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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
8
Train schedules detail east and west bound connections from Rock Island to Freeport with passenger and freight services. Car and parlor configurations listed include buffet parlor and cafe services on various trains. Key agents named include JOHN F. DALY and B SWEATT with station notes for Freeport Chicago Rock Island and Milwaukee connections.
Schedule notice for South Freeport routes shows East Bound Chicago Express and Dubuque line services with daily and weekly patterns. Stops include Dubuque St Paul Minneapolis Waterloo Marshalltown Des Moines Omaha Kansas City and Chicago connections. Baggage is checked through to destination without extra charge. WM. NEESKE Agent J.P. 8 MER G. P. A. St Paul Minn
Weekday service runs from Freeport every day at 6 35 am and every 3 minutes past the hour until 9 35 pm with last car at 11 pm. Rockford departures on weekdays start 6 08 am on the even hour to 11 pm. Travel time between Freeport and Rockford is 1 hour 20 minutes. Sunday times align with weekdays except Freeport starts 6 35 am and Rockford at 7 00 am. Direct connections available in Rockford to Beloit Janesville Belvidere Elgin Aurora Chicago WM. NE ESE Agent
New York Edison D Sankey evangelist died in Brooklyn at sixty eight after five years blindness and illness. He toured with Dwight Moody Benson and became famous for gospel hymns sung worldwide. He authored many hymn collections and promoted gospel music through phonograph records sent globally.
William B. Sankey first met Dwight L. Moody at a YMCA LA convention in Indianapolis. Moody urged Sankey to join his evangelistic work, and after consulting his wife, Sankey joined Moody for extensive tours in Great Britain and the United States. Sankey later faced blindness and retirement, and is survived by his wife Fannie V. Sankey, two sons, a daughter, and two grandchildren.
Mehmed Ali Bey former Turkish minister to the United States has received several anonymous death threats. His Calvert Street residence, formerly the Turkish legation, is being guarded by secret service personnel day and night, according to his secretary.
Aug 16 Apeldoorn reports Queen Wilhelmina is staying at Het Loo Palace and an interesting royal event is anticipated. The royal residence at Apeldoorn hosts the queen as foreign observers await news from the Dutch royal family.
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery at a rate of 10 cents per week. The service extends to every part of the city, offering affordable access to local news for residents.
A historical balloon race outlines multiple participants including Net Adams and Hello Peres. Balloons started near Topo and traveled toward Amherst, with landings reported near Leeds and Whateley station, noting the Heart of the Berkshire finishing last near Amherst after a twelve mile leg.
Boston August report states Governor Curtis Guild Jr. was operated on for appendicitis at Charles Gate Hospital. The surgery was successful and his condition described as most satisfactory. He had recently recovered from a long illness and had cut short a vacation at Sehaco Lake Maine to return to Boston for treatment.
R G Don's Weekly Review of Trade notes continued irregular reports with marked gains in some sectors and gains in others. Steel demand broadens with more active capacity and rail orders still sparse. Export contracts rise across the industry from pit iron to steel rails. Textile markets dominated by the second weekly auction sale.
In Tincoln Nebraska August 15 W Bryan shows a happy frame after state chairman Conners predicted victory in New York. He plans speeches in Ohio Taft home state. In Boston a convention debate over a resolution endorsing the Democratic platform and candidates led to its withdrawal.
Judge Graham and Public Administrator Hines ruled on the estate of IX. N. Nelson. The deceased died by his own hand in a hotel run by J C Donovan. Donovan filed a claim for damages including carpet, wall, bullet remnants, removal of contents, and cleaning totaling a strange sum.
A Peru quicksilver mine extends 480 feet underground and is set among streets squares and a chapel where worship is held in the area.
Miss Ludwig eluded her mother after a Chicago wedding trip and married Professor Fitzgerald at a Morris Illinois station. The couple married in Palo Alto with a brief ceremony after a county clerk license. Ludwig’s father expressed no rancor and plans to move to the city.
Fire at the East Buffalo stockyards of the New York Central railroad swept through frame buildings at 2 30 this morning. The blaze spread rapidly and caused nearly 1 000 000 dollars in losses before containment. Buffalo, N Y Aug reports describe the extensive damage and financial impact.
New York reports 13 year old Francisco de Tiasio has been indicted for manslaughter after lighting a fire under a bench in Fordham park where Mrs. Catherine McCormick slept, causing her death. District Attorney Jerome states the fire was meant only to frighten.
St Pancras authorities report that railway employees across all branches will not hold a mass meeting in Rowby until tomorrow afternoon to discuss steps to oppose legislation viewed as hostile to railroads or likely to harm employee interests.
The Democratic state committee of New York endorses Woo Yo Bryan and John W. Ket and praises the Denver platform. It votes to hold the state convention in Rochester on September 15 to nominate no state ticket.
Annie S. Peck, of Providence, has signalled her arrival at an altitude of 25000 feet on Mount Tinacaran. The mountain climber is accompanied by two trained Alpine climbers and reports the summit is covered with perpetual snow in Lima Peru August 15.
Irish American Athletic Club member John Flanagan staged an exhibition on the promenade in Queenstown and hurled a sixteen pound hammer from a nine foot circle to sixteen feet, breaking all previous records.
A New York Press quip features a friend asking what course a boy takes to college and the father replying with a witty line that he is pursuing a course of mental rest. The exchange satirizes parental advice and college plans.
An ad from Freeport Hardware Co offers STOVINK as a heat resistant stove coating that will not burn off or rub away. One coat keeps a stove black and in good condition for 30 days or more with no shine required, priced at 25 cents per bottle.
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