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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
7
In a high scoring game, Scott is driven from the box in the sixth with Darrah driving in the lead as Canners’ catcher powers a heavy home run pace. Both teams exhibit strong hitting while innings unfold with multiple runs.
Results show Oshkosh 2 over Fond du Lac 0 Green Bay 0 La Crosse 2 over Rockford 1 Madison 8 over Freeport 6 Wausau and Fond du Lac tied 0. The report lists city matchups and final tallies across multiple venues.
Aug 5 Madison hosts Freeport in a game noted for clever fielding and flashes of speed but marred by careless errors. Steele started for Madison and allowed multiple hits after the sixth. Darrah relieved. Freeport threatened late but Madison held on as Corkhill, Stark, and Harrod contributed key plays and runs.
In Wausau Lang set a state strikeout record with fifteen as the Wausau nine won 6 to 0. Errors by Fond du Lac proved costly with four runs in the third inning on a single hit. Hertig and Lippert reinforced Fond du Lac in the game.
The La Crosse and Oshkosh games highlight a busy Aug 5 6 schedule with strong pitching from Baillies Watson Killian and Stremmel Johnson as La Crosse defeats Rockford 8 5 and Oshkosh beats Green Bay 2 0. Sterling crushes Mendota as Crangle dominates.
Chicago reports National League standings and daily results with scores from games across cities including New York Boston Chicago Philadelphia St Louis and Cincinnati. Highlights show varied results with Chicago losses and sparse wins and notes on rain delays and game specifics.
Chicapo August 5 South Water street egg dealers discuss a claimed discovery about how yolk behaves in refrigerated eggs. They say the yolk rises, while a physician with embryology knowledge argues the yolk stays centered unless the yolk bag breaks.
Mr. W. Stone of East Poland Maine endorses Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the proper remedy for sore feet burns sores cuts and abrasions It is also suitable for piles The product is sold under guarantee at Jos Emmert's drug store price 25 cents.
A brief shopper note reports suits neatly pressed for 60 cents at a local shop located near the Galena and Van Buren streets intersection.
The piece reports on a planned large steel vault in the basement of the U S Treasury to safeguard $500 million in new paper money under the Aldrich Vreeland act. It notes prior vaults were inadequate and describes burglars tools, defenses, and existing vaults at Philadelphia and Chicago.
The article discusses the challenges of protecting large cash stores and valuables. It describes parcel labeling for large note bundles, the impracticality of transporting coins, two types of burglarproof safes, and the extensive security for vaults including watchmen and electric alarms to protect government funds and private property.
Buffalo firm Giroux Mfg Co offers Parisian Sage with a full money back guarantee if it does not stop falling hair or scalp itching. The ad promotes a 50 cent bottle, claims odor removal and cooler scalp, and features a customer testimonial from Rochester, New York. It urges purchase via local dealer Wm. F. Jungkunz or prepaid express shipment.
A compact list notes key past dates and figures from 1667 to 1903. It mentions John Wilson in Boston, Tua Salle voyage on Lake Erie, the War Department creation, Essex versus King George, Bolivar’s victory at Boyacá, Austria Piedmont peace, Hampton burning, Dix investigations, Dewey and Merritt at Manila, and Miles retirement address.
A biographical note honors Captain Charles J. Badger superintendent of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis born August 6 1853 in Rockville Maryland. His long career includes Gulf of California survey 1873 75 Greely relief mission 1884 Panama Isthmus service and leadership of the academy since July last year succeeding Admiral Sands.
Notice urges Prohibitionist voters to attend the upcoming Primary Election next Saturday and to write their own or another Prohibitionist's name in the Precinct Committeemen blank to form a complete County Organization. By the Committee.
Readers who do not receive their paper are asked to notify the office. The notice requests timely reports to ensure uninterrupted delivery and proper service restoration.
F. G. Blair urges Illinois teachers to inventory a pupil year like merchants tally stock. Teaching lacks exact measures. three records exist for each pupil: self assessment, teacher impression, and the mind and heart impact. Align these records to reflect true growth and provide a just accounting of yearly work.
Mrs. Mary Lee of rural route 8 Zanesville reports her husband James Lee was saved from severe lung disease described as consumption by using Dr King’s New Discovery. The product is touted as a throat and lung remedy with quick relief and sale at Jos Emmert’s drug store with a trial bottle offered free.
Hotel clerks across Illinois plan a state association with a gathering at the St Nicholas hotel in Springfield on Saturday August 22 to form the Illinois State Hotel Clerks association The effort aims to improve clerks conditions and foster fraternal support with Ohio Pennsylvania and New York already organized Local leaders Hal Foulk and Roland Hawks have promoted the move and report strong interest from major cities
Fond du Lac Wisconsin August 6 The common council passed a curfew ordinance due to frequent complaints about public spooning. The rule requires youths to be home by 9 PM in summer and 8 PM in winter.
Mrs M M Davison of 379 Gifford Ave San Jose California praises Electric Bitters as a powerful general family remedy for headache biliousness and torpor of liver and bowels. She notes greater digestive health benefits from a bottle than any other remedy she knows. Sold drug store at 50 cents.
Swarts' Drug Store hosts a week long free demonstration of Burnham's Toilet Requisites inviting ladies to attend this in store event and explore the product line.
Notice announcing that due to sale of part of the real estate the lumber yard partners have purchased an interest in the W E Fry Lumber Co. and will operate as Thompson Huenkemeier and Fry. They plan a larger stock and solicit public patronage. The office remains at 78 Adams Street and the yard will be the Fry yard.
The body of Senator William S. Allison will lie in state Friday afternoon and evening, with his funeral Saturday at 4 o'clock at his Dubuque home. Rev J T Bets Ged will officiate, burial at Litwood cemetery. Flags at half mast, state events suspended, and visiting delegations from Washington and across Iowa expected.
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