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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1881
Page
6
A European observer contrasts English and American social mores noting that American flirting creates an organized system of interaction with bold, public courtship and chaperonage norms that differ from English restraint. The piece warns of tensions, heartaches, and social consequences as young people engage across the Atlantic.
The article profiles William Joy nicknamed the English Samson born near Ramsgate in 1674 and recounts feats of strength, balance, and agility. It also tells of Dexter of Newburyport who funded a pipe factory ensuring every pipe bore his initials Timothy Dexter amid a jumbled note on tobacco pipes and a Carlyle anecdote.
The column blends jokes, medical ads, and overseas notes. It mentions Kendall's Spavin Cure, Carter’s Little Liver Pills, and a London lock company system. It also references a Dundee Castle voyage mishap and press reports from Paris, Merv, and New Orleans with varied trivia and curiosities.
Danl Plank of Brooklyn Tioga County Pennsylvania recalls riding thirty miles to obtain Thomas Eclectic Oil. He claims the oil cured a crook in six applications and valued it more than gold.
A sensational pitch claims Sedatine-de-India is the greatest modern remedy for heart disease, with bold claims of universal cure when used timely. It advertises contact via Jas. F. Lobdell & Co of St. Louis and local availability in Freeport, urging readers to mail fifty cents. It also touts St James renewer pills for debility with similar mail order distribution.
An advertisement touts West's Nerve and Brain Treatment for hysteria dizziness convulsions nervous headache mental depression memory loss and overwork related decay. One box costs a dollar or six boxes five dollars with a money back guarantee if not curing. EM MERT & BURRELL, Freeport, is the listed druggist.
Directory listing of churches in Pleasant Street west of Exchington and nearby streets. Includes Evangelical German and American congregations with pastors, service times, and Sunday school schedules. Denominations cover German Evangelical Reformed Methodist Episcopal Presbyterian Roman Catholic Zion Episcopal Baptist and Free Methodist with varied service hours and locations.
The document lists Mayyor James McNamara in McNamara's Shoe Store at 87 Stephenson Street and city officers including City Clerk Wartren Co. Clark, City Treasurer B Breed, City Attorney J C Kean, City Marshal E i Street Commissioner W Knipsehild, Surveyor F F Josel, and Aldermen for wards one through three: TL Waddell J Hartman, J Brown Taylor Dr Louisstoskopf, AJ Porter Wm H Wagner.
The list names Clerk Kleckner Treasurer Hutchison ECORDER Dan'l Brewster SHERLEF Captain Stewart SURVEYOR iam Shons. All county offices are in the Court House.
Board of Education lists William O Wright president W G Barne and H J Porter as members. Superintendent C Snyder with office in the High School building from 7 30 to 9 00 a m.
A 500 dollar reward is offered for cures of pain fever sickness headache or liver complaints with West's Vegetable Liver Pills. Pills are sugar coated and advertised as vegetable and effective. Available through druggists with a free trial by mail for a 3 cent stamp. Manufactured by John O West & Co. Chicago.
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