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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1905
Page
2
A label from the International Typographical Union commends the Freeport Journal for employing union labor in its mechanical departments. The recognition underscores the paper as a union-minded employer within the local publishing industry.
A U S senator from Oregon received six months in prison for grafting. The speaker criticizes all United States senators as grafters and calls for punishment, hoping no further thieves remain among federal lawmakers.
The Old Settlers Association of Stephenson County will convene in Cedarville on August 30. Sen. Albert J. Hopkins will be the principal speaker, and the gathering is billed as one of the most interesting in the county’s history.
The excerpt compares opening public schools with a potential fall special session of Congress and questions Roosevelt's plans. It then traces U.S. export growth under Wilson and Dingley tariffs, attributing the rise to tariff policy differences between free trade and protection.
Whitelaw Reid recalls Lincoln’s 1865 London speech praising Dixie as a national tune. He says the crowd cheered as Lincoln declared Away Down South in Dixie a national air, asserting all Americans, North and South, now own the song.
The outbreak in New Orleans worsens daily with rising cases and deaths. The writer cites Civil War general Benjamin F. Butler’s success in stamping out the fever and argues a strong leader, like “Buster,” is needed now, fearing the disease will continue until winter ends.
Mer. Pal conto, payal delegate to the United States, arrived in Milwaukee for Bishop Schinner’s consecration and praised President Roosevelt as a model for citizens. He called Roosevelt a Christian with a pure life that will inspire others and urged reform across Milwaukee and beyond.
A letter quotes Captain F. J. Pearce and General Atkins praising veterans and the idea of public service. It argues that honest government should prevail and reflects on salaries of federal positions versus the sacrifice of service, noting those who offer their families for country as greater patriots than officeholders.
A special session call favors rapid Interstate Commerce Commission power to set and enforce a rate pending court review. It also urges tariff revision to place cheaper foreign goods on the free list when domestic prices are higher for U S consumers.
The text questions whether salary level affects honesty, arguing big salaries do not guarantee integrity. It cites $100,000 and $20,000 yearly pay as insufficient to deter misdeeds by Mr. Alexander and Chauncey Depew, and notes a thief’s greed scales with pay. It references Christopher Columbus earning $25 per month and Admiral Togo at $250 monthly as context.
A nostalgic reflection extols Freeport as the City of the Churches, praising its diverse Catholic and Protestant congregations. The author asserts that all faithful adherents who live by their church’s doctrines will reach heaven, and urges readers to stand up for Freeport’s liberal, law abiding, churchgoing culture.
W F Bustman of Moline argues Chauncey Depew shares anarchist traits through defiance of law and morality. He links dearchy to law disregard, notes Most’s abolish the laws theory, and cites Equitable scandal implicating prominent figures who allegedly profited under legal forms while avoiding value received. The district attorney seeks criminal convictions under laws.
The Fourth of July banquet in London featured Whitelaw Reid and remarks on U S relations with numerous nations. The speech touched on immigration, prosperity, and national unity, praising the contributions of German Irish Italian Russian Greek and Dutch communities in New York and America. It celebrated 180 years of independence and the growth of trade, debt reduction, and international friendship.
A Kansas City Journal item argues that the gratter is a nuisance and should be treated as a harmful pest. It calls for education to show the gratter is no better than a human thief and urges elimination of this pest from the community.
While harvesting rye on Ross Porter’s farm near Garden Pride, a Swedish worker startled by finding a rattlesnake believed to be as thick as a circus center pole and twice as long. His cries brought quick assistance.
A three-foot snake with seventeen rattles was dispatched after nearly striking its embracer. The incident occurred as the men measured the creature, noting its substantial girth and aggressive posture before the effort to remove it. Entailed details describe the encounter and the snake's dimensions.
The piece argues that an inquiry into life insurance should not stop with the Equitable and suggests other major firms may be engaging in reckless practices. It compares politics and war, condemns desertion to the enemy, and includes a parable about a man offering gold spectacles, underscoring distrust of wealth and deceit.
A newspaper story about a Smith wedding drew the ire of a tailor who demanded an apology and explanation. The editor defended the piece, noting the tone described the couple’s joy, while the tailor pressed back, insisting the report was inaccurate.
In the Carlinville Enquirer critique of Shelby M. Cullom, criticism focuses on various faults but never graft. The paper notes the public respects an official whose character remains unquestioned amid widespread graft, even if not praising him as perfect.
The passage argues that patience energy fidelity to duty courage and steady habits lead to success. It claims both young and old can cultivate these traits if chosen. It notes that often boys and men fail to achieve success because they do not cultivate even one distinctive character trait through daily actions.
