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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1908

Page

2

Secretaries Interrogated as Bryan Visit Sparks Capitol Protests

Washington Jan 28 proceedings interrupted by applause and protests as Secretary path faced questions from a house committee on industrial arts and expositions. Bryan drew crowd interest with talk of running, while Newlands dinner honored Bryan. The capstone discussed rail safety measures pending act and interstate commerce input with no formal action taken.

Washington Seattle Bryan Taft

Supremes Rule On Discrimination Case Adair Coppage

Washington holds that the federal law banning employer discrimination against unions is unconstitutional. William Adair, master mechanic for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, discharged Coppage for union membership, but the court says government cannot compel employment terms. The decision upholds the employer's right to hire or fire based on labor ties and rejects compulsory acceptance of labor. Justice Hutland writes for the court with Justice McKenna in dissent.

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Postpones Law on National Railway Regulation

Washington reports a conference on railway regulation and temperance, attended by presidents and leaders including Roosevelt. The meeting discussed nationwide railway practices and proposed policy actions to standardize operations across the country.

Washington Roosevelt

Senate in Brief on Philippine Slavery Charge Debated

Washington January 28 Senate Secretary Taft faced a charge of knowledge of slavery in the Philippine islands raised by Teaburn and Pian as Lodge countered the claim. The debate occurred amid consideration of the criminal code bill the only measure taken up. The House filled time on street railways in DC and the finance question chaired by Fowler of the Bank ing and Currency Committee. Little legislative progress was reported.

Washington Senate Taft Philippine Islands Teyburn Pian Lodge District of Columbia House Fowler Ehtairman Committee On Banking and Currency

Chicago Currency Bill Introduced in Senate and House

Washington journal notes a currency bill introduced in the senate by Hopkins and in the house by Messin ney of Kinoss accepting endorsement from the currency commission and from the executive council of the Kinoss Bankers association.

Washington Senate Hopkins Messinney Kinois American Bankers’ Association Kinois Bankers’ Association

Supreme court rules whisky not subject to forfeiture

Washington on January 28 that whisky inplined burnt sugar or caramels has been placed after government inspection is not subject to forfeiture to the government. The ruling clarifies the government's claim in the case.

Washington Supreme Court

Washington Politics Discussed In Speaker Cannon’s Room

Bryan spent about forty-five minutes in the speaker’s room with Speaker Cannon and afterwards said they had seriously discussed politics.

Washington Dan Bryan Cannon

Editors See the President in Washington Meeting

The executive committee members of the National Editorial Association were received by President Roosevelt in Washington on January 28.

Washington National Editorial Association Roosevelt

Mob Raid Drives Thindus From Live Oak Homes

In Marysville California on January 28 a mob of twenty residents of Live Oak in Sutter County raided two houses occupied by Thindus recently discharged from Southern Pacific work. They were forced to leave town edge, the Thindus allegedly faced grand larceny charges over a stolen $990, with two arrests and pending tours. The incident draws complaints to the British consul in San Francisco amid a broader dispute over tendered duplexs and international cartography.

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Too Much Business for His Brain

Fragmentary OCR text shows names Saypefetant Mino James AL dL Stoss and Dipset National Nonhoof Nodeten. It mentions someone shown to bear the sin of too much business and being cemented to bear the burden of the business they carry.

Mino James AL dL Stoss Oeusdifer Suieiebe Taowlie

Costly Water Main Break Impacts City Districts

A water main break caused damage across several blocks, with estimated losses around 160,600 dollars. The city undertook emergency repairs and warned residents to limit water use while cleanup and restoration proceeded.

Patrons Urged to Notify Office on Paper Delivery

Readers who do not receive their newspaper regularly are asked to inform the office. The notice requests timely reporting to address gaps in delivery.

Receivers Appointed For Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Line

The Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad faces receivership as Judge Grosseup orders receivers for the company and A C Frost & Co. Proceeds show a bonded debt of about 15 million with additional floating debts. Frost remains president. receivers include W T Osborne, D L Tanna, and George M Seward, with A C Frost & Co. also under receivership. The line extends from Manitowoc toward Milwaukee, with completion near five miles from Appleton. total costs estimated under 2.5 million.

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Mitchell Bids No Office at Mine Workers Convention

Mitchell announces he seeks no office within the United Mine Workers of America at the convention after his retirement as president. Supporters vow unity, while contemporaries from the Western Federation of Miners and related bodies voice mixed sentiments amid factional tensions and public displays.

