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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1906
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR text lists times and routes for east bound travel through Freeport Ly., with unclear details on origin, destination, or service.
Ladies extol Newbro s Herpicide for quick scalp cleansing and as a superior hair dressing. It claims to destroy the dandruff germ, stop hair loss, prevent baldness, and impart an aristocratic charm, with samples available by mail from The Herpicide Co.
Low excursion rates from all stations run June 26 to July 7 including a first class fare plus 2.00 for round trip. Daily fast trains to California electric lighted options include The Overland Limited to San Francisco and The Los Angeles Limited via Salt Lake Route. The China & Japan Fast Mail also runs with sleeping cars. Obtain itineraries from Chicago & North Western Railway agents.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers round trip tickets at nearly half tariff to Minnesota North Dakota Wisconsin Colorado Utah Southern Wyoming and Lower Michigan resorts. Tickets on sale June 1 to September 30 with final return by October 31. Inquiries to any C G W Agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minn.
Over a million acres on the Shoshone Indian Reservation will be opened for settlement on August 15 1906. The lands are reachable via the Chicago and North Western Bay route from Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha and other Mississippi Valley points. Send 2c in stamps for pamphlets maps and full particulars to B Kniskern P T M C and N W RY Co Chicago.
Ex excursion tickets on the Chicago and North Western Railway offer low fares to Omaha Nebraska. Tickets sold July 10 to 18 with favorable return limits. Apply to railway agents for details.
In Washington on June 26 Senator Lafollette urged extending the interstate commerce inquiry to cover grain transportation and storage. He cited alleged joint ownership among railroads and elevators and claimed a widespread fraud system. He named companies and rail lines including Chicago and Rock Island and Armour Elevator, asserting a de facto grain monopoly harming farmers. The resolution passed in the Senate. pension bills and immigration measures moved forward as a night session addressed tariff campaigning.
In a June hearing Tillman reported the conference results on the railway rate bill. Foraker opposes the commodity provision and warns that retaining it may confiscate property. He accuses the Standard Oil influence of shaping the measure and mocks supporters with the S O brand.
The Senate debated the conference report on the railroad rate bill for over four hours but did not dispose of it. Anti pass and commodity amendments were vigorously attacked. Lafollette's resolution called for an investigation of relations between railways and?
The sworn statement of the manufacturers asserts Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar cough syrup provides relief from colds without opiates. Sold by all druggists.
Excursion tickets to LaCrosse Wisconsin go on sale July 4 5 6 and 7 with return validity to July 9 inclusive. Limited to members of the Northwestern Scandinavian Singers Association and issued through Chicago and North Western Ry agents.
Chicago congressman Michelik, seated after winning a contested seat, delivered his maiden floor speech defending immigration. He argued opposition stems from racial prejudice and rejected claims that mixing Caucasian lines harms the population. Gardner of Massachusetts cited labor and education concerns, while Burleson of Texas praised workers and cautioned against swelling lawyers and teachers.
Washington on June 2 the senate debated the anti pass provision of the railway rate bill. Spooner argued a senator or representative is part of the government not in its service and cited supreme court decisions. He contended conferees aim to include leaders but would omit the president and federal judges.
Washington on June 26 reports the marriage of Miss Fanny Louise Fuller youngest daughter of Chief Justice Muller to Dr. Robert Wrench Mason. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Herbert C. Smith rector of St. Margaret's church at the chief justice’s home with a small gathering of relatives present.
Washington June 26 Congress has no right to regulate insurance according to the senate committee on the judiciary A brief report by Spooner to the effect is presented promising a fuller volume with refusons for the committee s decision.
Five ice men in Toledo Ohio receive the maximum penalty of 5000 dollars and one year in the workhouse for conspiracy in restraint of trade. The report notes other diverse items including Mrs Longworth dining with the Kaiser on his yacht Meteor and Castro wary of U S intentions. Venezuela boycott Rio Pan American Congress and Wing Waukon visits foreign warships at Trondheim. Coney Island reports 400000 visitors, Abraham Lincoln Democratic League forms in New York, a nitro runaway in Knightstown Indiana causes no damage, Mrs Cassie Chadwick in Ohio penitentiary faces illness and blood poisoning.
Thousands yearly rely on Early Risers for prompt relief of constipation without griping. The dependable pills are praised as a staple laxative and cathartic sold by all druggists, touted for efficiency and mild effects.
T. 8. RYAN announces agents for New Home and Standard sewing machines and other makes at 67 Galena Street. Local ad notes models and service options.
Silas Humble recounts a trip to the town of Busted Hopes with a show featuring a trick hog and a sunstroke cure. He notes a missionary-showman angle, a push for moral uplift, a mayoral encounter, a disrupted performance, and his own quips as he closes the act.
An advertising blurb compares dog illness to human digestion and promotes Kodol for Dyspepsia. It claims the product digests food, rests the stomach, and restores function, urging readers to buy from druggists. The piece mimics a period newspaper ad with celebrity-tinged chatter.
The Daily classifies its service as available citywide with a weekly charge of 10 cents. The notice emphasizes broad reach and affordable rate for subscribers across the area.
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