15 Nov 1888
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1888
Page
1
An OCR damaged notice from the Freeport Daily Journal outlines a newspaper delivery service by carrier, weekly price, and daily issue distribution with mentions of local printing and street corners. The text is garbled but indicates standard circulation details and a printer location.
A long Q and A discusses contract obligations of master and servant, redress for injuries, and employer liability. It covers illness interruptions, end of contracts by death, redress for property damage, wage obligations if incapable, hazard duties, and limits on employer accountability for servant acts or debts.
A fragment from a Detroit article describes steamship stowaways hidden in cargo holds aboard British ocean liners bound for America, their recruitment by ship laborers, and the peril to crews. It also recounts talk of the Goatmen’s Savings Bank moving from Beyond Street to Washington Avenue, with Theophila Yapma recalling early bank days and a curious exchange about a $100 deposit turning into a $7,675 windfall for a long-lost subscriber.
Detailed tour of the Albany locomotive repair complex reveals the vast shops and warehouses devoted to passenger car repair and engine overhaul. Engineers describe the intricate, dangerous care of the crown sheet, flues, and boiler, with workers dismantling engines in “stripping” stalls and performing long, meticulous overhauls.
A New Orleans Picayune and New York World tone piece discusses a proposed girls military company modeled on a western boys unit. It cites Lieut. Hamilton and notes calls from fashionable New York and Madison Avenue dress standards, praising discipline while raising concerns about propriety and safety.
A report notes that a man seeking small change for bills in Orstelas commercial centers is labeled a nuisance, with a patent cash register drawer lock cited as a hindrance. The piece critiques change brokers while quoting Chicago Herald on over curtailed service and public annoyance. It also mentions fall weather with croup in children and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy via Emmert & Burrell as trustworthy.
The new time card for Freeport Street Railway details car routing on Carroll, Stephenson, Chicago and Galena avenues. It specifies connections at Stephenson with up Giurvell and with Carroll Street and Galecka avenues for outbound and inbound service. Special trips may occur, and transfers at Stephenson and Chicago Streets are allowed with driver notification.
Reports hail Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a remarkable brain and nerve remedy for headaches nervous prostration heart troubles and sleeplessness. Trade offers promise trial bottles. cautions against opiates and morphine. Also promotes Beggs Syrup and local shops selling cakes cookies dress goods and fair store items.
A jumble of old time advertisements touts REGGS BLOOD PURIFIER, cheap nostrums, and dubious cures. It promotes Dr. Milt or Dr. Milla cures, fashion items, hats, and merchandise at low prices. Names like Emmert & Burrell and Swansros appear amid claims of heart cure and blood purification.
A Revolutionizer M offers Mills Wis pills for liver and bowel issues with samples at Swargs Bros. Grand Opening invites all on Batibay at Stephenson Block. Fresh oysters from Baltimore and ice cream endure winter. H Roeder hosts social events with catering on short notice.
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