Oregon Vision of Eden and Prosperity for Investors
An essay argues Oregon as Eden like state for capitalists and farmers. It extols Portland’s port, climate, and diverse crops including apples, prunes, hops, peaches, pears, grapes, and wheat. It highlights timber, irrigation potential, and railroads, urging eastern investors to seize opportunities in western Oregon.
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Pmgland
Oregon
Rogue River Valley
China
Japan
Australia
England
Africa
Cascade Range
Illinois
Tun Mingin
Northern Pacific
Oregon's Rail Giants Drive Pacific Coast Growth
Railway and Navigation Company and Southern Pacific dominate trunk lines with Portland terminals. Freight and passenger traffic are enormous as over twenty new lines are projected or under construction. Oregon brims with minerals from gold to coal and awaits undeveloped oil and gas, signaling strong future growth.
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Gon Railway & Navigation Company
Southern Pacific
Portland
North Pacific Coast
Oregon
Illinois Teachers Elect Next Convention Site Springfield
Illinois State Teachers association adjourned with Springfield chosen as next meeting place. Officers elected include E J James president G W Connoodstock first vice president N E K Van Cleve second vice president Gertrude Crigg secretary E E Rossetter railroad secretary Charles Hertel treasurer and an executive committee. Resolutions endorse unifying section meetings, centennial state birth celebration support for an educational commission and rural school district consolidation laws.
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Springfield
Ell
Illinois State Teachers' Association
Peoria
E. J. James
the State University
G. W. Connoodstock
N. EK. van Cleve
Mincie
General Assembly
Educational Commission
Jailed for Raising Flag Over British Ensign
Daniel Callahan, a naturalized American living between Sterling and Tampico, received thirty days in jail and deportation from Canada after raising the American flag over the British ensign in Craik. He had returned from Canada and dared to place the stars and stripes atop the flagpole triggering a police pursuit and a cross-border eviction to Tampico Whiteside County USA.
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Daniel Callahan
Sterling
Tampico
Callahan
Canada
Craik
Kemp
Northwest Mounted Police
Mounted Police
Whiteside County
United States of America
D. Callahan
Hardships for the Tramp Act Passes in Wisconsin
Monroe reports tramps arrested after January 1 in Wisconsin cities must perform hard labor under a new state law. Sheriffs must enable counties to enforce it, with tramp prisoners to work on the stone pile. Green County already uses a work house approach, easing compliance.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Green County
James Gaffney Weds Winifred Holmes at Ottawa Kansas
James B. Gaffney formerly with Freeport Exchange is married to Miss Winifred A. Holmes in Ottawa Kansas on Christmas day. They visit Lena with groom's parents Mr. and Mrs. James Gaffney. The groom now manages Corn Belt Telephone at Waverly Ta and is brother of Joseph Gatfney of Freeport.
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James Gaffney
Benedict
James B. Gaffney
Freeport
Freeport Telephone Exchange Company
Ottawa
Kan
Winifred A. Holmes
James Gattfoey
Lena
Corn Belt Telephone Company
Waverly
Joseph Gatfney
A Real Wonderland in South Dakota Mines
In Mound City Abs Clap reports a grave heating case to Mrs Clapp as a man suffered severe coughing and throat trouble. Br King’s New Discovery was given and the medicine saved his life and cured his condition. Guaranteed for coughs and colds throat and lung troubles by Joseph Emmert druggist. 50¢ and 1 trial bottle free.
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South Dakota
Mound City
Abs
EL Clap
Gang
Mrs. Clapp
Br. King
Joseph Emmert
Daily Journal Delivery Ringed at 10 Cents a Week
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery at a rate of 10 cents weekly.
Umpire-Producing Rochester Leads Baseball Talent
The American association weighs Milwaukee entry for Wisconsin-Illinois league while shifting to Reach balls. Rochester, N Y, boasts the world’s top umpire makers led by Silk O Laughlin and a long list of active and retired umpires across major and minor leagues. Seventeen Rochester men plan to umpire next season, with many already guiding games in leagues such as American, National, Tri-State, and International.
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Wisconsin-Illinois League
Milwaukee
American Association
Chicago
Rochester
N. Y
Silk
O’laughlin
New York State
Francis J. O'Laughlin
William Klein
William Carpenter
William Buckley
William Sullivan
William Shelber
William David
Empire State League
William Culligan
Dan Pfenniger
Daniel Fitzsimmons
Maurice F. Danshy
James Flynn
Ted O'Hanlon
Frank Newhouse
Felix Lynch
Tom Robson
Joseph Courteen
Northern Copper League
Sharon L. Sherman
Eastern Lea
Freeport signs Delaney catcher as spring tryout
President Rodemeyer of Freeport receives a contract for catcher Delaney from Manager Schoonhoven. Delaney, acquired at Clinton, is highly recommended and expected to be a season find. He will try out in spring and must be a star to beat Stark, with ability to play other positions besides catcher.
