29 Jul 1907
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1907
Page
1
A brief illiterate dialogue echoes about intelligence in an Old New York Life advertisement. The line questions whether a woman can be intellectual and intelligent, reflecting period attitudes in a compact caption.
William D. Haywood, secretary treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, is acquitted of all charges in Boise Idaho after a nearly thirty three hour deliberation. The jury’s verdict of not guilty was read shortly after daylight with Haywood discharged by Judge Wood.
Governor Gooding expressed surprise as jurors debated the verdicts in a high profile conspiracy case. Prosecution vows continued pressure on Moyer Pettibone and associates. defense claims jurors were swayed by judge's instructions. The crowd awaited further actions after the near acquittal forecast by observers and jurors.
Orchard states he has done his duty and told the truth, ready to accept any punishment. Haywood signs a statement thanking the working class for their support and plans to express appreciation in the coming year for the court room's presence during trials of labor, industrial and political representatives.
Fire on the eleventh floor of the Memphis Cold Storage building in construction caused one death and two serious injuries to firefighters Joseph Hiskey, John Curry, and William Keetley. Several structures on South Front Street burned, with losses estimated around 600000. In New York, a separate fire at Coney Island damaged seven blocks and many hotels.
New York July 20 Mrs Margaret Carpenter of Brooklyn has just celebrated her first birthday. Mrs Carpenter who helped to bake her birthday cake is in excellent health. She says she has not been ill since she was 1 months old when she had some disease incident to babyhood.
In a Butte trial, an attorney invoked an old blue law that makes marriage within two years of a prior divorce a felony and invalidates the ceremony. The claim suggests hundreds of Montana marriages could be affected by the forgotten statute.
In Middlesboro Kentucky on July 29 Henry Brown was mortally stabbed by his brother William Brown during a desperate fight. After receiving a nonfatal wound Henry went home for his shotgun and collapsed dead before pursuing his attacker.
Catherine Moore, born in 1795 in Tuckahoe Maryland, died in Rahway at age 112. Her memory remained sharp except for slight deafness, with all faculties intact for most of her long life.
Baseball scores from a multi-league report show Philadelphia 38 Pittsburg 6 in Saturday games and New York 2 Cincinnati 3 in a Sunday tilt. St Louis Brooklyn 4 St Louis 2 and Chicago Boston 5 Chicago 2 highlight a busy schedule across majors and minors with several seven inning results and a dozen matchups listed.
The Daily Journal offers citywide delivery for 10 cents weekly, advertising affordable local news access.
Fragmentary OCR reads a string of medical terms and conditions including sore throat quinsy epizcotic cures and various respiratory and intestinal issues, with garbled spellings and unclear context. The fragment mentions coughing colds influenza lungs and pleurisy among others with no coherent narrative or attribution.
Fred Magill and his wife arrive in Clinton under arrest for the murder of Magill's first wife. A grand jury will hear evidence today. Magill says he is innocent and will prove it, while attorney Lemon states no statement will be issued now.
Fifteen workers lunching beneath a freight car watched as a switch engine moved the car, causing two men to die and one to die later from injuries with four others badly hurt. Victims named include Carl Eberlinw and John Joed ling among the dead, while John Christo-re and others suffered serious injuries.
A brief note states that Ar buckles Ariosa Coffee is certainly excelling, highlighting the present high quality and standing out compared with others. The message emphasizes superior product quality and market position.
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