Safest Investment in Canadian Lands
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says farm folks mistrust stocks and bonds, turning to Canadian land as a stable buy. William Clement of the Manitoba and Western Colonization Co. touts wheat lands in Canada and notes large immigrant movements and weekly excursions to inspect lands.
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Wilson
Wall Street
Northwestern
Canada
WM. Clement
Freeport
Manitoba and Western Colonization Co
Dakotas
Minnesota
British Isles
Continental Europe
United States
Cabinet In Late Session as Midi Riots Persist
Paris reports a fraught night with Clemenceau and officials at the interior ministry fighting to quell Midi unrest. Narbonne Montpelier and Perpignan see clashes as deputies heckle Clemenceau while warnings of further disturbances spread from Narbonne to Paris.
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Paris
Midi
Narbonne
Perpignan
Montpelier
Marcelin Albert
Chamber of Deputies
Clermenceau
Ministry of the Interior
M. Clemenceau
Clemenceau
Chamber
Mob Violence In Narbonne Louder Than Law As Troops Intervene
June 21 Narbonne reports riotous mob violence with lynching of a secret police agent. Troops fought back against revolvers and bayonets, four killed including a girl aged 2, eleven wounded, gendarmes attacked, barricades torn down, and a police judge seized by the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narbonne
Promenade Des Barques
Amin
Ain
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Promoted
Advertisement notes DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills as unequaled for backache weak kidneys and urinary troubles sold by Wm F Jungkunz druggist at 85 Stephenson St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitts
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson St
Black Kid Bandit Robs Stage Near Wawona California
Police report describes the Black Kid bandit stopping two stages near Wawona. He forced driver Archie Turner to halt and then robbed sixteen passengers of purses and watches, taking jewelry and 250 from Francis Eaton of Boston using Mrs Eaton as a shield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wawona
Cal
Tune
Raymond Bon
Tone Bandit
Archie Turner
Turner
Ami
Mie Passonzets
Opis
Francis S. Eaton
State Street
Boston
Mra. Eaton
DEVIL WAGON'S WORK
Naples reports a severe automobile crash near Cainello killing five, including Trince Pescara a noble linked to the Spanish royal house. Rome confirms Marquis Ferrara Duke de Oda Regina and two guests perished with the chauffeur in a Naples road ravine.
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Naples
Cainello
Trince Pescara
Italy
Rome
Ferrara
Duke de Oda Regina
United States
Des Moines Adopts Des Moines Plan of Government
Citizens of Des Moines approve a new city government model, a modification of the commission plan first adopted in Galveston. The change follows criticism of extravagance and warfare in the old ward system, reducing elected officials to five with one president and appointees by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Galveston
Tex
Honorary Degree for Fairbanks at Northwestern University
Chicago June 21. Vice President Fairbanks received the honorary doctor of laws at Northwestern University commencement in the Auditorium. President Tac rig announced gifts totaling $141,000 to the university during the last school year.
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Fairbanks
Chicago
Northwestern University
Tac Rig
Foraker addresses Wilberforce on Brownsville inquiry
Senator Foraker delivered the commencement address at Wilberforce University Ohio focusing on his investigation of the Brownsville Texas shooting incident and defending that inquiry. Secretary Taft spoke at Ottawa Kansas on the Panama Canal. Fire destroys Mason City hardware and dry goods stores. Loss under 100 dollars. Mark Twain plans a call on King Edward VII. Western Union telegraphers accept a settlement basis after a letter from President Clowry to Labor Commissioner Neill. Fairbanks elected president of Phi Gamma Delta. Fire on Vanness Avenue San Francisco causes about 200000 dollars in damage. Tokyo official Hayashi denies recall rumors about Ambassador Aoki. Warsaw police uncover revolutionary printing hub and seize thousands of proclamations. W St Johnson elected president of Travelers Protective Association in Norfolk. Croker reportedly recovers health after a cold.
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Senator Foraker
Wberforce University
Ohio
Brownsville
Tex
Taft
Ottawa
Kan
Pannania Canal
Mason City
S. R. Miles
Ree Ilive
Mark ’Wain
England VII
Clowry
Western Union
Neill
Fairbanks
Phi Gamma Delta Club
Vanness Avenue
Sacramento Street
San Francisco
Tokio
Viscount Hayashi
Aoki
Washington
Warsaw
Poland
W. St. Johnson
Tennessee
Travelers’ Protective Association
Norfolk, Va
Lublin
Richard Croker
Daily Journal Delivers Citywide Service Weekly
The Daily Journal confirms delivery to every city area once a week, ensuring all residents receive the newspaper regularly. The note emphasizes full-city coverage and consistent distribution.
Land and Hills Theme in a Missouri Drive
An excerpt from a Kansas City Star column recalls Colonel Hector Evins guiding a stage along Missouri hills and plains. He extols land value at high prices, reflects on imagination from hill dwellers, and quotes a driver praising the Garden of the Gods as God’s garden while contrasting it with rough country and Native presence.
