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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1905
Page
10
A chaotic Springfield report outlines Governor Deneen's expected attendance at events in Chicago, with talk of a possible return to Springfield. The piece notes legislative actions, including taxation matters, electric utility issues, and a mining sector dispute over shot firers and union agreements.
A unidentified 30 year old woman, in dying condition after alleged poisoning, lies at the county hospital refusing to disclose her name or details. She entered a store at the corner of Chilsted apead and Dyornied streets and was poisoned. Doctors and police failed to elicit her identity or the cause of the poisoning. The report includes weather and state attorney notes, with officials from the city health board and Dr Brnnkinger involved in inquiry.
In a period ad style piece a nervous headaches remedy claims tired nerves trigger headaches and a run down body. It touts Paine's Celery Compound as reviving nerve force strengthening organs and curing headaches neuralgia rheumatism malaria and other nerve derived ailments. It cites 18 years of widespread use and references Mrs. L. F. Murray after La Grippe.
C., M. and St. P. Railway will sell daily from March 1 to May 15, 1905, second class colonial tickets to points in Utah, Montana, Washington, California, and Oregon at reduced rates. 2 2rdwtd J.B. Swarr, Agr.
The St. Paul and Minneapolis Railway will sell excursion tickets to Beloit for the M. W. A. picnic on Thursday, June 1, at one dollar for round trip. Tickets are valid for June 1 only. J. B. Swart, South Agent.
A May 1 14 storm across the Missouri River region wrecked a salary elevator owned by Payram Company and damaged a five story brick building. Losses reach about 100000. Five workers escaped with injuries while John L. Pranks died. Widespread telegraph and telephone wires collapsed. Roberts Parke Cracery company building collapsed. Rescue teams searched for two missing workers, but the fate of several was unknown.
Parks Mary reports orders sent to elgit and gavab authorities in Indo China to permit the juncture within Proud waters of the Russian naval forces under Admiral Rojestvensky. French air commander instructed to ensure Rojestvensky observes pledge to leave French waters Tokto May. Growing resentment in France over aid to the Russian Pacific squadron surfaces in various protests.
A new certificate of incorporation records the Carnegie boundless foundation as a membership corporation to handle pensions for professors in universities colleges and technical schools across the United States Canada and Newfoundland. Signers include Nicholas Murray Butler Alexander Humphreys Henry S Pritchett Robert A Franks and Frank A Vanderlip. Also notes Judge Charles J Bellinger of Oregon ill in bed with blood poisoning. President Castro arrives at Campano with a grand welcome.
A garbled outline reports varied items from Mrs Minnie Tal of Lake Farogt and Mrs Marie Collis in Chicago suburbs to shifts in stock grower conventions, Confederate reunions, and a centenary celebration in Germany. It mentions a Boston base, a Missouri town, and a Mississippian district loss, plus railway blocks and Russian restrictions.
Fragmented column notes St Andrews students shaving the head of an unpopular peer and painting it red, followed by a solemn punishment including ducking in a burn. The piece mixes humorous schoolyard lore with a warning about health and various advertisements on remedies and household tips.
The North Western line offers low excursion fares to San Francisco and Los Angeles for select May dates due to the Cumberland Presbyterian church assembly at Fresno. Two daily fast trains named The Overland Limited and The Californian Express promise rapid service with drawing room and tourist sleeping cars. Additional special excursions include Denver via the C M & St Paul for the International Epworth League and the G A R encampment, plus Portland and Lewiston period specials tied to the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition.
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