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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1906
Page
6
The narrator describes encounters with officials in Petrograd and a chancellor who warns against meeting peasants. They discuss surveillance, village police, and the risk of arrest, flogging, and expulsion if discovery occurs. The dialogue reveals fear of police, spies, and censorship in the Tsarist era.
A Detroit News Tribune item reviews dangerous substances and dubious medical claims. It cites rattlesnake venom as a cure for locomotor ataxia and scarlet fever, curare for hydrophobia, bladder wrack as an anti fat, and fly agaric mushrooms misused as medicine, alongside notes on cocaine and cocoa effects and a Coca-Cola style advert for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with a testimonial from Hon. Jake Moore of Atlanta about rapid indigestion relief.
The rock oyster, Pholas, found only along Spain and Oregon coasts, cheers Yaquina Bay summers. Early risers dig the beds as the state geologist explains the oyster’s rasping shell and larval development while locals prize them for table use.
A reader from Preeport testifies that after suffering kidney trouble and rheumatism his back pain hindered work. He bought Doan's Kidney Pills at Emmett's drug store, followed directions, and within days felt better and continued improving until cured. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Faoster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY, sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Washington speech sparks heated debate over statehood bill with 175-166 vote for rule adoption amid fiery remarks and audience laughter. Minnesota’s Bede quips about Oklahoma and ark animals drawing crowd amusement while Oklahoma and New Mexico ties evoke twins on their father’s side.
During a heated session, quotes praising Roosevelt mix with jests about leadership and private life. Longworth draws laughs over a remark about a daughter’s marriage, while others debate procedure and Senate trust. Williams of Mississippi calls for journal reading and a mercy invocation as the Republicans press ahead.
Washington March 23 Spooner argued about rate legislation and Tillman said that if the supreme court ruled Congress lacked power to control inferior courts the people would elect a Congress to enact relief and notify the court to secure the right decision.
An advertisement urges sufferers of piles to use DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve by E. C. DeWitt & Co in Chicago and warns that counterfeit versions lack relief and are sold by many druggists.
Stas yer Co announces a clearing sale featuring ladies fine shoes with special bargains. The event highlights include a $33 650 grade BOW 99.48 offer and emphasis on value across the collection.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for various ailments and nervy debility. It claims safe ingredients, endorsements by medical professionals, and offers free literature and Pellets for constipation and liver regulation.
The debate centers on a crossfire between Spooner and Tillman over reform of supreme court opinions. References to a senator from Pennsylvania and the phrase cornfield law highlight tensions between constitutional and cornfield lawyers.
March proceedings show the Senate devoting time to the railroad rate bill with Lodge urging an inter state commerce commission expansion and Spooner examining inferior court powers. House requested a conference on the statehood bill and sent it to conference despite GOP insurgent opposition. the legislative appropriation then occupied the session to adjournment.
Official and resident society attended the Ball of the States at the Arlington hotel sponsored by the Woman's League of the National Junior Republic. Mrs. Chas Warren Fairbanks serves as League president.
A friend recalls Maurice Barrymore’s final meeting with the actor. He quips that though asked where to be found he is posted at the Players, he is always at the Lambs as well, noting the Lambs temper the wind there.
A Philadelphia Ledger item notes a humorous exchange about identity as a boy ponders being a lamb or a kid. A Kaiser plans a new racing yacht with a flat hull and bathes system. An Australian business lends engagement rings and wedding trousseaux.
Nervous debility vital weakness and prostration from overwork and other causes promote Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28. In use over 40 years it is claimed the only successful remedy at $1 per vial or $5 for a special package. Sold by Prygsiats or sent prepaid. Brice Humphreys Meds Co. William and Jobo Streets New York.
A gas blast at the Century Coal Company shaft in Century, fifty miles south of Mair mont, leaves fifteen men dead after 160 of 250 workers exited. The explosion injures twenty-five and leaves twenty-five to seventy-five missing. six victims are foreigners. Identification is difficult as most killed are foreign laborers and names are not yet released.
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on March 23 Vo ticcman Norwood retrieved from a rubbish pile at Connor Bros. shoe store a sealed envelope containing greenbacks bank checks and other negotiable papers totaling 31 983 12 dollars. The owner Dr J A B Sikes of Iron City learned his money was missing after visiting the city and heading to New Orleans.
A postal card received by Controller Tom B. Larkin in Pittsburgh warns he should be prepared to die. The message, likely from a foreign writer, claims the writer will attack him in a day or two and to watch for him at his office or on the street.
An epidemic of measles is reported on the American Line steamship Haverford arriving from Liverpool and Queenstown. Of about 800 steerage passengers, including 200 children, many were sick with measles during the voyage. one child died from convulsions and was buried at sea.
The village of Birchwood, sixteen miles north, suffered a disastrous blaze. Losses estimated at 50,000 dollars with half covered by insurance. The Alunpee Veneer and Seating company is the heaviest loser as the big sawmill and veneer plant are a total loss.
The late Associate Justice Gray of the supreme court harbored a strong dislike for typewriters, forcing handwritten filings and denying stenographic help. His eccentric stance allegedly increased his workload, while a Leipzig court case from 1618 over forest wood rights in Dabo and Engenthal finally reached resolution after centuries of dispute.
A satirical note asks which suitor two youths would choose. The piece then notes barber shops offering various facilities and tips for shaving beginners, while promoting DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a gentle laxative remedy sold by druggists.
Tax notice lists Twill topping Bokemeier and Lapp's shoe store for March 21 to receive town taxes. GEO MENSENKAMP and others referenced in the notice.
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