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Nianara
Alps
Old Treland
Missouri
Hector Evins
Cambrian
Valley Road
Evans
Hie
Kansas City
Garibaldi's Domino Den in New York's Ventura House
In Fulton Street near Broadway a weathered sign of Lorenzo Ventura marks a doorway to a former drinking saloon now housed in a print museum. The site recalls Garibaldi visiting a round top table to chat with friends, meeting John Anderson the tobacconist, and serving as a cosmopolitan rendezvous for actors and journalists in mid 19th century New York.
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Fulton Street
Broadway
New York
Lorenzo Ventura
Places N
Garibaldi
Ventura
Haggard Responds On Land Policy Letter
In a letter to the London Times Rider Haggard refutes claims he shaped Britain’s land policy. He recalls a Boer tale of a man praying to mount a horse, quipping that government assistance may have helped too much as he sought reform rather than revolution.
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Haggard
London Times
Rider Haggard
Daniel Lawhert
Bell born in Canada claims telephone origin
The Toronto Globe notes that Alexander Graham Bell, born in Scotland and later settling in Brantford Ontario, conducted early experiments to transmit the human voice over wires. He later moved to the United States, but the telephone is considered born in Canada according to the London Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Toronto Globe
Dominion
Graham Bell
Canada
Brantford
Oatanio
London Chronicle
Oxford Needs Funds and Reorganization for National University
The London Nation argues Oxford must seek state interest and appoint a competent commission to study how to use existing resources. It urges transforming Oxford into a national university where all classes take pride and share in its benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
London
A Chance For Trade In Madras Port
Madras, the fourth largest Indian port, hosts about one thousand residents. No Americans engage in trade there, helping explain US imports totaling 310,289 in 1905-06 while exports to the United States reached 4,220,763 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
India
United States
Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup Sold at Stephenson Street Store
A prompt remedy for coughs and colds is Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. The product is favored by children and sold by William F. Jungkunz, druggist, located at 85 Stephenson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Key of Loch Leven Castle Linked to Mary Queen of Scots Escape
The aged Loch Leven castle key, found in the dyke, is tied to Willing Hamper Ese and Sir Walter Scott through a historic chain. Mary Queen of Scots escaped Loch Leven in May 1568 with her maid, aided by William Douglas who secured the castle key and guided them to a boat at the north shore.
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Loch Levey Castle
Doeugivs
Mary
Apuersa
Willing Hamper
Walter Scott
Loch Leven
Queen Mary
Bethwell
Carberty
Edinburgh
Lochfever
Mendy
Wiliam Doucias
Strand Magazine
The Ages of Nations and Their Birth Dates
The list ranks nations by birth dates from ancient origins to modern states. It notes Wickey as father of nations with Constantinople circa 1453, then Denmark 1228, Russia 1721, United States 1776, France 1789, United Kingdom 1801, and others including Chile 1810, Colombia 1811, Holland 1813, Sweden 1818, Brazil 1822, Mexico 1823, Bolivia 1824, Belgium 1831, Ecuador and Venezuela 1831, Italy 1861.
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New World
Wickey
Constantinople i
Denmark
Russia
Peter the Great
United States of America
France
United Kingdom
Chile
Colombia
Holland
Sweden
Brazil
Mexico
Tolivia
Belgium
Ecuador
Venezuela
Italy
London
Aunt Penelope Wiggins Says College Talk Douses Pride
A summer visit by a Vassar graduate niece prompts Aunt Penelope Wiggins to mock college pretensions. The hospitable aunt corrects the girl on a mispronounced nickname and shares a sharp, humorous rebuke to pomposity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penelope Wiggins
Vassar College
Penelope
Matilda
Woes of the Rich Young Reflect on Imagination Loss
The Boston Herald laments modern children of wealth lack imaginative play. It contrasts past times when a block of wood became a locomotive and a tin horse seemed magical with today’s environment where adults curate every amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Temple
Dexter
Boston Herald
When Did You Oil Your Watch Last
A North American note wonders when people last oiled their watches while noting a balance wheel's 18.0906 million turns in 18 months. Expert watchmakers advise cleaning and oiling every eighteen months, yet many wearers wind nightly and neglect maintenance, risking neglect of a small, delicate instrument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American
Blond Indians in Mexico Mayan Legend and Fact
Ethnologists note blond Indians in the Sierra Madre near Bonora with fair skin blue eyes and light hair. A folklore tale claims they descend from a Swedish shipwrecked crew long before Columbus, but the tradition rests on folklore rather than evidence.
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Mexico
Sierra Madre
Bonora
Mexican
New World
Why Shells Fly Straight
The London Mail explains that a copper band around the shell base is shaved by the gun’s steel rifling during firing. This imparts rapid spin, stabilizing the projectile and keeping it on a straight flight path.
