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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1906

Page

8

Time Table Summary for East Bound Rail Arrivals and Departures

Eastbound schedule shows arrivals and departures for multiple trains including Omaha Limited, Dubuque Express, Fort Dodge routes, and the Fast Mail. Notable services include Omaha to St Paul, Omaha to Dubuque, and Decatur connections with times ranging from early morning to late evening. Coaching restrictions noted for certain trains and Sundays.

Omaha Limited Dubuque Express Fort Dodge Jeux City-Omahaitix Wee We Fast Mail Fort Dodge Express Aw al Dubuque Omaha Paul Lim At P Southern Express Decatur

Fragmented timetable fragment from Chicago area route list

A garbled OCR excerpt shows partial times and city names including Chicago and East and West lines. The snippet hints at a daily schedule with morning and afternoon departures but lacks complete data and legible context.

Better Late Than Never Digestive Advice Ad

A dialogue mocks a rich man while advising careful eating to avoid digestive trouble. It promotes Dr Caldwell’s Queen’s Gate Syrup Pepsin as a pure digestive tonic that aids stomach liver and bowels, claiming it prevents constipation biliousness dyspepsia and headaches. Sold by druggists at 50c and 1.00 with money back guarantee.

85 000 Closing Out Sale of Horses and Farm Equipment

Lease expired, sale at peels, 15 head of horses, a Fairbanks and Morse gasoline engine, a 5 ton Fairbanks pitiless scale, curries, buggies, wagons, shredders, cream separators, harrows, planters, disks, hay loaders, corn plows and more. J M Iler, Freeport Illinois, first building east of post office.

P. Fairbanks and Morse Fairbanks J. M.'Iler Freeport P. O

Homeseeker's Excursion to Northwest and Southwest

Ex cursion tickets at greatly reduced rates are on sale to the territory indicated. Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars Free Reclining Chair Cars and The Best of Everything. For dates of sale and full particulars apply to agents Chicago and North Western Rv.

Homeseeker Chicago & Northastern R’v

Land Investment Ad Promotes Canada Travel Tuesday

A fragmented notice promotes land as the safe investment here and hails Canadians as the best. It invites prospective buyers to visit Canada with William Clement, described as the man who made Canada famous, and invites them to sign up for tours or guidance every Tuesday.

Canada William Clement

Through Tournist Car Service to California

The Chicago Great Western rail way operates tourist cars to California each week via Omaha and C R I P railway. For full information apply to the Great Western agent.

California Chicago Great Western Railway Omaha Great Western

President lauds Panama Canal work and single head rule

Washington dispatch reports three messages from the president to Congress on public land laws and navy personnel. He praises French cooperation and the $40 million investment, denounces critics as foreign or domestic slanderers, and defends alien labor while advocating a single chief for Canal work with honors for U S citizens.

Washington Dee Congress Theii Navy Panama Canal United States

President urges recasting public land laws and navy reform

Special messages advocate repealing timber and desert land acts and limiting land grants to prevent corporate control. Government possession of mineral fuels and railway forests proposed, with grazing land oversight. Navy message calls for advancing officers to captain and rear admiral to position younger leaders for top commands.

United States Fle

Roosevelt to push slip subsidy in next Congress

Washington Dec 15 President Roosevelt is expected to support the linger subsidy measure as amended in the latest special message on ship subsidies. The house committee on merchant marine and fisheries will likely report the bill after the Christmas holidays.

Washington Dee Roosevelt Congress House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries Dec Panna Senate International Tarvester Company Trust Judiciary Committee House

Kodol Marketing Claims Support Digestive Aid

An advertising blurb asserts that a sprained ankle or overworked stomach both benefit from rest and that Kodol performs the digestive work for a tired stomach. It claims Kodol corrects the digestive apparatus and complies with National Pure Food and Drug Laws, recommended and sold by all druggists.

Kodol

Harriet M. Burbank Piano Teacher at Studio Grove St

Piano teacher Harriet M. Burbank offers lessons at her studio on Grove Street. Contact details are not fully legible but indicate a teaching service for piano.

Harriet M. Burbank Studio & Grove

Ship Subsidies Debate In Congress To Aid Steamers

Subvention proposals to aid steamship lines operating between U S ports and South American and Oriental ports are backed by Littlefield and other Washington lawmakers. Humphrey cited the Sail Shipowners' International Union, which includes English French and German ships and represents over 1,236,000 tons, as briefing the president. The group seeks higher freight rates and has already boosted wheat rates from Pacific coast points to Europe.

Wilmerett Soth Littlefield Waimaphrey Washington Congress Sail Shipowners’ International Union Humphrey United States Pacific Europe

Order Too Far Decides Quarantine Unconstitutional

The Supreme Court held the agricultural department quarantine order unconstitutional for cattle moving interstate and intrastate alike. Edonards and McKendree sued Tilinets Central Railroad for Texas fever damages after cattle contracted the disease through railroad transport into Carlisle county. The circuit court had favored the plaintiffs.

Washington Dee Tilinets Central Railroad Company T.G. Bawards J. A. McKendreec Kentucky Supreme Coumty of the United States Agricultural Department Ty State Try Circuit Court Carlisle County, Wy Edonards and McKendree Carlisle County

Inquiry Sought Over Wreck of Steamer Lolspiçe

The Sons of England led by President J Bates request a Canadian inquiry into the Lolspiçe wreck on Lake Superior. Sailors allege officers had warm quarters while crew froze three nights on a snowbound shore. Five sailors had feet amputated, one lost a hand. Indians later rescued them. several remain in hospital with uncertain recoveries.

