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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
8
A Chicago laundry aid promotes Waxer for flatirons and Wiggle-Stick Wonder-Wax for washing. Grocers stocking the goods receive free quantities to distribute, with customers urged to request them. If a grocer lacks stock, readers are told to send the grocer’s name for free packages.
Incomplete entry shows times and destinations with unclear digits. Readable parts indicate a daily schedule with departures around 11:00 am and 8:00 pm, plus a 6:45 am reference and a lead figure of thirty, all in a noisy, garbled listing.
A fleeting notice announces a first class cash register for sale at a great bargain. Interested buyers are asked to call Brown and Dolmeyver to arrange a viewing.
The article notes several hairy caterpillars have poisonous hairs that affect humans. It cites the processionary moth caterpillar and references Reaumur in early experiments. It mentions eye irritation from touching eyes and swellings from windborne hairs near nests.
Nichol Helm sits on a swinging bridge holding a sick child as a city night falls. The cobbler’s hand needs amputation after a failed attempt to save it, while his wife endures fear and hardship amid crowded streets and a suffering urban poor. The scene centers on poverty, resilience, and a family’s endurance.
Miss May Sutton of Pasadena arrives home after losing in the England challenge round to Miss Doughiss. She plans to play seven east coast and midweek tournaments and remains undaunted by the loss citing a fast opponent and below par play as factors. The report also notes Western support for a new eastern bowling association and mentions Vincent Stevenson of Washington being blacklisted by the University of Pennsylvania faculty.
Fragmentary quotation notes ongoing celebrating tour despite troubles with Athinta Constitution as source hints at persistent public celebrations and continued momentum.
When opponents are evenly matched a fair sight proves dull but the man who takes the worst blows can apply DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve to look and feel better quickly. Ensure you obtain DeWitt's. This salve is versatile and sold by all druggists.
The Acne Mi'g Co located at 57 Chicago street advertises prompt sheet metal work including furnace cleaning and tin roof laying or repair service with attention to all orders.
Sid Cheers, at seventy, remains the star driver on the grand circuit, winning three races in one day and totaling $18,000 in value. The Jewel, owned by Mrs. Who R. Burke of Cleveland, won a race in nineteen minutes with a notable handicap motor boat event at Frontenac, New York. The Vingt-et-Puis finished the longest course in 56 minutes 3 seconds, while the Milwrother club reports a new Twitter presence and Sase, a veteran fireman, plans to leave Fond du Lac.
How to live well hinges on digestive health. Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is advertised as a reliable laxative remedy for headache constipation colic and digestive upset. Sold by all druggists at five and one dollar money back if it fails.
In western New York apple districts large and small evaporators process windfalls. A 20 by 20 foot two story drying house with towers used to vent heat, costs about 800 dollars, and can dry up to sixteen tons of stock and five tons of chops per season. Requires coal and a six to ten person crew plus parers and slicers to operate efficiently.
The national crop reporting board cites preliminary figures for corn planted totaling about 5,580,000 acres with 1,524,000 acres of straw use, an eight percent drop from last year. Winter wheat condition averages around 80.0 percent, spring wheat around 71.0, and beet seed tests in Montana show sugar content near 22.5 percent with the Washington seed performing variably.
A cautious sailor worries about sails that cannot be reefed and the danger of gusty winds. The thinking man Timkes plans to safeguard his stomach with Kodal for Dyspepsia, claiming it aids digestion and restores proper function.
F. J. Burdett, noted piano tuner, is accepting orders at Brown and Dollmeyer’s and by phone. Citizens are urged to call for service and tuning appointments.
Jos. Emmert, special agent, pursues profitable employment avenues by leveraging ear-based opportunities and investigative outreach.
Tickets on sale via Nickel Plate road from Chicago with a base round trip fare plus 2 dollars for a fifteen day limit and plus 4 dollars for a thirty day limit. Sales begin September 5 and 19 with information from John Y. Calahan General Agent at 107 Adams Street Chicago and from Salle Street Station the elevated loop depot.
Nickel Plate offers limited time summer tourist fares to Canadian and New England destinations with a 15 day limit one fare plus $2 from Chicago and a third day limit one fare plus $4 from Chicago. On sale Sept 5 and 19. For sleeping car berth reservations write or call City Ticket Office 107 Adams Street Chicago.
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