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London Mail
His Rising Day
Village gossip quotes a remark from the Atlanta Constitution about a man who failed to rise in life until he stumbled on dynamite. The speaker adds that, even then, like many in the rising Sousi ness, he never knew what he fit for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Health Recipe from Longfellow Says Joy and Temperance
A man asked the poet Longfellow how to stay healthy and received a paradoxical reply to seek joy temperance and repose while slamming the door on the doctor's nose, illustrating playful caution about medical advice.
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Longfellow
Striking Likeness in a New York Press Photo Request
A New York Press vignette describes a photographer seeking a striking pose from a subject. The dialogue questions whether a dramatic posture resembles a request for money, highlighting streetwise humor and urban attitudes of the era.
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New York Press
Rail Timetable Fragments Show City to City Passenger Marks
Fragmented timetable lists arrivals and departures for Omaha, Sioux City, Dubuque, St Paul, Fort Dodge, Decatur, Madison, Dodgeville among others. Includes No 1g Omaha Gim schedules, freight and passenger trains, daily and Sunday rules, and varied times from early morning to late evening.
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Leawre
Noll
Omaha Lint
St Paul Lim
Dubuque
Dodge
Poe
Sioux City
Omaha
Weat
Arriva
Leven
Lea
Decatur
Southern
Madison
Leare
Dodgeville
Cce
Csces
East and West Bound Train Schedules and Connections
The notice lists East bound trains with numbers 200 to 208 and West bound trains 201 to 211, including departure and arrival times from Chicago and Freemont, with notes on buffet or parlor car services. It details daily operation, Sunday exceptions, and train connections at Rockford Belvidere Sycamore DeKalb Roskford for Beloit Janesville Madison and Milwaukee to points east west and north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paw West Bound
Ly. C’cago
Freen't
NeWelt
Streigh
Rail and Freight Schedules for Ogden M. & St. P. Ry
Train notes show passenger and freight operations from Rock Island to Milwaukee and Chicago with connections to Janesville Kansas City Omaha Cedar Rapids and North and South Dakota. Times listed include 11:00 am 6:00 coos 5:45 pm 1:45 pm 4:34 pm and 7:36 pm with various parcels and passenger carries as per agent B. Sweatt.
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Nela
Coos
Dewa No
Rock Island
Nee Freight
Assengers Freep
Racine
Neva Freight
Ppase'gera
Mt. Carroll
Weat
Rock Teland
Davenport
Kansas City
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
North
South Dakota
B. Sweatt
Maple Leaf Route Train Report Lot of SMS
Train schedule notes mixed with towns for routes from Chicago to Des Moines Omaha Kansas City and beyond. Mentions daily services on certain legs and Sunday exceptions with passenger stops and extra charges.
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Dubuque
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Des Moines
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Dear
Nes Terlog
City Express
Nes Dubuaie
Chicago
Ifuine Sas md. Vt
R. Erent Age
P. Blmbr
P. A
St Pauk Miam
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Shipman
National Lead Company
Chicago, Ill
Canadian Landa Freeport
Florida
Cuba
South-East
Southern Railway
Queen & Crescent
J.C. Beam, Jr
St. Louis
H. Hardwick
Washington, D.C. J
McCullough
Dearborn St. Kago
W.H. Tayloe
D. C
The
Daily Journal
Frances
Black Kid
the Bandit
GC. M. Powers
Jett
Blanks
Trezevant
Tenn
M. J. Margott
Fort Collins
Colo
Odessa
Bookvor- Joock
the Daily Journal
Garibaldi and
Ventura’s
EK. & Dewitt & Company
Ill
BUSG
Stephencon Street
Loch Leven Veher
Turkey
Exchange St. Gludim
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emma Runtaler
State St
Schenectady
Emma Runtzler
Business Directory
Freeport, Illinois
BANKS
D.C. Stover
H. H. Antrim
Y F. Dorman
R. G. Shumway
Henry Baler
State Bank
A. S. Held
W. H. Holland
Fred W. Hoefer
H. H
German Bank
Freeport, Ill
First National Bank
Prerport
O. J. Bidwell
Wm. O. Wright
A. Bidwell
J. M. Clark
Ass‘t
John Burrell Tor
Emmert
C. H. Little
Brinwell
Boyd P. Hill
Anaince Bidwe
Depcalia
M. V. B. Blson
H. 8. Webster
Cashler
L. Z. Farwell
Second National Bank
Illinois
M. V. B. Elson
L. Farwell
Webster
Reuben Siegfried
J._F. Fair
J. N. Galloway
BF. E. " Schaeffer
H. &. Webster
Union Loan & Building Association
Galsown x. Gnaemen
J. Wells
John Trunck
B Mayer
J. ¥. Kramer
W. J. Schwarz
Ebster
Attorney AT Law
W. N. Cronkrite
Stephenson &J
Freeport, J
Wagner
Ann&elyer Building
A - A. Ruthe
Carpenter & Contractor
Douglas Ave
Stephenson Bt
Frisbie
HANEY
Illinois Central
R. R
Mest
John F. Daly
Chicago Great Western
Trai Eeport
Raing
Chicago Limited
Chicawa Express
SOMA
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