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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1907
Page
6
A Bartonville asylum attempt to release Bertha Libbecke, famed Chicago diamond thief, was foiled by guards. A nurse mistaken for the kidnapper triggered the alarm, seconds later Bertha moved about her cottage while guards tightened security.
In Peoria hotel men of the Illinois Hotel association allege laundries across the state have raised hotel laundry charges by 50 to 75 percent, calling it robbery and proposing a state wide effort to open laundries offering lower rates. They toured the Illinois river aboard the David Swain and visited a local distillery during the meeting.
Bloomington Indiana July 8 Captain Lewis jams receives 5000 for services as a companion and storyteller to the late Abram Brokaw the eccentric public speaker who died last year while another will dispute over more than a million dollars to distant relatives draws attention. A fee of 9000 is filed by jams after being overlooked in the will for his four years of entertaining an aged millionaire.
Collinsville July 8 Joseph Genetti is jailed on a warrant accusing him of trying to poison his first cousin and former fiancée Kate Genetti. The case ties to the death of August Genetti and Louis Cologna in a mine explosion linked to an infernal machine.
Forty people in Kewaunee County were seriously poisoned and some fatally after eating tainted meat at a picnic of the First Baptist Sunday school in Buda. Among the injured were Arthur Foster, superintendent, and P N Mason, editor of the Buda Plain Dealer.
The Quincy Interurban road company with principal office in Quincy is incorporated by the secretary of state. It plans to build the line from Hamilton, Hanseck County, to Quincy and from Quincy to Pearl, Pike County.
In East St. Louis James Layton a 42 year old machinist shot his wife in the neck during a quarrel at their home and then shot himself through the heart as she stumbled from the door. Mrs Layton is reported to be recovering.
The Supreme Court will consider whether a labor union can be punished under the anti trust law when it reconvenes in October. The question stems from a certification by the Second Circuit in the case BR B Lowe of Lunbury, Conn. versus rising. The issue tests the limits of jurisdiction and potential liability of labor organizations under federal antitrust statutes.
Senator Dolliver says there is not a shred of truth in reports of a clash with Senator Tillman. He notes Tillman spoke at Jackson on July 8 and left for Louisville the same day, and Dolliver gave a Fourth of July speech there before traveling to Chicago on July 6. He says he has not spoken to Tillman since March 4.
Military circles report Major Alfred Dreyfus is expected to vanish soon as parts of his case or status fade from public attention.
Former captain of artillery Major Alfred Dryfus who was sentenced for treason to serve on Devil's Island is nearing retirement from the army and will receive a pension.
Heavily loaded outing trolley car jumped the track outside Clarksburg killing Miss Grace Markers and W I Gray, fatally wounding Miss Magele M Robinson. Nine others hurt seriously in the fall from the embankment on the Laurmont and Clarksburg Traction system.
A fire at Joliet state penitentiary chair shop began by spontaneous combustion. Convicts became excited but were controlled. prison fire department extinguished the flames with nominal loss.
July 8 report from Touton describes the parish priest using a phonograph to recite liturgy and chant responses without a lecture or choir boys. The innovative approach replaces traditional spoken sermon with recorded performance in the village church.
The Missouri state board of agriculture appointed Curtis Hill of St Louis an engineer to draft plans for a sixty foot wide limestone macadam roadway linking St Louis and Kansas City.
Notices from Mebeth-Nvans Glass Company in Pittsburg announce a 25 percent wage raise across all company plants starting today.
Vice President Mairbanks and Senator Carter travel through Livingston Montana on July 8 en route to Yellowstone National Park where the vice president will stay for two weeks, marking a regional stop in a presidential itinerary.
President Cabrera of Guatemala negotiates to buy a naval force to counter the anticipated threat from Zelaya of Nicaragua. The talks occur as regional tensions rise in Central America.
The text advises boiling gnarly pots and utensils with wood ashes and cold water before use. It recommends greasing skillets and griddles and burning off fat, using sheet iron for pans, and boiling water in crocks before cooking. A dash of soda aids washing greasy kettles. cleaning is best when hot.
After draining grape skins for jelly, place skins in a stone jar with water and let stand four or five days. Strain, add brown sugar to sweetness, and cover. Keep in a warm place for two to three weeks to produce a sour fragrant vinegar. Apple and peach skins yield nicer vinegar with sugar only.
