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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1908
Page
3
A New York Post retells an old Pascagoula legend of a doomed Indian tribe. Facing siege by Spaniards and other foes, the Pascagoulas choose death over slavery, marching into the Gulf as they sing their ritual song, leaving behind a river point and marsh winds. The tale ties the shore scene to a lingering song heard at dusk.
A Century essay portrays eastern devotion as pervasive yet diverse. It notes minarets in desert cities signaling faith while nomads and rich traders pray, and recalls Nubian sailors and Egyptian boatmen praying in daily life. The piece contrasts belief, wealth, and ritual without mockery.
A historical anecdote recalls frog croaks scaring French colonists attempting land on Western Australia around 1800. The tale suggests frogs influenced the region to remain English rather than French, paralleling Rome’s goose as a protective emblem.
A Philadelphia Press snippet shows a character dismissing public interest in "silly dudes" with a jokey exchange about habit and leadership at a real estate improvement company. The dialogue ends noting the lot is vacant.
Hiram tells Sally he has been paying his respects for five years and notes their plans ahead. Sally agrees softly as he mentions an installment plan, with their dialogue set in a St Louis Republic context.
A brief dialogue reveals a missionary with EF who served as cook for a cannibal chief in Africa. The exchange titled Pick-Me-Up presents a study of memory and colonial stereotypes in a casual style.
All the good qualities of Bly's Cream Balm found in Liquid Cream Balm, designed for atomizers. It relieves Nasal Catarrh without drying or rasping air passages and targets the root of the disease. Obstinate cases yielded in weeks. 75 cents with spraying tube or by mail from Big Bros, 64 Warren Street, New York.
Governor John Franklin Fort outlines an ocean boulevard from Atlantic Highlands to Cape May at a West End dinner with north Jersey beachfront landowners. He envisions a state funded linked coast and inland road system, costing about 400000 dollars, with annual maintenance and revenue from automobile licenses to cover repairs, and suggests possible regional licensing cooperation.
Mrs S J Rooke a telephone operator at Folsom New Mexico refused to save herself when warned of an approaching flood. She used the intervening hour to call subscribers and warn them. Over forty families credited with being saved by her bravery. Her body was found twelve miles down the canyon with the telephone headset on.
Batesville Indiana resident A J Nusbaum recounts a lingering summer cold and hay fever last year that disrupted business. He credits Foley's Honey and Tar and Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup for relief, noting other medicines aggravated symptoms and praising the gentle, nonnauseating action.
An account of Goward Evans recalling his Civil War ordeal at Fort Fisher. After being rescued by Marine Wasmoth who was killed, Evans recounts escaping a sand prison under heavy fire, loading his revolver, and disciplining a fearful sailor beneath him with a blunt warning to stay still and not endanger his legs.
In Honiton a historic custom endures as the town proclaims the fair. The lord of the manor granted the fair in 1257 and the town crier in uniform announces its opening with oyez phrases. A gilded glove atop a decorated pole signals the fair’s start and guards remain until its end while hot coins are tossed to children.
A 14 year old in Plumstead is memorialized on a churchyard tombstone with a grim epitaph. The verse warns youths in nearby Shooters Hill and other places to moderate their cherry eating during the season. The old parish church at Plumsferd sits a millennium old, set amid a poet Bloomfield haunt.
A Scottish farmer boasted to a visitor about a newly acquired antique clock from a town auction. He claimed it was a grand timepiece and a rare bargain. The visitor asked if it keeps good time, and the farmer replied it is not precise enough to catch a train but good enough to wake him for breakfast.
Five year old Bobbie calms a grazing cow in his mother's flower garden by shouting Seat Scat while three year old Mary, dancing with excitement, urges him to scow and scow. The playful moment captures a child's language mix with animal curiosity.
In a brief WIT note from New York Press two men joke about where a fellow stood during a conversation. Jewett says the man stood on Hewitt's feet most of the time. The line captures a humorous exchange amid casual chatter.
A brief quotation from Emerson appears as a reflective note on belief and the link between cause and effect. The line frames truth as the central concern for natural believers and prompts contemplation of how ideas translate into outcomes.
This notice discusses preventing appendicitis by addressing chronic constipation. It promotes Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a remedy that stimulates the liver and bowels, claiming it does not nauseate or gripe and is mild to take. It cautions readers to refuse substitutes and lists H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz as contacts.
F. J. Burdett orders a jano tuner through Brown & Dollmeyer's phone line 890. The notice indicates a request or purchase placed in early date period, with limited readable details.
The Daily Journal announces home delivery to every city area for a weekly rate of ten cents. The notice highlights affordable access to local news and urges readers to subscribe for full city coverage.
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