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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1909

Page

7

Train schedule details and connections show mixed service

The clipped notices outline east and west bound trains from Rock Island with arrival and departure times, freight and passenger services, and connections to Beloit, Janesville, Milwaukee, Chicago, Omaha, and other points. It lists agent names and frequent daily patterns with variations on Sundays and freight restrictions.

Rockford Beloit Janesvillie Milwaukee Madison Belvidere Sycamore DeKalb Rockoe Janesville Harvard Belvi Spring Valley Pacific Coast John F. Daly Wou Rock Island

Rail shuttle schedule details for Freeport Rockford route

The timetable shows a care leave from Freeport starting at 6 00 am on weekdays every even hour until 9 35 pm with last car leaving port at 11 00 pm. Rockford service runs on weekdays at 6 00 am on even hours through ue with a 6 hour 4 minute link to Freeport. Sundays mirror times except first Freeport departure 4 35 am and Rockford connection to Geiolt Janeвsville Balvidere Elgin Aurora Chicago area. WM Nb ESE, Agent.

Freeport Port Roskford Hook Rockford Geiolt Janesville Balvidere Elgin Florida Chicago Jacksonville Fis Havana Cuba New Orleans Kal Cate Mexico Panama New Colon City of Panama Selier Panama and Central Panama and Central Amne ®Ca Via New Orleans, Vicksburg, Miss Vicksburg National Military Park Vicksburg Hot Springs Ark Springs

What are our liquor laws and how enforced, Rev Doyle

The article outlines U S liquor laws by state with varying regimes from free sale to strict prohibition Pennsylvania licenses involve local courts and moral tests, with penalties including loss of license. It notes seven or eight prohibition states, argues prohibition reduces but does not abolish liquor, and promotes local option as most effective. It cites local votes, enforcement by officials, public opinion, and hints at national action if temperance advances.

H. Doyle United States Washington Pennsylvania

The Romance of Religion in Christian Endeavor

Rev. Selden L. Haynes highlights Christian Endeavor as a romance of faith and explains its role in uniting church work without sacrificing loyalty to individual churches. The passage frames the movement as a public advance for union in church missions.

Selden L. Haynes

Prison converts claimed by Christian Endeavor leader

President Francis E. Clark of the Christian Endeavor society says two thousand converts are behind prison walls, asserting convicts were converted while in prison.

Francis E. Clark Christian Endeavor Society Home Herald

Daily Journal Adopts Low Newsstand Rate Offer

The Daily Journal announces a renewed subscription offer set at ten cents a week, inviting city readers to renew or start the paper under the reduced rate. The notice emphasizes affordability and local coverage.

Oe Daily Journal

A Thank Offering In A Bank Offering Joke

Betty admires a blue artistic dress as she jokes about a bank offering and a wedding present from Dick Ferris. The narrator recalls youthful sentiment, notes Betty’s disillusionment with Dick, and ends with a sly remark about a bank gift and Parker delivering a silver cigar box.

Betty Dick Ferris Ferris Parker

Breach of prowise suit remark sparks lawyer joke

The dialogue shows a terse exchange about suing for breach of pro se. One party jokes about preferring their lawyer by the year, hinting at tension over legal representation and self representation.

Petition to King Alfonso Demands Bullfight Halt

The Mutmauitarian League of England appeals to King Alfonso of Spain to end bullfighting. The movement seeks a formal stop to bullfights and calls for royal intervention to curb the sport.

Mutmauitarian League of England Alfonso Spain

Flyers Wreck by Highwaymen Halts Chicago Train

A Chicago and Burlington passenger train No. 1 wrecked by robbers at Vicary coal mine switch five miles from Peoria Illinois. The switch was forced and the train, at forty miles an hour, plunged onto a siding into loaded freight cars. Conductor Peck and Engineer Maxwell escaped with minor injuries. over two hundred passengers aboard. A posse searches the area for the culprits while officials explain robbers sought to halt the train.

Peoria Ill Chicago Burlington Vicary Peck Maxwell

Taft joins Optimist Club of America Values

President Taft declares an optimistic administration as he becomes a full member of the Optimist Club of America. Founder William J. Robinson of New York invites him, and Robinson names Taft to the club's executive committee.

Washington Taft Optimist Club of America William J. Robinson New York Robinson

Texas Representative Seeks Inauguration Date Change

Representative Henry of Texas asks Speaker Cannon to allow introduction of a constitutional amendment in the Sixty-first Congress. The resolution would change the presidential inauguration date from March 4 to April 30.

Washington Henry Texas Cannon United States

Carnegie Calls On Taft At White House

Andrew Carnegie visited the White House to pay respects to President Taft. He expressed optimism for Taft's administration and predicted it would be memorable according to the Washington report dated March 12.

Taft Washington Andrew Carnegie White House

Taft Rides Out After Work on Sterrett with Butt

Washington on March 12, President Taft finished a long day at the desk and rode his horse Sterrett for nearly two hours. He was accompanied by Captain Archibald Butt in an outing that showcased a relaxed moment for the president amid duties.

Washington Taft Sterrett Archibald Butt

100 Fasks for Feast and 1000 Bottles of Beer

Morris Cohen, a Atlanta grocer, was sentenced to 30 days in the stockade and fined $500 after being tried for storing and selling intoxicants. Police seized 1000 beer bottles and 100 whisky flasks at his store amid claims the beverages were for his daughter’s wedding feast.

Cohen Stockade Atlanta Morris Cohen

Japs Recross Pacific to Return Home

New York march 12 K Yamasaki acting consul general of Japan announced that in February 1909 ninety four more Japanese returned home than entered the mainland United States. He said the largest portion of returning Japanese were of the working class.

New York K. Yamasaki Japan United States Yamasaki

Body of well dressed woman found in Dayton canal

Dayton police uncover a woman's body in a canal. She appears about thirty and well dressed. The city has seen six girl murders recently, four of which remain unsolved.

Dayton Canal

Wood cord usage for pulp making rises since 1899

United States wood usage for paper pulp last year reached 3,062,600 cords, about double the amount used in 1899. This reflects growing industrial demand and the expansion of paper production across the country.

United States

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