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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
8
Describes fakirs in Hindustan who hold a clenched hand in one position until nails grow through the palm and emerge at the back, with the arm supported by cords as muscles fail. This illustrates extreme self-inflicted discipline and ritual practice.
Rockford scene shifts as Eau Claire resists league expulsion but may accept a league offer. President Moll predicts Eau Claire will concede and Rockford will receive the Wisconsin league franchise. Bubser may not coach. Oshkosh declines Rockford players yet may aid prep. An Eau Claire player could become manager. negotiations likely soon.
Rockford reports Shine Reed of Freeport finishing training before a Griffin bout in Elgin tomorrow night with Red Ryan likely to appear. Reed has shown strong form in recent weeks and is slated for a February 15 bout in Freeport against one of the fastest boxers in his class.
Word from W. E. Boyington reports Morse Wisconsin cold spell at his lumber camp with January temperatures of 40 below zero on the 29th and 44 below the next day. Snow total reached twelve inches amid the deep freeze.
Directors of the Natural Carbon Paint company met in the city yesterday. Statements indicate improving affairs and a steady flow of car-load shipments每近每周发运。
Word arrived this morning that Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Robbins of Denver are parents to a daughter. Mrs. Robbins is the sister of County Clerk Held of this city.
The editorial argues tobacco could be the national flower, noting its American origins in Virginia and widespread cultivation from Florida to Connecticut. It contrasts tobacco with corn and laurel, discusses vegetable versus fruit classification, and touches on plant parts such as buds, leaves, stems, tubers, and roots.
The article notes Tehuantepec women as hardy and industrious in the Pacific plains, tracing descent to the Rapatecos and claiming matriarchal supremacy in house duties. It describes their handsome appearance and artistic native dress with a picturesque headdress, and mentions regional crops like coffee tobacco vanilla and sugar cane.
An old ad notes Pinesalve Carbonized as a poultice that draws out inflammation and poison with antiseptic healing. It claims usefulness for chapped hands lips cuts and burns as shown by H. J. Moogh and C. P. Guen ier.
Two Bellevue Hospital surgeons claim a unique operation repaired four broken vertebrae in Michael Fitzpatrick a Tombs inmate after a two month injury. They cut off the ends of the vertebrae and cushioned stubs with tissue rubber, restoring life functions though he remains on a rubber water bed for months.
The Securi ty Trust company of Detroit has been appointed trustee for Frank Perry, prominent lumberman of Sault Ste. Marie and head of Perry Lumber company. Assets are estimated at 1 to 1.25 million dollars with liabilities between 700 thousand and 800 thousand. Ill-health, lucrative contracts, and financial stringency prompted the trusteeship.
San Antonio reports Lieutenant Stephens has bought the first batch of bloodhounds for the Panama normal zone. The dogs cost 800 dollars each. Extensive tests show the animals can follow trails across streams and through cattle while soldiers travel miles from Fort Sam Houston in an effort to challenge the hounds.
Washington report from January notes a brief senate session. Al drich reported banking from the committee on finmaries and said he would call it up for consideration on February 10. The urgent deficiency appropriation bill passed the house, totaling 25,604,150 dollars, about 410,000 less than committee figures.
In New York the Chinese Reform News, the only Chinese language paper there, faces a strike by former compositors. Immigration officials have refused entry to new Chinese compositors, arguing their arrival would violate the exclusion and contract labor laws.
About twenty masked men raided John Collins's grocery store in Golden Pond. They surrounded the proprietor at night and held him prisoner while smashing a barrel of whiskey, nine cases of beer, and wine in the shop. The band blamed Collins for a so called Blind Tiger operation.
The steamer Chiefields of the Southern Steamship Line left Jacksonville, Florida for this port and has not been heard from. The vessel, under Captain Elbesins, usually completes the three day trip, implying the crew and ship may be lost.
A coal dealer and Aberdeen merchant, H. Anderson, was arrested in Minneapolis on charges of buying stolen coal. The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad accuses him of purchasing coal stolen by railroad employees.
Overton Paice, assistant United States forester, told the Southwestern Lumbermen's Association that timber famine has begun and warned that continuing current methods will push many mills out of business in a few years. The report notes the country faces inevitable decline without changes.
The State National Bank of New Orteans faces closure after stockholders fail to vote on a decisive plan. Phisbumak nears a century in age as local observers note the unusual name and aging institution amid mounting regional financial uncertainties.
Classified note from the Journal advertising several active, willing girls to perform general work. The listing provides a street address and indicates a room, house, furnace, and bath setup at 9i Williamis st, with a contact person Geo. L delven gure ct. brief, period-typical employment request.
The Pall Mall Gazette extols science revealing light photography through iron, celestial mapping of the sky, plant sense organs, parasitic disease origins, and breakthroughs by two scientists on a mere grain of an element. It condemns sensational trumpery over truth and enduring discovery.
Saturday Review muses on why the heavens receive little scientific pursuit noting that sky beauty offers endless change for the curious mind while tools and methods struggle to map its vastness compared with research into simpler natural wonders like cuckoo eggs or caterpillar devices.
A terse, reflective line notes how restraint moderates extremes. The aphorism emphasizes cautious judgment over passion, suggesting prudence over rash action in rough situations.
Public notice reports a chancery proceeding in Stephenson County Illinois where conservator Joseph W Sherbondy seeks court authority to sell ward Harry K Bolender s one half of the southeast quarter of section 31 township 29 north range 9 east for ward support and reinvestment with court term March 1908 and clerk W Alstrevens certifies.
Public notice of a chancery partition suit in Stephenson County Illinois where Francilia Kine Davie Kilne and others seek division of land and title relief against Samuel Rathbun Lena Sprole and others with a summons returnable March 1908 at Freeport Court House. The case names numerous defendants and requests removal of clouds on the fee simple title and a decree in favor of the complainants. The clerk WAL STEVIONS and solicitor LOUIS UH. BURRELL are identified.
A dense list of social dances, card parties, lectures and public events scheduled across Lexington and Mt. Aloysius venues from February 4 to March 27. Highlights include Prof. Dawson social dances at Lexington hall and Tlextneton hall, the YMCA indoor circus, Germania dances, St. Incent's orphanage fundraiser, an Isaiah Alcazar Mason address, and multiple University Extension lectures by Prof. Willett. Several events occur at St. Pius hall and the Masonic Temple.
A fragment lists show titles and dates including The Lilly and The Prince February 12 and February 10 The Lion and The Mouse February 8 Himan Hearts March 1 Preston Downey Moving pictures March 2 ares Fiske Co March 4 AL Fielde Minstrels March hotels Josh Perkins March 1 The Red Mill.
An old advertisement touts Ring's Little Liver Pills to wake up tired livers cleanse the system and clear the skin for biliousness and sick headache priced at 25 cents and sold by H. J. Moogh and C. P. Guenther.
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