Taft sails for Philippines with social entourage from San Francisco
Secretary of War Taft sails today on the Manchuria from San Francisco bound for the Philippines via Honolulu. The party includes statesmen, society women headed by Miss Alice Roosevelt, and several eligible bachelors. The trip aims to tour principal Philippine sites with expenses borne by the Philippine government.
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San Francisco
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Philippine Islands
Manchuria
Honolulu
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Hare
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Congress
Phillippines
Philippine
Alice Roosevelt
Japan
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Alice
Miss Boardman
McMillian
Helen Patten
Washington
Nick’? Longworth
Roosevelt
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr
Stillman
Roger Wetmore
Senator Wetmore
Rhode Island
Foss
Illinois
Committee On Naval Affairs
California's May Sutton Wins International Tennis Title
London July 8 Special May Sutton of California defeated British champion Miss Douglass to become the International lady tennis champion.
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London
May Sutton
California
Miss Douglass
Durango Weather Forecast For Weekend
Durango forecast shows partly cloudy conditions tonight with possible showers. Sunday looks fair with cooler northern areas and light winds.
Market quotes end of day board of trade summary
Closing board of trade quotes show September wheat at 7. , September corn July , September oats 3.44, September pork 13.00, September rib 7.40, September lard 7.02. Union stock yards: cattle 5.00 6.15, stockers 42.50 54.35, hogs 7.00 higher, mixed butchers 5.45 5. TB, good to choice heavy 5.60 5.77, rough heavy 5. Oi 5.40, tight 5.45 5.76, sheep 2,000 steady 2.50 5.50. Chisago board prices 12.76 12.75 12.76, wild 14.90. Advertisement for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claims cureless piles.
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Chisago Board of Trade
Keefe & Company
Denlars
Hettinger
Bia BlueGwany Ag Aly
Lawson Scores "System" at Ottawa Chautauqua Assembly
Thomas W. Lawson addressed a large Ottawa crowd detailing his view of the so called system. He claimed the system defeated Bryan in 1886 with money and argued Roosevelt is bound by powerful money interests. He urged selling stock and bonds to finance fix and said collapse would follow.
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Ottawa
Kan
Thomas W. Lawson
Chautauqua Assembly
Wm. J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Lawson
Mutineers Offer Surrender On Kniaz Potemkin
In Kustensip on July 8 special dispatches report mutineers aboard the Kniaz Potemkin offering to desert and surrender. Roumanian authorities demand breech locks of the battleship guns as a pledge of good faith and the mutineers offer to present the ship to Roumania to prevent its handover to Russia. Texic reports from Manchuria note occasional collisions between scouts as Japanese headquarters say the enemy is being driven northward.
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Kustensip
Kniaz Potemkin
Russia
Texic
Manchuria
Sailed Today With Jones' Body On Brooklyn
A special report notes an American squadron with the body of Admiral Paul Jones aboard the flagship Brooklyn sailed for America this afternoon.
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Jones
Crumound
Paul Jones
Brooklyn
Ameysa
Professor Trost resigns from St. John's parochial school
Prof Theo H Trost in charge of St John s parochial school for two and a half years will not accept reappointment. He led the choir and served as organist and directed Freeport Saengerbund. An expert bookkeeper with past roles in commercial colleges, he retires to focus on other plans. Many patrons regret his departure. local hopes to persuade him to stay.
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St. John's Parochial School
Trost
Freeport
Freeport Saengerbund
Local events and notices in Dixon and vicinity
The Chicago National League baseball club will play at Dixon September 21. Eastern Star holds regular meeting Monday. Globe Home Garrison to host a card party at E. G. hall Monday night. Metropolitan Insurance office force enjoyed a picnic yesterday. Isaac Diemer cannot fill wool carding orders until a new machine arrives to replace the one destroyed by fire Friday morning. The Indies' society of the B. of I. F. invites friends to an ice cream social Tuesday evening at J. Scuulan's home on Carroll Street. Oak Street Evangelical Sunday school picnic will be at Riverside Park Tuesday, July 11. Park buses depart at 8, 8:30, 9 and 9:80. afternoon boat ride down the river. Charles O. Piper of Lena Star reports improvements, including a Stover three-horsepower gas engine and new presses, with ready-print ended. Lena printing now. Wednesday, July 12, Visitors' Day at Camp Runner near Galena. Freeport party to visit. Boys welcome friends. information from Z. T. Runner. H. A. Huenkemeier to slaughter fruit tonight. Schmidt & Wachilin's special pants sale offering pants at nearly half price. waist sizes up to 40. Fealliw
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Globe Home
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Isaac Diemer
the Indies’ Society of the B. of I. F
J. Scuulan
Carroll Street
Vyhe
Oak Street
Evangelical
River Side Park
Charles O. Piper
The
Lena Star
Lena
Camp Runner
Galena
Freeport
Z. T. F. Runner
Labor Day Plans Gain Headway
John Stratton and Mrs May Wood Simmons Engaged as Speakers Officers of Trades and Labor Council. Plans for the tri city Labor day celebration were discussed as the executive committee reported progress after visits to Rockford and Beloit. Two speakers John Stratton of Springfield and Mrs May Wood Simons of Chicago were engaged. Officers elected: President W W Young Vice President Orla Perry Secretary W H McGall Treasurer Ed Zimmerman Trustees George Dippell W Franks A H Heimakle.
