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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
1
A belated report from Kroonstad May 29 says Kruger is very ill and alleges the president is dead, but this is not credited. A subsequent May 31 dispatch notes Boers fighting eight miles east of Senekal with two guns and several Maxims and Nortenfels guns making a stubborn stand.
June 1 special report notes the House resumed debate on replacing the constitution with an anti-trust amendment. Perkins of California presented a petition from state organizations urging a congressional appropriation for India famine relief. Hale of Maine attacked Great Britain as the resolution moved to the appropriations committee. Naval bill action sent to conference. military academy appropriation bill again taken up.
In St Louis on June 1 special edward Ray a motorman on the Union line was shot in the arm. The weapon fired from a third story window at Kossuth and Grand avenue as a crowd stopped the car by pulling the trolley. Broadway division cars were not operated today due to wires cut at multiple points.
On June 1 the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company voluntarily increased the pay of all conductors and motormen by about one cent per hour. The move affects six hundred employees.
A colonial office dispatch from Cape Coast Castle dated yesterday reports belief that Captain Hall with a relief party entered Koomassie on the 26th. The note notes the prior date and location as evidence for the movement of British forces in the region.
Des Moines reports a burglary at the State bank in Sheldahl twenty miles north of the city. The safe was blown open and sixteen hundred dollars in currency stolen. No clue to the thief or method reported.
New York on June 1 reports that Dell May Fox, a well known actress, was committed to the insane asylum at Astoria Long Island today on petition of her brother.
A unit of over 300 international blue jackets has arrived at Pekin, marking a notable deployment. The arrival underscores international military presence in the area and follows recent regional developments.
New York, June 1. Sugar has advanced ten points across all grades of refined sugar.
The Freeport High School senior class prepares for graduation with strong intellect and conduct. A June 22 address will be given by Professor Andrew S. Draper, and on June 20 the class performs The Rivals at the Grand opera house. The list of graduates includes Edna Belding Ella Moore Clinton Bennetham Lloyd Matter Grace Bliss Burt Palmer and many others.
A large crowd is expected for the high school festival this evening. Musicians have been hired to provide music all night. Ice cream and cake will be served by the senior girls at 15 cents a portion.
Dr. S. J. Best reports Mrs. Henry Ratz improving and Mrs. Dr. Soule, previously ill for some time, is able to be at her office again.
Illinois shows cloudy showers this afternoon and south tonight with cooler temperatures. Saturday is forecast fair. Special note advises readers about a June bride ideal with Rocky Mountain Tea promotion. Joseph Emmert.
The Young People's Temperance Union invites all to attend this evening's program at the YMCA auditorium. Rev. Judson Kempton of Mt. Carroll will deliver the lecture as part of the event.
Mr W A Hines of Manchester Indiana recounts a near death escape from exposure after meals leading to lung trouble and consumption with nightly coughing. He credits Dr King's New Discovery for a total cure after doctors said he would die. Hundreds have used it on his recommendation and claim it cures throat chest and lung ailments. Trial bottles free at Jos Emmert's drug store. A pair children's slippers from Winslow Co offer savings and cooling comfort.
An Italian orchestra performs on the streets today while the Union club plans its first meeting tonight. George Richards resigns from Dr. Fair's office. Miss Lily Fitchner hosts about thirty guests on Broadway. The senior High School class hosts an ice cream festival tonight in the school building. Holland and Ascher begin a new cement walk around Becker and Graalman’s hardware tomorrow. A freight car breakdown east of town delays trains about an hour on the CMStP. The state J. R. Bauch funeral is set for tomorrow at 2 pm on South Galena Avenue with pallbearers listed. The YPCU organized meeting at the M C A auditorium features Rev. Judson Kempton on liquor traffic’s relation to law and politics. The body of Michael Rigney, died in New York, will be brought home for burial. funeral arrangements to follow with services at Ridott. Attendees and mourners at recent funerals include H. Poffenberger and wife, Miss Cora Poffenberger, Mrs G Loveland, Mrs G Tinsley, Mrs R Kuehner, Miss May Stover, Miss Lottie Welsh, Louis Marks, I. Cohn, J. Cohn, and Rev. Dunn.
A compact reminiscence extols tea as a great blessing that doubles joy and halves sorrow, praising its uplifting effect and timeless appeal across cultures. The fragment invokes contrast and includes names or phrases like Rocky Mountain and Emmert in a nostalgic style.
Sheriff reports a large conspiracy of silk thefts by a mixed gang of men and women targeting country merchants across Illinois and Iowa. Thousands of dollars of black silk have been shipped to Chicago over the past year, with leader Thomas Redmond arrested in Ottawa, Illinois. Police say women steal by day while men plunder by night, transporting silk to Chicago in trunks.
A vintage classified style notice urges readers to call 308 for carpet cleaning or rug making from old carpets, promising prompt attention from A. M. Hoover.
Eight 18 styles of nobby all wool suits priced up to ten dollars per item. Ash plans a sale of 1500 suits, none priced under fifteen dollars, featuring neat pin checks plaids stripes blue serges clay worsteds and Oxford mixtures. Each suit is elegantly trimmed tailored with a perfect fit guaranteed and customer choice begins Monday May 28 at less than manufacturer’s cost.
Readable text lists children's suits in night or dark blues with fancy vests, two piece sets in light or dark colors, and heavy fabrics with varied prices up to 5 dollars. Includes wash suits in all colors and combinations priced from 32 dollars and 9 cents downward.
A porcelain lined refrigerator priced to sell at $10 under cost. National Cash Register worth $225 offered for $100. A top buggy available for $10. Bargains in everything. Visit 5-304 Tate to Love to see.
The notice invites readers to place ice orders at Billerbeck’s or send requests to the undersigned Casper NEAUS. It promises best service and is dated 4 18 d2n, Casper Nebraska.
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