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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1908
Page
7
The document details how to vote under the cumulative system for General Assembly seats, with examples of counting rules for three, two, or one candidates and how crossed ballots are interpreted. It cautions voters to mark only the circle at the head of the Republican ticket to ensure correct multi-candidate support.
A collage of Taft remarks from 1907 1908 battles over trusts injunctions and law enforcement. The excerpts show Taft defending injunctions in labor and anti trust cases praising railroads obeying the law and urging restraint of unlawful trusts while stressing justice without fear or favor.
Excerpts attributed to William Jennings Bryan discuss protectionism as a cannibal tree that crushes farmers, the rise of tenant farming, and fears a land of landlords. Additional remarks warn the gold standard may threaten public schools and criticize Roosevelt’s wartime stance and Parker’s wartime wisdom.
C P Guenther & Co at Galena avenue and street advertise Hiindipo the nerve tonic and restorer. They guarantee cures for kidney troubles and nervous disorders or refund the purchase, with a 50 cent Blue Label box and a $1.00 extra strength mailed to customers.
Advertises cheap pork products including pork chops at 10 cents per pound and bulk sausages at 6 to 10 cents per pound. Also lists smoked sausage at 3 and 1 third cents per pound and boiled ham at 2 cents per pound. Location shown as Sausage Factory.
Readable line shows a catalog snippet for union suits from Bic te Brod hausen partnership, listing brands Men and Roys, with unclear trailing text and product reference. Contains fragmentary product line item details and possible brand/size notes.
J M Stittler living south of the city limits leaves three ears of Reid's Yellow Dent corn at the Journal office. The ears are nearly uniform with the longest at thirteen and a half inches. Stittler’s yield was 240 bushels from two and a half acres.
The Oakland Cemetery association holds its annual stockholders meeting on Wednesday November 11 at 7 30 p m. Directors will be elected and other business considered.
Freeport will advertise nationwide as buggies and vehicles from the Freeport branch of the Moline Plow Company bear a polished white metal sign. The tag shows Freeport at the top and Branch of Moline Plow Company Freeport Ill, and will be attached to every vehicle from the new factory in the old Robinson plant.
A. F. Hardy of East Wilton Maine credits Buckton Arnica Salve with curing sore boil ulcer and burn and says it saved many a doctor bill. He speaks after fifteen years of use at Joe Emmert's drug store.
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