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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1907

Page

5

C informing cocaine act tightens sales and prescribing

Governor Peneen poised to sign a new Illinois act restricting cocaine sales to written prescriptions from licensed physicians. The measure bans refills and requires wholesale orders to be written by a pharmacist or licensed professional. Penalties include fines up to 1000 dollars and possible imprisonment, with license revocation for physicians pharmacists or dentists who violate. The Pharmacy Board of Illinois governs certification and examinations for pharmacists, assistants and apprentices, funding itself from fees and recording extensive licensing rules and exams.

Bpringfield Peneen Springfield Chicago Materia Medien Plarmacy Cook County Firegeard Haels Cme Au Fiele Monty Yenny Qulingis Board of Pharmacy Charles H. Avery H. C. Christensen M. C. Metzger Cairo J. I. Shreve Jacksonville I. C. Dodds

Stamp Sells For Four Thousand Dollars In New York

New York collectors report a Philadelphia dealer sold a rare Alexandria Va postmaster provisional stamp on blue paper to George H. Worthington of Cleveland for 4000 dollars. It is the only blue specimen known, with two or three bluff-paper examples existing. Value cited as fair. England would fetch higher prices.

New York Philadelphia George H. Worthington Cleveland Alexandria

Chicago Markets Mixed Commodity Prices and Live Stock Quotes

Chicago grain prices mixed with wheat and corn futures, cash wheat by sample and live stock prices. Hogs, cattle, and sheep receipts noted with steady to firm quotes. East Buffalo and other markets reported steady hog and cattle trade, with packing hay and poultry prices listed. An unrelated note mentions a cork problem and a humorous line about George Po o not seeking a position as a lady's maid.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Dee Park Thinois Indiana Wisconsin East Buffalo N. Y Dunning & Stevens Live Stock Commission Merchiants Lest

End of Caleb Powers Trial in Sight

Georgetown Kentucky reports the Powers case nearing conclusion as the jury may hear the murder trial of Cadel Lowers for the January 20 murder of William Coe. Key witness James Howard, alleged connected to Goebel murder events, has been convicted of complicity three times.

Caleb Powers Georgetown Dee Cadel Lowers Tris William Coe Steat Jean Jaies Howard Goebel

Handspike Tree Marks Dusty Boone County Legend

A river birch on Pond Fork near Madison, Boone County West Virginia, grew from a handspike stuck by Jim Martin during the 1846 Mexican War recruiting drive. Martin fell in battle, but the tree survived, rooted where he jabbed the sapling into the soil, a living monument to the veteran woodsman.

Pond Fork Little Coal River Boone County W. Va M. C. Eldred Madison Jim Martin Washington Post

A Rare Complaint in Puck Quotation

A dialogue from Puck contrasts ruthless business ascent with moral change. The first man questions why many leaders suffer softening of the brain after ruthless practices. The corrugated browed man replies that softening of the heart is even stranger.

Puck

Why Are Men Better Looking Than Women

A provocative note questions beauty standards and gendered self-perception from a London Gentlewoman perspective. It argues that men increasingly outshine women in appearance, prompting contemporary women to reflect on evolving ideals of personal beauty.

London

Why Marriage Failed Timberlines Split A Job Loss

A fragmentary quotation from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch suggests the Timberlines separated after the wife left him due to losing his job. The source contrasts those compelled by us with those persuaded by us, citing Nenophon’s Anabasis to show differing reactions to influence.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Nenophon Anabasis

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