13 Jun 1899
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1899
Page
1
An advertisement touts OUR LUMBER as the best choice for builders in town and country. It highlights good grades, thorough seasoning, weather protection under cover, and resistance to warping from rain and sun.
Tornado roared through New Richmond Wisconsin wiping out most of the town within minutes. The disaster left up to 160 dead and many injured with fires burning through ruins as relief trains carried doctors and coffins toward the stricken area.
Sprincheto June 13 Special Gov Tanner issues a proclamation prohibiting importation of dairy or breeding cattle from any state or foreign country unless tested for tuberculosis per the state board of livestock commissioners. Action follows rising TB cases among dairy cows in the state.
At DeKalb ball grounds Sycanort Ill a large crowd saw the Cuban Giants of New York vs the Chicago Unions. The game ended in a barren tie with neither side scoring and both teams failing to ignite the action.
June 13 report states Baron Cristiani, who struck President Leeber with a cane at the Auteuil race, was given four years in prison. He reportedly accepted the sentence without contest.
June 12 reports say Lawton moved 8 000 troops to push insurgents back 600 yards to Seaport river where they are entrenched. American losses estimated at 60. Luna and aide Pasco Ramon killed by Aguinaldo guards after a June 8 conference. Navy bombardment at Cavite Viejo and Bakoor with Helena Princeton Monteray Monadnock among seven vessels in action. Otis reports Lawton’s severe engagement, driving rebels from the ford with about 30 American casualties. insurgents retreat toward Manila.
Special weather bulletin for Catoaco Illinois reports showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Continued warm with brisk southerly winds.
Wasaivotos D C June 18 Special The war department has ordered the Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth regulars to proceed to Manila via San Francisco except four companies each which will be redistributed among western posts.
A dispatch to the navy department reports the cruiser Newark reached Castrom Chile yesterday. The arrival marks a notable naval movement amid ongoing maritime operations in the region. The vessel's presence is expected to affect port activity and Allied patrol schedules.
Miss Nellie Wolf of Omaha visits Lena with Mrs. Tucker and Miss Naramore. Shank returns from Orangeville to Lena. G S Roush heads to Chicago to join coal dealers' association tour to Scranton New York Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Daphiene Breen visits grandparents. Flenrietta Burwell returns home from Hampton. Mildred Musser back from Warren commencement. Murphy and Copperwells visit from Warren. Board of Supervisors handles routine business and upcoming election judges grand jurors and poor farm superintendent. Election sites changed in Rock Run and Dakota townships. Bridge aid approved for Lancaster Harlem Florence Winslow. Board of Review compensation set at 100 per day. Coffee ad ends.
Sprinorizeto Illinois hosts the Knights of the Maccabees great camp convention in the city. The order has 270 tents in Illinois with about 19 008 members. In the last two years state membership rose by around 6 500. The supreme tent has paid beneficiaries over 11 000 080 since the group began eighteen years ago. Approximately 200 delegates are expected to attend and about 150 members will be initiated tonight. The Ladies of the Maccabees state group will meet too with roughly 200 knights and 150 ladies anticipated.
A Pecatonica creamery burned Saturday night about 9 30 leaving almost total loss. Only 100 tubs of butter saved as rumors of arson circulate, following personnel changes at the stock company led by Elgin Butter with farmer shareholders. Developments awaited.
J E Lilly of Hannibal Missouri recounts recovery from Typhoid fever that advanced to pneumonia. He credits a single bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery with relief and full recovery. The medicine is advertised as a universal throat and lung cure with regular sizes 60 cents and one dollar, trial bottles free at Hummet & Burrell’s drug store.
A reader notes the ease and comfort found when a lady has her shoes fitted at Winslow's, praising careful fitting and personalized service. The remark highlights the shop as a place for stylish, well fitting footwear.
A wide sale offers Men's Globe Worsted Suits and fancy worsteds at slashed prices from 20 to 15 dollars and 18 to 12.50, plus light colored summer suits at 10, indigo and plaid options, and all wool cheviots at 5. Men and boys coats, hats, shirts, socks, and undergarments discounted. children's vestee suits and knee pants featured with steep price cuts across items.
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