Innovation in Park Scoreboards at Wisconsin League Opens
Green Bay falls 18 to 1 to Logan Square in Chicago as the league unveils a new in-park wire and large scoreboard system to post inning by inning results from other games. Jack Pickett’s Green Bay team showed early stage fright amid a 9 inning rout by Jimmy Callahan’s Logan Squares.
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Postal ‘Telegraph Company
Logan Square
Chicago
Jack ‘Pickett
Green Bay
Jimmy Callahan
Callahan
Terry
Lind
Howard
Donovan
Weinga
Sunday
Affleck
Erickson
Pickett
R. H. E. Logan Square
Moriarity
Bill’ Moriarity
Bobby Lynch
Logan Squares
Hastman
Cook
Wallace
W.I
Umps
Moll
Milwaukee
Wisser
Kutina
Duluth
Gus Wisser
William Kutina
Fond du Lac
Trade Rumors Tie Cubs Prospects to St Paul Move
Unofficial reports from Madison say Fred Liese has been traded from the Chicago Cubs to St Paul in the American Association. Charlie Check also heads to St Paul after moving from Cleveland to Boston. Frank Chance hails Wiese as a future world beater. Mike Kelley of St Paul is noted for developing young timber. Liese remains positive about the switch. Chicago acquires catcher Minnehan in the deal.
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Madison
Fred Liese
Chicago Cubs
St. Paul
American Association
Charlie Check
Cleveland
Boston
St.Paul
Frank Chance
Wiese
Mike Kelley
Liese
Kelley
Madisons
Chicago
Minnehan
Hands League a Lemon
Galena Gazette reports Fred Braig of Dubuque formerly Bellevue has been signed as umpire by the Wisconsin Minnesota league. Braig is known in Galena for umpiring Galena versus Bellevue games years ago and he was once mobbed by hostile fans in several Three Eye league cities over controversial calls.
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Galena Gazette
Fred Braig
Pubuque
Bellevue
Braig J
Galena
Braig
Roosevelt
Preventing Appendicitis With Dr King’s New Life Pill
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a preventive remedy for appendicitis and related ailments. It claims the pills stimulate the stomach liver and bowels to avert clogging and offer relief from constipation biliousness chills malaria headaches and more. Joseph Emmert is linked as a seller or contact.
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Dr. King
Jenssen
Joseph Emmert
Dye Worba Becomes Local Cleaning Services Slogan
A fragment reads No matter to what extent they are soiled we can clean em attributed to B. B. Dye Worba. Dated 3 23 likely a local business notice highlighting rough cleaning capability and branding.
E L Burchard Replies Clarifies Settlement Home remarks
E L Burchard issues correction to Saturday report on remarks at the Settlement Home board meeting in the Masonic temple. He says the savings could be hundreds of dollars not thousands via a central clearing house or charities bureau. He asserts no reflection on the supervisor of the poor and praises his careful handling of funds. He advocates a unified agency linking supervisor, churches, Settlement Home, and fraternal groups to pool relief efforts, reduce city expenditures, and reveal more sources of help for Neht.
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Settlement Home
Bke
Settlement Home Board
Masonic Temple
Associated Charities Bureau
Amity Society
Freeport
Man Threats Fail, Bluff At Death by Own Action
Police investigated a report that Adolph Herbig of East Freeport threatened death by his own action Sunday. Officer Vick found Herbig intoxicated and abusive at a neighbor’s, refused entry without a warrant, and returned.
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Adolph Herbig
East Freeport
Herbig
Vick
Adolph ‘Herbig
Hutzel Held to Grand Jury on Forgery Charge
H A Hutzel arrested in Freeport for forging a $1100 check. He waived preliminary examination at Port Byron Friday, was held to the next grand jury under $3600 bonds. Unable to furnish security, he remains in Rock Island County Jail after custody by Sheriff Kittilsen following the hearing.
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H. A. Hutzel
Freeport
Port Byron
Rock Island
Kittilsen
Fourth Class Postmaster Examination Announced
The U S Civil Service Commission calls for a fourth class postmaster exam in Freeport Illinois for Winslow with $870 last year’s pay. Applicants must be U S citizens 21 or older residing in the local postal territory. Submit proper applications to Winslow post office or to Washington DC within seven days.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Freeport
Ill
Winslow
Illinois
Post Office
Hamed
United States
Winslow Post Office
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
D. C
Commission
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Stickney to Resign As Great Western Manager
Samuel C. Stickney will resign as general manager of the Great Western railroad on April 1. He is the son of A. B. Stickney, former president of the road and now one of its receivers. A successor has not yet been announced.
