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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1907
Page
3
Sudden Call-Down Big Stick Strikes Quickly
A negro from Boyce Station La named General Davis, fruit inspector for Thacker & Cros steamer line, was brutally beaten by a Nicaraguan soldier near La Laguna on April 27. Police and soldiers dragged him to a cuartel and then beat him unconscious, leaving him with severe wounds. medical help arrived later as his condition remained critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Cortez
Mobile
Ala
Boyce Station
General Davis
Thacker Cros
la Laguna
Aso
United States
Davis
Cuartel
Sequel is Mighty Sudden in Nicaragua Crisis
Bluejackets under Ensign Rorsach move quickly as General Fullam orders arrest of police and Nicaraguan officers involved in the assault. Paducah and Marietta crews occupy Laguna while Tegucigalpa authority is ignored and General Estrada’s disciplined force is recognized. Arrested Nicaraguan officers handed to Estrada. reparation demanded from local officials. potential murder trials loom for Davis incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Rorsach
Laguna
Marieta
Paducah
Cuartels
Fullam
Tegucigalpa
Estrada
Pullan
Brewers indicted over alleged Mistletoe beverage in St Louis
Ardmore Missouri May report notes Adolphus Busch heir among several brewers indicted by a grand jury on charges tied to a beverage called Mistletoe said to exceed legal alcohol limits. Rethel Vermont May 1 mentions a granite contract now awarded for Madison Wisconsin slate house. price surpasses $2,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
May -le
Rethel
Madison
Wis
Rhea
Governor Plagverman Turned Over Office in Santa Fe
Governor Verbert J. Plagverman, after discussions with Washington, relinquished his duties to Territorial Secretary Raynolds. Hagerman is out, with L. M. Ma reported in Santa Fe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerman
Santa Fe
N. MA
May
E -C
Verbert J. Plagverman
Accordia
Washington
Veeritorial
Raynolds
Independent watch orders body probes watch trust abroad
Charles A Keene of New York, president of the Independent Watch Orders association, met Assistant Attorney General Purdy of the Department of Justice to discuss an inquiry into the so called watch trust. Keene showed evidence of watches made in the United States sold abroad and purchased by dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waishington
Charles A. Keene
New York
Independent Watch Orders’ Assocdation
Purdy
Department of Justice
Watch Trust
Keene
United States
President declines watch gift from American Watch trust
Keene told White House officials he offered President Roosevelt a watch with a United States movement and case bought in England from a dealer who allegedly paid the watch trust $7.93. The dealer valued the watch at $19.58, engraved as a Roosevelt presentation demonstration. The president declined to accept the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keene
White House
Roosevelt
United States
Nungland
American Watch Trust
State Senators Sentenced in Oregon Land Fraud Case
Portland May 4 State Senators Franklin P Mays and W O Jones were sentenced by Federal Judge W H Hunt for land frauds in eastern Oregon Mays received a 10000 fine and four months in jail Jones 2000 and eight months Their sentences were delayed to November 1 to allow appeal proceedings Others named Hamilton Trend Watson and Barnard had their sentences postponed to September due to government objections over the method of drafting exceptions The defendants were convicted of attempting to defraud the government in the Blue Mountain reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Franklin P. Mays
W. ON. Jones
W. H. Hunt
Oregon
Mays
Jones
United States Court of Appeals
Tamilton
Trendvnsks
Charles A. Watson
George D. Barnard
Blue Mountain Reserve
Reform urged to curb Sunday comic sections
New York on May 4 reports a campaign by the International Kindergarten union to educate against comic sections in Sunday papers. Funds will fund circulars urging parents to bar the Sunday supplement. A sub-committee of top writers and artists will create a wholesome substitute and delegates urge papers to publish literature for children. Philadelphia May 4 notes Mayor Reyburn removed Cyrus J D Foss from the civil service post after a letter suggesting jobs require technical knowledge via examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Kindergarten Union
Philadelphia
Reyburn
Cyrus JD. Foss
Civil Service Commission
Toss
Cyrus D. Ross
Reform
Dominican Treaty Ratified in Santo Domingo
The Dominican congress ratifies a new treaty with the United States intended to replace the long pending pact before the U S Senate for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Republic of Santo Domingo
United States
United States Senate
Dominican Congress
Reading’s Mike Schreck Knocks Out Rosa in Thirteenth
Dayton report says Mike Schreck of Reading Ohio defeated Tony Rosa of New Castle Pennsylvania by a knockout in the thirteenth round near Dayton. Schreck dominated the bout and could have finished earlier if he chose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Mike Schreck
Reading
Tony Rosa
New Castle
Schreck
Routt Declared Insane by County Jury in Denver
