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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
5
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Weather Outlook for Midwest With Fair Skies
The Associated Press reports Chicago local forecast for July 16 includes fair and warmer conditions tonight and Thursday. Iowa likewise expects fair weather with warmer temperatures, and Wisconsin follows with fair skies and warmer trends tonight and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Chicago
Ilindle
Iowa
Wisconsin
Prohibition convention opens under Patton boom
The Prohibition national convention begins in Columbus with National Chairman Jones presiding. Temporary chairman Robert H. Patton delivers a combative speech attacking GOP and Democratic liquor positions and touting Lincoln’s Prohibition stance. Indiana delegation quickly backs Patton for president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Jones
Illinois
E. L. Eaton
Robert H. Patton
Springfield
Iil
Abraham Lincoln
Patton
Indiana
Judge Bars Railroad Trade of Transport for Ads
Judge Kohlsaat in the United States circuit court enjoined the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company from exchanging transportation for Munsey's Magazine advertising. No decision yet on appeal to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Kohlsaat
United States Circuit Court
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company
Munsey’s Magazine
United States Supreme Court
Relay race carries greeting between mayors across 1000 miles
At 10 o'clock this morning the first boy began a thousand mile relay carrying a message of greeting from Mayor McClellan to Mayor Busse of Chicago. Two thousand boys will participate with each runner carrying the message half a mile. The target arrival in Chicago is July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
McClellan
Busse
Chicago
Federation Reports Membership Decline and Defense Costs
The Western Federation of Miners reports a loss of five thousand members in the past year. It details $189,589 spent defending Haywood Moyer Pettibone and Adams on murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nheuver
Ernest Mills
Western Federation of Miners
Haywood, Moyer, Pettibone
Adams
Gas Explosion In A Mine Hits Pottsville Area
Gas explosion at the Williamstown colliery operated by the Susquehanna Coal company in the Pottsville area in the afternoon likely caused twelve miner deaths. Six have been recovered dead and six remain trapped inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pottsville
Williamstown
Susquehanna Coal Company
IOWA MAN ELECTED IMPERIAL POTENTATE OF SHRINE
Edwin J. Alderman of Marion Iowa was today elected imperial potentate of the order of the Mystic Shrine in St Paul Minnesota during the July 15 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin JT. Alderman
St. Paul
Associated Press
St. Paul, Minn
Edwin J. Alderman
Marion
Iowa
Order of the Mystic Shrine
Frisby Named Deputy Inspector by Governor Deneen
Capt Charles E Frisby of Dixon receives official notice of appointment as deputy factory inspector by Governor Deneen. Frisby has served with the state militia twenty years and recently relinquished Co G captaincy. he is a machinist by trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Frisby
Dixon
Deneen
Frisby
Co. G. Heig & Machinist
Ladies Golden Brown Kid Oxfords in All Sizes
Shoe listing from Schmidt Wachlin Pfeiffer offers Ladies Golden Brown kid oxfords in K wide for all sizes at 1.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmidt, Wachlin & Pfeiffer
Hundreds Attend Lena Picnic with Freeport Delegation
Lena hosts the second annual American Stars of Equity picnic with attendees from Freeport and Amboy. Politicians from Democrats Republicans and a few Prohibitionists mingle among crowds arriving by train, with speeches by John C. McKenzie and John J. Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Stars OF Equity
Journal
Lena
Equity
Old Sol
Burkett to Speak at Globe Park Chautauqua
Senator Burkett of Nebraska will be the orator at the Freeport chautauqua at Globe park next Sunday afternoon. Congressman Watson of Indiana is ill and cannot attend. Burkett steps in as a leading orator and statesman. Burkett, born December 1 1867 in Mills County Iowa, has served as Nebraska representative and U S senator since 1905 and heads the Senate committee on Pacific railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Burkett
