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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
7
County clerk reports copy of law granting twenty five cents per groundhog and ten cents per crow with five cents per crow egg. Payments require verified kill affidavits and heads or scalps. crows and eggs must be presented in tens for payout.
One hundred dollar reward foul for any case of oatarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Endorsers Walding Kinnsan & Makvin Wholesale Druggists testify to Cheney’s honesty. Hall's Catarrh Cure sold by druggists at per bottle. Notices to subscribers inform changes of address during vacation. call phone 25 to forward papers.
Spend the Fourth at Harlem Park Rockford with half hour train service on the Rockford Interurban railway. Special attractions all day and a grand moonfire display at the park to close. Round trip tickets available for eighty days likely a misprint based on historic wording.
A young man named Fred Cope, an unlicensed agent, was arrested on charges of securing a year’s premium from Thomas Tate for a life insurance policy that never issued. Tate confronted Cope, who was released on his own recognizance after a brief jail stay. Cope’s link to the company was severed and Tate vows to avoid future agents. The rest of the item recounts various anecdotes and literary bits from Weekly miscellany, including a story of a clever jackdaw and short poems.
A Royal Geographical Society member narrates a Greek saint tale showing Saint Blazios mocked as the origin of drunk as Blazes. The saint was flayed by wool combs, becoming patron of English woolcombers with a feast giving rise to the phrase Hlazers. He also notes Britons’ living money and dead money before the Norman conquest.
The note outlines passenger fares from Freeport with round trip and one way options to Pecatonica Winnebago and Rockford. It lists departure times from the Brewster house at 35 minutes past the hour and mentions night service at 42 to 20.
Illinois officials and guests tour the Illinois building at the Jamestown Exposition on Hampton Roads. Mrs. J. A. Humphrey of Chicago hosts a state reception with Governor Deneen verwacht and Dr. James to speak on Illinois Day and Chicago Day July 9.
Mail car on the Hiawatha Central Chicago line left Sioux City at 5 10 pm caught fire two miles before Cherokee and was nearly destroyed. The load included 300 pounds of letter mail 2000 pounds of paper mail and twenty eight registered packages. Mail Clerk Charles W Cleaves was slightly burned. The car was moved to Cherokee and fire units put out the flames. Much of the mail was addressed to Chicago and other eastern points.
Gov. Deneen reappoints A. Hanby Jones of Robinson as state pure food commissioner and Edgar T. Davies of Chicago as state factory inspector. Legislature authorized ten assistant factory inspectors, with appointments expected in days.
The ad argues charm comes from health not just looks and touts Electric Bitters as restoring weak women, giving strength, bright eyes, smooth skin, and a sprightly step. It promises guaranteed results at Joseph Emmert's drugstore with a 5 cent price.
In Lena Illinois July 8 Mrs A M Piper rests at home while Lena Motee visits Zion City guest at W G Enfer home. Ladies Aid meets with a fine dinner. Population grows with new baby born to Henry Berkenke. Several families travel to Freeport Amboy and Minneapolis for visits.
A chronology lists notable events and births across years: Louis XI born in 1423 and died 1483. John Singleton Copley born 1775. Washington assumes command in 1775. Fort Jorie falls in 1814. U S Congress recharters the national bank in 1832. Grand Junction railway opens 1837. first normal school in America opens 1889. Queen Victoria assassination attempt 1842. telegraph connects Boston and Buffalo 184%. Kansas admission vote 1856. Shermans troops occupy Kenesaw Mountain 1804. 19 killed in Ravenna train collision 1851. Spanish fleet destroyed off Santiago 1858.
The Marquis of Cholmondeley born July 8 1858 holds the hereditary post of Lord Great Chamberlain of England. The role is mainly ceremonial, exercised at coronations, including transporting the king's wearing apparel and taking the bed and furniture as his fee.
Park Rockford announces Rockford and Interurban railway service with half hour intervals. A grand display of motion fireworks marks the event. Round trip tickets are available for a limited period of 80 days. F-10386.
Children’s day draws lively audiences as The three Youngs and Mrs Young entertain both young and old. Leora Patten’s singing misses resonance with the crowd while Dirden’s musical act Impresses but lacks raw edge. The Little Boy’s role earns applause.
The Harriman trio deliver standout acrobatics in an act praised as among the finest for a youth in this theater. Edith Pratt is engaged to sing illustrated songs with a strong voice. Motion pictures this week are described as very good.
Governor Hoch received a telegram from the Santa Fe passenger department in Chicago stating that passenger conductors were instructed to carry harvester hands from the Missouri river to the wheat belt at 1 cent per mile in parties of five. Dispatches from the wheat section say 10,000 men are needed immediately. Farmers meet trains and convey harvesters to their homes in carriages and automobiles. Wages range from 2 to 3 dollars per day and board.
The Daily Journal expands distribution citywide despite weak delivery service. Readers report coverage gaps and delays in several neighborhoods, prompting questions about reliability and whether expansions will address these issues.
A notice praises Dr. King's New Teeth Pills as pain relief and bowel aiding, claiming headache relief and biliousness cure. The ad promotes the product at Emmert's drug store in January, priced at 250.
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