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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1909
Page
4
The Freeport Journal is awarded a label by the International Typographic Union in recognition of employing union labor in its mechanical departments.
The note reports a massive earthquake in Italy with claims that up to two hundred thousand people were killed. It asserts this disaster as the greatest in world history, surpassing Charleston and San Francisco quakes.
Members of the Illinois legislature doubled their salaries from one thousand to two thousand dollars, creating a hardship as they must wait until year end for payments and will likely arrange an interim fund-raising solution.
The Carnegie reports show the Steel Trust earned 158 million dollars in a year from ten million tons of steel, about 15.80 dollars per ton. The trust seeks 20 percent more per ton for American consumption than for foreign sales, and Congress should place steel on the free list.
The speaker extols the U S Navy as the world's largest and most effective aside from Britain, arguing it guarantees peace. It must be maintained with efficient ships and skilled gunners, asserting that only accurate shooting matters in defense.
The text notes that $35.39 per person is in circulation for the ninety million Americans and argues that equal division is impossible and unnecessary since spending would quickly disrupt any even split. It contends disparities are inevitable and longstanding.
General Stead declares that all ny nations for candidates at the opting elections must be by primary unless running independently by petition. Primaries statewide on March 9 with petitions due February 17 to the city clerk. To have a name on the mayor or alderman ballot, petition the clerk before February 17.
The county recount for Stephenson County clerk of the circuit court aims to determine whether Stevens or Cramer won. No definite final result is predicted, with voters hoping the true winner is seated.
At the national Grange session in Washington in November 1908 Master N J Bachelder stated the Grange favored appointing a non partisan tariff commission and an immediate tariff revision for articles sold by manufacturers abroad at lower prices than domestic. The address urged placing revised articles on the tariff treater.
New York banker Tiacy Clews comments on tariff reduction as markets show resilience. He says steel tariffs dominate discussion and Carregie’s statements may ease steel schedules, seen as a keystone of protection. United States Steel and other active shares opened mixed as traders react to policy talk.
The article argues tariff revision will not harm business as friends control the tariff, placing industries in a better position to adjust to lower duties. It notes possible uncertainty and delay as the worst outcomes, urging Congress to provide prompt and equitable reform to avoid economic hesitation.
A Boston firm offered a prize for the best definition of success. Many submissions argued various explanations, but the award went to a Kansas woman whose answer reflected the writer's idea of success.
A praised obituary tribute lauds a man who wed well, laughed often, and loved much. It celebrates his steady work, respect from intelligent men, love from children, and the impact he left on the world through improved works, poetry, and acts of rescue. His life is cast as an inspiration and his memory a benediction.
The Oregon legislature, largely Republican, plans next month to choose a successor to Senator Fulton. Of ninety members, fifty-one signed a pledge to elect the popular choice, Governor Chamberlain, a Democrat. The question is whether lawmakers will honor their pledge.
In 1907 beet sugar output in the United States reached 967 million pounds, outpacing cane sugar at 544 million. The world now produces more than half its sugar from beets, with no refined difference between beet and cane sugar. Stephenson county soils yield top beet crops, and a profitable local sugar factory may soon arrive, benefiting farmers there.
The article notes the vast cross tie needs of US railroads in 1897 with oak as the best material though most ties used were inferior woods such as pine chestnut and tamarack. It forecasts profits for inventors of metal ties and for plans to cultivate catalpa and other fast growing trees for future tie production.
President Samuel Gompers Vice President John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the AFL were sentenced to prison for contempt of court after deliberately disobeying a court injunction. They appealed the order and were granted bail pending the appeal. The text notes the higher court may overturn the injunction, but asserts obedience until a higher ruling.
A fragmented exclamation praising Freeport as “The City of the Churches” and a moral, law abiding town. The excerpt drifts into garbled text about someone or something unnamed and ends with an unclear reference to Milwaukee.
A civic defense of Freeport brewery owners as respectable businessmen who contribute to growth and temperance by promoting beer over stronger spirits. The speaker cites Dubuque as a model and praises a First ward brewer who became Stephenson County sheriff, urging loyalty to Freeport.
The New York Tribune reports Taft’s Ohio Society dinner remarks urging a tariff revision faithful to the party platform. He warns against a surface revision and calls for exact protection levels, ensuring no excess profits for protected manufacturers and fair consumer prices. He argues foreign competition should be invited where costs are equalized, while excluding it where costs rise.
In the Charleston meeting of April 23 1860 South Democrats push for a slave pro territorial platform while Northern Democrats back Douglas doctrine of popular sovereignty. Lincoln pressures Douglas in Freeport 1858 debate revealing sectional misreadings, leading to new Baltimore conventions and Breckenridge Lane ticket splitting the party.
Douglas faced a choice that risked angering supporters in Tilinoia or the South. He chose the latter, a decision that divided the Charleston Democratic National Convention, as Tarbell demonstrates.
