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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
6
Correspondent reports 120 killed and 157 wounded in the Bialystok Jewish riot. Troops soon gained control, but eyewitnesses describe savage mobs sacking Jewish homes and shops while authorities failed to stop the carnage.
The correspondent’s tally estimates about 160 Jews and 20 Christians killed and around 150 Jews and 7 Christians wounded in a massacre during a Corpus Christi procession. Witnesses say a bomb sparked mob violence and police failed to stop the pogrom despite investigations and official inquiries.
An old advertisement promotes Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Turcough syrup claiming relief from constipation and a cold affected by it. It emphasizes no opiates and notes sale at all druggists.
For sale is a property once at 238 N Galena Ave offering steam heat bath rooms city water sewer and gas plus a barn. In first class condition with a grand opportunity for someone ready to buy.
Dr. Pierce’s Family Medicines stand apart as non secret and openly labeled with ingredients. They emphasize glycerine as solvent, no alcohol, and strong medical endorsements across schools. Pills for constipation are sold by druggists as easy to take like candy.
An Omaha World Herald note compares Roman wealth to modern fortunes, listing Seneca at 17.5 million, Lentulus 16.6 million, Crassus over 8 million, and Emperor Vespasian at 11.5 million. It notes Romans gained wealth outside regular trade, and Julius Caesar once gave Paulus 290 000 as a political gesture.
The passage describes Samuel Rogers at table recounting a tale about the Hon. Charles Townshend and Miss Curzon. A maid hides Townshend in a decamber and, upon dressing for a ball, Miss Curzon asks why he hasn’t begun, mistaking him for the valet.
On a lawn a couple exchange flirtatious remarks as a girl tests a suitor's claim of fidelity. A man vows loyalty with romantic imagery, only to be teased about his drink and mistaken signals. The dialogue hints at romantic tension during a casual evening.
From Angola Louisiana, three life term convicts tried to escape with Captain Jock killed and Singleton Byrd and Puteh wounded. Guard Gibson shot through the body as the group fled. All convicts were from New Orleans and worked at the nanodal facility. Captain Plock roved a paper, Singleton seized a revolver, and the escape attempt sparked a gunfight.
In Panama City on June 21 tensions rose between the United States and Panama over tobacco imports to the canal zone commissaries. Panama rejects U S views granting duty free tobacco as non essential, noting a 1 per pound tax enacted by the last assembly makes imports unprofitable. protests may occur if the equal commission pushes tobacco imports, with cigarettes excluded from the contract.
Alumni day at the University of Michigan features the return of the old chapel Bible that vanished thirty years ago. The 1876 tome was taken by seniors who may have hid the Bible with a horse used to keep them from returning it, sparking a campus stir until it resurfaced during reunions.
Manila reports Burauen on Leyte island attacked by Pulu Jane leader Caesario Pastor with 860 followers. Pastor killed, Ave policeman killed, five others wounded, and all raiders captured except the lone lieutenant. Hand to hand fight after Pulujanes surprised police. Constabulary pursuing raiders.
Eleven of fifteen men digging an excavation at Milliken Pros Iron Works in Staten Island were buried when a section of the hole caved in. Three were killed before rescue, and three more were seriously injured. The incident occurred at Mariner's Harbor on June 21.
The Ohio delegation adopts resolutions mourning Governor Pattison’s death while the president sends Elmer F. E. Brown of California for Senate confirmation as commissioner of education. Other notes report German editors in London backing Anglo German friendship, a Vermont governor nomination, a Maine Democratic governor pick, a derailed west-bound train near Lawnee City with no serious injuries, San Francisco noise ordinance actions, London luncheon for Municipal Ownership Commission members, and fires destroying Standard Oil property injuring seventeen horses. A Cleveland jury clears tocative dealers in a Valentine era case. A DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve endorsement appears with medical uses and wide availability through druggists.
Laura M Gemmill offers watercolor lessons at Brown and Dollmeyer's. Class advertised with date and time details not fully legible.
Arch bishop Hieneling of Turin Asty and Lins accepted the presidency of an international committee formed in Italy to commemorate the fourth centenary of Christ's death. The group plans the erection of a monument in the Vatican to honor the great discoverer.
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