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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
2
All branches of music both instrumental and vocal are listed at the Conservatory of Music. Call 401 Wilcoxon Building for catalogue details and offerings in a broad program.
Openings for multiple lines in five Iowa Missouri Illinois Minnesota towns offered to business professionals manufacturers and workers. The notice invites request for maps maple leaflets town talk and full information from G W railway St Paul Minn or E B Magill manager Townsite department Omaha Neb with reference 11dwl2-31.
W W Gurley told the state board of equalization that Traction Co appraisement is too high arguing last year’s value of 5 60 000 should stand. he cites rising costs and a company deficit. Auditor McCullough notes Illinois bank deposits rise and announces staff changes in Springfield and Chicago offices.
Three men robbed Bauman Jewelry Company at 78 Madison Street of diamonds worth $9,000. They shattered the show window with a paperweight from outside, grabbed a tray of gems, and vanished into a crowded Chicago street as pedestrians filled the area. The swift crime occurred on one of the busiest corners, and only a few employees witnessed it.
Thanksgiving day in Superior Wisconsin recorded the coldest temperature of the year with street thermometers reading from 12 to 16 below zero. Other items note a bank robbery in Owl Indian Territory stealing over 83000, an 80 year old Scranton mayor burned to death, Adel fire losses of 865000, and a Spanish cabinet vote suspending Catalonian guarantees.
Joseph Bauman, a proprietor, pursued two men through an alley and fired twice as they fled, but the suspects escaped unharmed.
Warden James Rh. Smith hosted a bountiful Thanksgiving dinner for about a thousand convicts at the state penitentiary in Menard. The bill of fare included turkey mashed potatoes cranberries celery chicken dressing cucumber pickles apple pie fruit cake apples coffee pecans and clears. Editor Harrison is recovering in Danville after an automobile accident near Covington and an extended hospital stay.
Roy Feexle and Pearson Hendrickson were jailed in Vandalia after confessing to attempting to wreck a passenger train. They said they wanted to see how a wreck would look, and the train avoided harm by dislodging an obstruction from the track.
Theoria Florida reports tackle Den L treorge Prior of the Social Athletic Club sustained a groin injury in a game against Lombard College. The injury requires surgery and is expected to permanently disable the player.
Judge E F Newlin at Olney ruled for the city in a Citizens Gas Electric and Heating Co suit to set aside a city ordinance regulating water and light charges. The decision upholds the municipalitys rate control authority in the case filed December 1.
Duluth Minnesota reports the barge Madear ashore at Split Rock north of Edenborn wreck after the storm. Crew losses include Mate James Morrow. Other wrecks include the George Spencer and Amboy saved at Thomasville. Ferdinand Schlesinger ran ashore at False Presque Point. Coralin and Main ashore near Point Isabel. George Terbert scow eyes lost near Two Harbors. James Mowatt rescued by T F E tunnells near Port Huron.
Omaha reports Right Rev Bishop Scannell excommunicated ipso facto all Roman Catholics who attended Representative Kennedy and Miss Pritchett's wedding on Monday. Notables at the ceremony included Mrs Edward Cudahy and Mae Hamilton, with Dr E H Jenks conducting. The bishop had barred Catholics from the ceremony due to Kennedy's divorce. Meanwhile New York marks the 250th anniversary of Jewish settlement with Carnegie Hall ceremony led by Jacob H Schiff and messages from Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
President and Mrs Roosevelt with two children Archie and Ethel left Washington for Plain Dealing in Virginia to spend Thanksgiving quietly. They planned to return to Washington tonight.
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