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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1908
Page
2
A historical overview traces steam power from Watt to the railways, notes rail employment, and honors the Knights of the Footboard as the forerunner of the B of L E. It champions fair labor practices, member insurance, and the organization’s broad social goals.
A compact chronology notes events and births across history. Key items include 1588 Spanish Armada sailing for England, 1785 John Wilson born, 1790 Israel Putnam death, 1795 Johns Hopkins born and later died, Napoleon I Legion of Honor, Felix K. Zollicoffer birth, Nathaniel Hawthorne death, and Jefferson Davis imprisonment at Fortress Monroe.
The Shannon trial of Dr. Moses and his assistant ended with a verdict of guilty on cruelty to animals. Each defendant was fined 175 dollars plus costs for driving a team in extreme heat for about 22 miles, resulting in one horse’s death and the other’s disablement. The defendants plan to appeal to the circuit court within 20 days. Osborne had earlier sued to recover the team value, with further defense anticipated including Chicago counsel.
Emmet Densmore physician and inventor born May 19 1887 in Crawford County Pennsylvania. He studied at public schools Allegheny College and New York University Medical College. With two brothers he helped develop one of the first successful oil wells on Oil Creek and introduced the first tank cars for oil export. He aided a typewriter venture contributing to its early spread in England.
Native to Our Customers. Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. Recommended for children and adults by H. J. Moogk and Win. FL Jungkunz.
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery at 10 cents a week. It invites readers to subscribe for prompt home delivery across all city areas and promises reliable service.
A father, Wohlford, forcibly attempted to take his son from his grandfather Burkhard after an appellate remand. Deputy Dunlap stopped the livery barn abduction and returned the child to Burkhard. The case remains unsettled and may return to court next term.
The term refers to emeralds considered finest due to Peru’s loot by conquerors after the conquest. Though no emeralds were mined in Spain, many came to Spanish families from Peru, making the best stones labeled as fine old Spanish emeralds. Today the expression applies to superb emeralds from any source.
A brief literary cartoon features a Squedunk sage remarking that some people never learn as they grow older while a Pohick philosopher responds that some people don’t need to. The item is from the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A humorous dialogue from Harper's Weekly features a father clarifying inconsistency to his son Freddy. The exchange highlights a man who growls all day yet abuses a dog at night, delivering a wry moral about behavior and hypocrisy.
The advertisement urges American women to seek Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to address organic disturbance and feel happiness as part of preparing for healthy maternity. It emphasizes the product as a remedy for women in lonely homes seeking blessings and fulfillment.
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