Three Germans discuss a mutual friend's second marriage overheard at luncheon. One says, A man what makes de second dime don't deserve to have lost his first wife. The quip reflects a humorous take on marriage and fate.
A Kentucky woman received a verdict of two hundred dollars after a man kissed her without consent. In Northern Illinois last summer a girl obtained three thousand dollars in a similar case, suggesting regional value differences in such acts between Illinois and Kentucky.
Cedar Rapids notes that a town neighborliness lesson centers on applying firm business principles. She rejects bad paying discounts and insists contracts be followed. More backbone in business, she argues, would curb careless and incompetent contractors.
The speaker extols Bryan as a lasting asset, noting his constitution and habits suggest he could serve many decades. The remark implies relief to his party that no fresh candidate will be needed for a long time, potentially a half century.
Due to milk scarcity Minneapolis drops enforcement of a herd inspection ban. Proposed action would dump unvouched milk into sewers unless crossing proper tuberculosis inspection. Dairy men vow to resist tuberculosis inspection and defend selling practices.
It is estimated there is about 7 billion dollars in gold coin globally while U.S. farming products total about three quarters of a billion more than that amount. Yet the farmer does not hold all the money, though current butter and egg prices suggest he may capture most of it.
The text urges individuals to seek life’s good by cheerful daily duties and doing good rather than dwelling on the dark side, emphasizing that each person should take a proper place in the world.
A report notes Billy Sunday received over $7,000 in Ottumwa. The speaker extols dedicated ministers across communities and suggests supporters should not object to Sunday’s four weeks’ earnings versus seven years of work by other ministers.
The passage contrasts lifestyles, noting many wives lack new clothes or meals while husbands spoil themselves with new suits and alcohol. It highlights a gap between strained hardworking spouses and those indulging in vanity and vice.
A London gardener named Wallace, recently dismissed from labor, found two five pound notes and a Bible bearing an inscription from an unknown donor. The note states the finder is heir to the giver who gathered the money with great difficulty, but had no relative in absolute need. The Indianapolis News cites the tale.
Reports to State Auditor McCullough show a $2,089,186.35 increase in Illinois bank deposits. The gain backs a broader recovery with 425 banks now in operation versus 421 banks reporting in the prior statement dated September 24, 1908.
United States army soldiers from Fort Sheridan are expected to attend the Illinois department encampment of the A. R. in Aurora next May if Gen. Frederick D. Grant approves. The general, son of Ulysses S. Grant and commander of the Department of the Lakes, is likely to be their guest during the reunion.
Experienced advertisers note the difference in newspaper circulation. Advertisers serving serious buyers seek papers with established, reading, paying audiences. Flashy catch-penny ads target a broader, less discerning readership.
A journalist recounts how urging local patrons to support home merchants backfires as he discovers rivals’ ads from baking powder firms while some merchants still order job printing from outsiders, shaking his faith in mankind and making reciprocity seem worthless.
In Washington talk centers on Congressman Frank O Lowden possibly joining President Elect Taft's cabinet as secretary of agriculture Col Lowden supports keeping James Wilson Iowa as secretary and credits Wilson with major gains for agriculture The piece notes enthusiasm among Lowden supporters for his potential reality in the political scene.
King Cumberland, grand champion shortthorn bull at the International Live Stock exposition in Chicago, was bred at Mr. Lowden's Sinnissippi farm. The colonel expresses pride, noting that while anyone with money can buy a grand champion, few stockmen are fortunate enough to breed one.
Despite widespread hard times exporters reported a superb year. The Statistical abstract of the Department of Commerce and Labor shows manufacture exports totaling 750 million dollars for 1908, a record high. About half of this was shipped to Europe.
A Marengo physician known as an experienced honey man asserts honey is an effective tuberculosis prescription, superior to cool liver oil. He notes the remedy aids cold and lung troubles, though it fell from use during scarcity. The piece praises practical instruction and agreeable methods.
Critics note the corn exposition in Omaha highlights seed choice raising average yield by about 10 bushels per acre. The ear-to-row method of tracking seed development reportedly doubles yield per acre according to Nebraska and Illinois experiment stations. This agricultural insight could meaningfully affect farm profits across many lines of business.
The state has pushed several grafters toward penitentiary terms of two years with fines for vast swindling tied to the Harrisburg state capitol construction. The offenses were large scale and wholesale, with no petty retailers among the culprits.
Congressman Lowden actively seeks federal funding to build a lock and dam on the Rock River at Sterling and to improve navigation between Sterling and Dixon. He aims to include the item in a general river and harbor bill this session, otherwise he will pursue merit-based appropriation.
Congressman Lowden has introduced a bill for permanent consular improvements tied to merit and a good record for promotion. It follows a prior proposal with few changes and is expected to improve the quality of the nation's business representatives in foreign lands if enacted.
