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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1869
Page
5
Henry Ward Beecher argues that signing for a friend's debt can ruin the signer. He warns of personal ruin, loss of home and savings, and harm to family when the borrower cannot pay. Indorse with full readiness to pay or not at all, and avoid treating bonds as a mere form.
A colorful San Francisco tale follows a peculiar figure in oil cloth, the so called city putter. The strange old man patrols gutters and alleys in rain or shine, mutely seeking refuse and scraps as if driven by instinct. Authorities guess at his past from millionaire to miser, yet his history remains a mystery to bystanders.
A collage of pithy jokes and anecdotes touching on politics, manners, and daily life. It includes quips about suffrage, a boy liking cats to throw stones, advice on work and sleep, a French mother in law, a Quaker query about generosity, farming tips, and a crusty tale of a Buffalo jeweler’s missing watch linked to a railroad disaster. It closes with a violin making dream and a German publisher clash with Dickens.
Advice from the American Stock Journal on preventing and treating sore backs in horses. It explains harness misfit causes a back wound, suggests fixes to back-hand placement, and urges repairing harnesses. It notes cleansing and healing steps for wounds, including soapsuds baths and a saltpetre turpentine solution for stubborn sores.
A strange loner has haunted city pavements for nine years, watching houseflies and taking only gutter food. He avoids regular meals, ignores inquiries, and his real name remains unknown. Traces of him place him near Mission sand hills and cemeteries, once living in a brush hut on Taylor Street.
A letter to Western Rural explains using children to harvest and burn potato bug eggs. The writer details paying children fifty cents per hundred nests found, noting improved potato health and reduced losses compared to neighbors. The scheme also kept children busy and taught them to value earnings.
Experimental notes advise cutting grasses at full bloom for hay to maximize nutrients. Early morning harvest with careful spreading yields the best hay. heavy swaths reduce quality. Dew or moisture weakens fibre and sugars, making hay tasteless. A pinch of salt aids preservation and palatability for livestock.
Mr B Canriepvair of Sheffield and Royal Veterinary College urges horse keepers to stop limiting water. He argues cold water does not cause colic, stresses animals should have access to clean water at all times, and cites personal practice of letting horses drink at every trough. He recounts a friend’s skepticism about water needs and shares his guidance.
An incomplete excerpt references a servant who should be treated as worthy of allowance and the owner’s horses allowed to drink freely. The line suggests a practice of generous stabling and care within an English farm context.
A collection of household tips on garden care and preserving lard, plus excerpts from Gardener's Monthly on border plants and weed control. Also a July Atlantic Monthly table of contents lists poems, essays, and literary notices with subscription prices for the magazine.
The July issue includes Wreck plate, Colored Fashion plate with forty images, The Signal tinted picture, The Exchange wood-cut, a large fashions sheet with thirty nine engravings, plus twenty two designs in the Work Department. Marion Land and others contribute first class stories. Published by L A Geory Philadelphia. One year three dollars, increasing rates for multiple copies and extras.
Don Youne follows Jory with Chapter XIV of the Story of a Bad Boy, recounting the Dolphin voyage and the hero’s companion lost at sea. Other contents include Lawrence in a Coal Mine and Navigation before Columbus, plus poems and letters. advance notice promises a surprise in August. Amply illustrated. subscription rates listed.
An advertisement touts Dr Bagea Catarrh Remedy as a mild soothing treatment that cures catarrh by reducing inflammation and restoring mucous secretions. It claims to be pleasant to use, with a cooling sensation, and offers $500 for an uncured case. Sent by mail for sixty cents. Sold by most druggists.
Lebanon Star editor Dr Scott highlights Perry Davila Pain Killer as a world renowned remedy. The notice touts its cure claims for colds coughs weak stomach general debility dyspepsia and stomach cramps among other ailments, noting its continued strong family usage since 1862 and 1869.
A period piece notes that a supposed useful article is tested and endorsed by public opinion while counterfeits threaten. It recalls mercury and quinine as past remedies for stomach and liver ailments, then introduces Hostetters Stomach Bitters as inaugurating a new healing system with immediate acknowledged benefits.
An old advertisement extols Hustetter's Stomach Bitters as a reliable health remedy amid numerous counterfeit preparations. It claims the product has long earned public trust for stomach related ailments and asserts it offers true relief and restoration to health, urging afflicted readers to rely on this preparation. The copy emphasizes careful production and continued popularity.
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