Earthquake Horrors Reach Kingston In Latest Telegrams
Special reports from Kingston describe a catastrophic quake with a schoolhouse collapse killing ninety children and thousands injured or missing. Other tremors hit Cuba, Scotland, Italy, and Jamaica with varying damage. The Jamaica relief bill moved through the Senate upon receipt from the House.
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Kingston
Norfolk
Cape Henry
Guantanamo
Cuba
Colon
St. Petersburg
Kuba
Baku
Glasgow
Oban
Scotland
Udine
Italy
Tolmezzo
London
Havans
Evans
Columbia
Jamaica
Washington
Senate
House
Weather forecast for Chicago on Jan 18
Chicago forecast shows rain tonight and Saturday. Sun rose at 7 26 a m and will set at 4 57 p m.
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Chicago
Market Report from Chicago and Union Stock Yards
Jan 18 closing board quotes show May wheat at 765?4, May corn 447, May oats 3873, Jan pork 16.95, lard 9.25, ribs 8.97. Union stock yards totals: cattle 8,000 steady, beeves 4.15 to 7.70, cows 1.60 to 5.80, stockers 2.50 to 4.70, hogs 8,000 strong to 6 higher, mixed butchers 6.30 to 6.62, good heavy 6.46 to 6.62, rough heavy 6.30 to 6.40, light 6.40 to 6.55, bulk 6.50 to 6.60, sheep 7,000 steady, 5.75 to 8.50.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Union
Memorial session ordered for Robert R. Hitt
On January 14 in the House of Representatives, Congressman Frank O Lowden submitted and the body agreed to an order for a memorial addresses session on February 17 at twelve meridian to honor Robert R Hitt late representative of Illinois Thirteenth District. Mary Dark circles under the eyes signify sluggish circulation torpid liver and kidneys. Exercise daily and take Holt isters Rocky Mountain Tea 85 cents Tea or Tablets Joseph Emmert.
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Frank O. Lowden
House of Representatives
House
Robert R. Hitt
Thirteenth
Illinois
Holtlister
Joseph Emmert
Hunted With Ferret Fined in Local Court
Ed Herbig Charles Herbig and John Griffin were fined eight dollars and costs each in Justice Goddard's court for hunting with ferrets. The case reflects stiff enforcement of animal hunting laws in the county.
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Charles Herbig
John Griffin
Justice Goddard
Licensed to Wed William Boelter and Barbara Ochsner
A wedding license is issued in Freeport to William Boelter and Barbara Ochsner. The couple is recorded as partners in the rite seeking the lawful union.
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William Boelter
Freeport
Barbara Ochsner
Same
Dr King’s New Life Pills Endorsed by Fort Madison Overseer
Mr August Sherpe the overseer of the poor in Fort Madison Iowa says Dr King’s New Life Pills are rightly named and act more agreeable and do more good than any laxative. Guaranteed to cure biliousness and constipation at 25c at Joseph Emmert’s drug store.
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August Sherpe
Fort Madison
Dr. King
Joseph Emmert
Pancake Flour Ad Boosts Mrs Austin Brand Reach
An old newspaper ad promotes Mrs Austin's Pancake flour with a punchy line Nothing half so fine as Mrs Austin's Pancake flour. The plea directs readers to ask their grocer for the product with a 1-18 date cue.
Mapleine flavoring sample at Seattle grocers
Demonstration at Mapleine At Schoeffel and Brockhausen's grocery store on Saturday invites the public to call and sample the candy and syrup made from this new and popular flavoring extract Crescent Mra. Co Seattle Wash.
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Schoeffel & Brockhausen
Crescent Mra. Co
Seattle
Wash
Powers Bows Out of Wisconsin League Club
Mysterious John Powers was voted a member of the Down and Out club amid elation in Freeport and via a citywide signal. Leaders say his removal ends a disruptive reign in the Wisconsin league, with Madison possibly joining eight clubs and Powers blamed for unfair rulings and town-by-town favoritism.
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John T. Powers
John
Powers
Freeport Club
Freeport
M ‘Wr
Roosevelt
Torchlight Procession and Wisconsin State Baseball Meeting News
Neighbors report a torchlight procession planned with fans to march behind the band led by George McCarty Oscar Wagner George Tinsley Frank Lohr and other club members from the Brewster house at 7 30 pm The Freeport delegation awaits the Wisconsin State Baseball League meeting outcomes including the presidency race with Powers Hayes and Moll as candidates and attendance figures for La Crosse and Freeport rise in 1906.
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Tornight
Brewster House
George McCarty
Oscar Wagner
George Tinsley
Frank Lohr
Eau Claire Evening
President Powers
Elks’ Club
F. B. Weeks
Green Bay
F. O. Keene
F. Rodemeyer
Freeport
E.G. Farlin
Howard Cassibone
Mattison
Ovid Belanger
Wausou
J. H. Larite
Oshkosh
J.A. Elliott
la Crosse
R. P. Wilcox
Eau Claire
Poowers
Chicago
Winona
Sheboygan
Madison
Powers
James S. Hayes
Davenport
Chas. F. Moll
Milwaukee
Mr. Hayes
J. A. Elliott
Elliott
Rockford Rejects Wisconsin League Franchise Offer
M H Golden reported from Eau Claire to President F O Keene of Freeport that Rockford will not join the Wisconsin league if Madison joins. He cites heavy mileage and expense plus insufficient support, noting Rockford could reenter the Three Eye league this year. Pending Freeport’s league status, a Trolley league schedule may be devised, potentially 120 games, with Rockford unlikely to gain admission.
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Fred Rodemeyer
Powers
Freeport
League
F. O. Keene
Rockford
Jan
M. H. Golden
Freeport Baseball Association
Eau Claire
Wis
Wisconsin State League
Madison
Golden Things
Long illness ends in eternal sleep in Freeport
Margaret Richards of iroquois street died after two years of illness with cancer. A devout St. Mary's parishioner and member of the Foresters Womens Catholic Order, she aided many in need and bore her suffering with Christian fortitude. Survived by son C Oliver Richards and sister Mrs Katherine O Connell. Funeral Sunday from St Marys Church with cortege at 2 pm, interment at St Marys Cemetery.
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Margaret Richards
Iroquois Street
Richards
Galena
Freeport
Currier
Milwaukee
Charles Richards
29Roquois Street
C. Oliver Richards
St. Mary’s Church
Married Ladies’ Sodality
C. O. Richards
Katherine O’connell
Joliet
O'Connell
St. Mary's Cemetery
Michael Kelley
James O'Rourke
John Griffin
Michael Baldwin
John O’mara
Robert Casey
Martin Flanagan
St. Mary’s Court
Ladies’ Sodality
Joachim Dammann
Fred Dammann
Winneshiek Street
Mr. Dammann
Tessin
Macklenburg-Schwerin
Germany
Wilhelmina Tilson
America
German Reformed Church
Adolph
Fred
William
Chicago
Christian Winnieg
Chas. Dammann
German Valley
Bso
Ernest Traeger
Interlent
City
Byerly Travels After Death Notice In Two Harbors
Charles B. Byerly of Stephenson street left for Two Harbors Minnesota after receiving a telegram announcing the death of his brother in law James Coggswell editor of the Tron News. A later dispatch confirmed Coggswell had suffered a stroke and died.
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Charles B. Byerly
Stephenson Street
Two Harbors
Minn
James Coggswell
Tron News
Byerly
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