Nebraska
Globe Park
Harry Holbrook
Watson
Indiana
Freeport
Elmer Jacob Burkett
United States Senate
Lincoln
Iowa
Mills County
Labor College
Leigh
Neb
State University of Lincoln
Tabor College
Hon. C. H. Deitrich
Birkett
Great
Senate Committee of Pacific Railroads
Burkett
Public Meeting Highlights Pettit Tuberculosis Talk
Dr James W Pettit president of the Illinois State Medical Society will be guest of the Stephenson county society for its annual meeting with two addresses on Tuberculosis The afternoon session at the courthouse begins 1 30 with multiple topics and election of officers The evening program at Globe park features the Virginia Warblers and a final talk on The Tuberculosis Problem followed by a reading of Oliver Twist by William Sterling Battis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grounds
Camp
A. J. Clarity
Picnic Association
Imperial Band of
Lena
C. Edward Derr
Amity Lutheran Church
W. K. Koofbourrow
Lena M
Joanna E. Downes
Chicago
Martin J. Dillon
Galena
Harry Halstead
Pecatonica
Margaret Downes
Juby Giesey
Freeport
John J. Brown
Vandata
John C. McKenzie
James W. Pettit
Illinois State Medical Society
Stephenson County Society
Court House
A. E. Smith
Bezold
W. J. Rideout
Charles L. Best
Globe Park
Alberta Grain Fields Exhibit in July Harvest Preview
A brief item notes a July 2 event in Alberta showcasing fall wheat at 89 inches and rye at 4 inches, with harvest anticipated. It also mentions a July round trip fare from Chicago about one cent per mile, directing readers to see Wm. Clement in Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Canada
Chicago
Wm. Clement
Freeport
Couple Ties the Knot in Illinois City Ceremony
John P. Coulthard marries Luella A. Rickards of Cuba City in a licensed ceremony. George F. Taylor of Chicago weds Helen M. Hendrickson in the same wedding notice, recorded with a modest fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Coulthard
Luella A. Rickards
Cuba City
George FE. Taylor
Chicago
Helen M. Hendrickson
Same
Freeport Manufactures Signal Rising Employment
Freeport Illinois factories report renewed hiring across departments as CN railway and Stover Keene Stover Arcades expand work. About 35 more jobs push local shops above 300 workers. firms plan ten hour days, with Henney Buggy and Moline Plow units boosting activity. Strong outlook for sustained dinner-pail prosperity.
Debaters Gather as Edward Sterling to Attend Lincoln Douglas Event
Edward Sterling formerly of Dixon and now from Huron South Dakota is expected to attend the Lincoln and Douglas debate celebration on August 27. He attended the great debate fifty years ago and is father of Fred Sterling editor of the Rockford Register Gazette and candidate for secretary of state. J H Patterson of Lombard Illinois brother of Mrs Chas S Hill of Prospect Terrace was also here and intends to return for the celebration. Patterson recently visited Freeport relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Col
Fred Sterling
Rockford
John J. Brown
Vandalia
Brown
Stephenson County
John C. McKenzie
R. R. Tiffany
W. W. Krape
T. H. Hallister
M. M. Baumgartner
Bd. Cramer
A. N. Manus
Perry O. Silver
Freeport Bulletin
A. G Harris
Dixon
State Senate
Martin J. Dillon
Galena
Vacalbey
Douglas Pattison
Geo. Mannon
Hig
Edward Sterling
Huron
S. D
Sterling
Rockford Register-Gazette
J. H. Patterson
Lombard, Ill
Chas. S. Hill
Prospect Terrace
Patterson
Reunion Set for Winslow by Stephenson County Group
The executive committee of the Stephenson County Soldiers and Sailors' association met at Lena and decided to hold the annual reunion at Winslow on August 12. The last meeting was in Lena and the year before in Winslow. Arrangements for a speaker have not been made.
Partition suit over Ridott property tied to Evarts estate
Ella Denekas files partition action against Jane Deiken and others over a parcel in section 16 Ridott formerly part of the Evarts estate. The suit seeks division or valuation of the real estate and resolution of an ownership claim in the estate fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Denekas
Jane Deiken
Ridott
Evarts
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