Indianapolis Mitchell United Mine Workers of Aimer Weap Edestre Pde San

Murdered Man Found Across Frozen Superior Building

A man's body was found in an abandoned eastern Superior building amid a frozen night. A blanket covered him and a bloodstained ax lay nearby. Thirty women are said to have fled the scene, and authorities suspect murder over a mysterious motive connected to Christ.

Superior Wis Padin Abd Titoe Tre

Fist Fight Ends in Death in Aurea Nebraska

In Aurea Nebraska a fist fight between Vibert Wealeatt and Brank McNess at a tavern led to one man’s death. The dispute over a pool game escalated with blows. McNess allegedly struck, causing fatal injuries. The other participant died later from related wounds. No weapons were used.

Aurea Tan Vibert Wealeatt Brank McNess Tabehvist Erage Oe Siioneters Phthel Vmeness Waltcott Woquinite

Fragmentary Jagesby Street Scene and Police Exchange

A garbled exchange shows a police constable and a character named Jagesby discussing a disturbance on Blank Street. The dialogue references a teacher, a location named Whites five, and a news item from Chicago News via Suee. The fragment ends with a note about a poetess and a rejected verse.

Jagesby Ston Fisher Luie- Blank Street Jagesby Yhasti Lhites Pia Suee Chicaxe

Church Stands By Aim In Watery Trial

Hew G Wy Young, summoned to a church in Superior Wis on an urgent request, faced jurors with questions about his ties to the Wood case. The Superior office of the Woostensity Gataine led the inquiry as Sheriff Shera investigated tampering with the jury.

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Arrest Report From Jolstown Store Theft Incident

A woman confessed at police headquarters to shoplifting from a department store. She stated the Jolstown CPs disaster influenced her actions and admitted intent to steal.

St. Touts Sojab Fe Tree Wits Ege Hts Jolstown Cps

Perfect Center Shot Acknowledged In Indoor Caliber Rite

Rudolph Gute of Jeffersonville, New York, achieved a perfect center in the bulls eye event of the Indoor 2u- Caliber Rite League opening shoot at the Perfiet Center Rochester New York. The mark, long deemed an invisible feat, marks a standout start to the tournament.

Rochester Noy Rudolph Gute Teffersonville No Y Gute

Bank President Killed In Railroad Collision

John Th. Dicksen president of the First National Bank for Fulda Minnesota was struck and killed by a passenger train on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway’s southern Minnesota division while walking on the track. The accident happened near LaCrosse Wisconsin on January 2.

LaCrosse Wis John Th. Dicksen First National Bank For Fulda Minn Minnesota St. Paulo Tie

Preserving the Sovereignty in Papal Audience

Rone and Janos Rodrigues Alves, former Brazilian president, plan to seek an audience with the pope to conclude all relations with the Italian government. They will stay a few days, then return to be received by the pope.

Rone Janos Rodrigues Alves Brazil

Markets Report From Chicago Board Of Trade

Quotations across Wheat Corn and Pork futures appear mixed with notes of Mayo and May contracts. Live stock prices show steady demand for steers heifers and sheep with bids and receipts tallied by Colorado and Wisconsin market reporters.

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Publication Notice to Mary Cunddebircks

Notice of a civil suit in Stephenson County Illinois where Irving Cuddeback is plaintiff and Mary Cuddeback is defendant. The returnable cause is to be held at the court house in Freeport on the first Monday of March. Filed January 71st by Clerk J Crain and William Stevens.

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Time Tables and Charts Guiding Safe Train Movements

An ornate early description explains how railway officials use chart rooms to plan train movement. Colored threads and pins map arrivals and departures on a 24 hour grid, with red, green and black indicating passenger, freight, and local trains. Adjustments are made at junctions, with crossings and meeting points noted to ensure safe, efficient schedules.

Poe Troffic Commerce Onehart St. Louis Globe Democrat

Nose as index of character in ancient observations

Fragmented essay discusses how the nose is poorly correlated with character and temperament. It notes missing links between facial features and dispositions, mentions attempts to connect facial traits to behavior and medical ideas, and references a few named figures and places in a skeptical tone.

Ito Olapeti Doug John Alvin Bargans Pivenwood

Undefined fragment summary of local article

The readable text provides no clear event names, dates, or entities. It appears as garbled OCR with scattered words and no coherent subject or outcome to summarize into a factual news card.

