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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1905
Page
1
Mrs A. Schaffer of Great Bend Kansas says five years of sick headache ended after one bottle. O Dieckman of Detroit Michigan reports earache relief from Hamlins Wizard Oil. Price 50c and 1.00. Sold and recommended locally.
Official forecast shows clouding with showers in northern and central portions, warmer by evening with brisk southerly winds. Lower Michigan Wisconsin showery, rising temperatures, southeast to south winds. Chicago futures quote wheat and short rib prices, live cattle and hogs receipts noted, ranges given for various grades and weights.
The advertisement claims Dr. Perrin's Pile Specific cures piles without surgery by addressing root causes. It states the remedy increases digestive juice flow, speeds liver action, relieves liver congestion and constipation, and thereby conquers the two main pile causes.
An ad style note promotes Dr Perrin s Pile Specific as an internal remedy for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and related stomach complaints. The text frames it as the realest remedy and laments other cures.
Striking labor and rising violence surge as employers bring 1900 new drivers and 600 more en route to city. Winchester rifles appear on wagons, with drivers and aides seen with rifles, provoking clashes and arrests of alleged armed supporters. Union leaders post bonds, while sheriff resists appointing union stewards amid tense citywide disruption.
Police report the death of Sergeant Richard Cummings amid a sequence of riots as sympathetic strike drivers clash with non-union workers. A crowd attacked wagons near Dearborn, with bricks and missiles flying, four people badly injured, and several arrests made including Chant Dayanger and Timothy Kenney.
Employers cite rising assaults on deliveries and limited police manpower. Assistant Chief Sehuettler could not guard wagons with the available force, despite promises of 10 men per wagon. Employers complain guards are insufficient while police insist they are stretched, leaving property exposed amid the strike.
Retail and wholesale grocery workers threaten widespread action in Chicago. Drivers refuse to handle meat if a strike spreads, leaving citizens facing limited stocks at retail stores while wholesale houses grapple with a possible stoppage.
Chicago reports a saloon robbery on Francisco Avenue near Van Buren Street as four masked men robbed the till and bystanders, taking $22 plus small sums from patrons including John C. Robinson who was knocked down for resisting. Also notes M. M. Mangasarian questioning Rockefeller money and American board ethics. Deaths from meningitis decline in Chicago. Measles and whooping cough remain high. Mayor Dawes discusses traction line costs, estimating total rebuild under $50 million.
Describes Green's August Flower as a reliable old stomach remedy for adults and children. Claims it cures indigestion dyspepsia and chronic constipation and acts as a natural tonic. Available in two sizes 95¢ and 75¢ sold by local druggists Jos. Emmert and Wang.
Bloomington May 2 John Rholewald the new engineer at the Minonk shaft claims to have seen the ghost of his predecessor Hinina Duckson who ran the engines for thirty years and died a year ago He says the shadowy figure acted like the old engineer and started the engines His tale has drawn much comment Madison Grand Jury Probe Halted Village Clerk L A Arras summoned before investigators announced that his office had been...
Miss Goold taking care of him Paris Ill May 2 Tt his been made known thy W A Barrett an invalid for two years and who is critically ill to St Josephs hospital heresy cis been provided for by Telon Gould Barrett was as engineer on the War Wash round in which the Goulds own the controlling interest and was attested with spinal trouble which the physicians said owed to the vibrations of its engine. St Joseph hospital Paris Ill May 2 St Joseph hospital recently established here by the Benedictine Sisters has been transferred to trustees Dr J T McCord 18 Tanner We Tunter Thomas Meal and Stohnm Condon
Indiana officials and United States Senator Beveridge push an early start on reclaiming the Kankakee river valley swamps in Indiana and Illinois. Purdue professor W J Spence and M A Downey of Anderson will install marsh district sections and prepare plans and cost estimates for the reclamation.
Experts warn that failure to drain and stabilize dykes could force the river to follow a straightened course, risking increased flooding and land loss for nearby communities.
In Scranton on May 2 inspector I J Moore tested mine depths at the Mount Jessup company shaft in Jessup. The 456 foot shaft showed wet oily conditions seven feet from the foot causing the guide to slip and the cage to break free and fall to the bottom. The mine officials objected to testing a wet section but the inspector insisted the test was proper.
In Grenwood Springs Colorado on May 2 President Stookevel and his party rode from Sam to 4:30 without sighting game or securing a pelt. Secretary Loeb arrived at the camp at 2 mm. Heirs back near Penny Linch along East Divide report many have been repaid. A Chicago anecdote follows involving a country aunt and a piano tainted finger, noting a light exchange about Wagner.
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