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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1906
Page
7
A damaged OCR fragment mentions an agent H. W. Rowley and a sedan or passenger car offered for sale by public auction. It notes exceptions for Sundays and references a time around 7:55 p.m. The text is garbled but indicates an auction action with a local official or agent involved.
Daily rail notices detail eastbound and westbound train numbers with parlor car, buffet car, and cafe services. Connections at Rockford Belvidere and Belvidere for Beloit Janesville Harvard Madison and plans for Chicago routes. Agent J B Sweatt lists times and services.
The notice lists rail connections from South Freeport to Chicago and points like Dubuggu Minneapolis St Paul Des Moines St Joseph Kansas City Fort Dodge Omaha and Omaha. It notes daily No 4 Chicago express No 6 Chicago Special No 9 Express and No 6 Express with signals and limiteds. Ticket office in Brewster house. Stage schedules The Brewster house stage runs at 9 45 10 30 am 4 45 pm and 8 pm with baggage through at no extra charge. J P Elmer gen pass agent Chicago C B asks Forreston departure east.
Freeport Illinois seeks lighting for five years from April 1906. Proposals by 8 pm January 2 1906 at City Hall specify lamp type sizes 2000 candle power 60 candle power and gas or incandescent. bids must include lamp make and a $1000 certified check with five thousand bond and performance terms. The city reserves the right to reject all bids. City Clerk WM Waterstradt notes.
Exclusively first class tour under the auspices of the Tourist Department Chicago Union Pacific & North-Western Line leaves Chicago Wednesday February 7th spending February and March in the land of sunshine and flowers. 350 includes railway fare sleeping cars meals hotel expense. Service first class in every respect. Participants from points west of Chicago may join at convenient points. Write for itineraries and full particulars to A Hutchinson Manager 212 Clark St Chicago Il.
Geo B Turneaure places orders for musical instruments and gauges prices with a music store. Contact details include a telephone reference and a listing for Order placement and pickup.
Southern Railway announces low round trip fares to Florida and the South and to Cuba with multiple attractive variable routes allowing different departure and return paths. Tickets valid to return until May 31, 1906 with 31 day transit stops at major South points. Through sleeping cars dining cars and day coaches featured. For literature and schedules write J S McCullough Chicago IL or W H Tayloe Washington DC. October 20. Destinations include St. Johns.
Dr Nortenakjold the Swedish explorer expressed belief that the United States will enter a pried effort to reach the north pole, saying an airship could realize the Arctic dream if built. He noted difficulty from northern winds in the short Arctic summer but favored progress beyond current plans.
J Marks will reopen ants' Clothes Cleaning and Presaloom under Neiman Bros. He invites friends and old patrons to call. Prices listed include pants pressed 10 cents coats pressed 26 cents suits pressed 40 cents. Repressing at lowest prices. December 28 edition.
The Daily Journal announces delivery across the city for a full week, extending service to all neighborhoods and promising timely issues to readers everywhere.
Excursion tickets at reduced prices will be sold on December 22 23 24 26 30 31 1905 and January 1 1906 for travel on the North Western Line to points on Union Pacific Denver Rio Grande and Colorado South lines including Cheyenne Denver Trinidad and Colorado locations. Return allowed through January 4 1906. Apply to Chicago North Western Railway agents.
The Mason and Hamlin grand piano favored by Paderewski is displayed at Albany and Stemms music store, located at 78 Grand Street opposite the New York Hotel, showcasing the instrument for public viewing.
London reports Cameron Corbett, candidate for Glasgow, cites D. M. Mason’s claim that a Washington meeting with President Roosevelt yielded support for the Liberal party. The Times doubts Roosevelt made such remarks but notes the episode may prompt a clarification to prevent misrepresentation, recalling the Sackville-West incident.
Paris reports President Loubet’s New Year reception for the diplomatic corps aimed at easing war talk. German ambassador Prince von Radolin attended after a Berlin visit with Emperor William and Baron von Richthofen, and the Elysee salon set a cordial tone.
Frank Phisentor, a wealthy Alaskan miner famed as an early Klondike pioneer, killed himself in his hotel apartment by cutting his throat with a razor. He helped establish Dawson’s first house and held rich Bonanga Creek claims after reaching Forty-Mile during the great discoveries. He originated from Michigan.
Kalamazoo Mich Jan 2 The United States Steel Corporation has finished surveys for a belt railroad from Milwaukee and Chicago around the southern end of Michigan through Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids to Muskegon with a ferry link between Muskegon and Milwaukee to complete the loop.
Baron Komura the Japanese envoy to China was received by the emperor upon his return from Peking. The audience followed rumors of a cabinet change and marked a notable New York welcome on January 2. Orlando H Peck, a New York lens maker, was struck by a car at Fifth Avenue hotel while his hat was blown away by wind from the Flatiron corner and may be fatally injured.
Excitement followed reports that the Giorgione painting Christ with the Cross, once kept in the Loschi palace at Vircenza, has vanished from its location in Rome. The incident prompted inquiries and heightened scrutiny of local art holdings.
Round trip fare offered for January 1 to 12 to Mexico City for golf event. Tickets sold at one fare with favorable return limits. Apply through agents of Chicago and North Western Railway.
Excursion tickets to the Illinois Farmers Institute in Decatur via the Northwestern line are offered at reduced rates on January 1 and 2, limited to those who return six days inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
Washington January 1 Solicitor Penfold states retirement from the state department was not prompted by presidential or secretary pressure nor by any indelicate criticism of an official. He presents correspondence showing informal tender of resignation after returning from Brazil and expresses appreciation for trust and confidence in him. Root commends Penfold’s long and distinguished services and regrets the termination.
A village love triangle unfolds as Maribel, promised to Brier Bonnat by her father, declines an army suitor. The father forbids, the daughter protests, and a family rift exposes old memories at the lodge gate. Meanwhile, distant scenes touch on a gatehouse memory and a gamekeeper’s polemical stance.
Telegraphic signals announced the birth of 1906 from the Washington naval observatory. Signals ticked off at 12, 1, 2 and 3 o clock to match midnight across time zones. Messages extended to Honolulu Guam Manila and beyond, with attempts to reach ships at sea and distant international points.
San Francisco on January 1 reports mechanical engineer J. Millue arrived after crossing the continent and learned he was mistaken for John August Miller who died by his own hand in the ferry building last Thursday. A telegram to Miller’s wife in Dixon, Illinois, announced the death, and Millue has spent days trying to clear the misunderstanding.
Washington January 1 William G Crawford was sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring with August W Machen and George B Lorenz to defraud the United States in a contract supplying the post office with letter carriers’ su pplies. No fine was imposed and an appeal is pending. Crawford was released on bail.
A blaze consumed the entire American Shipbuilding plant in Bay City Michigan, starting in the furnace shop and rapidly spreading to other buildings. Unfinished vessels survived as the office and engine houses remained intact. The loss exceeds a quarter of a million dollars. Eight-Hour Day Sees Chicago Fire Strike. After eighteen weeks, Chicago workers move to an eight-hour day, while Typothetae controlled shops retain nine hours. Big Six Goes on Strike in New York. Typographical Union No. 6 starts a strike across book and job printing shops seeking nine hours pay for eight hours worked.
News reached here of the death at his Charlestown home in West Virginia of Geo Washington youngest son of John Augustine Washington heir to Mount Vernon estate historic Washington family member died recently at Mount Vernon linked lineage and Virginia death notice provides partial lineage details
Chicago and New York echoed the arrival of the new year with the customary blasts of bells and noisy demonstrations. The day saw celebrations in other cities as well as communities welcomed the new calendar with festive noise and merriment.
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