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Stickney
St. Paul
Minn
Samuel C. Stickney
Great Western Railroad
A. B. Stickney
Road
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a universal cure for constipation indigestion liver trouble flatulency heartburn sour stomach and all stomach bowels diseases. It claims guaranteed results funded by a rich company and offers a free sample by mail from the Pepsin Syrup Co 119 Caldwell Bldg Monticello IA. Bottles are sold at 50c and 1.00.
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Dr. Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell Bldg
Monticello
Illinois Law on Kidnapping and Death Penalty Recalled
The state enforces a strict kidnapping statute enacted May 11 1901. Conviction for kidnapping carries death or imprisonment for life or not less than five years. The law applies to seizing or kidnapping within Illinois or transporting a captive out of state for ransom.
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Willie Whitla
Sharon
Cleveland
Illinois
General Assembly
Recalls Charlie Ross Case and Other Unsolved Kidnappings
The piece recounts the Charlie Ross kidnapping from Germantown Pennsylvania in 1874, detailing the abduction by two men, the failed ransom negotiations, and the long hunt led by the Ross family. It notes the case remains unresolved after thirty five years and connects it to the Whitla and related unsolved cases, with cautionary discussion of investigative limits.
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Charlie ‘Ross
Willie White
Charlie Ross
Germantown
Charlie
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Charlo
Susy
Walter
Charley Ross
New York
Mosher
Douglass
Charles Ross
The Dickinson Kidnapping Case in Wisconsin 1882
The Dickinson case centered on young W. W. Dickinson, missing from Florence. No evidence or clues ever surfaced about the boy’s fate or whereabouts. Judge E. W. Keyes recalls widespread debate and exhaustive searches that yielded nothing. The town clung to a kidnapping theory despite no proof.
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Dickenson
Wisconsin
Colonel Dickenson
Commonwealth
Florence
Wis
W. W. Dickenson
Uder
E. W. Keyes
Madison
County News From Our Own Correspondent Orangeville March 29
Local items report travel and visits including Hol Shabilon’s west trip John Cantrill and family return to Leola South Dakota after months here Mrs Jas Miller attends Wim McCall Jr funeral in Freeport Mrs Palmer visits Joliet Ill to see ill daughter in law. Several local families travel to Freeport Winslow and Sciota Mills. One injury at a barn and several relatives visiting Freeport. Reverend Cirele returns from Ohio. Continuous brief notes of illness and social calls.
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Orangeville
Hol. Shabilon
West
John Cantrill
Leola
S. D
Jas. Miller
Freeport
Wim. McCall, Jr
Palmer
Joliet, Jr
Aaron Baltzer
Sciota Mills
G. S. Wagner
C.D. Dorn
D. A. Schoch
Carrie Musser
W. C. T. U. Institute
Winslow
Hill
Chicago
U. B
Daniel Musser
John Schrack
J. H. Snyder
J. G. Wise
Leona
Karl Hoffman
George Hofman
Dr. Daly
Leland Snyder
Hesse Plan
J. H. Cook
The Daily Journal Delivers Citywide Newspaper Service
The Daily Journal announces delivery to every city district, offering readers access to local news, features, and classifieds with house-to-house service and convenient subscription options for all residents.
April Crop Weather Forecast Warns of Frosts and Storms
A 1909 forecast predicts disrupted crop weather through April with killing frosts north of 40 degrees, heavy temp swings, and a bad second half of the month. The author warns of storms from April 10 to 21 and claims his long range method outperforms the Weather Bureau.
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W. T. Foster
Washington, D. C
Continent
Pacific Coast
Pacific Slope
Great Central Valleys
Eastern States
Parallel 40
Weather Bureau
This Date In History 1790 To 1906
A compact chronology of notable events and births in North American and British history. Highlights include John Tyler born in Virginia in 1790, Beau Brummell’s death in 1840, John Jacob Astor’s death in 1848, a Nashville prison fire in 1855, Adelbert Ames resignation in 1876, Cincinnati courthouse arson in 1884, Philetus Sawyer’s death in 1900, and Saskatchewan legislature opening in 1906.
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John Tyler
United States
Charles City
Richmond
New York
George
Nashville Tenn
Adelbert Ames
Borer Orer
Mississippi
Cincinnati
Philetus Sawyer
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Saskatchewan
Birthday of noted international law professor George Grafton Wilson
Professor George Grafton Wilson born March 29 1863 in Plainfield Connecticut. He joined Brown University at 28 as professor and studied at Oxford Heidelberg and Paris. For eight years he lectured on international law at Newport Naval War College and since 1908 at Harvard University. He authored several important works on naval law.
