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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
1
Bryan travels through Des Moines Chicago and Indianapolis during a seven day trip, meeting campaign managers by phone and planning speeches on trusts and bank deposit guaranty. He discusses campaign strategy with Norman E. Mack and C. C. Sterklager as he moves toward Lincoln.
Senator Foraker returns to Washington from Maine and, asked about the Youngstown campaign opening, says he did not receive the invitation and may not attend. He will speak where appropriate, expressing his own views on key issues while remaining free to address the Republican cause. He notes uncertainty about Ohio state committee actions and awaits further invitations from various locales.
Report on Oyster Bay New York meeting with Hitchcock and James Sherman back in New York after talks. Sentiment varied, some favorable to Governor Hughes renomination while no official verdict was announced. A speaker from Hot Springs Virginia offered an unnamed account of his campaign progress.
William J. Bryan arrives in Des Moines for a packed day with breakfast with local Democrats, a city tour, meetings with party leaders, and multiple speeches. A parade, rallies, and public receptions are scheduled ending with a main address at Ball Park and an overflow gathering in the Auditorium.
A proposal was announced to denationalize the banks and convert them into state banks to qualify for the state banking guaranty. The move aims to leverage protections and support for lending while aligning with state oversight and guarantees.
Forest fires in the Vancouver district are largely controlled with most damage confined to standing timber. Affected areas report ongoing efforts to prevent flare ups while monitoring remaining hotspots. Local authorities urge caution as crews continue containment and patrols.
The Red River valley and northern Minnesota saw heavy rains that test the split log drag as an effective roadmaker. Thief River Falls streets and rural roads have remained well graded and hard, while undragged roads became nearly impassable. Dragged roads for two years stayed passable, demonstrating superior performance.
A plan suggests planting bearing fig trees along the three mile highway from Thermal to Coachella to use waste water from the Coachella ice plant for irrigation. The idea envisions a scenic drive, with trees maturing within a year and potentially producing profit for road improvement.
In a Delinea tale a child Martha torments an old cat Dinah for over half an hour. Dinah finally claws Martha drawing blood. Martha weeps and orders Dinah to release pins in her hand, claiming she must have them back immediately.
Freeport Illinois resident Mrs Elias Church shares a long testimony praising Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble cured in 1897 and remained symptom free for a decade. She repeated confirmation in 1907 and endorses the product sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as the sole US agents priced at 50 cents.
Governor Johnson accepted the Democratic state convention nomination in Minneapolis after weighing the party call. He did not issue a formal statement but said he would lay aside personal considerations and listen to the party. He emphasized he would accept only if formally tendered and would have declined before the nominating speech.
A jeweler at closing time explains to a guard that diamonds burn when exposed to fire. He notes their carbon nature makes them burn beautifully and completely, leaving no ash as the plate ends up clean. The remark, attributed to the New York Press, contrasts diamonds with indestructible seeming hardiness.
A gentleman overvaluing himself asks an ornithologist about a bird. The reply names the magpie. The man counters that it is not his idea of a magpie. The ornithologist answers that it may be God’s idea of a magpie.
Six children died and two were badly burned at the H. W. Schultz ranch between Colfax and Palouse after a fire destroyed the home. Four victims were Schulty children and two were the children of W. AW. ex, a brother-in-law. The men were harvesting and the mothers were away at a theater performance.
Mrs. Sophia Dunlop, 45, returning to her fashionable home on South Kingshighway boulevard, thought a fire had broken out after seeing a light on the second floor. She ran to the upper story where two burglars confronted her, knocked her down, and stabbed her in the right temple before fleeing.
Eight national banks to Oklahoma leave an important endorsement of the federal guarantee program. The move signals growing support from banking institutions for government assurances to depositors and financial stability.
A schoolgirl’s odd remark links hydra marriage to Henry VIII. The humorous exchange unfolds as misread lines surface during a domestic dinner, with Mrs Blouderer reacting to the interrupted meal and the strange phrase about “HiteHigeneo” finally arriving.
The fragment quotes Mrs Horniband describing Cousto Vis husband as no blushin beauty with a mouth like a wall pocket and a face like worn fourteen bodies. It contrasts that description with a Bruyere paraphrase on how cunning leads to knavery and lying deepens the fault.
A London surgeon recounts soldiers who fall asleep under extreme stress in battle. At Henningspruit in June 1900 Colonel Bullock’s men faced a Boer attack, many sleeping in trenches amid shellfire. The writer notes fatigue, sun, and lack of exertion as triggers, with only active work keeping him awake.
Antiquarian quote recalls a 1670 act criminalizing women who seduce husbands with cosmetics artificial teeth false hair or other adornments. The law punished such matrimony as witchcraft or similar misdemeanors, rendering the marriage null upon conviction.
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