Fanning of Youth Theme of Speakers at Freeport Program
A crowd gathered in the Freeport High School assembly room for a program under the Freeport Teachers and Stephenson County Farmers Institute. Speakers included Superintendent S E B Raines General Smith D Atkins and Prof J Stanley Brown with musical numbers by the High School orchestra and the Treble Clef club. The talks covered early farming in Stephenson County and the value of farm based schooling and township high schools.
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Stephenson County Farmers’ Insttute
S. EB. Raines
J. Stanley Brown
Joliet
Smith D. Atkins
Stephen Rigney
Cyrus Grove
Edwin Rotzler
Raines
Indiana
Atkins
Stephenson County
Freeport
Freeport County
Shoran
Township High School
Brown
Yale University
Chicago
Seth Pio
Borer
Public high schools herald the dawn of a teacher era
The piece praises high schools as foundational to civilization and national progress. It notes Newton Bateman’s key role in shaping the system, cites early centers in Peoria and Chicago, and argues for expanding high school access through township or district upgrades when city funds are insufficient. It links wartime leaders to high school age and urges broader educational support.
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Mgr
Forgan
Tiiots
Newton Bateman
Jacksonville
City
Peoria
Chicago
Tineli
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
State Teachers Association
Dr. Hateman
Pickett
This Date in History Compiled Legacy Timeline
A compact chronology lists notable events and deaths by year spanning 1547 to 1905. It records figures such as Cardinal Bembo Rudolph II Robert Morris David Garrick Lafayette John Marshall Tayle Millet Kalakaua Ruskin and others with incidents including political upheavals, explorations, and disasters.
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Cardinal Bembo
Rudolph II
Robert Morris
David Garrick
London
Lafayette
John Marshall
United States
Venezuela
Christian VIII
Denmark
Frederick VII
Tayle
John D. Bright
Indiana
Senate
Plains
Portugal
Salnave
West Indies
New York
Jean Francois Millet
Piedmont
Wheeling
W. Va
Free Port Post Office Week Ending January 2 Adverts
This list shows letters remaining in the Free Port post office for the week ending January 2. Names include ladies and gentlemen such as Elsie Kroh Mia Chapman Alice Phillips Walter Clark Janet Young Herbert Gentlemn Harry Byers etc. Addressees must request ads by January 20 and state they are advertised.
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Freeport
Tragic finish blamed on watchman’s neglect and cold
A ruinous North Sea dyke break in Holland springs from a watchman's neglect, devastating the province. Kenneth McIver of Vanceboro Me reports a near-fatal lung inflammation saved by Dr King's New Discovery after doctors gave up. Guaranteed best cough and cold cure at Joseph Emmert's drug store, 50¢ and $1.60. Trial bottle free.
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North Sea
Holland
Kenneth McIver
Vanceboro
Dr. King
Joseph Emmert
Committee Takes No Action On Resolution
Washington reports a lively house committee debate over the statehood bill and related personnel moves. Luke Wright is named as ambassador to Japan pending Senate approval while discussions delay action on a deficiency appropriation and a Knox portrait funding dispute.
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House
Luke Wright
Philippine Commission
Gener
Joint Statehood Hearing on Cop per Mine Uproar at Jerome
Senator Clark of Montana testified before the house territories committee on the United Verde Copper mine tax assessment at Jerome. He denied offers of 25 million dollars and said taxes were based on a 1.2 million appraisal. Eugene O Neil condemned the hearing as biased and the committee as prosecuting in a heated exchange.
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Washington
Clark
Montana
House Committee On Territories
United Verde
Jerome
Chirk
Eugene O'Neil
O'Neil
Hepburn Bill Qualifies Transportation Rate Plan
Washington officials report Republican members of the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce held a Capitol meeting to discuss the Hepburn rate bill. A modified form is expected to go to the house next week with Dolliver joining in review of provisions. The committee agreed on a rate standard aimed at being just reasonable and fairly remunerative for carriers.
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Washington
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Capitol
House
Dolliver
Hepburn
Porto Rico Reorganization Inquiry Before House Panel
Mayor Robert Todd of San Juan testified before the House Committee on Insular Affairs criticizing U S officials for indifference toward Porto Ricans wishes in hearings on a bill to reorganize the insular government. Todd charged that residents faced neglect and urged decisive action.
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Washington Dan
United States
Porto Lico
Robert Todd
San Juan
Daa
House Committee On Insular Affaire
Maggy Todd
Dissension in Insular Government Raises Questions
Fragmentary text discusses tensions within the insular government, noting executive and legislative friction and complaints about native members being ignored. Mentions letters from ex-council members questioning charges and debates over delegation and appointments.
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Vouault
Boris
Hott
Orto Rico
Todd
Secretary Root Advocates Consular Reform Program
Washington, Jan. 20. Secretary Root told the house appropriations committee his plan for consular reform. He proposed replacing aging consuls with five younger men to end the practice of appointing “estimable elderly gentlemen” whose friends must look after them.
