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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
8
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A garbled OCR fragment shows travel times and stations such as East Bound Ly Freeport and Chicago with scattered times like 10:25 am and 6:00 pm. Details are unclear but indicate a railway or bus schedule stub with multiple timestamps and place names.
The Allgemeine Rundscau argues that promoting Jewish thrift among the lower class could reduce perceived danger. It suggests an experiment examining visitors to pubs would show Christians saving more and spending on alcohol and tobacco, with few Jews preferring coffee.
Wealthy Jewish merchants of Venice offered Pope Julius II a record sum of £20,000 for a very ancient Hebrew Bible believed to be an original Septuagint copy from 277 B C. The offer, valued today around $600,000, was rejected as the Pope needed funds to sustain the holy league against France.
Competent experienced girl for general housework sought by small family at 856 Stephenson. Also requests to buy old fashioned bureau and a roll top desk. Other notices include a place for a boy to work for board and attend business college and a competent house keeper needed for a small family. Local employment agencies and addresses listed.
Roosevelt sends a forceful message to Congress justifying the discharge of three colored infantry companies from Brownsville Texas. He calls the soldiers aggressors in a deadly incident and argues discipline requires removing all involved, including murderers, to preserve the army. He warns whites and blacks must be treated the same if future troops commit similar acts.
The senate debated Roosevelt's message with Foraker seeking a probe by the military committee. Lodge interpreted Foraker as demanding immediate investigation but Foraker softened it to a written resolution. He argued much of the president's documents amounted to statements not oathbound testimony. The resolution was set aside after Clay objected.
White soldiers involved in an incident near Fort Barrancas Florida are under inquiry after a car conductor reported firing on a train Tuesday night. The Fort Barrancas commanding officer has been asked for information as army officers react to the disturbance near Pensacola. The post, a key coastal artillery station, hosts five artillery companies including the Seventh Ninth Fifteenth Twentieth and twenty-second. The conductor described the trouble as a serious disturbance.
An advertisement extols Kodol as a digestively restorative product. It claims a sprained ankle needs rest with a crutch while an overworked stomach likewise rests without starvation and that Kodol performs digestion for the tired stomach. It asserts compliance with the National Pure Food and Drug laws and notes availability from druggists.
Harriet M. Burbank is listed as a piano teacher operating from a studio on Grove Street with hours noted as 9 to 4. The entry presents a concise professional listing for private instruction.
A confrontation over a fare led to threats and a pistol display by a man who stood off soldiers. The car left the fort with a soldier arrested by civil authorities. As the car began toward Pensacola a volley of bullets struck the platform as U S soldiers fired from the train area.
Washington experts admit no legal authority for removing nearly a million acres of Five Civilized Tribes land from allotment to create a forest reserve. Interior Secretary Mitchcock and Agriculture Secretary Wilson defend action before a Senate select committee, while senators insist the move violated statute and must be canceled.
Washington reports a December 17 letter alleged to be from the president praising Sheriff J. L. Merrill of Carroll County Georgia for quelling a 3-year riot to prevent mob violence against a Black man. It claims Merrill received a federal prison grounds custodian post at Atlanta and hints at a possible promotion.
A catastrophic blast on the steamer WT. Scovil near Gold Dust landing south of Vicksburg kills at least ten whites and many more blacks missing or injured. White victims include Captain John Quackenboss and clerk Wade Quackenboss. engineer J. J. Bruce survives after inspecting a boiler defect.
The senate referred the Brownsville affair message to a committee to decide on a possible senate investigation. It cleared the pension calendar of over 200 private bills and ordered Panama message printed in normal spelling. An executive session occurred. The House had no quorum due to holiday recess, halting business and a clerical surge in the enrolling Clerk’s office failed for lack of quorum.
Washington Pec 20 The school authorities have been asked to decide whether a pupil is white or colored.
In Pensacola Florida officers warned Gleetrie car line lawyers that a full investigation would occur into gunfire on a train. The Pensacola Electric company found no bullet holes in any cars as soldiers deny firing.
New York December 20 Rickard who promoted the Gans Nelson bout claims he offered Jeffries 50000 to face Jock Johnson at Croldfield. Rickard says Jeffries assured he will enter the ring for a purse of 2000 bound in Sac currency.
An auto mobile struck the carryinwe of Comploer of the Currenes Ridsely in Mussardhu Betts injuring a horse so severely it must be killed. No person was injured.
An advertisement urges readers to protect digestive organs from fermented food microbes with Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It claims relief from dyspepsia, biliousness and constipation and notes availability from druggists at 50c and 1.00 with money back if it fails.
The Daily Journal announces delivery to any part of the city for 10 cents per week, offering wide access to readers.
A small blaze at the Zenobia apartment house on Prospect avenue near West Huron street killed four people and left one fatally burned. P M Lambrecht his wife Ruth Crumlish and Mrs J J Fischer of New York died from smoke suffocation. A Charles Beam of Buffalo injured. Firemen quickly controlled the fire. narrow winding halls trapped victims.
At 531 Anderson Street Sanamoah Georgia an explosion from dynamite in a fireworks factory owned by Joseph Carbo and John Niva burned and injured several workers. Fireman Warry Raly died. Edward Daley Assistant Chief George Moore Jerry O Leary were seriously burned and may die. Carbo and Niva were counting torpedoes when one torpedo dropped triggering the blast.
Chicago December 20 demands for an eight per cent wage increase and an eight hour day for brakemen and conductors on all through freight trains will be filed today with the managers of railways in the west. The claims cover 44 000 men across 57 systems and total about 8 million dollars annually.
Testimony from railroad workers before the transportation committee attributes the current famine of railroad cars to factories being unable to meet the demand from railroad companies.
An old advertisement touts Kennedy's L xa tive Cough Syrup as a laxative that opens the bowels and soothes inflammation of mucous membranes. It claims to drive out the cold and stop the cough without opiates and to conform to the National Pure Food Drug laws.
A brief note describes a hearty breakfast with good coffee and sausage along with Mrs. Austin's buckwheat cakes, capturing a homely morning meal.
A Yazoo and Mississippi Valley passenger train derailed at Southwood, Vicksboro Mississippi, killing Engineer Calvin Prince and Fireman George Watson and injuring another. In New York the Kenge and Alton Railroad board declares a 2 percent dividend on preferred stock payable January 2. In Mukden United States consul Nelson Fairchild Shoote Bimsety shot himself, believed accidental.
The French court excludes all but two creditors from Count Boni de Castellane, relieving Mime Gould of a major debt. Also reported are political moves, personnel changes, court actions, and a Platt Mills fire loss of 55 000 dollars.
An old advertisement claims Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup tastes pleasant like maple sugar and contains honey and tar. It asserts no opiates, compliance with the National Pure Food Drug law, and availability from all druggists.
Ex excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates are on sale to the territory indicated. Standard and Touring Sleeping Cars with Free Reclining Chair Car and The Best of Everything. For dates of sale and full particulars apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
The Chicago Great Western offers round trip tickets to all line points and various other destinations for one and one third fare. Tickets on sale December 2 to 2 and December 20 to January 1, with return good until January 7. Information available from the Great Western Agent.
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