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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1908
Page
6
Pengreave, a wealthy city bachelor, notices a young woman from the Helping Land Society who asks for charity for the very poor. Moved by her appeal and blue eyes, he reassesses his life, pledging help and a chance at a new path, prompted by a moral awakening.
Camel races thrive in southern Algeria with valuable prizes and intense interest. Racing camels, bred for generations, differ greatly from ordinary beasts in size and temperament. They move slowly when idle but prove swift in race, maintaining nine to ten miles per hour for long stretches.
Ancient writers described the basilisk or cockatrice as deadly, with poisonous breath and a fatal gaze. In truth, it is a harmless forest lizard, about twenty five to thirty inches long, with a winglike crest resembling a crown and a Greek-rooted name meaning king.
A mangled report notes a court session in the north of Marhaliadl with the village schoolboy present. It recalls the early open court era and mentions judges, admiralty practice, and the London quay at Southwark per the London Law Journal.
John Kippenberger of Allentown, a carpenter, fell from a scaffold in Pain and fractured both heels. A concussion from the splinter caused additional injury, as reported in a terse, fragmentary local item.
A Long Island gathering of potato growers backed a plan to form a growers' association to handle almost all shipments to New York. They favor a tighter water overproduction and plan a second meeting to finalize a syndicate and order handling trust to stabilize prices amid market overcrowding.
A garbled OCR describes a student accident during cadet training with mentions of a leader court martial and a scene of battles among cadets. Names and places are unclear but imply a military college setting and disciplinary action following an incident.
The esse of the parkers, involving hirge fines for rebiating, was decidedubversely to the defendant companies by the United States supreme court. Pnless a re hearing should be granted, Armour Co. Nelson Miccaris Co fund the oth er econcerns davelyed taust pay othe periaihy.
Obituary of former Missouri treasurer Podintttoeser, who served as state treasurer during the period ending at BEVOTIEN Hil Seca. The deceased was a key figure in the state government and held prominent roles in the Excisinge beck and related offices.
In the east show window the sale is offered by WM. O. Wright & Co. All patrons not receiving their paper regularly are asked to notify the office.
London March 17 Florence Nightingale organizer of Crimean War nurses was named freedom of the city in Guild Hall ceremony attended by doctors nurses and her nephew stood in for her aged eighty eight the gold casket omitted per her wish oak and bronze substitute funds to charity. Lord mayor officiated with directors of army and navy hospitals Red Cross representatives and girls' school deputations present.
In Duluth Minnesota March 7 Mrs Selina Mattson was acquitted by a jury after fifteen minutes deliberation in a murder trial. She faced charges of killing her husband Michell Mattson at their home in Chisholm with a double headed axe. The case lasted three days and a half with testimony deemed error laden and not conclusive. A police chief's claimed confession was excluded as it was obtained under implied immunity.
Nismarek North Dakota March 17 Joseph Rassanell one of the convicts who escaped from the North Dakota penitentiary here was killed by Sheriff Beck of McLean county in a pistol duel A few hours earlier Alfred Woolens the other escaped convict was captured by a posse fifteen miles west of Mandan The battle in which Jassanell was killed took place in McLean county sixty miles from Bismarck
Waterbury of Emporia Kansas a Populist national committeeman and delegate to the national convention at St Louis says Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin will be nominated for president on the first ballot by the Populists.
Sharon Pa March 17 Announcement is made that the entire plant of the Sharon Steel Hoop company will resume operation next Tuesday. The open hearth blooming mill eight nine and ten inch billet mills will also start. About one thousand men are affected.
Ex President Grover Cleveland will not celebrate his seventy first birthday tomorrow at Princeton. He has departed with Mrs Cleveland for Lakewood, Ohio indefinitely according to reports.
Paris on March 7, spectators at the Galerie des Machines cycle races attacked the umpire decision and set fire to the ground stands in a riotous outbreak of anger and destruction.
A chaotic Paris of reports claims the Tatsu Maru case closed with Japan's demands deemed justified by state information. Payroll reductions are denied, a U.S. bank is shuttered by federal order, and a Lisbon plot is reportedly denied amid preparations in Melbourne to greet a U S battleship. The Supreme Court recess runs to April 6, and Secretary Root hosts Andrew Carnegie at dinner.
A quirky piece extols the mocking bird as supreme among song birds, praising its variety range volume and sweetness beyond skylark and nightingale while noting other birds receive less praise. Various garbled phrases appear as questionable text.
In Queensburg two of David H L Brown's sons Roy aged seventeen and Chick aged fifteen were killed along with the father when dynamite used to clear stumps exploded. The accident occurred behind the Acme village store where the family had gone to work with a twenty five pound charge. Only fragments of the bodies were recovered.
In New York on March 17 the Rural Federated Union denounced Controller Metz for withheld funds for subway work and urged Governor Hughes to appoint a commission to investigate city finances. A committee was formed to travel to Albany with the governor to pursue the inquiry.
Billy Papke of Spring Valley HL won a decision over Tigo Kelly of Chicago in a ten-round fight at the Hippodrome by the Milwaukee Boxing Club. The bout featured constant infighting and Papke knocked Kelly down in the first round.
Bellefontaine Ohio March 17 General A Saunderson Piatt is dead at his home near the city aged eighty six. He was the last of the Piatt family, brother of the late Donn Piatt. He served in the Civil War, organized the first company of Zouaves from Ohio, and had a brilliant military record.
In Ripon Wisconsin on March 17 the old schoolhouse where the national Republican party was born was bought by the Ripon Confer cinal club. If President Hughes of Ripon college succeeds, the building will be relocated to the college campus to serve as a museum for Wisconsin relics.
Providence March 17. The city’s census of unemployed people completed shows a total of 8000 idle persons in the city.
A Washington Indiana heading factory owned by Creager was destroyed by fire on March 17 causing about 5000 dollars in losses. Ashes dumped against the drying house started the blaze.
Chicago Board of Trade quotations show May wheat at around 2.95 to 3.04 with July and Sept gaps. corn oats and rye futures listed with varied bids. Live stock in Chicago terminals reports on receipts about 35,000 with steer and heifer prices mostly in the 6.00 to 7.25 range. buffalo and other regional markets noted with mixed cattle and hog values.
Anthropologists remain divided on race origin with monogenist and polygenist views. Evolution suggests a common origin for human races, but mining scientists argue evolution does not require a single stock, noting possible multiple progenitors leading to distinct races. New York American.
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