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Washington
Root
House Appropriations Committee
Famine Ravages Northern Japan Prompting Urgent Aid
Information reaching the Japanese embassy in Washington indicates a severe famine grimly afflicting Japan’s northern provinces. Relief must be deployed quickly to avert deeper distress and hunger among affected communities.
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Washington
Jan
Japan
Will Raid the Clubs in St Louis Liquor Crackdown
St Louis excise commissioner Thus E Mulvihill vows a crusade against major city clubs including the St Louis Mercantile Noon Day Missouri Athletic Union Columbian Jefferson St Louis Democratic Buckingham Monticello and Elks. He says he will compel clubs to obey liquor laws or lose charters and will use police backing to enforce dramshop licensing.
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St. Louis
E. Mulvihill
St. Louis Mercantile
Missouri Athletic
Union
Columbian
Jefferson
St. Louis Democratic
Buckingham
Monticello
Elks Clubs
Weather Forecast Patchwork From January 1905 Bulletin
Washington January 20 1905 weather bulletin predicts cold in the north and rain in the south with a cross continent disturbance arriving Jan 20 24 followed by warm and cool waves. Snow in northern states rain in southern states and a late cold wave. February forecasts to come. Dr. Atkins advocates electricity as the force behind life and misstates astronmony.
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W.T. Foster
P. C. Box XI
Washington, D. C
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Great Central Valleys
Eastern States
Atkins
California Medical College
San Francisco
Weather Bureau
Busch plans $8,000,000 tunnel under Mississippi River
St Louis January 20. August A Busch announces the Manufacturers railway, a St Louis terminal railroad controlled by the Anheuser Busch Brewing association, will build an eight million dollar tunnel beneath the Mississippi River to link the railroads Moinois and Missouri terminals.
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St. Louis
August A. Busch
Manufacturers’ Railway
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
Mississippi River
Minois
Missouri
Women’s neglect suffering the sure penalty remedy
Health ad proclaims Lydia B. Pinkheam’s Vegetable Compound restores strength after women report constant fatigue and malaise. It frames chronic tiredness as a common problem and offers the product as a solution, urging readers to seek renewed vitality through the remedy.
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Praised by Woodbridge Woman
Kate McDonald of Woodbridge New Jersey recounts relief from a long female illness after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and urges others to seek the tonic. Mrs Pinkham, heir to Lydia E Pinkham, has offered free advice to women for twenty five years from Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Kate McDonald
Woodbridge
N. J
Mrs. Pinkham
Old Landmark Market House Burned in Fittsburg
Fittsburg January 20 A fire caused about 150 000 dollars in losses and completely destroyed the old market house a famed landmark linked with the sanitary commission during the Civil War as one of the city s notable structures.
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Fittsburg
Jan
Sanitary Commission
Will Become a Britisher's Wife Engagement in Copenhagen
The United States minister Thomas J. O'Brien announces his daughter Catherine's engagement to H. G. Chilton, third secretary of the British legation. The couple plans to marry in April at O'Brien's home in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Copenhagen
United States
Thomas J. O'Brien
Catherine
H. G. Chilton
Legation
Apri
O'Brien
Grand Rapids
Mich
Nation views dry goods debate and retail sales
The National Wholesale Dry Goods association endorsed robbers over selling direct to retailers. Christian Brobst, reputed to be the oldest Odd Fellow, died in Knoxville Iowa. Ohio senate voted to repeal inheritance tax law. Stanley B. Smith, president of the National Bank of Janesville Wisconsin, died.
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National Wholesale Dry Goods Association
Christian Brobst
Knoxville
Ohio Senate
Stanley B. Smith
Iet National Bank
Janesville
Wis
Lexus
New Yorkey
General Lee
South
New York
Marshall Field
Cuban Central Railroad
United States
Seville
Spain
Cardinal Spinola
Cardinal Gotti
Congregation of the Propaganda
Rome
California
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Professor Raines
Eral Atkins
Freeport Teachers and
Stephenson County Farmers
Sical
Brazil
Graham
Texas
Northwest
King Kalakaua
Hawaii
Chili
Mississippi
Dallas
Ohio River
John Ruskin
Herman E. van Holst
St. Petersburg
Lord PD
Bigeow
Poultney Bigelow
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Panama
Bigelow
Hopkins
Simmons
Wold
Gorman
Taliaferro
Knox
House Commerce Committee
Balance OF Monte
Bulletin
Lydia B. Pinkheam
Iss Kate M Donalad
Minin Street
San
Ramentot
Bialystok
Germany
Freeport Gaslight & Coke Co
WM. Walton Neph
Schulz’ Great Clearing Sale
Pat Colt
Kid Shoes
Groce
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Omaha
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Kansas City
Scenic Colorado
St. Paul
Minneapolis
F. A. Miller General
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