The text notes closer ties between New Englanders and southerners due to rapid communication and widespread printing. It argues sectionalism fading, nationalism growing, and the republic strengthened by mutual understanding among regions.
A commentator urges an affordable automobile for rural route carriers, proposing a machine priced at 150 to 200 dollars to replace horse labor. It would cut costs and save time, with the possibility that many carriers would soon need one as service expands.
John Jacob Astor predicts the farmer will use the automobile after work for family recreation moving from home to nearby towns, while the London optimist case shows constant cheerful talk about others. The bishop notes the abundance of good and bad in people makes it wrong to criticize.
The Beloit Roe Press attacks United States Senator Mitchell of Oregon for years allowing land grabbers to use him to push false land claims at the land office. It portrays him as a broken, pitiable figure in disgrace, likening him to the Oberlin banker who fell to Mrs. Chadwick. The piece warns that character outweighs political or financial success.
In Missouri last Sunday a preacher concluded his sermon with a call for all in the house who are paying their debts to stand up. The prompt instruction led instantly to men, women, and children rising as a public pledge to honor owed sums.
In a church scene a preacher asks attendees who owe debts to rise. All stand except a worn, hungry man in last summer’s suit who explains he runs a newspaper and the standing subscribers are his patrons. The moment prompts a prayer.
American waters welcomed home the dust of John Paul Jones a famed naval hero who died abroad and was buried outside his native land. His remains are carried by warships back to the United States a reflection of the long tradition of honoring great engineers and leaders who shaped global naval history.
An aged Longfellow anecdote compares life to an old apple tree that gains new wood each year. The poet explains vigor comes from growth not youth, urging continual renewal to stay blossoming despite time's progress.
The three and a half month garment workers strike in Chicago ended with a victory for employers. Employers lost about 10 million dollars while 4620 strikers suffered 105 days of lost wages. Twenty one lives were lost and over 400 injured, caused by seventeen dissatisfied workers. The event prompts calls for more conservative union tactics and arbitration to settle disputes.
TheMouse asks for the Lion’s daughter in marriage after being saved by the Lion. The Lion grants the request, but the Lioness accidentally crushes her spouse as she steps forward. A moral note warns against greed and overreaching in pursuit of betterment.
A fragmented dialogue sketch features a variety of odd office and street exchanges. A factory boy jokes about vacation while a coworker questions leaving the boss, a cook groans about jaw pain, and cyclists discuss naming a car after its owner. The humor pivots on mistaken roles and quirky misunderstandings.
Farmers in Indiana struggle to recruit help for vast wheat harvest as wives refrain from lavish threshing dinners. Local communities, once famed for meat heavy feasts of mutton veal ham turkey and fried chicken, have agreed to curb the busy season’s feasts, deeming them vanity.
The article notes men endure long threshing days with cold grub and boiled eggs while awaiting hot meals. Thresher owners warn farmers may need to provide cooking and sleeping quarters if women refuse to serve hot food, potentially raising threshing costs. Yet many agree that women are sensible in the heated threshing season.
A lyrical passage depicts a child and horse play aboard a ship while a moral vignette follows about Stephen Girard. It notes his respect for other religions and a banker’s trust forged from Sunday-related principle, illustrating fidelity and integrity in 18th century Philadelphia.
The Chicago meeting draws interest as producers anticipate European tariffs cutting US sales. Manufacturers across sewing machines, typewriters, electrical gear, shoes, leather, breadstuffs, fruits, and cattle fear tariff barriers. Germany and Austria Hungary plan tougher duties. Switzerland targets American goods. Roosevelt to convene Congress Nov 1 to tackle anti-rebate rail rules and tariff issues ahead of the conference next month.
President McKinley says congress should act to preserve American trade by expanding abroad. He warns that without a vent for production outside the U S unemployment may rise and wages fall. He advocates a policy of good will and friendly trade relations to protect wage workers and producers.
A roundup of worship services and Anti-Saloon League activities across Freeport churches. Includes Trinity U., German M. E., Grace church, Oak Street Evangelical, First United Brethren, Second Presbyterian, Embury M E, Salem Evangelical, First Presbyterian, First Church of Christ Scientist, and Freeport Philosophical Society meeting notices with times, speakers, and affiliations to temperance work.
Bert Faber, a Freeport baker, accepts a position at Rockford Poinsons in Food. The ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for sickness from poisons of undigested food with a money back guarantee and a 26 cent price at Jozeph Em mert’s drug store.
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