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Trades and Labor Council
Tri-City
Rockford
Beloit
Freeport
Organized Labor
John Stratton
Springfield
United Mine Worker
May Wood Simons
Chicago
W. W. Young
Orla Perry
W. H. McGall
Ed Zimmerman
George Dippell
Increase in Royal Arcanum Insurance Rates Discussed
A Meculusy or Royal Arcanum special meeting heard Special Deputy M. G. O. Naramore explain that insurance rates must rise to cover death losses. The new five class rates largely impact older members, reflecting twenty years of adjustments and the order's decade of experience. Members generally agree the increase is justified to ensure adequate protection.
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Royal Arcanum Canneil
M. GO
Naramore
Mr. Naramore
Order
Refused Marriage License Under New Wisconsin Law
Alfred Schneider aged 37 and Bussette Wenger, 39, from Mati Soo Wisconsin, sought a Freeport marriage license but were refused because Schneider had been divorced two months earlier. The new law, in effect July 1, bars licenses if either party has been divorced within the specified period.
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Wisconsin
Wes
Alfred Schneider
Bussette Wenger
Matisoo
Wis
Freeport
Court House
Schneider
Funeral of Dr. Kingsley Arrangements Complete
Dr Kingsley funeral set for tomorrow at 4 PM at his 18 Stephenson street home with services by Rev H L Moore of First Presbyterian. Interment in Oakland Cemetery. Local Dental Society to attend in a body. Dr OC A Kitchen of Rockford to be present. Pallbearers listed: H Webster, Judge C EH Heard, C R ipf, C S Barrett, Dr C Li Snyder, W L Calkins.
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Kingsley
Stephenson Street
Oakland
Dental Society
OC. A. Kitchen
Rockford
Poubie
H. Webster
C. EH. Heard
C. R. “Ipf
C. 8. Barrett
C. Li
Snyder
W. L. Calkins
Personal notices and travels in Freeport area
Short social items list residents and visitors leaving for Decatur Chicago Cedar Falls and other towns. mentions Dominican sisters en route to Sin Sinnwa Mound and Del avay Lake, with notes on gun club weather, and Solts Innovation Soda ad and telephone exchange promotion in Freeport Illinois.
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Weather Forecast
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Today’s Market Report
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Joseph Ennnert
Boston
Prof. Trost
St. John’s School
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Eastern Star
H. A. Huenkemeier
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May Wood Simmons
Officers of Trades and Labor
Arcanum
DR. Kingsley
Drg. PO Kingsley
Northwest
Charles D. Knowlton
John Godenaur
Decatur
Ida Galloway
Wew
Gun Club
Minnie
Jennie Dawson
Stockton
Emily
Dominican Order of Sisters
Sin- Sew Mound
Toay
Frank Kiefe
Buffalo
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Clinton Junction
J. J. Nosenstiel
Sparta
Givler
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A. KE. Lilly
Avon
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Baby
A. K. Stibgen
Frederick Wagner
J. Goetting
Wunderlich
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Pelek
Brown
Mss Milner
Solts
Innovation Soda
Ibes
Ilinois
Iowa
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Indiana
Y. MU
Freepor! ‘Telephone Eaumange Co
Tour
Mason
Boyd
C.H. Little & Co
Freeport, Ill
Iood
BY Barrett
the Reliable Jewelers and Opticians
C. F. Nieman
Oklahoma
Winne Mortgage Co
WM. Walton
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