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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1908
Page
4
In a tense scene at a medical office, a doctor vaccinates a wary visitor amid talk of a strike and worker misery at a mine camp. The encounter reveals tension between management and labor, plus a budding attraction as the doctor muses over the shy but bold visitor.
In a tense scene a nurse doctor defuses a mob of women gathered around a shaft house as Aldrich brings in new workers. Kate confronts the crowd and orders them home while warning of illness from exposure. The doctor later calms a shaken Aldrich and admits danger while hinting at a charged romance.
The piece extols draughts as a superior education and pastime, noting its educational and recreational value. It argues the game cultivates patience, perseverance, courage, courtesy, self reliance, and self control, and should be encouraged to curb demoralizing games of chance.
Freeport residents endorse Doan's Kidney Pills as the cure for backache linked to kidney trouble. Mrs. Sarah Cady of 162 Exchange Street shares a seven to eight year usage with relief, urging others to buy at Emmert's drug store. Price 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY is sole U.S. agent. Remember the name Doan's.
The piece surveys a dozen figures including M Clemenceau, Senator Richardson, General Young, Victor Rosewater, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Cornelius Tos ey. It notes Clemenceau’s indigestion visits to Carlsbad, Richardson’s long tenure in the cann ing business, Young’s Yellowstone post, Rosewater’s family legacy and degrees, Laurier’s poverty and peerage refusal, and Tos ey’s weight, age, large brood, public-school start and plan to study law.
The three year old heir of Czar Nicholas is insured for 2 500 000 dollars with the highest premium in the world. About 460 members belong to 27 European royal families. Eighteen of these families are German. The Kaiser may own 323 orders and decorations, more than his father or grandfather, and has been seen wearing up to forty seven at once. Prince Ejiie Frederick, the Kaiser's second son, has grown stout and is farming at Ingenheim castle near Charlottenburg to reduce weight.
The first Seventh Day Baptist church at Hopkinton R L recently celebrated its bicentennial. An investigation confirms Cologne cathedral, but outer wall coverings largely need repair. Cardinal Rampolla suffers a nervous condition and uses a typewriter to write. Rev Charles Edward Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s son, resigns as pastor of Central Square Congregational church Bridgewater Mass after six years. He neither confirms nor denies plans to join the Episcopal church.
A compact comparative look at urban health and industry. Chicago hosts sixty nine hospitals, Philadelphia produces a large manufacturing share, Winnipeg experiments with sewer gas reduction via streetlamp pipes, and New York City's population rose in successive decades from 1790 to 1908.
Frills of fashion note the Charlotte Corday remains a hat favorite and Liberty satin appears in evening cloaks. Checks trend for rain coats and gowns while velveteen dominates winter gowns and salts. Wistaria joins new purples in lustrous broadcloth with a black silk outline on a costly broadtail coat. Brooklyn Engle.
Joseph Ninhan stars as the Devil in a Savage company production while Harry Woodruff performs a fan sketch called A Bit of Instruction. Richard Golden acts in The Old Firm at the Queen's Theatre London as A. Baldwin Sloane provides a bridge whist sketch for Dorothy Tennant. Wood's Liver Medicine advertises relief for malaria and sickness, sold by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenther in a 1.00 bottle of 2% larger quantity.
F J Burdett piano tuner accepts orders at Brown's and Dollmeyer's stores or via phone 806 1-4dtf.
Leita Denning narrates a tangled confession to a close friend about a blunder that led to an engagement with Bob. The tale recounts a nighttime incident on a sleeping car where she nearly shared a berth with him, the emotional tension, and Bob’s ultimatum to marry in April while she weighs church or home vows.
A compact reminiscence on elderberries highlighting traditional wild fruit use by pioneer women. It recalls methods: preserving berries in molasses, sun drying, and making elderberry pie with rich crust and vinegar, sugar, and flour. Suggests elderberry juice enhances grape juice and jelly from apples.
In Chamonix Savoie windows a startling notice proclaims purses and pocketbooks made of human skin sold in local bookshops. The sign speculates if the skins come from tourists and guides. Also advertised are Cri de Parts Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for coughs, colds, hoarseness, and throat troubles, pitched for children and sold by H. J. Moogh and P. Guenther.
Mrs. Jane C. Barrow of Connecticut operates a four acre farm that sustains her and two children. Starting seven years ago without capital, she built a diverse system of intensive farming centered on bees, poultry, and small fruits. Last year she raised 2,000 ducks and 400 pounds of feathers from pigeons, with 60 pigeon pairs and 75 beehives. She plans to shift from pigeons to more ducks, sells fattened turkeys in holidays, and notes the need for outside feed. Barrow warns against starting too large, praising the joy and viability of small scale farming for women.
The piece argues that plunging potted strawberry plants into the ground to speed production saves about a year but has no value in commercial strawberry culture. It cautions amateurs that the method yields small crops and frequent disappointment, though it may suit hobby gardeners.
To those afflicted with kidney and bladder trouble, backache, rheumatism, Pineules for the Kidneys brings relief in the first dose. Hundreds testify to remarkable healing and tonic properties. 30 days trial one dollar. They purify blood. Sold by H. J. Moogh and C. P. Guenther.
Local notice offers a wagon shop for rent in Lena Illinois. Owner H BR Nelson promotes a good opportunity for the right party to take over the shop space. Contact details are minimal.
An item states The Deily Journal is delivered to any part of the city for 1c a week. This notice outlines a local newspaper delivery service offered at a uniform weekly rate across all city areas.
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