark Hungary Portugal Spain and more, asserting these epithets sketch each king’s career.
Bermuda visitors bring life plant leaves as souvenirs. Leaves four inches long turn brown and sprout new shoots when pinned indoors. Tiny white roots appear at edges, then small green leaves emerge, with growth dependent on heat and light.
A theater manager cites publicity value with a schoolroom joke. Billy Jones writes on the board that he can hug the girls better than any boy in the class. He is questioned by the teacher and stays after school as punishment. The pupils tease him, but Billy notes that it pays to advertise.
A vintage advertisement claims Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and Tenor Tablets purge blemishes and flesh worms by cleansing blood. Produced by Joseph Emmert, the remedy is marketed to carry users toward improved health and happiness for 85 cents.
Fragmented classified items list valuables and ads. Includes rewards for lost items near Stephenson and Grove, a steel key marked 8, a 7 room modern rental on Lincoln avenue, a second hand lathe and scroll saw for a boy, and girls for work at an Organ Factory. Call or visit Journal office for details.
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