The text argues it may not be desirable to raise the president’s pay to one hundred thousand dollars a year. It notes the White House is furnished and travel costs are covered by the government, reducing the need for higher official compensation. It opposes mirroring European monarchies or large trust company salaries.
Nearly one-fourth of the U S population, about eighty million people, are in school as public education expands from kindergarten to university at public expense. The goal is to give every child the best chance to develop and uphold order, liberty, and law across a united nation from sea to sea.
A speaker argues that borrowing can prosper if debt yields profit, but becomes a heavy drag if it fails. Parents should plan expenditures to leave a home and start for children, not burdens. The warning notes that law does not require children to repay their fathers debts.
A farmer tells his sons that fortune lies in the land and by diligent digging they discover wealth through productive soil. Industry brings happiness and wealth, while idleness breeds poverty. Those who gain money by honest work earn respect, but idle persons are despised.
Mrs. Sheldon wife of the Nebraska governor, due to a delayed train, spoke on woman suffrage in Omaha. Her address is praised by the press as she stood in for her husband on the platform. Another prominent Nebraska woman, Mrs. Sheldon, is noted for likely favoring her husband’s speaking role for the family.
A writer in the Technical Wor'i Magazine declares that the Oulch trans continental road has never been in the hands of a recessioner and never failed to pay all dividends promised to stockholders, naming the Great Northern as the promised recipient.
J Hill pushed through a bold private railway expansion from Lae Superior to Puget Sound, across a vast and rugged region. He accomplished this without public funds, showing private enterprise aided by constructive genius can rival government backed schemes and serving as a rebuke to promoters who rely on public treasury support. He is hailed as a leading exponent of individualism in the nation today.
A renewed pledge of total abstinence from intoxicants gains support among influential men. President-elect Taft bans beer wine and all alcohol and reports from Germany say Emperor William has pledged lifelong abstinence. If these leaders stick to the pledge their examples will influence both nations.
Mrs. Sheldon delivered the address in Omaha when her husband could not attend. She condemned President Roosevelt’s farm social life reconstruction plans and argued the farmer’s wife needs washing, cooking, and help for the hired men and boys, a point she deemed more important than any words her husband would have spoken.
The corrupt politician and graft er shrink from the Civic league, which fights corruption and inefficiency. Citizens band together to promote honesty and economy in public office, often at personal cost, to end the era of boodle.
Observers report a bright star rising in the east each night this year seen by many. Alleged to appear only once in 500 years its brightness stands out, not visible until late midnight, and linked to the guiding star of the Three Wise Men to Bethlehem.
The Equitable Life Insurance company will erect a sixty four story building on the current site on lower Broadway. Construction will take about two years. The structure will rise to 909 feet, nearly twice the height of the Washington Monument and about seventy five miles of visibility from a clear day.
Representative Church's theory that district results should guide the United States senatorship is dismissed. Senators represent the whole state and the people, not district machinery. Hopkins and Oss offered their names in the first direct primary, Hopkins won by a large popular majority, and his re election should be assured if the law’s spirit is respected.
The Navy Department plans a Hampton Roads welcome for Admiral Sperry's battleship fleet as it returns from its around the world voyage on February 22. The president will greet the ships from the Mayflower with a reception in the same spot as departure, escorting them in from the Atlantic. About 2,509 sailors will proceed to Washington for the inauguration events, then the fleet will head to New York for shore leave.
The text urges choosing kind words and a friendly smile to counter bitterness. It notes some people dislike unkind remarks, while others welcome pleasant conversation. It promotes accepting quirks and making others feel valued to secure a warm reception.
The Buck Store and Range Company faced organized labor over an open shop policy. In line with its stated offensive stance, the union initiated a boycott of the company profits, prohibiting purchases by union members and those in sympathy with labor.
The text notes a temporary restraining order against the American Federation of Labor and its officers to halt further boycott activity. Gompers and others faced contempt summons as the federation vows to ignore the decree. The U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Sherman act considers the boycott a slogan with potential validity only if Congress legalizes it.
A poem by H A Webb extols the bronze service button worn by veterans of war. It emphasizes comradeship linking heroes, living and dead, and honors those who fought to preserve the nation. The refrain praises the Grand Army button and the wearers who stood with the blue.
Des Moines and Cedar Rapids demonstrate the Iowa plan in operation prompting eastern cities to seek similar charters. New Jersey adopts a constitutional enabling act with Paterson set to adopt. Massachusetts allows charter reforms with Haverhill already on, Boston soon to follow.
The Attorney General Bona parte states that games of skill with prizes are lotteries and illegal if mails are used. Board parties with prizes are unmailable, bars invitations by mail, and guests cannot respond by letter. Bridge participants may continue, but risk prosecution, fines, or imprisonment with trophy confiscation. Wausau Record-Herald reports.
The New York Sun editor replies to Virginia O. Hanlon that there is a Santa Claus. He argues belief comes from love, generosity, and devotion, and that childhood faith gives the world poetry and joy.
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