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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1905
Page
5
Freeport coal supplier notes growing business from dependable hard coal deliveries. Promises improved service, invites stock inspections, and urges customers to place summer orders with liberal discounts and delivery tailored to client needs.
Advertises an insect powder gun and ammunition for pests with various chemicals and products listed for roaches rats and bed bugs, claiming a bed bug cure never fails.
In Outcago on June 17 a special dispatch reports drivers demand a quick settlement of the teamsters strike. Several leaders are said to have broken with President Shea and a caucus is planned to canvass pledges to call off the walkout.
The final day of the war game opened with a dawn attack on Fort Monroe in Virginia by destroyers and gunboats of Admiral Dicken's fleet. The boats crept to the walls before detection. the fusillade was brief but lively.
In Boston on June 17, a special observance marked the anniversary of the final act of the British fleet's departure from Boston in 1776. The fleet, though largely moved on June 14, 1776, was still thought to be in Boston Harbor near that date, prompting the joint celebration.
Eleven hundred people were forced to spend the night aboard the grounded excursion steamer Columbia off Peche Island. They were transferred to the steamer Promise, which arrived in Detroit this morning of June 17.
In Voronto Ontario on June 17 Judge Anglin ruled that two American employees of the Pere Marquette railway arrested at St Thomas for alleged violation of the alien labor act cannot be deported.
Chicago June 17 closing board of trade: July wheat 91 1/2 cents, July corn 53 3/4, July oats 34 cents, July pork 12.77, July ribs 7.32, July lard 7.62. Union stockyards: cattle 100, steady. good to prime 5.40 to 6.25. stockers 2.75 to 4.76. hogs 10,000, steady. mixed butchers 6.25 to 5.47. good to choice heavy 5.40 to 5.47. rough heavy 4.75 to 6.25. light 5.25 to 5.45. sheep 1,500, steady 3.50 to 5.50. Pain relief ad follows.
A head on collision at Gilberts on the C M W R between passenger train 202 from Freeport to Chicago and freight train 291 killed engineer L Y Smith. Three box cars were wrecked and both engines damaged. Mrs Hanna Harrison and grandson Harry Kettle survived unharmed. News notes uncertain injuries and cause pending from Northwestern officials.
Wm Wiltshire arrives from Milwaukee. Robert Stahl of Chicago visits Freeport friends. Mrs Frank Calkins to Bloomington where her husband is hospitalized after injuries weeks ago. Mrs Davy Stanberry and Dorothy of Mason City and Mrs Kate Shelley Griffin of Chicago visit Mrs J R Waddell. John Ellis travels to Joliet for ill daughter Sister Slavia. Funeral held for Hanna Miller Smith at 8 pm. Rev F A Hosmer officiates. Interment in Oakland cemetery. Pallbearers were Second Presbyterian elders. Miss Jennie M Smith name omitted in last night’s survivor list. error apologized as unintentional.
Increase in Population with Mr and Mrs Win Bergan welcoming a baby girl. Mr and Mrs William Egdart of Shawnee street greet a baby girl. Also mentions court case progress, club gathering, a Plattdeutsche Guild Picnic, and train ticket sales for events. Includes ads for steam bath and massage services.
Armistice negotiations are under way with fresh exchanges between Britain and Russia over the sinking of British steamers by an auxiliary cruiser. A meeting place for Russian and Japanese representatives is being considered, possibly The Hague rather than Washington, with further talks between Foreign Minister Lamedorff and Ambassador Meyer in Washington.
A major fire swept Johnson City destroying forty buildings including the entire business section. The loss is estimated at $200,000 and the blaze began last night. Water scarcity delayed control until today.
Rehearsal for Jubilee chorus at 2 30 tomorrow. Local news across pages one two three four five eight. Industrial school pupils held picnic at Bailey’s park. Freeporters attended Cedarville annual picnic of the Matter relatives. Buckeye Township Sunday school convention at Cedarville Evangelical church tomorrow. Evangelists Miller and Crist to sing and speak at the courthouse steps tonight at 7 30. Mrs M S Hart returns home improved from Globe hospital. Saengerbund photo at Germania hall 8 30 Sunday morning. Mrs Oscar Anderson hosts Thursday afternoon in honor of Mrs Minnie Sewalson. Found keys at Galena and Mechanic streets, owner call Joseph Armbruster. Thanks to I Z Farwell for flowers for church social. New stage transfer amusements between South Freeport and Freeport. Elizabeth Cemetery association incorporated by license. J C McKenzie, Joseph Armitage, P J Mateison named incorporators. About 25 members of Freaport assembly No 1 visited Ridott assembly and demoed new ritual work. Eastern Star picnic June 20 at Globe park. buses 1 30, 3, 5 30. Rev O J Price to speak at Dixon Baptist association anniversary at Morrison. C C Shoemaker’s automobile top by Charles Gale. Wim R Birr to teach English at Manual Training High School Louisville next year. Louisville population 128 000.
During a recent Northwest trip I secured farm mortgage loans and offer only loans funded with my own money. If you have idle funds, I will show you available options. Farm mortgage loans are my specialty, and years of connections help me secure more to lend, though it entails expense and time for which I seek reasonable remuneration.
A letter from Justices Marvin Goddard Geib and Witte defends warrant issuance in criminal cases and denies any prepayment or fee-based delays. They dispute a Freeport Journal claim that city officers demanded advance payments, affirming they act without such fees and urged public trust and lawful protection for all citizens.
Showery tonight or Sunday with cooler north. unsettled brief showers expected. Also notes of a medical ad offering one hundred dollars for catarrh cures via Hall's Catarrh Cure and Pills by F D Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Local housework ad mentions Brown & Dollymever at Clark Avenue. Postings include minor notices and an unsigned street sign near Spring and Dexter.
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