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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1907
Page
4
A period ad urges housewives to visit the Rug Carpet and Curtain department for goods inspection and price comparison. It positions the store as headquarters for finding rugs carpets and curtains at desired prices during the home care season.
Dramatic ad touts Dr Kings New Life Pills for bowel regularity claiming the appendix will never complain. Guaranteed by druggist Joseph Hmmer t. 25 cents. Try them.
A long list of astonishing estimates about the nation’s cigar consumption argues totals would stretch 631000 miles end to end and form a band around the world, with implications for prices, makers, and workers. It also imagines vast costs, boxes, lumber, and rail capacity if all cigars were counted and laid out.
A. S. Fitch estimates inventors worldwide spent about 17 billion dollars in government and solicitor fees over a century for patent applications plus another 1 billion for abandoned filings. He notes 0.3 million applications to governments and 2.5 million patent letters issued, with copyrights and trademarks excluded.
The article cites vast sums spent on invention development and patent work, with lawyers paid from $100 to $1,000 daily. It notes Hugo ton’s legal costs, high fees of up to 100,000 or 166,000, and claims that half of all patents are litigated while fewer than 10 percent yield profits above unprotected sales.
An incident in the coin rooms of the British Museum recounts a visit by several gentlemen and ladies when a rare Sicilian coin vanished. All searched except one man who refused a pocket search and was detained while a sweep failed to locate the coin. It was found later in the floor, and the man revealed a second specimen in his pocket to compare.
The magistrate notes the prisoner’s repeated absence from reform and asks why he returns to old ways. The prisoner replies he is newly released from prison, explaining his reoffending stems from recent release.
Harlem Park in Rockford begins its season on the upcoming Saturday with a schedule set for later in May. Local officials confirm opening ceremonies and the first home game details.
Admission prices for the Passion Play at the Grand Opera House tonight have been reduced to 10 and 20 cents.
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