17 Oct 1888
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1888
Page
1
Subscriptions priced at five dollars annual with weekly carrier or mail delivery. The page carries a Republican platform and editorials praising Cleveland and tariff protection. Named figures include Benjamin Harrison Morton and other GOP politicians, with references to tariff theory, Western and Southern stances, and Harper’s Weekly quotes.
A sprawling local notes page recounts visits, travel, accidents, and daily life across Davis, Lake, and surrounding towns. Mentions residents like Joe Mineka, Mrs Blocks, and Henry KiGhaye, alongside church events, school activity, farming, and minor mishaps.
Richard La yer, Rebel General, argues two key mistakes cost the Confederacy. He contends avoiding tariff undermines would have allowed rapid disruption of Northern industry, preventing war readiness and crippling furnaces, workshops, mills, and bar works. He claims Union manpower, navy, and credit would falter without such measures.
Fragmented OCR items describe local entertainments, a royal legends setting at Leyton and Mele ward, and social events. Mentions indoor gatherings, garden Sunday evenings, and a nearby royal site with a roof and menhirs. Also includes varied snippets on public works, trains, and a grand ship concept.
The New Orleans Picayune describes Jeffersons Island Lake a once grand winter home of the genial Rip Van Winkle actor. The 2000 acre domain, once an orchard, shows neglect with broken bridges and rotting fences. The white Jefferson home stands amid old trees, casting an air of a fairy castle, now faded and desolate.
Col Arnot A Rand visited the Massachusetts commandery of the Loyal Legion and found about eighty volumes of Civil War images. The collection includes every Massachusetts officer’s portrait, most general officers from Lincoln’s era, battalion photos, camp scenes, and key Army of the Potomac sites. Over 10,000 pictures exist, with Century Magazine paying $500 yearly to reproduce them. Col John J Nicholson of Philadelphia holds the best private military library and can trace service records of officers who served in the Civil War.
A Globe-Democrat reader recounts a trader Charlie on the floor who sells short as spring begins and only flips to buy when a west side bush appears blood red. He watches a mysterious woman who foresees market moves by writing daily predictions, a rare but striking phenomenon.
The report details widespread correspondence to the Pension Commissioner including appeals to relocate the serrel center, absent spouses, and complaints about the pension system. Thousands of letters mix advice, praise, threats, reproach, and sensational claims, reflecting public tension over pensions and bureau response.
A brief description of a novel telecommunication method where a vibrating ink pen marks lines on moving paper to convey messages. Operators read the vibrations to transcribe signals, using two side by side keys for current control. The setup has no audible Morse-like sound, and output is transmitted along a cable with the receiver guiding corrections. Also notes a price line: watches sell for 1,000 net pair in California.
Fragmented ad copy touts cures for diarrhea, colic, coughs and bilious diseases. Mentions Dr Mill New Cure and Begus Cherry Cough Syrup. Claims cure for various ailments with testimonials, selling through Kamert Burrell and Emimert Burrell.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve marketed as the best salve for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, chapped hands, and eruptions. Promises money back if not satisfied, 25 cents per box, sold by Emmert & Burrell.
An 19th century style advertisement touts Beggs Blood Purifier and Blood Maker as superior medicine for blood purification, mocking cheap quack remedies and urging readers to buy from Hunmert Burrell, druggists, with a questionable offer and unclear details about keys and allegiance.
Worth Knowing Mr W 1t Morgan Laka City Fla suffered severe cold with coughing and breathing trouble advancing to consumption. After failing standard remedies he tried Dr King's New Discovery and saw immediate relief. Within a dozen bottles he fully recovered though the disease briefly returned. Guaranteed to help consumption trials free at Emert & Murrell's Drug Store.
The executor declares a public sale of the Stoneman farm at Narlem to be held at the Cou raise on Saturday October 4 at 7 oclock in the evening. Conuls.
Fresh oysters direct from Baltimore and delicious ice cream supply the winter menu. Sociables and parties can be served on short notice by H. Roeder.
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