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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1906
Page
7
The readable fragments show times such as 7:0 am 9:0 am 2:00 pm 6:15 pm 4:00 pm and 8:06 am 11:05 am 4:65 pm 6:25 pm with scattered references to Sunday and a Treoper line. The text appears as a broken timetable or transit log with incomplete entries.
Rock Island and Davenport lines show No 68 and No 86 passenger runs with connections to Chicago Milwaukee Janesville Madison and Kansas City Omaha Cedar Rapids and points in Navy and South Dakota. No 10 departs Rock Island at 7 am for Milwaukee arriving 8 10 pm with close connections.
Cleveland Aug 4 Judge Kennedy of the common pleas court ruled Mayor Johnson not guilty of contempt connected with tearing up Cleveland Electric Railway tracks on Fulton street last week. The court found W J Springborn, director of public service, violated the temporary injunction and fined him 100 dollars plus costs. An appeal for a new trial was filed by Springborn's attorneys.
An investigation by a United States commissioner into alleged peonage at the Jackson Lumber Company camp in Lockhart Alabama concluded with three employees being bound over to the U.S. court for trial under heavy bonds.
Attorney General Moody announced further prosecutions of several railroads for alleged violations of federal safety appliance laws under the administration policy. The move targets compliance with safety standards to ensure rail operations meet federal requirements.
Reports from across the world note the death of Admiral Train at Pachie station in Chefoo, China. The British Lords pass an education bill, while a massive fire damages the Hour house in Allany, New York. King Edward and Emperor William meet at Friedrichskron near Hamburg. A death toll from yellow fever rises in Savannah and a mine explosion injures Scranton workers. A new US Spain treaty may take effect Sept 1. Many labor strikes, embezzlement cases, and a King Peter of Servia anecdote headline a broad, eventful wire. The King’s medley of satire leads to a Paris auction slated for 80,000 press cuttings.
New York Tribune notes prehistoric life in the southwest with well preserved cave dwellings and rock writings at Pajarito park near Santa Fe. Scientists have photographed and studied the cliff dwellings, creating a Cliff Dwellers National park to protect the large site and its hundreds of rock rooms.
Amherst College Professor notes a man can live without brains but not without a digestive system. The message urges daily care of digestion and promotes Kodol For Dyspepsia as a corrective after overeating, sold by all druggists.
A writer thanks Cuticura for curing a two year skin eruption and itch after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. He tried a doctor first, read the Cuticura book, then bought the kit and found relief from the first application, completing a full cure.
It describes widespread itching and skin irritation relief using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills. Claims a single set can cure and notes availability worldwide through Potter Drug & Chem Corp. Includes prices 25c, 50c, 60c and chocolate coated pills, with a free mailed booklet.
The article lists assorted facts such as the first English steamer of 1815, European miners unionization levels, the sharpening of black lead pencils in 1865, 210,600 known insect species, 12,000 to 18,000 liquor houses in New York, a $10,000 dirigible patent offer in France, hardwood forests lasting 35 years, Marquis of Breadalbane gold plate, Trondra’s pine lands for railroads, Augustus era Rome night police and fire brigade at 7,000, and Russia’s profitable postal system earning over $20,000,000 annually.
A fragment from a travel setting shows dialog about weather and crops with rural quips about wheat hay and potatoes. The Boston Museum of Fine Arts reportedly owns tapestries possibly by Charles Le Brun stolen from the Palais Royal after a Paris fire. Mrs. A Worley Wilcox donated a George Washington University model of Jerusalem and a Palestine relief.
An old ad touts Chamberlains remedy for colic and diarrhea claimed to be reliable and widely tested. It highlights long dealer experience thousands of testimonials and physician prescriptions with quick results at a quarter price. It urges immediate purchase with a persuasive call to action.
A man recalls deciphering a cipher note signed like E. W. Maline and tracing it to a former lover Emmaline, whose handwriting matched the fake Nolan signature. After wartime service in Cuba, he discovers the truth through a letter she writes, revealing marriage and ongoing playful misdirections in signatures. The twist ends with the couple now married and joking about her handwriting and signatures.
An advertisement claims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures sunburn sting and summer ills, promising relief with the genuine box name. Sold by all druggists.
The Burrell Brìtt Grocery venue, likely Stephenson led, announces oil perfection-8 formula with eight entities per alles, details unclear but aims at market edge. Local shoppers are urged to note pricing and vendors, as the store publicizes a new supply arrangement.
The North Western Railway offers greatly reduced excursion tickets to the Northwest West and Southwest with standard and tourist sleeping cars free reclining chair cars and premium service. Dates of sale and full details available from Chicago North Western agents.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers round trip tickets at about half tariff to Minnesota North Dakota Wisconsin Colorado Utah Southern Wyoming and Lower Michigan resorts. Tickets on sale daily through September 30 with final return October 31. Apply to any C G W agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minn.
The Daily Journal offers citywide delivery at 10 cents per week, with service available to all neighborhoods.
James Watt noted steam power after seeing kettle lids jump. Modern science links hair loss to a tiny germ that harms hair roots. Newbro's Herpicide claims to destroy this germ and restore hair. sample 10 cents by The Herpicide Co., Detroit. Jos. Emmert, Special Agent.
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