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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1907
Page
5
New York August 23 deliveries from local packing houses were halted by a strike of four hundred wagon drivers. The strike leaves only Chicago refrigerator train meat, risking a citywide meat famine if trains are not called out.
Leonard Hime, a Freeport graduate of the Lake Geneva Training School, has been hired as assistant general secretary and physical director in charge of the Belvidere Y M C A boys department. He arrives September 1 and will organize fall and winter programs, oversee gym classes, and engage new members while the facilities were upgraded for the new term.
The Hague Aug 23 General Horace Porter said Secretary Root instructed the American delegation to press the American general arbitration proposal as likeliest to be accepted during today's committee session examining obligatory arbitration proposals.
A blaze at the Eagle White Lead company plant in Cincinnati caused about 750000 in damage. The fire wiped out nearly all structures in the block bounded by Broadway Hast Court and Hunt streets and the Norfolk and Western railroad tracks.
Weather outlook for Chicago indicates showers tonight and Saturday followed by fair skies. A slight rise in temperature is expected with daylight hours from sunrise at 5 16 to sunset at 6 48.
Today's market report lists Sept wheat at 89 5/8 to 90 1/4 cents, Sept corn at 58 1/2 to 58 3/4, Sept oats 50 3/4 to 50 3/7, Sept pork 15.95, Sept ribs 9.02, Sept lard 8.70. Union Stock Yards quotes show cattle 1,600 head, beeves 4.25 to 7.35, stockers and feeders 2.60 to 5.00, hogs 10,000 head up 5 to 10, light 5.85 to 4.30, mixed 5.60 to 6.25, heavy 5.25 to 6.06, rough 5.25 to 5.56, sheep 1,000 head steady 3.25 to 5.70. Chicago Board of Trade figures supplied by Dickinson & Co.
City Engineer G W Graham handed annexation area descriptions to City Attorney R B Mitchell. Petitions will be drawn soon, approved by the annexation committee, then circulated to legal voters and property owners. A special election will be called after obtaining required signatures.
Two women traveling from the west to Dixon reported losing purses after alighting from incoming passenger No 32 in Freeport. One mislaid her purse in a rain coat pocket while boarding at Warren. the other’s purse slipped from her lap as she rose. Officials searched but found nothing, and both women had to telegraph relatives for funds to continue.
Paul Moore of 63 Park Avenue was taken to St Francis Hospital early this morning as a typhoid fever patient.
The Journal advertises Emerick's Auction with two sales times on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The notice appears in the paper's want column, listing items to be offered at auction.
Over the past week a series of break ins suggests a band of professional thieves holds Freeport in its sights. Oscar Heard found the front door open and silverware missing from wedding presents marked with Kittie Peters. Police are urged to pursue suspects as several homes have been robbed while officers were on vacation periods.
Carroll county opens a special grand jury investigation into a long running bridge trust. State's Attorney Stransky has served subpoenas on Freeport residents tied to the bridge business. A Freeport bridge man volunteered to testify, promising to reveal methods of local builders.
Sheriff William Milner and Mayor C. J. Dittmar returned from Joliet where they visited Kenyon, a youth sent to the penitentiary six years ago at seventeen on a laffe sentence. Report says he has a good prison reputation and petitions for a pardons board hearing may be circulated to pursue his release.
John J Nuesse, born and raised in Freeport, visits his father at Lemon and Cottonwood. He left at fifteen for Freeport, spent eight years on Chicago school board in the compulsory department, and is assigned to the Ghetto district where he is said to know many residents. He will stay another week.
Mrs Sadie Beck has filed a bill for separate maintenance against her husband Charles Beck. The action seeks support and possible alimony while detailing their marital breakdown and residence. The case outlines a statutory basis for dissolution of marital duties and financial relief.
A concise notice lists gifts for the first ten female attendees at a Saturday event. The fragment mentions a sequence starting with overdue phrases and initials, limiting clarity but indicating a small distribution of presents to early participants.
Elgin mayor Arwin E. Price vows to strike back if impeachment moves forward as he confronts threats, alleged blacklisting of city leaders, and a brutal assault on real estate man Edward Roach thought to be a reporter. Aldermen plan petition and church leaders weigh actions as Price defends his conduct.
The infant's funeral will be from the Cherry street home at 9:00 AM Saturday and a half hour later from St Mary's church. Pallbearers include Francis and Charles McCarty Vincent Dwyer and Robert Stack. Rev Father Griffin will officiate and interment is at St Mary's cemetery.
An old time advertise line touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the most regular perform ance in the universe beside the sun’s routine rise and set. Joseph Emmett, a druggist, guarantees the product with a 25x claim.
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