John N. Routt thrice governor of Colorado has been found by a county court jury as insane and so distracted in mind as to be incapable of managing his estate. The declaration comes after a period of evaluating his mental condition in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John N. Routt
Colorado
Rape charge and lynching in Shreveport case
Information has rejected this city of rape upon an 8-year-old girl, daughter of a well known planter of Bossier Point, and the subsequent lynching of a 17-year old negro, Silas Bally, accused of the deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Tia
Bossier Point
Silas Bally
Baseball Scores From Chicago May Update
Scores from multiple leagues show New York 2 at Brooklyn, Philadelphia 4 by New York in 4, Philadelphia 8 in ten innings, Cleveland 10 over St Louis, Detroit 9 over Chicago with a second gate 4, Boston 3 over Washington 0, Columbus 1 tied with St Donadl after ten innings. Weather issues obscure Omaha and Lipeula results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Dphiladelphia
Philadelphia
Cleveland
St. Louis
Tndianapolis
Milwaukee
Tndumapolis
Omaha
Lipeula
The Phonograph Sparks Home Voice Pranks and Uses
A traveling salesman buys a phonograph and hears his wife and baby on a home record. The man cried hearing his child, and the clerk notes such records are a growing fad. Records capture a pastor or funeral hymn, and a thief alarm uses a talking machine to shout alarms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
New York
Matt
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Rosary
Dolice
Kansas City Star
Flowing tale of Langley clerks and a clerical rebuke
A Washington Herald item recounts John Langley once an appointment clerk at the census bureau, and a Pennsylvania clergyman who pressed for a young woman’s appointment. Langley’s subordinate defends his truthfulness, until the clergyman accuses him of falsehood. The tale ends with a prayer for Langley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Langley
Kentucky
Census Bureau
Ife
Pennsylvania
Langley
Mern
Shel
Washington Herald
Mental Photography Trial Sparks Debate in Berlin
A Photographic society member in Berlin reports masking a blank plate to his forehead for thirty minutes and concentrating on a friend’s face. The developed plate shows faint traces resembling the friend, fueling debate over whether brain impressions can be photographed, as some see a likeness while others deem it indeterminate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Photographic Society
Berlin
Philadelphia
Lent Alverstone Early Morning Routines Revealed
Lent Alverstone, lord chief justice of England, earned a salary of six thousand six hundred pounds annually. He rose between five and six each morning when not late in parliament. One day he asked a junior to eddn the morning, and the junior, puzzled, queried the time. He stayed up all night to meet the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lent Alverstone
England
Newmiston
Richard
Goatay House
Min
Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition Special Excursion Tickets
Illinois Central railroad offers reduced fare excursion tickets for the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition in Norfolk Virginia running April 34 to November 30 1907. Tickets valid 60 days and 15 days respectively, with routes and rates explained on request. H W Rowley ticket agent offers details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Norfolk, Va
Ilinois Central Railroad
H. W. Rowley
Daily Journal delivery price per week
The Daily Journal is delivered to any part of the city for 10 cents a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Daily Journal
Fixing the Seasons Among Borneo, Palolo And Copra Exports
The article describes how Borneo tribes time agriculture by heliacal rising of the Pleiades and stellar/ shadow methods, notes palolo worm seasons in Samoa governed by moon but aligned with solar time, and ends with 1906 Philippine copra exports totaling 145,851,018 pounds with France purchasing 88,336,350 pounds, followed by Spain and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borneo
Egypt
Journal of the
Asiatic Society
Philippine Islands
France
Spain
Germany
Annual State G. A. R. Encampment in Decatur Illinois
One round trip fare offered for the event with sales on May 20 21 and 22. Return limit set for May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Annual Meeting: Illinois Elks Assn Bloomington Fare Sale Dates
The Bloomington Illinois Elks Association announces a round trip fare of one and one third the regular rate for the annual meeting. Tickets go on sale May 20 through May 23 with a return limit on May 25. Local members and attendees are advised to plan travel accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Iinois Elk’s Ass'n
Bloomington
Safest investment in Canadian lands sale offer
Secretary Wilson warns Wall Street turmoil does not threaten farmers who prefer stable land investments. Manitoba and Western Colonization Co. promotes guest wheat lands in Canada as a safe alternative, noting 85,000 Dakotas Minnesota residents sold out to reinvest in Canada. Canada immigrant figures for 1936 show growth with weekly land excursions offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Wilson
Northwestern
Canada
WM. Clement
Freeport
Manitoba and Western Colonization Co
Dakotas
Minnesota
British Isles
Continental Europe
United States
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