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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1906

Page

8

Train schedules and connections by John F Daly agent

Daily railroad timetable notes for West and East Bound trains with connections at Rockford Belvidere Sycamore DeKalb and Beloit Janesville Milwaukee Madison Harvard and Spring Valley. Mentions coach and parlor car services on Nos 202 204 201 903 205 207 200 and 211 run by the Chicago bound service.

Frésport. Ar Chicago Freeport Sieardense Rockford Beloit Janesville Milwaukee Madison Belvidere Sycamore DeKalb Oe Pratin Belott Harvard Ison Spring Valley Pacific Coast John F. Daly

Cartoons Stir Debate On Political Reform In Senate

West Virginia grievances swirl around the packers case and a push for reform. Senator Tilman and Spooner debate cartoons as commentary on Judge Humphrey's decisions and the constitution, while references to Jerome and cartoons provoke laughter in the chamber.

Washington Sonie Foraker Bailey Wulmit Dadge Himphrey Jerome Tilman Spooner Humphrey Wisconsin

Tillman Heated Debate Over Corporate Immunity

Senator Tillman attacked the doctrine that corporations could be punished but not their officers or stockholders. He blamed the attorney general for promoting immunity and cited Morton and Packers cases as proofs. Spooner pressed Foraker for cooperation as Tillman argued common sense over legal refinements and warned about taking him off the floor.

Tilman South Carolina Spooner Tillman Crileries Senate Morton Anch Mreover Tvoraker Sam Foraker Ohio

Missouri Volunteer Pension Bill Drives House Fray

Shackleford of Missouri pressed for passage of Rhoades’s pension bill for Missouri volunteers during urgent deficiency debate. He urged voting despite Tawney’s objections, calling to remove the heavy hand and let the measure pass. Speaker Cannon rose as Republicans gathered at the desk and Democrats filled the aisles.

Washington di Shackleford Missouri Tawney Shickleford Rhoades Missouri Volunteers DeArmond Chirk Lford Tucker Hunt Wood Shackleford Speaker Cannon Dee

Dream Balm Restores Taste and Smell for Nasal Catarrh

A vintage drug advertisement touts Hly's Dream Balm as restoring impaired taste and smell caused by nasal catarrh. It claims immediate action when applied to air passages and offers to mail the remedy for 50 cents via Ely Bros. at 56 Warren Street, New York.

Hly Ely Bros Warren Street New York

Fractured Text Echoes Mixed Message and Confusion

Fragmentary lines mix an uncertain speaker and garbled phrases. The excerpt hints at doubt and miscommunication, with unclear references to identity and intent, leaving readers unsure about who speaks and what is being conveyed.

Tariff debate and reciprocity notes in House remarks

Derrek Washington reports Williams of Massachusetts criticizing tariff revision while Payne of New York defends free hides stance. Williams questions reciprocity and Pan American links as the Senate stalls treaties and Germany's pressure looms. Payne asserts Democratic support for duty on hides despite minority leader pressure.

Washington Williams Mississippi StoCarltot Massachusetts Payne New ‘York Congress Rio Taneiro G. Blaine Mckinley Senate

Senate Debates Rail Rate Bill and Deficiency Appropriations

Washington reports show McCumber focusing on rail rate questions while Tillman covers various issues during Senate sessions. House passes deficits of 69 000 for a Pan American project. debate spans tariff and a pension bid for Missouri volunteers of 1861. Andrew Johnson memorial honor moves advance with a plan to establish a national cemetery near Greenville Tennessee.

Washington Tillman McCumber Senate House al Rio de Taneiro Missouri Volunteers Andrew Johnson Greenville Tenn United Sta Wes

Navy Committee Advances Big Battleship Plan

The House Committee on Naval Affairs decided to report a building programme for a new battleship. It favors one ship costing 6,000,000 exclusive of armor and armament. The vessel would be of the largest size possible for the money, about 20,000 tons.

