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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1896
Page
6
A fragmented OCR note lists irregular times and routes about a transit schedule. It mentions Nos. 1 and 8 and times around 4:00 PM and 12:25 PM with exceptions for Sundays and a morning 6:25 AM reference.
Freight trains carry passengers daily except Sunday on the Dodgeville line. No 151 leaves for Madison at 7 00 am. No 164 arrives from cent weeees. No 201 leaves for Dodgeville and No 871 also departs for Dodgeville. A passenger timetable fragment shows arrivals and departures with uncertain spellings and times.
Schedule notes list train departures and arrivals for Chicago and Northwestern lines with several train numbers and times. Freight often excluded from passenger service and some days omitted. Authority R. H. Holder, Agent appears at end.
Rail line presents a detailed timetable with arrivals and departures for passenger and freight trains. It notes connections from No 26 to Racine Janesville Madison Rockford and Chicago, through coaches to Milwaukee, and other through services to Freeport Beloit and beyond with agent J B Sweat listed.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers daily trains from South Freeport via No 3 Chicago limited and No 4 Chicago Express to Chicago and to destinations including Dubuque St Paul Minneapolis Des Moines St Joseph Kansas City. Stage connections from Brewster House depart 7 45 am 5 00 pm and 7 45 pm baggage checked through to destination.
The listing notes Worreston at C and I with details on a birth surname Bopart and events for Reaves at 10 35 and 6 00 pm. Further context is unclear due to fragmented OCR.
A Texas and Pacific freight wreck near Sodus Louisiana at dawn killed three men and left seven badly hurt. The crash occurs on a steep grade as the west bound freight climbs the grade and several cars are splintered. The conductor and crew rescue the injured who are taken to a charity hospital. Names of the wounded include C. J. Gates Dave Miller Frank Terry Charles Williams Henderson and George Brown. The dead are not yet identified.
New York December 21 explosion of a plane lamp on the second floor of the four story residence at 614 East Fifty eighth street caused the deaths of Aaron Goldsmith aged 45 his wife Chrotilde Goldsmith aged 33 and their children Bertha 10 Harry 8 and Frank 6.
Budapest reports a belated tally from the Reshitza colliery explosion. Forty miners killed and twenty seven still missing follow a fire damp blast in western Russia near Reshitza and Retchitsa.
Havana dispatch describes General Maceo’s death after he rode to meet advancing Spanish guerrillas, thinking they were friends. He was shot in the road as his group approached near a small house during a march.
A five story Masonic hall in New Brunswick New Jersey valued at 200000 dollars burned at 1 o clock yesterday morning. The building housed occupied offices and the loss is placed at about 400000 dollars.
From Frankfort Kentucky on December 21 Governor Bradley is receiving hundreds of letters pleading for mercy for Pearl Bryan murderers Walling and Jackson.
The American Federation of Labor convening in Cincinnati confirms a charter for the American Federation of Musicians and discusses affiliations with the National Association of Electrical Workers and seacoast longshoremen. The eight hour movement funding, new core worker groups, and reassignment of headquarters to Washington are decided. Gompers spoke at Wesley Chapel on organized labor interests.
A confession by a jailed young man in Cloud Chief Oklahoma reveals a gang planned multiple killings for cash to spend at Christmas. He admits killing farmer Alva Tripp to obtain $1.40 and implicates several other youths in the scheme.
Owosso Michigan December 21 Jessie Smith nine year old daughter of poor parents is described as the youngest girl tramp in the country. She travels the roads seeking hospitality from farmers and alternating between home and school. County agent investigates her case for possible enrollment in the industrial school.
Springfield Illinois December 21 Governor Altgeld says the Rock Island state hospital trustees have named Dr John A Vincent of Springfield as superintendent He is a member of the state board of health and a prominent physician in the state.
Springfield reports L A Lockwood, building and loan examiner for Auditor Gore, has been heard from after ten days missing. A Springfield man wires Gore that he met and exchanged greetings with him Friday on West Madison street in Chicago, Illinois. Toronto police arrest Gaston and Anna Pelessier of Detroit for theft. they waived extradition and will return to Michigan for trial.
Nearly 100 American citizens in Jerusalem await the Savior’s return. Fire at St Paul destroys the annex to the Ryan hotel the Schhertte block and several other businesses with total loss about 300000 dollars.
John Splan argues bicycles and trolleys aid outdoor sport and that Americans are discovering outdoor activities. He contends horses belong in life and business, notes falling horse prices, and says a good horse should cost around the hundred dollars.
Mike Lucid, once a lightweight fighter, now drums and sells machinery for a western firm. He laments modern comforts for boxers, noting easier training, larger purses, and more staff, and says old time boxers earned more in the long run despite tougher life.
The St Paul Pioneer Press reports an unprecedented deer harvest in northern Minnesota. Hunters from Minnesota adjoining states and the far east flock to ceded Red Lake lands and beyond, exploiting blurred boundaries to shoot across into the diminished reserve. Carcasses are left behind as deer are killed for sport.
The New York Journal notes the influenza epidemic has harmed racing horses, with high value thoroughbreds housed in unsuitable stalls. Earth floors and poor drainage in stables expose horses to miasma and damp conditions, a view trainers largely resist as conservative.
The L A W expects a winter renumbering of members as about 150 000 have joined but many have dropped out creating gaps. The league secretary will likely review lists and assign new numbers to simplify records.
George W Lavigne refuses a catch weight contest with Charles McKeever. The district attorney bars Corbett and Fitzsimmons from boxing at Coney Island. Southerner steeplechase horse killed after breaking back at Bennings. Baltusrol Golf Club near Short Hills adds members nearing 800. Jake Stenzel spends time in Cincinnati while praising Baltimore. Pigeon fancy blooms in York Pennsylvania with new homing clubs near 15. New Jersey governor Griggs golfing with Mrs Griggs on Paterson links. Brood mare Boulah joins A H Moore s Philadelphia stable after $10000 purchase Boealah of E W Ayres.
Friends visiting Aldworth House heard Tennyson declare he had only a year to live. The remark proved prophetic, with his death occurring exactly one year later, while hearers laughed at the time.
When the editor J Y Achench’s two year old daughter faced croup while the family doctor was away he bought Chamberlain’s cough remedy. The medicine gave immediate relief and the editor says he will not be without it. 25 and 50 cent bottles sold by Emmert & Burrell.
Short sale notice for five second hand organs and one upright piano nearly new. Offered at half value. Contact Joan HBA at 84 Galena Street Freeport Illinois. Door to door listing poor grammar suggests classified ad.
Freeport's leading jeweler M. V. B. Elson touts readiness to supply diamonds watches and other fine gifts at cash prices. He asserts higher quality and lower prices than rivals in the area, inviting shoppers to visit his first class establishment this season.
A. Thomas advertises hair work services at 255 Galena Street offering custom doll wigs and related styling.
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