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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1905
Page
5
At the Portsmouth peace conference the debate returns to the Korea statues clause as Witte presses for wording that reflects the Japanese bid to cast Korea as a province of Japan. The morning session sees Article one agreed, though its language differs from the Japanese draft and was altered to accommodate Russian plenipotentiaries.
New York reports that a letter received by Patterson New Jersey peers warned of a plot to blow up President Roosevelts train near Ridgewood New Jersey Saturday. Evie railroad officials rerouted the presidential car from Chautauqua to Jersey City via a roundabout path.
Vancouver special reports the Spencer's bridge landslide killed about fifty people with sixty Indians in the village at the time. only about a dozen escaped uninjured.
Gladys Roosevelt aged 16 and Eugenie Roosevelt aged 18, cousins of President Roosevelt, were injured in a runaway in Bayville Kansas Territory on August 14. Each girl faced probable fatal injuries as local doctors treated them at the scene.
Philadelphia Aug. 14 Special reports the International Brotherhood of Teamsters convention voting to endorse the Chicago strike. The decision signals active support from union leadership for the labor action in Illinois.
Chicago forecast calls for rain tonight with Thursday turning fair later. Northern areas may see rain first, then clearing as the day progresses.
Chicago grain futures close: September wheat 814.4, September corn 523, oats quoted. Union Stock Yards: cattle 20,000 steady. hogs 10,000 up. fattening cattle mixed grades rising. stockers 2.25 to 4.25. hogs strong with good to prime at 6.15 to 6.40. cattle good to prime 35.26 to 6.00. light and hogs varied with steady to higher bids.
Chicago brought combination gas and electric fixtures have arrived for the federal court room and are being installed today. Improvements will also extend to office rooms on the second and third floors with new fixtures.
The American Stars of Equity will host a card party and dance on Tuesday evening August 16 in T. O. O. F. hall. Music by Ed Gilbert's orchestra. Admission 15 cents. Refreshments.
The Keene Canning factory will begin canning sweet corn next Thursday, requiring a large labor force of men women and children. Prices listed include choice flour at $1.15 per sack and plums per bushel at 41.00. Local ads promote fresh goods and refunds guaranteed on flour.
Anna Brakentof Brookman, 28, German-born wife of John Brookman, killed herself with a razor after a prior knife attempt, in a Evarts farmhouse. Mental illness and fear of death traced through months of delusion. husband and three children present, inquest verdict: death by own action.
Sheriff and deputy responded to Ridott township where Frank Bonn threatened self harm by jumping into the Pecatonica river. After an initial search, Bonn was later found and jailed for a sanity inquiry as camping companions including Christ and Jim Bitner watched his deteriorating condition along the riverbank.
Local items list community meetings at G A R hall and Stephenson Council Royal Arcanum. Church group and post members prepare for funerals. College of Commerce updates filing system and calls for modernizing. Medical tonic ad urges blood purification with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea or tablets.
Property listing from Hildreth offering an eight room house with modern improvements for rent in a good Liberty Street east front location. Inquiries invited. Also offering a good run-about in good condition for sale with rubber tires.
John Schwarz, pioneering Freeport merchant, dies at 202 Washington after five years of spinal illness. Born March 14, 1838 in Hesser Darmstadt Germany, he served in Schwarz Battery during the Civil War. Survived by wife Crescent Burkard and six children. funeral at St Josephs Church.
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