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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1898

Page

5

Illinois Central Time Table and Trains East West South

Timetable outlines Illinois Central trains east and west including arrivals and departures with services to Rockford Milwaukee Chicago and Madison. Notes daily and Sunday exceptions, connect routes via Rock Island Milwaukee Freeport Rockford and Madison with baggage through to destination.

Weat Weet Rockfoot Lona Warren Gilena Rockford Haa Rock Island Milwaukee Freeport W. A. Junction Chicago Clinton Dubuque St. Paul Cedar Rapide Omeha Council Bluffs Kansas City All Points Savanna Brewster House South Freeport Hrewster House Mies Essen Sane Asae Ee Seeenner Waieb Es Evens LISS tNo Bocdauh Bund

Governor Tanner in Chicago amid grand jury indictments

Carlinville dispatch reports Virden grand jury adjourned sine die with indictments against all but Governor Tanner. State Attorney Vaughn declines to say if Tanner’s case will be pursued. Tanner calls the Macoupin county indictment a farce comedy and dismisses it as political theater.

Fury Tanner Chicago Wils St. Louis Republic Carlinville Virden Vaughn Grand Jury Lukins C. A. Walker Governor Tanner Great Northern Macoupin County

Jubilee of an Emperor Opens Vienna Jubilee Day

Vienna marks the emperor's jubilee with cannon, bugle reveille, lighted streets, and jubilee medals for troops. Archdukes attend a thanksgiving service as portraits of the emperor dominate. The event casting a somber mood amid festivity.

Vienna Prome Elzabeth

Combination of Tin Plate Firms Forming National Trust

Representatives from major tin plate producers met at the Lincoln hotel in Pittsburgh to arrange a nationwide combine with a $50 million capital base. The plan calls for $20 million in preferred stock and $29 million in common stock, with plant values to be appraised next week as twenty plants shut down, ten in the West and ten in the East.

Pittaburg Pittsvure Dec America Lincoln Hotel Atlantic

Bucketshop Men Guilty In Mail Fraud Case

Four men tied to the bucket shop firm led by W R Hennig were fined and two received nine month county jail sentences after pleading guilty to using the United States mails to defraud patrons. Penalties ranged from 100 to 500 dollars and nine months in jail.

Chicago United States W. R. Hennig Hennig Grosscup William S. Chandler Thomas Gibson Pontiac Ottawa Oliver R. Stratton

Chicago Markets Report Wheat And Live Stock Quoted Dec 2

Chicago grain and produce quotes show Wheat December at 66 60 65 65 May 66 57 66 July 64 165 64. Pork and cattle prices listed. hogs ranged 8.50 to 9.40 per cwt with various lots. Live stock receipts and prices include cattle 4.00 to 5.90, calves 2.50 to 6.78, sheep and lambs 2.79 to 5.65. Milwaukee reports No 1 Northern wheat 67 67 60, oats steady 84, rye 68, barley weak 60.

Chicago Board of Trade Wisconsin Texas Milwaukee B&e

Latest designs visiting toilettes on display

A Delineator feature showcases a heliotrope cloth and velvet toilette with black and gold trim. The coal basque is tailored and lengthened by flaring side-skirts creating a fashionable silhouette.

The Coming of Baby and Dr Pierce’s Prescription

A nostalgic note extols the birth of a child and the joy it brings, praising Dr. Pierce as Buffalo’s chief physician whose Favorite Prescription is said to strengthen feminine organs, ease bearing, cure weaknesses, and promote healthy children through thirty years of practice.

Dr. Pierce the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo N.Y

Historic defeat echoed in political chatter

A Washington Star exchange features a dis appointed politician lamenting a historic defeat while a sardonic friend notes that history repeats itself, underscoring cynical observations about politics and outcome.

Washington Star

Pain Balm Promises Chest Relief and Pneumonia Guard

A chest wrap with Chamberlain's Pain Balm eases chest pain during colds and is claimed to prevent pneumonia. The ad also touts a back ailment cure in a few hours and promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as safe and dependable, sold by Emmert & Burrell.

Chamberlain Emmert & Burrell

Camera Makes a Fine Christmas Gift

A camera is praised as a great Christmas present offered by C. P. Guertner & Co located at the corner of Galena Street and Galena Avenue in Leider.

C. P. Guertner & Co Galena St Galena Ave Leider

Tin Type Gallery at Mechanic and Galena Streets

World’s Fair Tin Type Gallery offers two tin types for 10 cents at the corner of Mechanic and Galena streets. A Chrysanthemum show on South Carroll Street in the greenhouse is free with flowers available for Thanksgiving starting November 19.

Mechanic and Galena Streets South Carroll St

Town Board Meeting for Audit of Town Bills

Town board will meet Monday evening December 5 to audit bills. All claimants should leave bills at 99 Chicago Street. O D Emerick town clerk announces the notice.

Chicago Street D. Emerick

Humor of the Hour and Two Pointed Questions

A tale of a would be life insurance exam leads to sharp wit as a woman balks at questions about age rate and insanity before an examining physician. The piece ends with a didactic note claiming Chamberlain's Cough Remedy remains reliable amid fashionably claimed novelties.

A Coal Fire Farewell Told In Verse

A whimsical verse from Brooklyn Life about a coal fire warming a stove and cinders clinging to the grate. The coal fire grows cold and finally dies, leaving the grate and cinders in a shivery, jealous quiver as the fire goes out.

Pneumonia Treatment Endorsed by Dr J C Bishop

Dr J C Bishop of A new Mich reports using Foley's Honey and Tar in three very severe pneumonia cases this past month with good results. HH J Moogk from Swartz & Fleck notes similar outcomes.

J.C. Bishop New Mich Foley HH. J. Moogk Swartz & Fleck

His Sad but Glorious Day Dog feuds in country chase

An Atchison man drove toward Gancaster with his dog, but country dogs pursued and struck the dog at each farmhouse he passed. The incident described in the Atchison Globe notes a rough country welcome for the traveling canine.

Atchison Gancaster Atchison Globe

Voice Restored for Hoarseness with Honey and Tar

Benj Tingerson of Hutton Tud reports losing his voice to a whisper for months. One bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar restored his voice. The remedy is used widely by speakers and singers. FH Moogk Swarts Flock.

Benj. Tingerson Hutton, Tud Foley FH. J. Moogk Swarts & Flock

The Way She Told and Silly Nonsense Snippets

Notes from Town Topics question a husband’s presence with Mrs Haskins. A remark from Sedly denies it while a man struggles to keep pace with a woman. An ad extols Foley's Kidney Cure for kidney troubles. A cartoonish dialogue from Swartz & Fleck asks about Cyrano’s nose, noted as a private funeral in the L A W Bulletin.

Foley H. Jd. Moogk Swartz & Fleck

Prudent Investment Co Bonds Offered in St Paul

The Prudent Investment Co of St Paul Minnesota offers bonds secured by tax certificates as collateral. Dated September 1 1898 these five year bonds pay six percent interest semiannually and carry a two percent premium for buyers. Minimums are $100 or $500 with total issue controlled at 75000 by Knowzton Bros Bankers.

Prudent Investment Co St. Paul Minnesota Knowzton Bros

Grain-O: new grain drink rivaling coffee in taste

Ask your grocer today to show you a package of Grain-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as adults. Grain-O has a rich brown color like mocha or java and is made from pure grain. It agrees with delicate stomachs and costs 1 lbe and 2 6e per package. Sold by all providers. 10-24lw ly.

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