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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1906
Page
1
A Port Angler report says the rescue ship City of Topeka picked up a life raft with twenty survivors six miles off Beale. The men were in a pitiable condition and nearly dead from exposure.
New York Jan 25 At 10 o clock this morning Dr Mc Corkle said General Joe Wheeler had one chance in twenty of recovering. The general s strength is being kept up by stimulants.
London voters favor Liberals by a wide margin in the latest tally. As of today Liberals hold 328 seats, Unionists 142, Nationalists 81, and Laborites 48, shaping a clear liberal majority in the capital.
Illinois forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with moderate temperatures. Sunrise 7:22 a.m. and sunset 5:05 p.m.
On Jan 25 the board of trade reported May wheat at 8.55 and corn at 4.454, oats 3.154, pork 14.12, lard 7.50, ribs 7.65. Union stockyards quotes show cattle 8,000 head weak, beeves 3.50 to 3.75, cows and heifers 1.85 to 4.75, stockers feeders 2.50 to 4.50, hogs 40,000 down 10 to 15, mixed butchers 5.30 to 5.50, good heavy 5.65, rough heavy 5.25 to 5.80, light 5.20 to 5.40, sheep 15,000 down 5 to 10, 3.75 to 5.80.
The funeral of the late Mrs Wave Hoebel was held yesterday afternoon with Rev. F A Hosmer officiating. There were many beautiful floral offerings.
Joseph Emmert and Brown and Dollmeyer offer a promotion giving away pretty souvenirs with school books. The message invites readers to collect items as part of a small gift program.
Long obituary notes Charles L. Currier former Freeport insurance leader and city councilman who died in Los Angeles after a lifetime of public service and business leadership in Freeport. Also reports deaths of Mrs Caroline Guenther and local residents, with funeral arrangements and community notices.
Mrs Caroline Guenther died at the family home on the corner of Spring and Cherry streets at 12 20 this morning after a prolonged illness following a serious fall two years ago and a second fall last winter. Born in Bavaria Germany October 2 1847 she was 68 years 3 months and 23 days old. A pioneer settler in the city she had resided here for nearly fifty years and died surrounded by her family after bearing her illness with Christian fortitude.
Cleveland January 25 special Frank Rockefeller declines to testify before Attorney General Hadley in the Missouri vs Standard Oil action. A subpoena was served last night and Rockefeller said he cannot appear and may be jailed if compelled.
Washington January 25 special report says the house opened its statehood debate with twenty members present and planned a 3 o'clock vote. The bill passed the 100Be by 194 ayes to 150 noes, advancing the statehood measure.
Indianapolis January 26 Special Judge Vinson Carter ruled that the suit to oust Daniel E. Storms secretary of state is based on an unconstitutional statute and the court has no jurisdiction. The state will appeal.
Poteau Oklahoma January 23 Special reports fourteen lives lost in an explosion at the Witteville mine caused by fire damp. Three bodies have been recovered as rescue efforts continue.
The Bank of San Luis Obispo, the city’s oldest financial institution, closed its doors this morning by order of the bank commissioner in San Luis Obispo California.
Torpid liver and blocked bowels trouble readers until they take Dr King’s New Life Pills. The pleasantest and most effective cure for constipation, they prevent appendicitis and tone up the system. 25 cents at Joseph Emmert’s drug store.
A compact notice promotes Pattison and Kryder offering news and second hand school books. It highlights affordable reading material for students and locals seeking used educational texts. The brief advertises shopping options at the two-name shop.
A fragmented, garbled message urges readers to buy a book or CAFS and leave a window area. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or locations to establish a full, reportable item.
Illinois Central Railroad to enlarge the freight house at Galena Street with a first floor expansion of about three thousand square feet. Plans drawn in Chicago call for more offices, including remodelling of the roadmaster and trainmaster rooms. Work to begin in April at an estimated cost of $10,000 to accommodate growing freight business and add clerical capacity.
In Seattle on January 25 a Pacific Coast company statement said information from the Valencia wreck shows the liferaft and lifeboat unaccounted for had escaped safely. The raft carried eight women and the number aboard the lifeboat is unknown.
Washington January 45 Special Stephen Decatur a great grandson of Commodore Decatur was today dismissed from the navy by Secretary Bonaparte in conformity with the court martial sentence on the charge of hazing.
Past Oracle Mrs. L. Hime presided at the Cherry Blossom camp Royal Neighbors installation at Woodmen hall. A large gathering attended the ceremony and social hour followed with refreshments and a pie eating contest among visiting gentlemen won by Geo. Ferguson.
A leaky North Sea dyke disaster is likened to a cold left untreated until a near fatal lung inflammation. Kenneth Mc Iver of Vanceboro Maine recalls three doctors giving him up before Dr Wing's New Discovery saved him. Dr King’s New Discovery at Joseph Emmert's drug store offers 60¢ and 1.04. Trial bottle free.
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