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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1905
Page
2
The article notes the International Typographical Union honoring the Freeport Journal for using union labor in its presses. It mocks a Japanese jiu jitsu bout at Fort Sheridan and jokes about President Roosevelt hunting Colorado bears, stressing public concern for the president’s safety and wellbeing in Washington.
In Freeport the YMCA runs a bowling alley but lacks billiard or pool tables and faces no objections. A writer argues against linking simple physical skill games with immorality. Bowling alleys and billiard tables with proper surroundings and no gambling aren’t harmful, as the world grows more liberal and better daily.
President Roosevelt met with a Teamsters union committee in Chicago and urged upholding the law against strikers and mobs. He affirmed support for Mayor Dunne, praised unions in principle, and warned action only to exact justice under the law. The piece also recalls Gen. Grant’s early humor and a turkeys tale from Longstreet.
The piece recounts Grant observing turkeys before a misfired hunt, Benjamin’s rise and death in 1847, and a sharp polemic praising Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller for offering better goods at lower prices. It condemns alleged ministerial rebates and accuses religious leaders of hypocrisy while arguing that trust prices benefit the general public.
The writer argues against denouncing Carnegie and Rockefeller while noting rail carriers offer rebates to large shippers and groups. It praises Freeport as a city of churches with a sizable Catholic population and urges voting Republican to support religious education funding.
The article extols Freeport and its Irish Catholic community for generosity toward all faiths, notes St Francis hospital's liberal care, and summarizes the 1904 Illinois Board of Charities report on the county jail and almshouse. It details facilities, staffing, and inmate conditions, including population counts and services provided.
President Roosevelt reaffirms in Chicago his call for increased federal supervision of corporations engaged in interstate commerce, urging creation of an executive body with power to regulate large railroads and related private car holdings. He warns of potential misuse and confiscation risks, stressing steady, not abrupt, expansion of national oversight.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette excerpt argues that power must reside in representatives to create a fair, just board or commission regulating railroads. It asserts officials must administer increased powers with equal justice for rich and poor, while warning reform can raise unrealistic hopes and tempt abuse.
A woman entered a judge's office in a county seat and demanded appointment as the executioner of her late husband's three children, claiming her husband left her infidels. The judge clarified he handles probate matters, not execution orders.
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes entanglements loom if the Monroe Doctrine triggers diplomatic issues, with Democrats urged to supply two thirds for any treaty. Tiffany to craft a $400 inkstand for Vice President Fairbanks, paid by the government, a longstanding practice.
A German newspaper publisher was fined by autocratic authorities for an advertisement occupying a starter column. The content was not objectionable. the charge was its size compared with other ads. Germany appears to offer incentives to advertisers while restricting those who avoid advertising and seek protection.
The Freeport Journal attacks ministers for criticizing John D. Rockefeller over rail rate deals while claiming ministers enjoy half fare permits on mail routes. The piece notes ministers’ rebates exceed Rockefeller’s concessions, highlighting perceived hypocrisy across churches and rail companies.
Stifer Smith, a farmer near Jhivana, used three seines and an expert to seine fish spawning in his flooded land after spring snowmelt. Water from the lake covered his Cruct farmstead as fish moved into the lowlands.
Sateh sold fish weighing about 60 000 pounds and portions of 15 000 and 20 000 to haul to Havana. Within three weeks he cleared exactly 7 000 dollars, then used the money to buy a farm adjoining his Newry Republican.
In the haute of the legislative session there is failure to enact a law granting cities towns and counties power to bar liquor licenses where shops are unwanted. The critic assigns blame to those who tied local option to county prohibition and argues a local option law should have passed early to avoid suspicions of reform fear.
The speaker urges following Washington's creed of justice before benevolence, stressing voluntary private citizen effort for national welfare. Emphasizes treating every person as a equal, avoiding special favors, and opening opportunity to reward intelligent effort.
The panic of 1837 halted most national road work, leaving it half finished since 1841. Two years earlier a stage and post route from Cumberland Maryland to Terre Haute Indiana began with tri weekly service to Springfield Wisconsin. It marked the first east to west overland travel with four-horse coaches and high fares. Noted passengers included Clay and Lincoln.
A moral, historical reflection urges not to despise or snub boys for shabby clothes, poverty, disability, or dullness. It cites Edison, Lincoln, Shakespeare, Milton, Hogarth, and Pilgrim’s Progress author as examples of notable figures from modest beginnings, stressing kindness and Christian conduct.
The president urges constitutional legislation granting the Interstate Commerce Commission authority to fix reasonable rates after hearings. The attorney general agrees Congress has power, noting thorough investigation and judicial review. The measure would not strip railroads of rights, only ensure fair rates.
Col Higginson recounted a Civil War incident naming a model woman in his regiment. At a champagne supper intoxicated officers demanded a toast. a young man spoke of drinking it in water and honored mothers. The room fell silent as memory stirred, and the revelers departed quietly.
The president spoke in Denver and Ghivagoe advocating a governmental tribunal to alter Treighgates with judicial review when injustice is found, a plan Secretary Art backs. He urged railroad men to aid rather than hinder the effort.
The article argues railroad workers oppose the forthcoming moderate and lawful legislation. It claims the public backs Taft’s view that railroads require restraint beyond ordinary commerce. It notes the administration has public support, while the impact on the Senate remains uncertain as Congress resumes in the fall.
A transcription style poem humming about a river shore and faith, with garbled repeats of a hymn text. It evokes a voyage to a promised land beyond struggle, imagining bells, praise, and reunion with loved ones. The slurred phrases imitate a damaged source, preserving the refrain and hopeful tone.
A frog watches a fight between two bully rivals in a meadow. He warns that their quarrel may affect him and his kin by risk of being trampled or harmed if the combat spills over. The wiser course is to refrain from meddling to avoid bloodshed.
A garbled exchange column features witty banter and misheard lines. Dialog hints at domestic life marriage navigation and social misunderstandings with oddball punchlines and a running thread of incongruous remarks.
A reflective piece on choosing to forget grievances and cultivate happiness. It contrasts forgetting with dwelling on wrongs, warns against nursing hatred, and urges training the mind to wipe away ugly memories. The text cites cultural stereotypes to illustrate persistent grudges and the cost to inner peace.
The fragment urges forgetting resentments and focusing on memories that cheer. It counsels wiping out grievances, replacing hatreds with things that are pure, just, lovely, and of good report, and not letting small offenses disturb inner serenity.
The text contrasts selfish hoarding and reckless spending, praising unselfish sacrifice. It recalls a Cuban yellow fever relief scene where colored troops volunteered, twice, to nurse the sick. It urges every reader to give what they can, reminding a widow’s small gift may outshine large alms from the rich.
Hannah Plant of Little Rock credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing five year running sores that resisted other treatments. She says it heals cuts burns and wounds and notes it is guaranteed at Joseph Emmert’s drug store for 25 cents.
Mrs A J Caanford Mrs A Poole and Miss I ate Phelps of Polo traveled to town today to attend the high school field meet.
An 19th century style advert warns that strenuous living wastes blood and nerves and causes paralysis and prostration. It touts Dr Chase's Blood and Nerve Food as restoring strength by building new blood and youth vitality, urging readers to weigh themselves before use and noting a 60 cent price. Sold and guaranteed by Jos. Emm requer?
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