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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1907
Page
6
Casablanca reports show a worsening Morocco with rival sultans and rival pretenders controlling regions while Meantime Rahsuli consolidates power. Rabat fears tribal incursions as Clemenceau resumes direct handling of the Moroccan crisis in Paris.
Madrid reports a rift in the Spanish cabinet over Morocco strategy with Maura signaling Madrid would strike only if attacked while others argue the Algeciras framework is not followed. Dispatches describe Arab attacks on French forces near Casablanca and Tangier denying a German-flag contraband incident.
Duluth reports the death of Captain Walter H. Singer at Houghton Michigan at age 49. A former president of the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Transportation Company and the White Line Tug Company of Duluth, he later ran a Suniper hotel at Washington Harbor Isle Royale.
In Saunderstown and near Nicrigansett pier a car overturned against a stone wall killing Waldo Merrill of Boston a State street broker and Erick Landstrom of Muat tapan Wash a chauffeur. Four others escaped with minor injuries. The article also notes a Bankers' Magazine report on securities depreciation totaling 680 million dollars for August 1887.
The year to date losses total 1.728 billion with 355 million in United States railroad shares 240 million in British funds and 120 million in British railway and ordinary stocks The South African market shows the sharpest drop averaging about 25 percent In the month United States railroad securities lead the decline with a 260 million shrinkage.
Aug 26 Chicago reports a wage advance proposal from packing firms at stock yards rejected by the teamsters. Firms have until 6 30 p.m. to concede. Arbitration failed after a committee could not pick an arbiter. A strike is sanctioned if demands are not met. Telegraphers begin vote on peace committee elections as negotiations start. President Small travels to New York.
Right Rev. Frederick Burgess Episcopal bishop of Long Island received a Black Hand note threatening to blow up the see house at Garden City with him and his family if demands are not met. He refused to discuss the matter and said he would not let it worry him.
A cyclone like storm on August 26 in Tohnestown Somerset County caused severe damage. In Boswell area a path about 100 yards wide and a mile long was swept by high winds. Mrs. David Peterson suffered serious injuries as houses barns and crops were destroyed.
Several women and children were injured when a sow attacked Captain James Fr. Briges, a tamer and performer, at a Cleveland pleasure resort. The beast tore the tamer's left arm and bit his thigh before attendants subdued the lion.
Mount Sterling Kentucky August 26 1910 Algin Thomas a noted farmer in Montrom eory county was shot and killed by Mrs Watie Brumet the 20 year old wife of Abe Brumet another farmer She escaped injury when a stray bullet grazed her head She then obtained a revolver and killed her assailant in a fatal confrontation.
Memphis report states Hon. EB F Noel of Holmes county wins the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor after last Thursday’s primary. Burl Brewer concedes the nomination and urges Democrats to unite behind Noel. Also noted is the Polish Singers convention in Cleveland with about a thousand delegates and famed opera singers.
Ten people died and twenty five were injured in a head on crash between an express from Bordeaux to Paris and a street train in Coutrns France on August 26. The accident was caused by a misplaced switch.
Secretary Taft arrived in Joplin Missouri from Oklahoma City this morning and spoke to a crowd before a public reception in his honor.
Readers who do not receive their newspaper regularly are asked to inform the office. The notice requests timely reporting to help ensure delivery.
An advertisement touts Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No. 28 as a long standing remedy for nervous debility, vital weakness, and prostration from overwork. It offers a $1 per vial price or a special package for serious cases, with mail order options and address at William and John Streets.
The article argues the stomach is the most vulnerable organ in boxing and in digestion, citing Dr. Pierce’s claims that the Golden Medical Discovery cures indigestion dyspepsia and other digestive diseases. It advertises free booklets on the medicines and the Common Sense Medical Adviser with mail requests to Buffalo, New York.
In this survey of invisible inks and secret writing methods, the Chicago Record-Herald describes historical tricks such as milk and lemon juice writing, iodine vapor revelation, and layered paper schemes. It notes chemical reactions, color changes, and the dangers of heat exposure, citing sources from Ovid to Professor Braylants and Grogs.
An astronomer warns a vast dark planet hurtling toward the Sun will collide in a few thousand years. He imagines a frightful impact as Great Caesar would react to solar spots being knocked out.
Fragmentary OCR indicates J. Burdett places orders at Kre and Dollmeyer. Details are unclear but note refers to a business action or procurement in a local page segment.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat note recounts Moise Jaquin a 17th century French beadmaker who discovered a method to extract a pearly substance from silvery bleaks and apply it to glass beads. After six years he perfected the process costing millions of beads yielding a pearl finish.
The article outlines pay for circus riders, noting men earn 79 to 125 dollars weekly with about a ten year peak, while a non performing male rider earns at most 50 dollars. Women riders can make 150 to 200 dollars weekly if skilled. It also mentions dangers, early marriages, and that riders cover their own clothing and other costs.
A collector proposed a low price for worn linen to a boardinghouse manager with French guests. The landlord claimed higher value, citing French linen quality and demand from paper manufacturers. The dealer then increased the offer, noting the potential to profit even at that rate.
A pastor announced that on the next Sunday Rev. Zachariah B. Day would preach for his congregation. He invited the hymn to be sung, then noted the congregation’s amusement, suggesting a humorous misunderstanding about the event.
A man crossing a stream switches from swimming to using a log as a raft. He later uses his arms and a paddling motion to move faster, describing the log as the first boat and the arm as the first oar. This tale appeared in St. Nicholas through S. E. Forman.
A quote from Munsey's Magazine asserts women possess sharper wit than humor and quicker intuitive conclusions. It claims women are more sensitive and their minds are nimble, though lacking patience for deliberate moods of humor.
A courtroom exchange ends with a wry judge remarking on belief in mind cure. The dialogue features a lawyer pressing belief and a respondent admitting a lighthearted failed attempt to persuade his wife about a gown.
A fragmented chat hints at Mars rovers and politics with a jab about politicians owning it. An ad fragment promotes a vegetable-based indigestion remedy “fyodol” by Wm. F. Jungkunz at 85 Stephenson St, claiming it digests what you eat.
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A speaker urges abandoning the phrases I cant and Im afraid as barriers to action. He argues words of doubt and hesitation kill initiative, effort, and achievement, warning that such language molds mediocrity and excuses failure. The exhortation emphasizes personal accountability and determination.
The article extols brisk walking as essential daily exercise for men. It argues walking stimulates blood flow and muscles, requires open air, and helps those who are stout keep a youthful figure and presentable form. A daily constitutional is praised as a near remedy.
A Pittsburgh press note extols outdoor walking as superior to indoor sitting for health. It warns against overfatigue and likens fresh air exercise to drinking cold water in the morning, urging simple daily activity for wellbeing.
An Oklahoma editor invites readers to submit varied news items from personal life and friends, urging coverage of greetings, parties, babies, gossip, illnesses, deaths, and small events. The plea promises twenty four carat wisdom and a dramatic effect on the paper’s appearance.
A London Telegraph item recounts a man hide a golf ball in a parrot nest as a prank. Polly sits on an egg with patient zeal, then hammers her beak at 4 AM trying to escape, screeching that she is bunkered.
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