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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1907

Page

3

Royal Scullions and Heavy Armor in History

The piece recalls royal households with chief scullion roles in Queen Victoria's era and a fourteenth century army burdened by armor. It notes Panery Lord Chaftesbury offered a chief scullion post by Peel and Lord Ashley's debated service, plus a remark on cabinet formation versus royal household. A separate note comments armor weight injuring young soldiers across medieval battles.

Tours XIV Aimon Queen Victoria Scullion Panery Lord Chaftesbury Lord Fashier Peel Earl Ashley Canning Royal Household Lord Ashley Froman Lord Ash

Doan's Kidney Pills Advertised As Cures

An old warning about kidney illness describes signals from kidney secretions and back pain as signs of disease. A testimonial from W. W. Smythe in Freeport asserts relief and encourages purchase of Doan's Kidney Pills, with FosterMilburn Co. as U.S. agents and a 50 cent price.

Bright Dean Freeport W. W. Smythe West Stephenson St Coen Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States Doan

Secretary Wilson Sees No Universi Crop Failure Now

In a recent interview Secretary of Agriculture Wilson dismisses the idea of universal crop failure. He cites confusion over market chatter in Wall Street and warns farmers lack confidence in stocks and bonds, noting capital moving to Canada and wary farmers with rising incomes and changing investments.

Wilson Walltreet Wison Farroour & Houch Dacmers Stulla

Solons Create Many New Laws in Illinois Assembly

The Forty-Fifth Illinois General Assembly enacted remedial measures amid a flood of 1,440 bills introduced, with 258 passing both houses. Key actions include a new Chicago charter, local option, two cent fare, and pure food laws, plus riparian transfers to Chicago and expanded state control of roads, insurance, banking, and factory safety. About $20.24 million new appropriations face pruning by Governor Deneen.

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Illinois Local Option Law Creates Anti Saloon Districts

The legislature approves a local option bill to form anti saloon territories in cities towns and villages. Petitions by one quarter of voters and a sixty day filing window precede elections. Special watchers and penalties apply to liquor sales and violations. Ordinances suspend during status. reactivation possible after eighteen months. prosecutions ease: no detailed sales proof required and government tax stamps serve as evidence. Districts may be contested within ten days after canvass.

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Appropriation Bills Passed by the State Assembly

A list of appropriation measures approved by the fifty-fifth general assembly covers funding for public printing and stationery, Illinois Central litigation, attorney general tax suits, general assembly expenses, justice department building at Springfield, fugitive return fund, Shawneetown levee repairs, Lincoln homestead repair, two years’ state institution expenses, charitable institution repairs, University of Illinois expansions and equipment, University of Trinots operations and expansion, pest experiments, state entomologist, court payments, state fair improvements, river locks repairs, George Rogers Clark monument, Joliet prison construction, reformatory and penitentiary budgets, armory and guard purchases, state government, and emergency guard funds.

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Long List of Illinois Laws Enacted by Legislature

A digest of measures enacted includes shifting fees from Cook County's state's attorney to the county treasury with quarterly reports, empowering the governor to fill sanitary district vacancies, extending board chair terms, and settling fire losses over 500 by a county judge committee. It covers juvenile justice, alcohol restrictions near military posts, health, road, education, veterans relief, taxation, and banking reforms.

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