A sewing tip advises stitching each seam from top to bottom to ensure the skirt hangs true. Starting at the bottom and stitching upward can cause misalignment, regardless of pressing.
Use a dowerpot filled with clean fine sand to store scoured steel knives in the kitchen pantry. Place blades down in the sand to keep them bright. avoid drawers or knife boxes. Delicate acids or use won’t require further scour if stored this way.
An Ohio inventor introduces a pot with a long handle and a near handle lever connected to a hinged lid. Grasping and pressing the lever raises the lid, avoiding finger burns. The design also allows quick drainage of liquids from the pot.
Instructions describe a home remedy using three large red beets sliced in a bowl with alternating beet and sugar layers, covered and left to draw out juice. A lemon is added per pint of syrup, and a teaspoonful is taken for cough relief. For younger children smaller doses are advised.
A cleaning method outlines making a paste from whiting soda laundry soap and a piece of stone blue boiled together twenty minutes. Apply hot over marble, leave for twenty four hours, then rinse with soap and water and polish with rough flannel.
To prevent marking, cut thick felt pieces to fit chair tips and glue on. Felt is cheaper and lasts longer than rubber tips. For rocking chairs, apply a long narrow strip of felt along the tip area.
A practical guide suggests using a broom to sweep the sunlit side of a house when no curtain stretcher is available. Clear a space large enough for the curtains, place tacks at the required distance, and stretch the curtains taut.
A home remedy advises mixing egg white with vinegar and spirits of turpentine in a bottle and shaking. Used promptly after an accident it is claimed to relieve soreness and sprains.
Subscribers leaving the city for the summer may have their paper forwarded by leaving their address at the office. Call phone 25, either system. Addresses will be changed as often as desired without charge. Half the pleasure of a vacation is the reading of happenings at home.
The Daily Journal offers citywide home delivery for 10 cents every nine weeks.
An advertisement touts Golden Medical Discovery as a liver invig orator stomach tonic and bowel regulator. It lists ingredients from native American forest plants and cites medical authorities praising the roots. A postal card request offers a free booklet and notes Dr. Pierce in Buffalo NY.
A North Side butcher deals with a humorous dispute about bones in meat. A little woman complains of a large bone in a small steak and in sausage, while the butcher defensively notes modern animals carry more bone but keeps a courteous tone.
A couple seeking marriage entered a Boston church and asked to wed as the minister began to preach. He declined then offered to perform the ceremony after the service. They waited in the rear as the minister finished and announced they would present themselves at the chancel after hymn 415.
A Philadelphia North American note explains rabbit and hare locomotion. It cites strides of four feet for hares and two feet for rabbits, fear-driven leaps of ten to twelve feet for hares, and ditch jumps up to twenty five feet. Hares may leap five feet upward, rabbits six to seven feet horizontally, and both can swim when needed.
A short humorous note cites a dinner quip by a young Englishman who asks what bird made the nest pudding. The hostess replies that the cook prepared it, turning a kitchen joke into a light pun in Short Stories.
A patent cough syrup named Kennedys Laxative Cough Syrup claims to drive the cold out by gently moving the bowels. It contains Honey and Tar and tastes almost like maple syrup. Marketed for children, sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz at 85 Stephenson Street as a druggist.
A Master in Chancery will auction July 10 in Freeport, Illinois, the Rose E. Gross conservatorship property at the northwest corner of Galena and Walnut, known as the Grosa property. The lot fronts Galena Street 60 feet and Walnut Street 120 feet, with a cash deposit required and deed delivery as the remainder.
The narrator recalls Julia Kennard a woman once convicted of killing her uncle with a hatchet and now a speaker on prison reform. He questions her innocence while she speaks with calm dignity and a voice that moves him. He seeks a bond but accepts she bears a lasting mark of crime. He leaves unable to prove her innocence yet sees her as an angel of mercy.
A Brown & Dollmeyer advertisement promotes Cascasweet as a stomach soother for babies and children, sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz at 85 Stephenson Street. The notice asks patrons missing their paper to notify the office.
A young girl explains a suitor may propose and fears acting properly. Her aunt advises bold confidence, saying when he pops the question she should not blush or avert her gaze but embrace him and turn discussion to the furniture.
The celebrated aurist treated the Duke with a strong canstte solution to inject in the ear. The attempt worsened his hearing and caused dangerous inflammation. The duke comforted the doctor and refused public proof, fearing it would be a lie.
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