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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1896
Page
6
Dr C M Wright of Blaine Illinois touts Tallerday’s Female Tonic as a remedy after other treatments fail. She claims two to three bottles relieve pain restore appetite and strength and speed recovery. Emmert & Burrell sell the product.
The North-Western Line arranges a personally conducted tour through Mexico led by J. J. Grafton. Departing from Chicago on February 2, 1897, the thirty day journey will travel by vestibuled Palace cars with extensions possible for longer attendance.
A well known up town lawyer famed for refined tobacco tastes hosts a smoke night with three guests. A bad odor reveals he has been smoking birdseed from a cage box, mistaking it for tobacco, causing embarrassment and a comic laugh at his expense from the group.
In Schuyler Nebraska a rejected lover Claus Destesser shot at Christina Glesing and killed 21 year old Diedrick Glesing after a struggle over a shotgun carburetor failed to fire. Christina's father awakened by the gunfire and a chase through the house ensued as Destesser escaped with a determined posse in pursuit.
Peoria Illinois December 9 S M Rice president Nathan Bijur attorney and Anglo Myers superintendent in charge of distilleries for American Spirits Manufacturing arrived yesterday and have since met local districts to form a new agreement blending the company with independents but no agreement was reached. Grand Rapids Michigan December 9 maple lumber prices cut one dollar per thousand feet to one dollar for log run at Traverse City. Poorin Illinois December 9 W M Marsden Philadelphia inventor of corn pith cellulose left town after options taken on two possible sites for a 200 worker factory
A Sing Sing report says Rev. T DeWitt Talmadge and Miss Susie Mangam of New York are to be married. The announcement came from relatives in Sing Sing yesterday. Separate note from Washington reports Miss Aline Wilcox and Albert Halstead wed last night at the Whittemore residence with Rev Dr Bartlett officiating.
Springfield reports the twenty fifth annual state convention of the Illinois state grange Patrons of Husbandry convened with about 100 present. Past master Thompson Joliet spoke against the Lubin bill urging defeat in Congress. George W Curtis Jo Daviess county spoke on methods for farmers adopting dependent children. Berlin also notes Cologne Gazette on President Cleveland’s message praising his proposals as acceptable to Madrid.
A blaze in Bay City Michigan last night leveled the Michigan Pipe company plant covering about four acres. The plant suffered a $75 000 loss with $25 000 loss to contents and $35 000 insured on the plant.
Eighteen cities will send representatives to the water way conference in Peoria Illinois tomorrow afternoon. Full attendance is expected.
Telegrams report a December 19 game between Cafl isle Indians and University of Wisconsin at the Coliseum in Chicago. Obituaries list deaths in Cleveland Pana Derby Richmond Belvidere Atlanta Dodgeville and other locations. Notable items include a Cronin murder witness suicide and Salvation Army congress dates in Chicago January 18 to 27.
Lexington Missouri December 9. Many members of the mob that lynched Winner and Nelson are identified and others are with the county attorney. He vows to bring them to justice but public sentiment favors the mob making convictions unlikely.
The Pall Mall Gazette reports a post January 1 1897 plan in Argentina requiring all unmarried males aged 20 to 80 to pay a monthly state tax. Celibates who refuse marriage without good reason must pay 1500 to the person refused.
In Pine Bluff Arkansas on ec 9 reports claim a mob of farmers abducted Crazy Jim from officers and lynched him after he murdered one Williams boy and fatally wounded his brother in Melton township. In Kentucky, the court of appeals denies a new trial for Scott Jackson and upholds Walling’s appeal. both to be hanged for Pearl Bryan murder.
Chicago December 9 Farmer Burns defeated Rooney the Gripman by default after Rooney could not continue following Burns being down twice in the hour long bout. New York December 9 six days bike race leaders at 2 am show scores Reading 733 Schoch 730 Rice 767 Forster 713 Smith 713 Hale 789 Pierce 710.
The forecast covers Indiana and Illinois with generally fair weather and easterly winds, slightly warmer in the north. Michigan expects light rain or snow then clearing, with brisk southerly winds. Wisconsin forecasts generally fair weather with fresh southwest winds and warming. Iowa sees slightly warmer, fair weather with westerly winds.
New York money on call at 14 2 percent with bankers' bills at 4s8d on demand. Chicago Board of Trade quotes for wheat corn oats and park on Dec 3. live stock at Union Stock Yards with hogs, cattle, sheep and lambs price ranges and estimated receipts.
Kansas experiment station notes subsoiling upland loam improves moisture retention and yields in corn and sugar beets but is not a substitute for irrigation. Recommend subsoil plowing on hard dry subsoil, avoid when subsoil is loose or very wet, and prefer fall subsoiling for better soaking. Spring subsoiling can harm plants if the subsoil is extremely dry.
Wisconsin station reports three years of sugar beet analysis from 1890 to 1892 with average juice percentages of 12.46, 12.56, and 14.84 across 98, 873, and 62 analyses. Wilmorin beet yielded the richest juice with Desprez next, noting Wisconsin as a sugar beet belt despite short fall and severe winter.
An Ohio reader shares a homemade grinding machine called MOMEMADE EFFICIENT. Made from sprockets and chain from old farm machinery, gear ratio two to one, stone 20 inches or more, use a good stone. Fast motion cuts. suitable for grinding mowing machine knives and other items.
Fragmentary rail timetable shows daily and Sunday exceptions, with arrivals and departures at various times including 12:25 DM 7:45 pm and 1:30 am. Mentions lines Nos 3133 and 37 and routes labeled SOUTH, with daily and except Sunday or Monday restrictions.
Rail schedule details for the Chicago and Northwestern routes show freight and passenger trains serving Madison Dodgeville Rock Island Milwaukee and Chicago with through coaches from Rock Island to Milwaukee and connections to Cedar Rapids Omaha Council Bluffs and Kansas City. Through coaches exist from Milwaukee to Rock Island and a limited service to Savana with baggage checked through to final destinations.
Uses dramatic patient testimony to claim consumption is curable with Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Describes the remedy as correcting digestion, boosting liver function, regulating bowels, purifying blood, and strengthening nerves and flesh. Promotes Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
Chicago agency reports general fees set at 100 units for H. Lor operations. Market observers note standard charges apply to allied services and client negotiations.
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