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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1905
Page
1
A writer praises Boschee’s German Syrup for coughs colds and consumption claiming it cures bronchial affections for all ages. Advertises trial bottle 25 cents and big bottle 75 cents, sold worldwide including Jos Emmert and W. Dangkunz.
We are selling paints at home offering a sample to try on anything. Applied on wire netting in screen doors it prevents rust and arrests further corrosion on rusted surfaces. If Mindura does not meet claims, a full refund is offered. Cheaper than others due to covering capacity and top quality.
About 174 acres under cultivation with wire fencing, 20 acres of heavy timber, a large frame house, good barns, a well, and a trout stream through pasture. Once 940 acres, 2 acres were taken for a creamery shop. Located a mile from school, 7 miles from Fall Creek. Price 40 dollars per acre. $2,000 cash, balance mortgage 6 to 10 years at 6 percent. Trade possible for city property. Alvin M. Anderson, Dodgeville Wisconsin, 7-10d1m.
Low ticket prices to Portland Oregon and many western points including Seattle Tacoma Bellingham Everett Victoria Vancouver and San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego through May 23 to September 20. For details contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minn.
July 20 reports detail failed assassination of Vice Governor Deutreb in St Petersburg after a bomb misfired. a separate attempt on Pohiedonost, chief procurator, was thwarted near a train. Russian forces shell Kamimura’s fleet and patrols in Sakhalin area as the Russians resist, with expectations of surrender due to ammo shortages.
Moscow July 2 delegates gathered for a Zemstvo Congress at the residence of Prince Dolgoronkov but were blocked by officials after reports spread of calls for abdication and a regency. Police entered, seized documents, and disrupted the session while delegates argued and some sought to have their names recorded. Two reps were to be sent to Washington to seek a hearing before peace plenipotentiaries.
Reported across six towns east of the Alleghenies the heat caused deaths and prostrations. New York records show seventy four deaths and numerous prostrations with Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington also affected. Sweltering crowds filled streets parks and piers as city hospitals faced strain from the day’s conditions.
A Chicago report notes a man found dead in Lake Michigan near Indiana Street after sand burial, with searchers unable to identify him. Other items cover ore theft in Cripple Creek with staggering profits, a U.S. fraud order upholding, betting stoppage at Delmar race track, press club delegates at a river outing, and multiple political and legal notes from St. Louis and New York.
Reports list multiple baseball scores with several teams such as New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Cleveland Chicago Detroit St. Louis Milwaukee Kansas City Omaha and Denver. Results include New York 8, St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 4, Boston 1, Detroit 6, St. Paul 11 and Sioux City 5 in various matchups across the circuits.
A set of local notices from Springfield Illinois dated July 20 report Mrs Logan gifting a valuable historical collection to the state of Illinois. The donation concerns the life of John A Lowne and local county history, received in Washington. Governor Deenen thanks the donor and promises to seek a permanent home for the gift before the general assembly.
Walter W Junteen once booked as bank employee is arrested on a federal charge of attempting to obtain ten thousand dollars from the Edgar County National Bank via the plant of an explosion. Preliminary hearing set before United States Commissioner Shopp as witnesses include Jas I Teurvish and Wile. Also notes deaths and a heat related incident in other cities.
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