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Rodemeyer
Freeport Baseball
Schoonhoven
Delaney
Clinton
Stark
Local notices of meetings and concert in town
Mystic Workers install new officers the Wednesday evening of January 1 followed by a social. The Finglish Lutheran Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society meets January 2 at Mrs. Bolender’s home. Mendelssohn club concert for Settlement Home benefit to be held Friday January 3 at First Presbyterian church with tickets 25 cents. Woman’s Relief corps holds a watch social Tuesday night at G A R hall for G A R post and Sons of Veterans. W R K invites John A Davis Post G A R members to a social tomorrow evening with program and refreshments. F C Henn, Commander. Gounod oratorio The Redemption by Mendelssohn club artists will be heard Friday January 3 at First Presbyterian church at 8 o'clock. Tickets 25 cents.
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Mystic
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Finglish Lutheran Church
Bolender
North
Galena Avenue
Mendelssohn Club
County Clerk Preps Tax Collector Bonds for Jan 20
County Clerk Held prepares bonds for county tax collectors who will file them next Thursday, January 20. William T. Rockey, elected last spring, will serve as the Freeport collector.
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William T. Rockey
Freeport
Rockford Hosts Masonic School of Instruction January 7 9
Invitations go to officers and brethren of nearby lodges for a three day school at Masonic Temple Rockford January 7 9. Grand Master Alexander Bell and Grand Secretary Isaac Butler will attend with the examiners led by Hugh A Snell. Three daily sessions include morning and afternoon instruction and evening degrees with themes for Tuesday Wednesday and Masters degree on Thursday.
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Rockford
Masonic
Alexander H. Bell
Carlinville
Isaac Butler
Camp Point
Hugh A. Snell
S. S. Borden
A. Tf. Serogin
Charles Martin
A. W. West
Dubuque Dreams of Railway Shift to Dubuque Terminal
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald reports Iowa law limiting railroad workers to sixteen hours prompts plans by the Illinois Central to make Dubuque a division terminal with a large round house. Officials aim to base locals and throughs there, turning Dubuque into a turning and stopping hub benefiting commerce.
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Dubuque
S. C
Five Saturdays in February 1908 Leap Year Quirk
The year 1908 brings February with 29 days and both starts and ends on Saturday yielding five Saturdays and five pay days. The note ponders when this five Saturday February pattern will recur and asserts it occurs only when February begins and ends on Saturday.
Leap Year Time Reference for February Recurrence
A leap year is noted to adjust the calendar, fixing when February conditions recur. The text muses on someone measuring word counts on a postcard while contemplating the time shift and its effect on dates.
Jesse James drama heads to Grand Opera House January 8
The sensational production at the Grand Opera House features a finale where Frank James earns a pardon from Governor Crittenden. The tableau at the close of Jesse James is described as particularly effective, marking the first and only local showing this season.
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Jesse James
Grand Opera House
Frank James
Crittenden
When Knight Hood Was in Flower Plays to Repeat
The Grand Opera House show last Saturday afternoon and evening drew strong praise. Management, urged by Freeport residents, plans a second performance tomorrow evening. Grace Merritt leads a well balanced cast regarded as one of the best on the local stage.
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Grand Opera House
Auch
Freeport
Grace Merritt
Vanderbilt Cup Musical Comedy At Grand Opera House
The Vanderbilt Cup will be presented at the Grand Opera House next Friday night. The popular musical comedy that ran long in New York and Chicago forms the basis with the Vanderbilt Cup race on stage. Automobilists from around the world supply the realism as real motor cars race on stage, with original effects promised.
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Grand Opera House
New York
Chicago
Long Island
Simon Guggenheim Birth and Early Political Candidacy
Simon Guggenheim, United States senator from Colorado, born in Philadelphia on December 30, 1867, is one of seven Guggenheim brothers who control the smelting trust. He was nominated for lieutenant governor in 1896 at age 29 but withdrawn by the Republican committee, and later nominated for governor in 1898, which he declined for business reasons. He holds a liberal education, is multilingual, supports practical education, and donated an $80,000 building to the Colorado School of Mines.
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Simon Guggenheim
United States
Colorado
Philadelphia
Guggenheim
Simon
Republican State Committee
America
Europe
Colorado School of Mires
This Date in History Highlights From 1775 to 1908
A chronology notes Gen Montgomery killed before Quebec in 1775, Francis Lewis death in 1803, 1812 burns of Black Rock and Buffalo, 1851 Kossuth speech in Washington, 1843 Gadsden purchase agreement, 1861 legal tender bill intro, 1862 Ericsson Monitor loss, 1897 Havelock Allen death, 1908 Triquois Theater fire with 587 killed.
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Montgomery
Quebec
Francis Lewis
New York
Wates
Black Rock
Buffalo
Louis Kossuth
Congress
Washington
Gadsden Purchase
EE. G. Spaulding
Ericsson
Monitor
Cape Hatteras
Sir Havelock Allen
Afridis
Triquois
Chicago
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the Daily Journal
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New York State League
George Stone
Irving Hildebrand
Virginia State League
Charles Brinker
George* E. Weldman
National League
School OF Instruction
Masons
Vinois Central
Five Pluys
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Four Masons
Grand Opera
Eve Grace “Merritt
C. P. Guenther’s
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Skule
Tom Cary
Donna
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