Uncle Sam Washington House Committee On Naval Affairs

Eight Hour Law Extended to Reclamation Service

The assistant attorney general for the interior department declares the eight hour law applicable to the reclamation service of the geological survey. It covers engineers paid by the hour and workers engaged on irrigation projects.

Washington Interior Department Geological Survey

Track repair gang members killed in Baltimore tunnel fire

Smoke from a train caused the deaths of Joln Ramische Christian Mowswell and Marts Loche, all track workers, in the Baltimore and Ohio tunnel near Morant Royal station. Foreman W.T. Woods was injured as the light engine could not stop in time.

Baltimore Joln Ramische Christian Mwoswell Marts Loche W.T. Woods Baltimore, and Ohio Morant Royal Station Wilis

Man Dies in Coaldale Church Fund Battle

Bluefield W Va March 28 One man is dead one woman is fatally injured and four others are seriously wounded in a fight over funds raised for a new Methodist Episcopal church at Coaldale.

Bluefield W. Va Methodist Episcopal Coaldale

Ice Slide Demolishes Ohio River Roundhouse

A landslide on the Ohio River and Western railway near Zanesville Ohio toppled 51 000 tons of ice and debris against the roundhouse wrecking it and burying two locomotives that were swept into a nearby gully.

Zanesville Ohio River and Western Railway

Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Cure

Mrs. Pinkham offers free confidential advice and her Vegetable Compound to women with female illnesses. Testimonial from Mrs. Alice Berryhill of Chattanooga describes dramatic relief after using the remedy, with many letters published with consent to help others.

Pinkham Alice Berryhill Boyce Street Chattanooga Tenn Mrs. Pinkham Lydia E. Pinkham

OUSTER HEARING ENDED IN MISSOURI SUIT

New York reports the closing of testimony in the Missouri suit against Standard Oil, Waters-Pierce Oil, and others for restraint of trade. Attorney General Hadley adjourned the proceeding after efforts to secure John D. Rockefeller’s testimony and records, with key witness L M Tilford testifying amid health issues.

New York Ely Missouri Standard Oi Company Talia Waters-Pierce Oil Company Reputiie Oil ‘Company Udttorhoy Hadley Anh Onnerd Standard Oil John D. Rockefeller Standard ‘Ow Company John 1. Rockefeler Ales Llm. Tilford

Fire Rages Through Johnstown Center Causes Heavy Loss

A massive blaze in Johnstown Pay on March 23 caused nearly a million in damage, killed one firefighter and wounded several others as walls fell. Twelve fire companies battled the fire in the center of the business district, with aid from Altoona sought as hoses repeatedly burst during the effort. The fire is believed to have started in Swank & Co hardware.

Johnnstown Johnstown Hood Altoona Swank & Ca KEEN Pyar Anu Simmons Hardware CO St. Lomin U. S.A Broadway, N. We

Big Indoor Athletic Meet Opens in Chicago Colosseum

The largest indoor track meet in the west began at the Coliseum in Chicago on March 28 under the New Illinois Athletic club. It draws 1835 athletes from eighty colleges, grammar schools, high school clubs, and other institutions to support charity.

Chicago West Coliseum New Illinois Athletic Club

Hoppe Beats Slosson for Billiards World Title

Willie Hoppe defeats George Slosson in New York to win the world championship in 18 inch balk line billiards by 500 to 802 in a single shot victory.

Dougherty and Gardner Fight Deadlock in Milwaukee

Dougherty and Gardner fought eight rounds in Milwaukee ending in a draw. A note mentions a Lubee (Me) genius hag crafting a violin from board and cabin-floor wood of the old frigate Minne sota, towed to Eastport and burned in 1002, with a pocketknife and curved blade used in the work.

Dougherty and Patta Peru

DeWitts Little Early Risers Promise Quick Relief

The advertisement promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as a safeguard against headache constipation and liver troubles. It advises keeping a vial at home and taking a dose at bedtime for cleansing with no griping, and notes they are sold by all druggists.

