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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1907
Page
3
A regional ad-like note claims most colds start in the stomach and promotes Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a remedy. It advises a laxative dose, a hot bath, and rest for cure, and says to keep the stomach in good order to prevent illness. Sold by druggists at 60c and 1, with money back if not effective.
Riot at Nogales and Orizaba mills ends with thirty killed and over eighty wounded as troops fire on rioters after shops pillaged jails opened and property worth 1.7 million dollars destroyed. Strikers linked to incursions into Tlaxcala and Puebla. 700 held on a railroad track before troops dispersed them. Eduardo Cartier of Prance owned the destroyed property.
Frank Munson, a farmer near Beaver, was robbed and tied to Pennsylvania tracks after being beaten by highwaymen. His son, who was knocked unconscious nearby, had pursued the robbers and returned to find his father bound. The assailants fled as a locomotive approached, Munson escaping death by wrenching free from the bonds.
A Fort Reno examination of Corporal Knowles colored shows a plot to murder every white officer at the post. The Dec 21 shooting of Captain Macklin sparked the investigation and ties to the broader local power struggle involving Hale and Bob Taylor.
Having sold my business, all debtors are urged to call and settle. The respondent will locate me at the old place of the new firm. Signed by Jorn Buss. Dated 14dtf.
For rent a room on Valla Buren Street north of Exchange Street formerly occupied by Criddie Bros as a blacksmith shop Ellauire Daerman & Co No Court House iddlw
Evansville Indiana reports the river more than five feet over the danger line and still rising as heavy rains soak the Ohio valley. Government observer Brand warned the flood of 1881 will be outdone by the current deluge. Distress spreads as steamboat landings flood and become unusable.
In New York J P Morgan Jr says his father J P Morgan is merely suffering from a slight cold and remains home to tend to business. The weather worsened the day before keeping him from the office. Senator Alton, chair of the appropriation committee, attended the senate session after illness improved. Attorney General Jackson moves to recount mayoral ballots from November 1905 in Hearst’s contest against McClellan.
James Culson, a well to do citizen of Charles City Iowa, stabbed and killed his wife and stepson and then attempted to kill himself. He changed his mind and started for a doctor.
Stockton California January 0 the convention of the state Federation of Labor unanimously adopted resolutions condemning the attitude of President Roosevelt on the Japanese question.
Chicago board quotes show wheat for January at .71% and May around .76, corn steady near .39 to .41, oats weak to mixed, and hogs cattle and sheep trading with varying quotes. East Buffalo reports steady cattle and hog receipts, with lambs and veals showing firm tones.
An old patent remedy Kennedy's Laxative Conch Syrup advertises to banish colds and stop coughing when bowels are opened. It claims honey and Tas, conforms to the National Pure Food and Drug Law, and is sold by all druggists.
The Daily Journal announces citywide home delivery at 10e weekly. This service provides convenient access to local news for the entire city.
Piano tuner J Burdett advertises services and accepts orders at Brown and Dollmeyer’s store or via phone. The brief notice implies local trades and customer calls for tuning or repair work in the area.
A lengthy promotion claims women suffer from pelvic weakness and related symptoms. It asserts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription offers quick relief and permanent improvement with glyceric native medicinal roots, no alcohol, and printed ingredients. Also mentions Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as original Little Liver Pills, sugar coated and easy to take.
The Shoshone Falls in Idaho stand 210 feet high among the great cataracts of the new world with nearby Twin Falls and Augur Falls along a canyon system rivaling the Grand Canyon. Engineers divert Snake River power to irrigate 575 square miles, turning on 120,000 acres on April 1, 1905, and swiftly enabling first harvests as soil rich in volcanic ash yields high wheat and apple values. The project marks a shift from scenic wonders to large scale development, the land to sustain a million new homes.
A south Wales coal company at Aberdare was fined for delivering an overweight load. The court did not deem the scales error a mitigating factor, noting the company had still incurred losses.
Nervous debility and prostration from crawwork and other causes promoted by Humbreeys Homeopathic Specific No 25 in use over 40 years, claimed as the only successful remedy. Special package for serious cases offered, $5, advertised by Druggists or prepaid by mail on receipt of price terms.
A massive fire at the Michigan Stove Works on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit caused about 750000 in damage. The blaze injured several firemen and bystanders as a runaway wagon horses incident added to chaos. An unidentified man died at St Marys hospital and Joseph Tack suffered critical head injuries. The plant, employing around 200, will be rebuilt.
A Chicago and Northwestern fast mail train No 10 narrowly escaped disaster after a boiler blowout. Engineer Louis Shull climbed the tender and forced the air brake rope, stopping the speeding train and preventing a wreck despite being scalded and bleeding. An express messenger faced armed robbers at the door but was driven aside as Shull acted. In Portland Oregon on January 9 five men are believed drowned in the Columbia River near Butlers Washington after a boat capsized during a crossing. identified missing include W. B. Murray, county surveyor of Skamania County Washington, Carl Lindstrom, William Wallace, Jackson Stevenson, and Wilsh.
Dead at a Toyah Creek ranch include Kiser and his wife with two children. Other household members and community residents reportedly suffer from promitine poisoning. Separate death reported for Professor Cox in Jacksonville, Indiana, aged 86, a geologist and AAAS member. His body to be moved to Indiana for burial.
An advertisement advises that headaches, constipation, biliousness signal danger and promotes Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a universal digestive cure. It claims relief from irritant poisons trapped by clogged bowels liver and kidneys and promises money back if it fails. Sold by druggists for 50 cents and one dollar.
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