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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1906
Page
1
The proposal outlines free textbooks for all students and teachers, mandatory coeducation, and extended schooling through age eighteen. It calls for public oversight, equal opportunities, expanded kindergartens, night schools, and mandatory physical culture, with substantial teacher support, proper facilities, and access to museums, libraries, and gymnasiums for community use.
Ending sale continues with rubber goods offered at 48 cents a pair. Wachlin and Preeilerr advertise the event with low prices and limited stock, inviting customers to visit the store during the April sale period.
Reports detail plans for an electric railway bridge across the Niagara river near Niagara Falls by Dany of Buffalo and the Toronto Railway, aiming for exclusive electric rail use. Missouri’s southwest output hit a record $13.3 million in zinc and lead. Kansas City, Mexico & Orient plans to finish 1,000 miles of line, Kais City to San Angelo, Texas, by year end. Alaska property booms draw $16 million in New York. Texas coal railroads seek 5 million barrels of fuel oil amid potential strike. Great Northern earmarks over $6 million for equipment and new refrig erator cars. Mexican government cites 255 miles of railway built last year, total reach 10,488 miles, with over 1,000 miles more planned. Detroit river freight traffic for 1905 totals 63,639,086 net tons, iron ore heavy southbound.
A compact list of historical milestones spanning 1282 to 1874. Notable events include massacres, sieges, revolts, births and deaths of leading figures such as Cardinal Bourchier Sir Henry Wotton John Constable and Queen Victoria. References cover battles treaties and political shifts across Europe and the Americas.
In Freeport many suffer digestive distress and nervous trouble. In Miona a remedy claims to restore digestion, revive nutrition, and aid assimilation. It soothes inflamed stomach walls, strengthens nerve centers, and offers a money back guarantee with every 50 cent box if unsatisfied. Start now to find relief.
Albertson and Stem at 78 Galena Street announce a one day sale offering the largest up to date sheet music stock in Freeport at 19 cents per copy on Saturday March 31.
The closing sale of I M Willie's grocery at 128 Chicago street ends this week with stock sold at auction on Thursday Friday and Saturday at 1 30 and 7 30 pm each day The horse and wagon go Saturday afternoon at 1 30 in front of the store This is a final chance to buy groceries at near price The proprietor H B Ers thanks patrons and C G Bradley manager and auctioneer invites inquiries for fixtures and sales details
The latest popular sheet music edition offers 18 000 copies to choose from at Allington's Music Store located at 146 Stephenson Street and 5 North Galena Ave, priced at 16 cents with no higher rates.
The fragment lists events including the Czai's life at Gatéohing in 1889, a failed confirmation for Murat Halstead over German migrations in 1891, massacres of 400 Goorkha troops among the Matipur tribes in 1894, President Cleveland vetoing the Bland bill in 1895, and the death of Mrs. Paran Stevens.
March 30 Danéson speaks and social dance at Blust hall, April card party by Freéport club at unidentified venue. April 8 Shrine dance and card party at Masonic temple. April 14 Sixth lecture by Dr Willett at First Presbyterian church lecture room. April 16 Card party at Masonic temple 2:30 pm under Division 20. April 16 Fourteenth annual ball and card party at Lexington hall. April 10 Amity society party at Masonite temple. April 20 Go-Home-Harry dance. April 25 Plantidettehe guide fourth anniversary dance and card party at Lexington hall.
At the Y.M.C.A. in April a series of practical talks is listed including Health by Dr. Baumgartner, The Need and State of Preparation for a Business Career, The Relation of the Physical and Spiritual Natures, and a practical talk on Manhood by C. W. McCaskill. An annual gymnasium exhibition is scheduled for April 20 and a session on April 28.
At the Grand Opera House schedule lists The Wayward Daughter on April 13 and The Little Homestead on April 10. Lyman Howes moving pictures appear April 20 followed by John J. Sullivan and company on April 27 and His Father's Sin on April 28.
Public Buildings for Illinois and Washington March 30 report a sweeping omnibus bill totaling 18 to 19 million dollars. Illinois sites listed include Moline Macomb Belvidere Waukegan Lincoln Dixon Kewanee Peoria East St. Louis Belleville Decatur and Paris with prior similar legislation of 14 million carried last session but not passed.
The annual institute of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties will be held in the Lutheran church in Pearl City on April 5 and 6.
The advertisement touts 18,000 copies to choose from with prices at 16 cents or less. It lists Allington's Music Store located at 146 Stephenson Street and 6 North Galena Avenue, promoting a broad catalog and low pricing.
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