DeWitt

Worldwide News Shorts Span Crises and Disasters

News brief roundup reports a 99 year old recovering in Los Angeles after rib injuries, Maxim Gorky leaving Berlin for the United States, a New York fire killing four firefighters and injuring others, a sleet storm damaging Wisconsin telegraphs, Morocco talks at the Algeciras conference, Sarah Bernhardt in Dallas, and various incidents from Alaska to Alabama including floods, riots, and political shifts.

iMirchists Jobiashn Tripute Bis Angeles Calj Wisconsin Algeciras Morocco Dallas Tex Sarah Bernhirat Camille Curry Samar P. 1 Tus United States George Schleter St. Louis Hong Kong Manila Ort Wrangel Alaska Billings O. T Margaret Coleman Albany N.Y Springfield Copenhagen Berlin von Buelow Johann Most New York Prestonburg Floyd County Thomas Marshall Orkmen Moscow Social Democrats Constitutional Democraats Trade and Tridustry Japan Jacob Shhiff New York Banker House Auburn Ney Albert de Sonts Paria Algers

Darlington Wisconsin Flood Deluges Prompt Boat Rescues

Heavy rains raise the Pecatonica river for ten years in Darlington Wisconsin. Homes on low ground flooded. residents evacuated by boat. Milwaukee road unable to run trains. a dam upstream broke causing rapid water rise and washed out railroad tracks west of the city. Westward, conditions worsen.

Darlington Wis Pecatonica River Thes River Milwaukee Road Crlamine

Heaton Rejects Knighthood After Cabinet Retirement

J Henniker Heaton M P declined the honor of knighthood again after the Balfour cabinet retirement. The title had been offered in recognition of his work on the imperial penny postage scheme in 1898 and for introducing telegraphic money orders in the United Kingdom and the parcel post in France.

J. Henniker Heaton M. P Hind United Kingdom France

Dyspepsia in School Children Treated by Syrup Pepsin

An old notice claims common school digestive problems stem from hastily eaten lunches. It recommends Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe cure for stomach and bowel disorders with a money back guarantee.

Unclear Judge Remarks Amid Prisoner Maturity Talk

Fragmentary OCR notes show a judge and defense terms with unclear phrasing about mitigating circumstances. The text references a possible jubilee notion and a discussion of a prisoner’s age or maturity. Names, dates, and concrete events are not legible.

DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Sold By All Druggists

A dealer warns against counterfeit versions of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and urges buyers to trust genuine products sold by all druggists. The note stresses the salve’s reputation and cautions about forged imitations.

DeWitt

Gift to Tuskegee Institute From New Jersey Will

A will from Andrew T. Dotger of South Orange New Jersey bequeaths 665000 to Tuskegee Institute Alabama. The residue of his estate after the widow is paid will pass to Tuskegee at the widow's death.

Tuskegee New York Tuskegee Institute Alabama South Orange N. J Dotger

Fire destroys large West Philadelphia lumber yard

A massive blaze gutted the J. Gibson Mellyain & Co lumber yard at Kitty-eighth Street and Woodland Avenue West Philadelphia. The fire consumed Ingay million feet of lumber including mahogany and caused an estimated loss of 300000 dollars.

Philadelphia Hige J. Gibson Mellyain & Co Kitty-eighth Street Woodland Avenue West Philadelphia

Northwest and Westward Excursion Tickets On Sale Now

Reduced rates for Homeseekers excursion via the North Western Railway to the indicated territory. Standard and Tourist sleeping cars with free reclining chairs. For travel dates and further particulars apply to the North Western Railway offices.

Chicago Great Western Railway Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Florida Georgia Indian Territory Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mexico Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Wyoming Virginia Paints Alberta Canadian Northwest Assinipoia Manitoba Ontario Great Western J. P. Elmer Paul Ming

Reduced fares to West Coast and Northwest regions

History notes offer greatly reduced rates from February 15 to April for travel to Chicago Milwaukee and Northwest destinations including San Francisco Los Angeles Port Townsend Seattle and others. Half-fare options apply and six overs are allowed on all tickets. Contact a ticket agent or write General Passenger Agent for details.

Chicago Milwaukee Los Angeles

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