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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1908
Page
6
Reports from Fairview indicate President Roosevelt plans a six speech tour from the Atlantic to the Pacific with a final address in San Francisco. Bryan shifts plans to Illinois Iowa and Missouri stops while Taft meets him in Chicago. Gore headlines a Democratic rally in Lincoln.
Taft plans to end his Western tour with a Novembers closing address in Topeka after stops in Leavenworth St Joseph Marysville and Osage City. He spoke in Wichita and Syracuse and urged farmers about tariffs and trusts while courting African American voters in a Baptist church gathering.
Fragment reads of William R Hearst and others debating political figures and a vow to leave for a solitary life. Mentions archbold standard and moniker letters already printed. Text is incomplete and obscured with garbled phrasing.
Photographic copies and notes from 1901 documents show a Texas senator Bailey mentioned in relation to Waters-Pierce Oil Co dealings. Letters from T. Bailey and others reference requests for funds, endorsements, and a proposed meeting with Senator Bailey. Reproductions include a March 1901 note promising payment and a March 28 1901 Yale Gainesville Tex dated draft.
Samuel Gompers issued a statement denouncing Taft in Denver as losing temper and dignity. He says Taft misleads followers and resorts to abuse while asserting he never claimed to deliver labor votes or dictate citizen choices in the campaign.
President Roosevelt releases a letter written by Haskell concerning shipments of intoxicants into prohibition territory. The letter dated April 18, 100S states it will be carefully considered and notes Congress and legislation are examining ways to limit assistance to violators of local prohibition statutes.
Eugene V. Debs, Socialist candidate for president, held two Syracuse meetings and rejected Samuel Gompers' charges against him. He challenged Gompers to come to Syracuse to confront him, calling the statement a vulgar, unqualified falsehood.
The notice requests readers who do not receive their paper regularly to inform the office promptly. It emphasizes timely reporting to ensure delivery adjustments can be made.
New York October 3 Debs Socialist candidate for president arrived on the Red Special attracting about 4000 in a wild scene at Grand Central station. Police were overwhelmed as crowds surged and several were injured. Debs spoke at Hippodrome and American Theater outlining socialist views and criticizing both major parties and President Roosevelt.
Gene John W. Kern and companion Colored Jamies Hamilton Lewis spent hours in Sparhaning on Sunday en route from Macon to Asheville. A large crowd gathered at the station to hear the running mate of Bryan. Both Kern and Lewis spoke briefly, non politically. Saturday Ren spoke in Macon and Atlanta at a dinner in his honor.
Sherman Republican vice presidential candidate rested in Evansville Indiana yesterday and began a seven‑stop state tour from here He and Representative Loneworth logged thirty speeches during their sweep through the Tweed River region and Hanson counties.
National Democratic Chairman Mack travels to Chicago to confer with Bryan on Wednesday, as reported in a brief political note.
The Canadian Pacific machines strike is officially declared off in Winnipeg Manitoba on October 5. Workers and company officials announce an end to the dispute with expectations of resumed production and negotiations.
National League standings and Saturday scores show Chicago and New York tied if New York sweeps. Boston must win a game to hand Chicago the pennant. Key games listed: Chicago-Pittsburg 2-3, Cincinnati-St Louis 8-3, Detroit-Chicago 3-4, Cleveland-St Louis 8-8, plus Brooklyn and Philadelphia results and two New York-Washington tilts.
An old advertisement promotes Ring’s Little Liver Pills as a remedy for biliousness and sick headaches. The copy claims the pills keep you well and prices them at 25 cents. It lists Soli br H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenther as sellers or manufacturers.
A rummage sale at the Rice Building hosted by St Ann's Society to benefit St Vincent's Orphanage runs for three days starting Wednesday October 7. Donations of clothing shoes and hats are welcome and can be arranged by phone. Committee hours at Rice Building Monday and Tuesday afternoons.
A legal clash at Clyde Park high school centers on whether school boards can suspend pupils for membership in secret societies like fraternities and sororities. Judge Windes notes the board may exclude a student while acknowledging rights to education. case headed for higher courts as majority view questions board discretion.
