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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
5
Edmond Compton recounts a parable of three malcontents a baker a butcher and a confectioner who plot to kill a king by sending poisoned dishes. The wise king outsmarts them giving each a bitter fate while underscoring dangers of tyranny and lawlessness in a realm where rulers fear no consequence.
October 1804 brought a fatal python in a London zoo swallowing its mate, with a Bombay incident echoing the same deadly outcome. Two Indian pythons on exhibit entangled over a partridge and, after failed peacemaking, left only one stout serpent the next day.
A Bronxite cites a shop sign inviting complaints and wonders if giving candid critique would anger the proprietor. He visits often for a shave but laments the proprietor’s rough razors and careless work and asks what would happen if he spoke his mind.
An old style health ad touts Spring Winds for skin repairs including cuts sores burns and chapped skin. It promotes Pinesalve Carbolized applied as a poultice and lists sellers H. J. Moogh and C. P. Guenther.
An unidentified man died from three gunshot wounds in Cudlumet Park amid confusing notes and police theories. Chicago highway crimes include a robbery at West Harrison and Forty-eighth, a skating-rink break-in attempt, and a man poisoning himself at breakfast. Police pursued leads involving Miss Schulz, an Winnipeg theatrical agent, and possible connections to Mrs Guinness and a Cleveland address. Local officials investigated threats to Ralph N. Smith and the Guinness case amid notes about a fire on Guenther road.
In Mattoon Illinois May 14 swindlers sell bottles labeled cold tea for whisky substitutes. Buyers discover the fraud only after tasting. no recourse since no false pretense. Also reports from Springfield on miners unions resignations over shotfirers. Illinois May crop shows wheat better, corn poor, general spring work backward in parts of the state.
From Bloomington HK May the breath has ended the Thomevtinal of Mas and Mrs. Perretus Claver in Wall county. The two years old dy into one week after the omamvied Mrs Meay Straid. sianty-three years old in Lbridge created mind comment. Oh death oof the ot than Was due to apoplexy.
May Phootis the Bidden death of Mrs Kisther Wheelock of Ambelanu is noted. Thomas Carr a loyal officer and Mrs We Wright of Chicago will receive a bequest of 2750.
Unclear transcripts suggest Rev. A. Sclell discussed conversations with Patphere as investigators reveal alleged involvement of Mrs. Bette Goudaness aided by a second accomplice. Coroner Dr. C. Mack and others deny key points amid cautious official statements.
Oklahoma's House passed a Senate bill favored by the state labor forces. It requires all businesses to report their operations and revenues to the labor commissioner who would have sole authority to set wages. Tension rose as representative Boyle warned unions of defeat if the bill stalled.
The Amalgamated association declares an end to racial exclusion and will allow Negro workers to affiliate in the future. Delegates cite self preservation amid competing mills with Black labor and will uphold last year’s wage scale in boil ing and bar finishing, along with sheet and tin divisions.
Indications point to a large movement of women workers from factories of the Orange CN A Hat Manufacturers association. Roosevelt accepts presidency of an international tuberculosis congress to be held in Washington this autumn. Pennsylvania Beech Creek and Eastern Coal and Coke at Gallitzin resume operations after idling. Bishop Horstmann of Cleveland dies. House passes omnibus bridge bill under suspension to authorize twenty four bridges. Chicago court hears request to enjoin street railway layoffs at union demand. Chinese report of Yangtse tidal bore near Hankow causing many deaths. Victor Vaughan of Ann Arbor elected president of the Association of American Physicians. Economic reforms decided at American Tract Society annual meeting in New York. Two fires burn in Harrisburg. Hoffman killed by live wire. Eight hundred delegates attend the Lutheran synod triennial conference in Fort Wayne.
The ManZan Pile Remedy is ready to use in a collapsible tube with a nozzle. One application soothes and heals, reduces inflammation and relieves soreness and itching. Price Co. sold by H. J. Moogh and C. P.
A Kansas City Journal quip notes a husband’s slowness after marriage as his employer grumbles about lateness. The clerk explains mornings involve buttoning ashes, shaking down a shirt waist, and stoking the furnace each dawn.
Ely Bros promotes Liquid Cream Balm as a versatile spray for nasal catarrh. They claim it matches the qualities of Ely's Cream Balm, softens irritated passages, reduces inflammation, and cures stubborn cases in weeks. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents with a spraying tube, or by mail from 56 Warren Street, New York.
Ancient Bevptian tomb rings show enamel cylinders and porcelain bezels linked to predeluge periods, while Egyptian and Etruscan pieces reveal varied craft. The Paris Decorative Arts Museum received a Napoleon throne relic used in early chambers, later altered through restorations and royal occasions.
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