Papyrus Making In Ancient Egypt Described In Detail

The papyrus was produced from the water reed stems grown in Egypt. After removing the outer layer, multiple pithy membrane layers were laid, with adjacent layers at right angles. Heavy pressure cemented the sheets into a strong paper without external gum. Sheets ranged six to twelve inches.

Egypt

Bridge Repair By Mussels At Thiddeford Devon

A large twenty arch bridge over the Torridge near Thiddeford in Devonshire is kept repaired by mussels. Tide waves wash over mortar, so boats supply mussels to fill gaps while the strong byssus threads fix them to stone. Removal of mussels requires corportative trustees consent.

Thiddeford Devonshire Torridge Corporation

The Ruling Passion on the Rialto

A juvenile actor consoles a leading man on stage after learning his father has died. The mourner jokes about the funeral, then reveals the audience turnout was so large they turned people away, highlighting the theatre’s dramatic irony. Source: New York News.

Rialto Avas Onice New York News

Nail Columbia's First Rendition Card in Philadelphia

Joseph Topkinson writes Nail Columbia's First Rendition as Congress debates France and Hoglaind policy in Philadelphia. A young actor facing a failed benefit commissions a patriotic song to The Presidents March. Hopkinson delivers, the house fills, the audience shouts and encore follows.

Nail Columbia Joseph Topkinson Congress Philadelphia France Hoglaind Adv Hopkinson Elopkinson

One Side of the Mouth Believed Linked to Prison Habit

A New York Press note argues that speaking from one side of the mouth and avoiding eye contact signals a criminal past. It claims prisoners learn to speak this way to evade guards and that the habit lingers after release.

Inns Adiner Ater New York

One at a Time Women Education Quote From Life

Fragmentary quotation discussing gender and behavior. It presents paradoxes about women and men, noting women’s conduct affects perceptions of walking and group dynamics. The tone resembles a retrospective Life magazine style with authorial commentary.

Woman violin at Sir John Millais party shocks guests

At a Millais party Indy Slalle played the violin while Landseer exclaimed in astonishment at a woman at the fiddle. A nobleman who saw a gentleman at the piano commented with derision on the creature’s singing, noting the era’s gender stereotypes.

John Millais Indy Slalle Landseer

Vanderbilt Wedding Escape Shrouds Honeymoon Departure

New York reports the Vanderbilts' wedding breakfast ended with Gladys Vanderbilt marrying Count Laszlo Szechenyi. The couple slipped away in a bold, staged exit as crowds and police pressed for a glimpse, while Alfred Vanderbilt arrived in a separate car and the pair departed in a waiting vehicle before discovery.

New York Gladys Vanderbilt Count Szeschenyi Coun Laszlo Szechenyl Tess Vanderbilt Oa Braveham Vanderbilt Hvery Vanderbilt m Fifty-seventh Alfred Vanderbilt Fifty-eighth Street

Three Roya Contessa Burglary Suspects Arrested in St Louis

Three youths from St. Louis aged five to twelve confess to police that they broke into and looted the saloon of Anton Opperman. Thomas Olsten, five, Frank Olsten, eight, and Harry Arter, twelve, are under arrest on suspicion.

Roya Contessa St. Louis Roya Thomas Olsten Frank Harry Arter Anton Opperman

Death of John C Hubinger In Keokuk Pioneer Dies

John C Hubinger, a wealthy Keokuk industrialist and inventor of plastic starch, founder of the largest independent starch works, died of pneumonia. The news notes his prominence in town and business impact.

John C. Hubinger Keokuk, Ia

Public Ownership party files state officer nominations

St. Paul Jan 28 The Public Ownership party becomes the first to file with the secretary of state its nominations for state officers to be voted on at the state election next November.

Public Ownership Party St. Paul Secretary of State

Banker Honored by France

Paris honors New York banker Eugene Meyer with the Legion of Honor award announced on January 28.

France Paris Order of the Legion of Honor Eugene Meyer New York

When to Eat Cotton and Santo Domingo Museum Plan

The text advises swallowing absorbent cotton after accidentally ingesting a foreign object to cushion edges and aid passage. It also notes President Morales of Santo Domingo moving to preserve archaeological objects for national glory and to establish a national museum.

Morales Republic of Santo Domingo

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