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George Grafton Wilson
Plainfield
Conn
MSG
Brown University
Brown
Oxford
Heidelberg
Paris
Europe
Wilson
Newport Naval War College
Harvard University
Electric Bitters Claims To Cure Child's Skin Ailments
The Lurid Glow of Doom was seen in the red face hands and body of the little son of H M Adams of Henrietta Pa. His eczema had defied remedies and doctors said poisoned blood affected his lungs. But the mother writes that giving bottles of Electric Bitters completely cured him. For eruptions eczema salt rheum sores and all blood disorders and rheumatism Electric Bitters is supreme. Only 60c guaranteed by Joseph Emmert.
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H. M. Adams
Henrietta
Joseph Emmert
Freeport Consistory Opens With Distinguished Visitor
Consistory week opens in Freeport with officers listed including Kuehner as chairman and Mrs. W. C. Jencks among others. Dr. J. B. McFatrich of Chicago 33d degree Mason will attend sessions as Amos Pettibone’s proxy. Harry Knecht death claim approved. John DeJongh credited for prompt settlement to Knecht’s family.
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J. B. McFatrich
Chicago
Freeport
Amos Pettibone
Illinois
McFatrich
Lena
John DeJongh
Cherry Camp
Harry Knecht
Knecht
Danville
DeJongh
Joint meeting of Cherry and Freeport M. W. A. camps
A joint meeting of Cherry and Freeport M. W. A. camps will be held Tuesday night at Cherry camp hall. Special Deputy Bullock will be present as he continues to boost membership in both camps.
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Cherry
Freeport
Hall of
Cherry Camp
Bullock
Reber Named Leading Knight at Rockford Elks Lodge
Thomas D. Reber elected leading knight of Rockford lodge of Elks in Freeport with C. G. Smith as loyal and Minford Doran lecturing knights and Dr. C. J. Sowle secretary. Rockford Elks report $47,000 in club house subscriptions and announce $15 annual dues begin next month.
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Thomas D. Reber
Freeport
Rockford Lodge of Elks
C. G. Smith
Minford Doran
C. J. Sowle
W. H. Keig
C.G. Simpson
Tyler
Grand Lodge
A. Phil
Smith
David Turkenkaph
Rockford Elks
What is Eczema and Blood Purifier Claim
An ad explains eczema and other skin conditions as blood diseases not just skin problems. It cites uneven eruptions showing blood poisoning, claims Dr Taylor’s theory proves cures via a Blood Purifier and germicide Lotion and Ointment. It invites readers to send for a booklet and lists a seller in Freeport Illinois.
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Taylor
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Joseph Emmert
Freeport
Ill
The Smart Set Tonight at The Black Politician Grand
The Smart Set, the world's leading colored theatrical company, presents The Black Politician tonight. The fifty member troupe has mounted an elaborate production for this season and promises a strong showcase of talent.
Servant in the House to be shown in Rockford this week
Freeport theatre patrons expect the appearance of The Servant In the House in Rockford on Tuesday and Wednesday with a special matinee on Wednesday. A large number of people from this city plan to attend.
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Freeport
Rockford
Advertised Letter List for Week Ending March 27 1900
Freeport post office lists remaining letters dated March 27 1900 with names of ladies and gentlemen. Persons calling for the letters should state advertised. signed Sarre D. Ateind postmaster.
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Freeport Post Office
Donher
Mary Miss Reynolda
Lottie Miss Frost
Airs
Stiltz
George
Mrs. Lewis
Mae E. Miss Sperry
Mrs. Lausch
Mamie Miss Swan
Lillie
Miss Marks
Bessie
Thomas
C. H
Malone
Elia
Wiser
Rina Miss McMuonus
Kitty Gentlemen
It Saved His Leg From Sores, Says Swenson
Water town Wisconsin resident J A Swenson credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing a ten year skin problem after 15 doctors failed. The note claims the salve is infallible for skin eruptions and mentions a price of 25 cents at Joseph Mamert.
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J. A. Swenson
Watertown
Wis
Bucklen
Sagan
Lew
Joseph Mamert
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National Commission
Hiese
E.L. Burchard
Hutzel
Gerous
Ross Case
Whitla
Daily Journal
Emil Haent
Wee
Fred. J. Burdette
Reber
Chikies
Alps
Opp
Sumner
Lirdola Arenas
Otto Wagner
Galena Street
84 Street
M. H. Brown
M. D. Freeport
Brewster House
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