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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
3
In Chicago on a Christmas visit Mrs Potter Palmer bought toys for her “kid brother” in a toy department. A boy with fifty cents asked for similar items, and Palmer immediately bought him a 48 cent acrobat doll. She spent about an hour and a half buying items for Potter Palmer III and his siblings, turning their nurseries into a Santa shop.
A massmeeting in Chicago at the Colonial theater will advocate for Christian Rudowitz the Russian revolutionary sought by Russia to face a murder charge. Speakers include Bishop Anderson A Bancroft W J Calhoun and Dr Emil Godlirsch Walter Fisher presiding. Vice presidents named Franklin Mac Veagh Lessing Kosenthal and Sigmund Zeisler. Jane Addams and Prof Samuel N Harper will recount the Rudowitz case for the Ethical Culture society.
Foreign Minister Iswolsky presented Russia's annual foreign policy statement to a receptive duma. He lauded the Japanese American agreement preserving territorial status quo, open door in the Far East, and China's independence. M Pokrosky accused Russia of supporting revolutionary plots in Bulgaria with bombs and assassinations during Prince Ferdinand’s reign.
Union City Tenn December 26 Additional evidence the confessions of three alleged members of the night rider band of Reelfoot lake have been offered to the state in connection with trials of eight alleged leaders accused in the lynching of Captain Ranken at Walnut Log. The conditional use as stage witnesses remains doubtful as the case progresses.
A conference of the state attorneys will be held today to determine the next steps after the accumulation of evidence. A decision is expected to be reached at the meeting.
In Long Beach California on December 26 a sugar beet exhibited as the largest ever weighs sixty one pounds with a two foot girth and a lush top. A seventy eight pound squash and an eighteen pound red table beet also win champions in their classes. All come from dry farming.
London reports a grim Christmas scene with thousands of unemployed men in London Glasgow and Tyne shipyards. A shabbily dressed procession marched for work while police kept order. Salvation Army shelters attract crowds nightly yet remain short of capacity. News records food theft prosecutions amid widespread destitution and charity efforts.
Philadelphia story reports Alfred Turner ten weeks old killed when father William Turner attacked mother for not having breakfast ready. In the struggle the mother dropped the infant and was knocked down, crushing the child. Both parents were arrested.
Chicago today reported the death of W F Thomas a prominent Chicago attorney and Mason. He suffered a brain hemorrhage while at his desk in the Wilson building at 119 LaSalle Street and died later at his home 1343 Jackson Boulevard. He was a well known figure in his profession and in Masonic circles associated with the Ma r on order.
Springfield reports plans for a simple inauguration of state officers in January with Governor Deneen favoring a tame event and Secretary of State James A. Rose backing the plain ceremony. In Peoria, Frank Sundmeyer dressed as Santa Claus was mobbed by inmates at the poor farm. he leaped from a second story window to escape, suffering severe injuries.
A Santa in Washington was badly burned while fighting a Christmas tree blaze and may not survive. In Quitman, Kansas, C. A. Kasters killed himself with a shotgun over Christmas toy funds for his children.
The advertisement urges readers to choose Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble claiming forty years of cures. It notes that trying unknown preparations may risk harmful drugs and cites H J Moogk and Wm F Jungkunz as endorsers.
The account describes Mr Newrich visiting an upscale restaurant with his wife and two friends. Mrs Newrich, raised to refined standards, whispers a phrase to him while he mishears or misreads as they navigate the evening. The text portions show garbled phrases and confused dialogue about drinks and rooms, suggesting an awkward, humorous dining scene.
More people are taking Foley's Kidney Remedy yearly as an effective treatment for kidney and bladder troubles. It is claimed to correct irregularities, rebuild worn tissues, and restore vitality, with endorsements from H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
James Corrigan, age seventy nine, long foe of John D. Rockefeller, dies in Cleveland after an appendicitis operation. He had lent funds to Rockefeller, sold Standard Oil stock at 168 a share in 1895, later claimed a trustee knew the stock would rise, and sued Rockefeller without success. He left a son. his wife and three other children had drowned years earlier.
Robert Taft’s Savannah return unites the Taft family in Augusta at the Terrett cottage ahead of Christmas. Decorations from countrymen and neighbors’ flowers brighten the holiday scene as four brace of English pheasants arrive from London to grace the traditional dinner at Landon Thomas’s home.
Newport News reports Captain Robinson and five crewmen drown after the schooner Jennie Lippitt strikes a shoal off Cape Charles in heavy northeast winds. Only survivor Andrew Jorgensen, rescued by the steamship Ravenscraig, and two others aboard the wreck survived by clinging to debris while others perished from exposure.
President Roosevelt plans a special hunt during his African tour to acquire two white rhinoceroses. TheNational Museum in Washington seeks one for its collection, with a potential gift to the British Museum if a second specimen is secured. Fire at American Car and Foundry in Bloomsburg, Pa., ruins the soft iron foundry, causing about $100000 damage and 3800 workers to lose jobs.
Mrs McRaney of Prentiss Mississippi recounts three months bedridden with kidney and bladder trouble. After two doctors failed to help, she started Foley's Kidney Remedy and, after two bottles, felt reborn. She urges other suffering women to try it. The note is signed by H J Moogh and Wm F Jungkuus.
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