Siliult Canadian Sea Hospital

Graft remedy urged to compel voting in Wisconsin

Madison Wisconsin December 18 General E Sparling president of the state civil service commission urged in an address at Congregational Church a remedy for graft practices to pass a law compelling every citizen to vote and punishing failure with fine loss of voting rights or a heavy poll tax proposed by Sparling argues for mandatory voting to curb graft within the state.

Madison, Wis E. Sparling State Civil Service Comission Congregational Church

Responsibility Puc on Maddox Va Collision Probe

Washington Dec 18 The official inquiry into the Southern Railway rear end collision at Sawyers Va on Thanksgiving Day has concluded. Responsibility for the wreck is placed on S. Maddox block operator Rangoon Station Va and six others including President Spencer of the Southern and several prominent people.

Maddox Washington Southern Railway Company Sawyer's Spencer Southern Mattex Rangoon Station

James Bryce Named British Ambassador to Washington

In the House of Commons lobbies it is claimed James Bryce, Ireland chief secretary, will succeed Sir Henry Mortimer Durand as Britain's ambassador to Washington despite no official announcement.

London Tee House of Commons James Bryce Ireland Washington Henry Mortimer Drarand

Dunkirk Disorder Turns Violent During Celebration

An unnamed local officer attempted to quell a disturbance linked to a religious celebration in Dunkirk. He was driven out, struck with improvised weapons, mudded, and kicked by enraged worshippers in the melee.

Dunkirk Decis

Appeals for Protection From Digestive Ailments

An early 20th century advertisement urges readers to protect digestive organs from fermentation related ailments by taking Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. It promises relief from dyspepsia biliousness and constipation with a money back guarantee and sales through druggists at 50c and 1.00.

Daily Journal Delivery Rate Ad

The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery at 10 cents per week.

Wisdon Not Wise Ten Days in Jail for Tricky Theft

Dor othy Wis dom, a young stenographer once posing as William Jennings Bryan's aide, is jailed in Paris for obtaining money under false pretenses. Her history spans Charleston and Rushville where she lured students into courses, failed to secure promised positions, and collected payments that left many duped. She faces potential cross town inquiries as victims seek restitution.

Parts Dorothy Wisdom Paris Dorothy Charleston Til Tana Taylorville Linton Rosville William Jennins Bryan Bryan Rushville Indianapolis

Student accused of theft in Decatur and wider embezzlement claim

Decatur reports sophomore Ward Keener son of Rev James S Keener has been arrested on a state warrant after a Lroquois club minstrel event at Proems Grand Opera House. He allegedly took tickets and a cast member overcoat vanished at a rehearsal. Police chief Albert obtained confession after interrogation. In Peoria representatives of the distilling industry plan to seek federal guidance on the pure food law as it applies to rectified product and whisky definitions ahead of a new law taking effect January 1.

Decatur Ward Keener James Millikin University James Keener Lroquois Club Prowems Grand Opera Flouse Weener Albert Peoria Washington

Will divides $1300 among Chicago institutions

Meago December 18 by the terms of the will of Daniel B Shiptmia filed in probate court five Chicago institutions share about 1300 dollars divided equally among them The funds are to be held in a perpetual trust by the Timots rast and Savings bank for their benefit Beneficiaries are Twinets School of Agriculture and Manual Training for Boys Chicago Home for Incurabies Chicago Old People’s Home Handeman hospital of Chicago and St Luke’s Free hospital

Meago Daniel B. Shiptmia Chiergo Timots Rast and Savings Bank Twinets School of Agriculture and Manual ‘Training Chicago Old People’s Home Handemann Hospital St. Luke’s Free Hospital

Sheriff Makes His Wife a Deputy in Washington County

Nashville Dec 18 August Cohlmeyer sheriff of Washington county appointed his wife Mrs A A Cohlmeyer as chief deputy and she will perform the duties of a tal deputy. Bloomington Dee IL unidentified man 45 was killed by a Big Four train near here a receipt signed by Gordon Morrison jewelers of Chicago in favor of dot Roman of Chenua U was found in his tarket.

Washington, Dec William T. Moody Supreme Court Nashville Cohlmeyer Washington County A. A. Cohlmeyer Cohmeyer Bloomington Tih Dee Aia Here Gordon & Morrison, Jewelers Chiengza Dot Roman Chenua

Kennedy’s Cough Syrup Drives Out Cold and Cough

An old advertisement touts Kennedy’s Lotion Cough Syrup as a bowel cleansing remedy that also soothes inflamed mucous membranes. It contains honey and tar, claims to be opiate free and compliant with Pure Food laws, and is sold by druggists. A note mentions breakfast foods with buckwheat cakes.

Kennedy

Disorders at Ardatoff estate burnings and deaths reported

Serious disturbances occurred at the Parade jevo estate of M. Beliakoff, Ardatoff district zemstvon administrator. The estate office and agent residence were burned, fighting occurred, and two servants were killed.

Simbirsk Russia Paradejevo M. Beliakoff Zemstvon Ardatoff

Hah colliery fire in Sydney Dominion Coal Company burns fiercely

A blaze at the Hah colliery in Sydney Nova Scotia started by December 15th. Officials report no loss of life as firefighters battle the flames. The chaotic scene underscores ongoing risks in local mining operations.

Sydney N.S Dominion Coal Company Cauught

Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic Promises Fresh Breath

An advertisement urges using Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic to treat nasal catarrh and bad breath. It claims cleansing and healing effects, germ-killing action, and a guarantee, with Dr. Jos. Emmert of Freeport offering the product.

Jos. Emmert Freeport

Nature Are The Stricken Rose From Grief

A nature themed brief notes on sorrow and resilience using a poetic metaphor of a rose, reflecting grief and renewal. The piece emphasizes emotional response and natural imagery without specific events or people.

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