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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1907
Page
3
The item notes Inspiration Success products available widely, with reference to box codes 1oc and 25cy. It highlights broad distribution and retail presence across locations. No further details on dates prices or specific outlets are provided in the readable text.
The passage asserts that every person must engage directly in productive work, regardless of wealth or inherited craft. It elevates labor as divine instruction, claiming true mastery comes from learning and drawing power from nature through honest effort.
In an Exchange style quip Little Emersonia asks who translated the Bible and her mother explains the accepted version is by learned Englishmen. The child counters with a witty remark about there being no Epistle to the Bostonians.
A reflection on how people delay pursuing beauty and worthy acts, neglectting that each day could be final and that squandered time vanishes forever. It urges seizing opportunities and cherishing present joys before they fade.
An enigmatic quotation about conscience precedes notes on the sea. The text claims the ocean hosts the largest animal and the tiniest final, with depths reaching 30,000 feet in some areas and an average depth around 12,000 feet.
In Cairo Illinois on May 28 as forty Methodist church South members were baptized in the Ohio River, a thief looted a barber shop of the candidates’ street clothes. Police arrived after delays, but stores were closed. The baron Rudberg impersonation and forged papers drive a dramatic, dangerous transfer of ten prisoners to a frontier escape, aided by a staged rescue that collapses.
The Le Clair May 28 report says the machinists union rejected unanimously manager TL D Lawnin’s offer of a 10 percent wage boost to return to work and drop the union. Union members see it as the first sign of willingness to meet demands and anticipate future recognition. The machinists threaten a nationwide boycott of Nelson company products via the International Association of Machinists.
Bloomington Illinois May 28 Helen Dixon may avoid prison after embezzling the Christian church organ fund. Public pressure seeks court modification to a jail sentence and Sheriff Moore plans to hold her at the county jail briefly as developments unfold.
Mattoon May 28 Ross Snapp of this city cannot keep his parole and has returned to Chester penitentiary to serve the remaining term for tayloom. He will be released from prison next September.
May 28 section men of the Rock Island railway recovered the 31,000 in silver core scattered on the track after a sack was cut open by train wheels. The money had been thrown from the express car and was safely returned to the express company.
Governor Deneen endorses a city project enabling construction of a driveway and outer park system connecting Cerantod and various parks on the south side. A bridge across the Chicago River would link north and south side park systems, paving the way for the urban park expansion.
Jacob Esslinger, retired farmer, was found dead in his barn after a diving incident. His wife, Eatlines, was in the house at breakfast and did not reply. she later discovered him hanging from a rafter. No cause is given for the death.
Mrs Mare tha Jones aged 62 was killed at her residence by a dismantler Mars Mattie Loss of Gillespie Park was seriously injured when struck by an interurban car at Gillespie park. Both residents of Gillespie.
An Everybody's Magazine feature by Leroy Scott recounts a bold rescue of ten political prisoners from Payack Prison Warsaw four years ago. The terrorists planned a bloodless jailbreak showcasing nerve and cunning amid a rigged political climate.
The Washington Herald notes gold mining near the capital within sight of the Washington monument. It explains Appalachian origin of early U S gold, limited by crude methods and shallow depths, and cites Maryland and southwestern Virginia mines still in operation with broken veins extending into Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama. panning yields color but not quantities for profitable placers.
Bliss Perry notes Aldrich on the day he last entered the Atlantic at Hee in January, looking older yet vibrant. The 70 years weigh lightly on him as friends see change, while his voice retains youthful attire. He finished a poem for Longfellow centenary and blushed at praise.
A narrative recounts a Barford marriage for money with a drunken groom, then shifts to Squire Millbank’s pursuit of heiress Gwendolin Darby. She resists, feigns calm, escapes by carriage to avoid forced nuptials, and lives eighty years never marrying. Mary Trivctiard.
Ancient Egyptian observers noted a green light at sunset, a moment when the sun sinks and expands, producing a brilliant green color and radiating rays across the sky in the clear Egyptian air. This phenomenon described as striking and peculiar amid the calm horizon.
Washington Star notes that sunrise and sunset often tint the sky green, with the color associated to Osiris the nocturnal sun and king of the dead. Coffins of Ammon priests show the green sun, linking death rites to the green disk seen at dawn and dusk, a 5,000 year old record of the phenomenon.
Harold Boice highlights the herring fishery’s vast scale and economic weight. More than 3,000,000,000 herrings are captured annually, totaling over 750,000 tons. The article notes the Atlantic as a vast “herring pond” shaping western nations and compares the catch to America’s wheat in importance.
A physician with a large practice explains he needs an assistant who is attractive and sympathetic to listen to patients. The doctor notes the assistant will not prescribe but will hear troubles, allowing patients to unburden themselves before being passed to the doctor for real medical advice.
A Kansas pride piece notes Kansans are quick witted in big civic life and with rural blades. It recalls Senator Plumb’s Gothamile incident at a Waldorf dinner hosted by rich outsiders. The New Yorker quip on a giant salmon mocks regional snobbery and brain food.
Secretary of Agriculture says universal crop failure is over. Clement of Freeport highlights Manitoba and Western Colonization Co. selling wheat lands in Canada on easy terms. 85,000 migrants have shifted from the Dakotas and Minnesota to Canada. In 1936 Canada welcomed 216,912 immigrants, up 71,204 from 1903, with Britain and Ireland leading and the United States contributing substantial numbers.
The Rondon Standard notes a string of royal deaths from accidents and violence. William I and William II die in horse incidents, Richard I and II are felled by arrows, Richard II dies in exile, Charles I is beheaded, Edward II III and V suffer murders, Henry VI’s death debated, Henry VII linked to poison, and Henry VI’s fate sometimes blamed on Richard, Duke of Gloucester. A tale of royal peril and contested causes.
Justice Jeremiah Black of Pennsylvania questioned Judge Moses Tampton's ruling, quipping that Moses must have wandered in the wilderness. The case returned to the lower court, and Tampton, on his second trial, acknowledged higher authority yet believed his decision stood despite Jeremiah's lamentations.
A quotation from Maria Edgeworth discusses changing opinions as not proof of faulty judgment and uses scales that vibrate with added weight as a metaphor. It reflects on how belief shifts reflect evaluation rather than weakness.
In a brief exchange Priscilla asks if any men are present and Phyllis notes a few apologies for men. Priscilla agrees to accept an apology if offered. The London Times quote underscores apologies as only those not uttered as Disraeli remarked.
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