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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1907
Page
7
A promotional cue invites housewives to shop for rugs carpets and curtains during a peak cleaning season. It urges visits to the department for goods inspection and price comparison, claiming the store as a headquarters for quality and value.
You are invited to call and see our line of floor coverings and get our prices whether you want to buy now or not.
Color options in black brown gray lace embroidered or plain stockings offered at regular price up to 25 cents a pair, with a special Saturday price per pair. Deals emphasize low-cost hosiery for weekend shoppers.
A Saturday special offers one lot of women’s white shirt waists featuring embroidery trim. Status and price details not provided in the readable text.
From 1o to it Saturday morning we close out Silk Remnants Dress Goods Remnants Toweling Table Linen Wash goods and Embroidery Remnants at one half the regular price. Saturday evening from 7 to 9 Womens Handkerchiefs Plain and Fancy worth up to 25c from 7 to 9 special each.
Otto Bacher recounts a Whistler anecdote where an American sailors’ transformed eagle fights in England’s cockpit. The tale ends with the eagle biting the opponent’s neck and Whistler quipping for more birds as the crowd gasps.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes varied perils across cities. London suffers fogs, Tokyo earthquakes with 200000 deaths, Marseilles faces mistral winds raising deaths 50 percent, Calcutta cholera, Bombay bubonic plague, Baghdad beset by the Baghdad button, Madrid plagued by the solano heat and dust.
The piece traces chemistry from ancient alchemy to its emergence as a modern science in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It notes alchemy contained seeds of real chemistry but only later did systematic methods and discoveries flourish, sparked by quests like the Philosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life.
In a London Graphic item a bobby halts a cabby with a raised hand but the cabby urges his horse forward. The bobby questions the gesture as the cabby quips about his own arse and walks away.
A London Chronicle passage notes that Danes may have chosen the raven as a symbol of gratitude and navigation. Before the mariner’s compass, sailors used a raven to detect land. the bird’s flight toward land indicated land nearby, while a return signaled open sea.
A dialogue excerpt shows two speakers denying harsh blame while confessing past attempts to hire away neighbors' cooks. The exchange explores petty rivalry and moral equivalence in a domestic setting.
A fragment from Illustrated Bits shows a terse exchange about remedies and money for cold relief. The humorous dialogue centers on the stubborn refusal to take any treatment or heed advice, ending on a note of polite weather.
A vintage advertisement asserts regular bowels prevent appendix issues. It claims Dr. King's New Life Pills act gently, causing no complaint from the appendix, and guarantees the product through druggist Joseph Emmert. Dosage price listed as 2 for 6 cents.
The Golden Brown tan oxfords for ladies have arrived at the E. & W. Price store. The Daily Journal is delivered citywide for 10 cents a week.
A collection of brief items covers diverse topics from around the world. It notes German planes for sale in Turkey, hats made from animals, locust control in South Africa, abundant wild bees in Australia, genealogical curiosities in Maine, royalty cooking courses in Berlin, shifts in Argentina silk and Mexico trade, a dragon-tethered tiger head, and a Danish prince’s mishap. It also reports on Panama canal work by the YMCA, rising divorce filings in the U.S., a Swiss returnee selling a stolen stained glass window, an enormous leather belt for a Tacoma sawmill, Charlemagne Tower’s sons, India's coal prospects vs Japan, cedar pencil supply worries, and observations by clergy and scientists on global curiosities.
Ten Tate advertises a newly completed two room house for rent. HAL Hoenkenredier seeks men to work in coal yards. Sanford & Zartman list workers on spring and mechanical streets. Also notices for a stitching room, Freeport Shoe Mig Oo, and Walter G. Ford selling a buggy and harness in good repair. Beach collie for sale, female, well marked, contact via news phone.
A detailed natural history note describes cypress knees in southern swamps. It explains their growth from roots bent upward by obstacles in soft mud, forming solid wooden knees with no leaves, which later become jutting, leg like shapes that locals often stumble over.
A vintage tip from Outing Magazine advises treating a horse with homesickness by comfort and tailored feeding. It suggests isolating or sharing stalls to suit sociable or shy feeders, arguing that catering to the animal’s preference reduces distress and costs.
A Smiths lad invites a minister to dinner. As the meal ends Willie eyes the guest and asks if the minister has changed since starting to eat. The minister laughs and asks why. Willie blurts that Dhonard said he would make a big fool of himself upon seeing the corned beef and cabbage.
A man who applied at charity headquarters framed his case with tact. The secretary warmed to him as he noted tenants had paid for his wedding last month, calling it a “real swell one,” and implying the charity should not do too much.
In a fragmentary account the dialogue centers on Barney’s wooden leg causing him pain and marital strain. Scholes speaks to his wife about the leg’s pain, while Mrs Scholtes accuses her husband of being beaten with the leg, capturing a domestic dispute moment in terse terms.
In a Cleveland Leader excerpt, Cholmondely and Marjoribanks discuss their sisterly ages. Marjoribanks notes that though they were twins as children, her sister is now five years younger. The exchange hints at evolving relationships and shifting family dynamics.
A brief antebellum style aphorism notes that reason acts under pressure while honest instinct yields volunteers. The line reflects a moral balance between rational thought and intrinsic honesty guiding action.
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