Where To Buy From Our Immense Stock and Prices
A bold claim that buying here offers the best value with immense stock and liberal prices. The text stresses that a dollar goes farther at this establishment than at others.
09 Dec 1898
Page 1
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1898
Page
1
A bold claim that buying here offers the best value with immense stock and liberal prices. The text stresses that a dollar goes farther at this establishment than at others.
Canned fruits and vegetables remain offered at previously quoted prices and are selling quickly. Orders are encouraged to secure items before stock runs out.
A vintage ad urges buyers to try Our Own Combination Coffee, claiming each one pound bag costs 15 cents and yields 30 cups. It promotes uniform quality and flavor, urging customers to place a first order and return for more, calling the seller the bargain giver.
United States and Spanish peace commissioners completed work on the peace treaty in Paris after eleven weeks of negotiation. Final engrossing and signing are awaited, with Moore and Ojeda supervising. Spanish officials express bitterness over results and fault European powers and the United States for Spain’s decline. Judge Day notes most US requests were outside the protocol and the document will be signed in two or three days.
Madrid reports Spain protests President McKinley’s reference to the Maine in Congress. The Imparcial notes Spain will demand a neutral investigation, while other papers question U S handling of Spanish prisoners and Pacific possessions. Wade to be military governor of western Cuba. Greene to govern Havana.
Smashed chandeliers and furniture mark the unrest. Colonel Betcom, the American acting military commander, personally ordered the arrest of Juan Casto yuester day after a tense confrontation with Castello. Casto is said to be a captain in the Cuban army and linked to the Castile group, which objected to Botta Jatt and offered its card. Col. Bearcom remained firm despite the objections.
Frank Brooks returns home to 157 Russell Street Detroit to find his wife shot dead in one room and their 9-year-old daughter dead in another. Dr Oliver Bell of 1501 Russell Street was also shot as Mrs Brooks opened fire after inviting him in. Elo, who treated the wounded physician, reports the incident. Mrs Brooks later fled to Windsor Ontario, leaving no police report. The motive is stated in a note where she says she was tired of life and going to heaven. Dr Bell cannot explain why Mrs Brooks acted.
Washington dispatch reports Surgeon General Sternberg testifying before the war investigating commission. He says Congress repeatedly reduced medical service estimates after the war began, delaying purchases and camp preparations. He cites contracted surgeons and misdiagnoses of typhoid as malaria, and notes neglect of sanitation and protracted stays in mobilization camps as major problems.
Washington reports show the senate adjourned to Monday after marking the Nicaragua canal bill unfinished business. Senators discussed pension bill procedures, Clayton-Bulwer treaty negotiations with Great Britain, and naval procurement investigations. The House passed the antiscalping measure and 26 pension bills, with the urgent deficiency bill advancing for military and naval support. Multiple recalls to school, commission, and party matters appear in daily updates.
The fifty first tawa hag reached Manila safely. The Hebrew bazaar and ball in Chicago raised 101000 for charity. A unidentified man was found dead in a ditch near Spaulding US. The Ameri can tribal union holds its annual Milwaukee convention. Twelve steel lake vessels costing 2000000 are under contract. The French court of cassation stayed Plequart court martial. Charence White and Frank Ryan Chicago toughs sentenced to penitentiary. A snow blockade affects New York with many trains abandoned or delayed. Richmond P Hobson named to drop Assistant from his title. Safe blowers robbed Bank of Antioch Ts 5000 and papers escaped. Taylor Mc Clure Arrowsmith Oils bank robbed of 4000 negotiable paper. Grant Cadollett Kane Sas cattleman rumored to have raised 300000 cash from banks nationwide. Judge Baker of Hallowell Savings turns 92 and works daily. Oscar Burtness charged with assault held for trial in Janesville municipal court. He posts 700 bail. Charles Hanlon convicts released from Waupun arrested again after two hours free.
General Sternberg described female nurses as expensive luxuries while noting requisitions for bureaus and rocking chairs. He warned training times could reduce patient care in war, praised volunteer aides, and cited medical supply shortages and delays in outfitting a hospital ship tied to the Santiago battle.
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