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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1906
Page
8
An advertising pitch argues dandruff is caused by a germ and that Newbro’s Herpicide removes it to restore hair health. It claims general treatments fail unless the germ is hit and promotes samples by mail from The Herpicide Co Detroit and agent Jos. Emmert.
A historical timetable lists east and west bound trains with arrival times, destinations, and notes. It includes Dubuque Express, Omaha St Paul line, Fort Dodge connections, Madison district, and local mail services with coach and passenger details.
John F Daly announces Western, Ohio and Freeport routes with hourly east and west bound trains. Parlor car service listed on Nos. 202 204 206 207 209 and 227. buffet and cafe services noted. destinations include Chicago and nearby towns. timetable references indicate daily operation with Sunday exceptions.
An unofficial Yale club on West 34th Street in New York reportedly uses a hidden electric chair for initiations. A compact wooden chair with a back battery delivers a quick jolt, buckling light straps around wrists and ankles. Subjects report shaken nerves, while officials claim the device is harmless and limited to a few elderly members.
A businessman, seen as an authority on the topic, notes most business is done by telephone and urges speaking softly with clear enunciation. He describes proper mouthpiece angles and distance, warns against close contact in public booths due to germs, citing the Philadelphia Press.
The story recalls Joseph N Choate as ambassador in London spending a summer in a tiny English town. He learns of fine river fishing and that literary men visit for the sport. Andrew Lang is cited as a keen, picturesque fisherman who catches nothing yet fishes beautifully.
A white diamond weighing 1491 percent karats was found by a deser at Karreepan near Kimberley who set it for ALAGH. The note ends with a Stevenson quote about ingratitude and sleep.
Horace Bradbury and Julia Taslee drift in a shy game of love during a picnic. Julia delays confessing, a rival named Jim Hawkins adds tension, and a promised walk to the creek bridge becomes the quiet setting for unspoken truths and a bittersweet farewell.
An entirely new cash register listed for sale by Bhowes and Dollm byer. Call to view at the event bargain sale location.
Local ad claims Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic cleanses and heals nasal catarrh, improves hearing smell and taste, and removes odors. An atomizer application is urged with a money back guarantee from Jos Emmert of Orangeust Freeport.
The article recounts Richard Henry Stoddard praising even a notorious figure with paradoxical kindness. In a Park Row office a friend asks about a man’s reputation and Stoddard, smoking, declares him “the most pern metrics progressive irrepressible wood ratired artistic kind of an un mitigated rascal.”
A historical note contrasts a Mexican lady shopping method with a servant serving in public view due to tradition. It then endorses DeWitt's Witch Hazel for skin issues. The piece profiles Miss Charlotte Knollys, royal chamberlain to Queen Alexandra, describing her long service, close access to the royal family, talents, and social ties across Europe.
Critique in London Academy notes errors in Don Quixote and Ivanhoe with misnamed characters and altered prayers. It mentions Pope, Kingsley, and misrendered phrases like droit de timbre and premier de quatre, highlighting translation slips and author confusion.
A Western North Carolina preacher recounts a tale of a Black thief who stole a pie and knelt to pray upon returning home. The wife reports the man’s persistent supplications to the Lord to forgive the deed as night wears on.
Harriet M Kurbank a piano teacher at Studio 86 Grove Street announced a forthcoming event. Details to be provided Thursday.
Washington dispatch reports the Panama Canal will be completed by contract with a forthcoming official statement. President Roosevelt backs the commission’s view that contractors can finish the work more satisfactorily than the government. The plan preserves Chinese labor protections by allowing proposals to transfer to contractors without reducing government safeguards.
At Lexington a mob pursuing Oscar Gaddy, the man accused of murdering Superintendent RosL Eubanks near the railroad spur, loses track as bloodhounds fail to follow scent. Fighters threaten To kill Foreman Butler. he is jailed amid the turmoil.
A Pulaski County circuit court judge allegedly instructed the grand jury to investigate the fatal shooting of a Black man named T. F. C. Briekman on Sunday night in Arcenta. The judge supposedly told jurors that every member of the jury was a murderer and should be hunted down.
Representative Jesse Overstreet of Indiana spoke briefly with President Roosevelt in Washington, discussing political conditions in Indiana before continuing his trip home from New York.
Cleveland reports a lasting gale on Lake Erie since Saturday raises anxiety for small craft in two marine emergency events. In Chicago a train strike killed Mrs. P. Barry of Vincennes Indiana visiting the city.
A mixed market summary lists wheat corn oats and hay prices with bid ranges for futures and spot grades. Livestock receipts are estimated for cattle calves hogs and sheep, with quotations for prime and good grades and dealer commentary. misc ad content follows.
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