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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
1
The report from Chicago from the Associated Press indicates cooler conditions tonight and Sunday for Illinois and Iowa. Generally fair conditions are expected tonight and Sunday.
After eighteen hours and forty five minutes Senator La Follette yielded the floor at 7 03 a m to Senator Stone who announced plans to speak sixteen hours in the Senate.
Delegrange, the aviator, set a new world record by flying 12,750 meters and remaining aloft for fifteen minutes and twenty-six seconds in Rome on May 30. This marked a historic achievement in early aviation, highlighting endurance and distance milestones.
Charles Snyder, about forty five, German native and Stover’s worker, fell on Chicago street near Clifton hotel at 8 30 pm, struck brick pavement, and died at the police station before 11 am. Doctor links death to brain concussion and acute alcoholism. No witness identification of the accompanying man. Snyder lived on Oak Place and left a downtown saloon shortly before the fall. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
F Good and his wife appeared before Magistrate Bentley on a charge of jumping a board bill at the Brewster hotel. Good requested a ten day continuance and was bonded for 800, which he could not furnish. His wife was released on her own recognizance. The pair, recently married in this city, are not using their real names.
The closing recital of the Euter pean Musical club will be at Miss Isabelle Fry's home on Monday evening. It will be a MacDowell memorial with the program performed by club members. Invitations extended by the members will be limited.
Citizens unite with Grand Army veterans for the fortieth Decoration Day in Freeport. Rev. F W Emerson delivered the oration at the city cemetery while graves at multiple sites were decorated and a parade formed from G A R hall through Walnut to the cemetery. The address traced America’s history from Lexington to Yorktown, warned of secession and slavery, and reflected on sacrifices made to preserve the nation.
Floyd Walters, a former Illinois Central operator at Dyersville, is arrested in Dubuque on a six dollar embezzlement charge. The case was scheduled for late Friday. The article also notes Illinois Central plans to move district store houses from Dubuque to Waterloo and consolidate coal car movements toward Chicago.
The baccalaureate for the Christian Training school for nurses will be at 10 45 Sunday morning at the Masonic temple with Rev F W Emerson preaching on The Lilies of Life. The Lord's Supper communion precedes.
C F Stewart and family travel to Amboy to visit friends and relatives. Madam Brunewick will remain at 4s Chicago Street for an additional week at the request of many friends.
Our 23th anniversary stock of tower and vegetable plants and cut towers remains complete. Every purchaser at green houses will receive a souvenir package at Bauscher's Royal Mixture of Sweet Peas. Telephone orders receive prompt attention. Take Carrall street car direct to green houses. Phones 304. Louis Bauscher, Prop.
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