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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1908
Page
1
By the Associated Press Chicago Feb 22 fair tonight and Sunday slightly warmer north tonight Wisconsin fair tonight and Sunday not much change in temperature Iowa fair tonight and Sunday cooler extreme west tonight
Chicago February report states Jerry M. Vrazal aged 18 confessed under Rev P J OCallaghan head of the Paulist Fathers, naming a Chicago police official and an assistant state's attorney in a murder case involving six Vrzal family members. The affidavit accuses the high officials of teaching him perjury and cites Herman Billik the Bohemian fortune teller as the convicted killer.
Governor Hughes of New York delivered the principal address at the Union League club celebration of Washington's birthday in Chicago. Benjamin Ide Wheeler urged establishing a national university in Washington, D. C., aligned with Washington's will.
Sedalia Mo Feb 22 An attempt to derail an eastbound fast passenger train on the Missouri Pacific at Otterville twenty miles east of Sedalia at midnight failed when an extra freight train struck the removed rail. The engineer fireman and brakeman were seriously injured in the wreck.
Freeport High school claimed a unanimous victory in the fourth annual inter scholastic debate held at Freeport High School auditorium. The question favored federal control of great interstate corporations with Rock Island opposing local self-government. Debaters included George Green and Oscar Ennenga for Freeport. Norman French and Joseph Kelly for Rock Island. Judges from Northwestern University Beloit College and the University of Chicago ruled for Freeport.
J W Draper and F B Garrett, government employees, were saved from a violent Monongahela river rescue at Elizabeth near Pittsburgh but were killed by a train upon reaching shore. EE Stoner, who pulled them from the water, was also struck and likely fatally hurt.
A dastardly attempt to burn the Scales hotel in Muskogee Oklahoma occurred early today while about a hundred Democratic convention delegates slept inside. Oil was spread on floors of two vacant rooms and ignited but the flames were extinguished before any damage. The incident caused seat excitement among attendees.
Five men from a lighthouse rescue party arrived in Toledo after thirteen miles of thin ice travel to recover Captain Delos Hayden who died on February 12 following multiple dangers on Maumee bay.
William J. Bryan arrived in Kansas City from Illinois exhausted by travel. He rested for a few hours and later attended a public reception.
Washington February 22 The Right Reverend Henry Yates Satterlee D D longtime Protestant Episcopal bishop of Washington died of pneumonia today at age 65 He served in the role for twelve years and his passing ends a lengthy clerical tenure in the capital.
The Daily Journal announces home delivery to all city areas at a rate of 10 cents per week. This service extends to individual addresses, offering affordable access to local news and updates.
Friday evening the Knights of the Globe hall hosted graduation for five trained nurses from Globe Hospital. Clergy and doctors attended the ceremony, and the program was well received. Diplomas were awarded to Anna A. Schaer, Alice A. Minch, Wilhelmina M. Koehendorfer, Marian L. Hamilton, and Phoebe A. Delp. Two will remain at the hospital briefly, the others will begin work in the city.
The Times editor from Memphis endorses Poley’s Honey and Tar as the best remedy for coughs colds and lung trouble. He claims personal knowledge of Foley’s Honey and Tar achieving many lasting cures described as marvellous. The notice lists J Moogk and Wir I Jungkuuz.
Farmers urged to bring 1100 to 1700 lb draft horses to Younglove’s Livery in Freeport on Saturday February 29, 1908. Objections for slight blemishes noted. aged animals accepted. D Weinberg & Co West Side Horse Market will handle loads and issue cash on arrival.
In Dixon Illinois, a circuit court ruling favors the Illinois Central Railroad, blocking Amboy from challenging the ordinance in ejectment and sending the issue toward a chancery appeal. Amboy seeks to reopen the vacated street, arguing protection of its terminal and population growth after $60,000 spent on the effort.
George A. Kelley, a steam fitter's helper at the Illinois Central shops, suffered severe burns from a gasoline hose explosion while setting tires. Wesley's left hand and forearm were badly burned and his hair singed. he will miss about three weeks of work. A two-year-old child on Living Street was badly burned when clothing ignited from matches played with. Mother extinguished flames. doctor reports hope for recovery if flames had burned longer.
Hon W Chafin of Chicago will deliver his address at the Masonic temple instead of the court house venue. A noted scholar and orator, he will discuss the temperance issue and the Fres- Port campaign, a matter of strong local interest to citizens.
An advertisement urges that Folens Kidney Cure will stop kidney and bladder troubles. It claims the remedy can cure any case within medical reach, endorsed by Dr J Moogk and Wm Jungkuns.
Notice states Busy Bee Rebekah Lodge 13s convene in regular session on Saturday February 22 with business follow by a colonial social. All members requested to be present.
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