A permanent state organization of the National German American Alliance was formed at Riverview park Chicago during a Germantown anniversary event. Resolutions criticized the Postmaster General’s mail censorship. Olin Wich of China introduced the measures. Charles H. Rammann of Peoria was elected president with Terman Goldberger as corresponding secretary.
In Springfield UL Uf a, Rev. Too P. Logan of First Presbyterian Church rebuked jurors for evading service. He condemned cowardice and prejudice that hinder fair trial, urging honesty and integrity in handling evidence and judgments.
Danville detectives report Ub. Det. Reba Me Rrune, age not stated, was struck and killed instantly four miles west of Lere while attempting to cross in front of a passenger train. Her father identified the body after the engine halted.
Peava area reports indictments against Owillan owner of a private bank for ten counts of accepting deposits after insolvency. The bank previously lent 890,000 to Woolen over several years, and funds reportedly ran short.
A young resident of Carmi discovers a pearl in the Little Wabash River and sells it for $800. The event is noted as a notable local find in the city.
An old advertisement promotes Wood's Liver Medicine in liquid form claiming relief from malaria chills fever biliousness sick headache and constipation. The 1.00 bottle allegedly contains 2% more than the 50c size and promises a first dose relief. Sold by H J Moogk and C P Guenther.
F. J. Burdett, piano tuner, places orders at Krown and DP Dollmeyer's. Phone 30g listed for inquiries.
The Daily Journal is delivered citywide for 10 cents per week. Volume pricing or discounts are not specified in the notice.
A large black bear escaped its cage at Elysiin Grove, a pleasure park, and mauled a local infant to death before bystanders could stop it. A Southern Pacific employee’s wife fled as the bear charged. Authorities intervened with a revolver but the infant died from the attack.
The 15,000 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints backed a prohibition resolution at the seventy-ninth semiannual conference. Apostle Heber J. Crest introduced the measure urging church support for prohibition legislation.
Feypt, Mass. financier Thomas W. Lawson was thrown from his carriage near North Scituate and severely injured by the fall and by being kicked by the horse. He was picked up unconscious and suffered a long scalp wound, head injuries, and an eye injury. He did not recover consciousness at once but is expected to rapidly recover. internal injuries were not found.
President Roosevelt issues a public letter to Secretary Cortelyou ordering the removal of the Port Huron Michigan collector of customs and a special treasury agent. The dispatches quote the official calling the port’s political assessment and offenses very gross and urging wide publicity as a warning to other officeholders.
In one month Ross county local option Lin operates to enforce temperance. Temperance forces wipe out saloons in twenty two counties with a dry majority over 28 000. A total of 674 saloons have been closed.
President Lewis and United Mine Workers issue a statement charging the strike of coal miners in Alabama to state authorities actions and the rigidity of Alabama laws.
The United States produced 60 percent more coal than Great Britain, reaching 107 units, with Germany trailing by over 100 percent and Britain accounted for a share exclusive of coal, while coal output in other nations remained behind.
Reports from Chattanooga and Paris note the American Institute of Mining Engineers session while cholera cases rise in Mitnifa and Manila tightens ship restrictions. Massachusetts Republicans impeach Lt. Gov candidate Frathingtern. Blyderabad reports 7000 recovered corpses from the catac Clysme. Trans Mississippi Congress opens in San Francisco with 1,800 delegates.
Some left handed supporters of Bryan argue that with a Republican Senate to check him the Nebraskan could do little harm as president. They imagine a Bryan secretary of the treasury and a Bryan attorney general alongside. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup is recommended for coughs colds hoarseness and throat trouble, sold by H. J. Moogh and C. P. Guenther.
A New Orleans Vimies-Democrat excerpt describes a cruel prank at sea where a fisherman places a cigarette in a crab’s mouth and it causes the creature distress until another fisherman intervenes and removes the cigarette. The tale uses comic misspellings to recount the staged deathly scene.
A garbled legal notice illustrates how indictments must specify each act and related wrongs. It notes that mere general allegations of assault or shooting are insufficient without precise conduct and linked offenses.
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