20 Apr 1905
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1905
Page
1
An old advertisement touts a medicine described as the greatest of modern times, claiming it wards off disease and microbes with a fully guaranteed product sold at 60 cents and one dollar through a listed vendor.
Moscow dispatches warn of Japan ready to sail for Kamhanh bay as forces clash near Usinehens and Tongs. Rosestvensky patrols neutral shipping off Kamyanh while France faces pressure from Britain over the port. Reports note heavy Japanese stores and strategic warrants amid possible French involvement. Meanwhile strikes threaten Montgomery Ward deliveries and police confrontations. Bessie Davis survives a shooting. Joseph Jefferson shows slight improvement.
Indications point to further Teamsters being ordered out as strikes widen at the Chicago New Pearl area. Officials warn that riot repercussions may expand, with local authorities bracing for possible confrontations and labor unrest.
Secretary of State Hay’s physicians in Nervi Italy report that Hay has recovered. The New York Stock Exchange board plans to close on Good Friday and on Saturday. Other items note deaths, marriages, and various unrelated events.
Agents of the Mutual Life Insurance Society press for J J Hyde to resign. A five member committee planned to visit Hyde to present the demand after a closed session. Hyde rejected the call, calling the move impertinent and preposterous as others prepared to petition the governor and insurance commissioner in Albany.
An agents committee appointed to urge Hyde's resignation planned to meet him at his home this morning after Hyde attended the theater last night. The prepared letter, signed by agents of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, requests his resignation on behalf of thousands of policy holders.
Diplomatic dispatches report USS arms backing the Panamanian government in suppressing a growing rebellion. Washington states that US forces and marines would enforce order if mutineers resist, warning that punishment would be swift for organizers of the disorder.
Algomah leads fifty upbound steamers breaking week ice off Sault Ste. Marie to clear water in Lake Superior. Race forms for ore docks at upper lake ports as the fleet aims for Soo Locks, with downstream boats waiting for turns.
Notices posted in Hast furnaces announce a wage increase starting May 7. Wages for laborers will be increased by 5 percent.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate workers demand higher pay as wage levels cited near 1.50 a day while United States Steel is excluded. President McMahon predicts weekly elaboration of the labor demand affecting blast furnace workers at Atholl.
A report from April 20 notes Dr. Layner’s conclusion on a paper about Special hygiene in the United States. He finds Americans shorter than Germans yet living longer in temperate alcohol use. he claims Americans exhaust earlier in life amid a temperate regime. The piece also mentions Primrose dig and decor of Beaconsfield statue with primroses bearing a protection quotation from Gladstone.
Train schedules list departures and arrivals for Freeport, Rock Island, and Chicago routes. Lines note connections to Milwaukee, Davenport, Mt Carroll, Joplin, Kansas City, Omaha, Cedar Rapids, and North and South Dakota destinations. Agent J B Swear signs the timetable.
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