29 Oct 1897
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1897
Page
1
A 19th century advertisement urges women to keep age youthful with Rocky Mountain Tea by Emmert and Burrell. It claims the product acts as a beautifier and aids in daily life by enhancing charm and vitality.
Thereby notify all persons that I will pay no bills contracted by my 6. Chris Koehler, 27d1w.
A Chicago Times Florald report describes visitors gifting catnip to zoo cats at Highland Park. Macaws screech as cats sniff and savor the herb. Billy the African leopard prances and rolls in the plant, while a young tiger and mate play, mew, and purr. lions show mild interest as three baby lions quarrel over the leaves.
The San Francisco Call reports a breakthrough as Captain Rivers of the A. J. Ropes produced a negative of Cape Horn, the elusive southern tip of South America long sought by artists. Photographic challenges include storms hazy atmospheres fog and poor light, making a clear image difficult. prior attempts yielded rough sketches rather than true reproductions.
A healthful woman is described as beautiful in a brief promotional note for Rocky Mountain Tea. The advertisement cites Emmert & Burrell as associated parties and extols beauty as a grand attribute to be possessed by all women.
Washington October 29. Reliable reports say Russia Japan and the United States have advanced a written proposition to limit or suspend pelagic sealing in the Behring sea and North Pacific. The move, if agreed, would not threaten Britain or Canada but show a humanitarian aim to preserve seal herds. A related Anglo Russian modus vivendi sets a 30 mile neutral zone around Russian islands with Britain suspending pelagic sealing there.
Japanese delegate emphasized a priority on sealing over conservation and suggested Japan no longer held fur seals though it possessed sea otters. The conference split along US and Russia pro conservation lines versus Britain and Japan pro harvest, with experts arguing protection could restore decimated rookeries. The proposal aimed for multi nation cooperation without provoking Britain, seeking England and Canada’s potential join in a shared defense of seal life.
Des Moines Iowa October 29 Judge Spurrier has concluded to let the matter of the Populist ballot case rest with the supreme bench assuming the supreme court would correct all manifest errors
Kansas City Oct 29 William Carr the father who confessed to drowning his child because he had too many says he knows he will be hanged and wants it done quickly.
Science shows city refuse can yield steam, fertilizers, soap, and light. In St Louis garbage is dried in steam jackets to remove 75 80 percent of water and produce fertilizer worth nine to twelve dollars per ton. Garbage grease makes soap, London could be lit by electricity at low cost, and Paris magnets recover iron from sweepings.
Mr. Billtops muses about a clock that tired and stopped then ran again after a child fiddled with it. The anecdote from the New York Sun describes shaking, oiling, and a renewal that suggests clocks may need rest, with a light touch on human habits and sentiment.
Mr T S Selater asks the Journal of Science to avoid the word scientist saying it is a hybrid term. He proposes scient as a savant analogue. An Englsh editor recalls Prof Henry Sidgwick story and Cambridge visitors noting learned men, with Prof Bidgwick quipping they are prigs.
A large earthenware vase in a New York window bears a sign claiming Egyptian clay three thousand years old. An expert passing by notes the vase is much older than 38,000 years, suggesting the clay dates from 1893.
A local editor, struck by a severe cold described as la grippe, used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after reading an advertisement. The remedy worked swiftly and permanently, leading the Liberty town Banner to highly recommend it for coughs or colds. Emmert & Burrell sell 26 and 50 cent sizes.
London has 1,880 miles of streets while Paris reports 600 miles and New York 575 tiles. The figures compare urban infrastructure with varying unit measures across three major cities.
A historical medical advertisement touts Dr Agnew’s cure for heart disease as peerless. It claims instant relief from palpitation shortness of breath and chest pain and warns of death if not used promptly. Sold by Emmerst Burrell Swarts Fleck and others.
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