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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
1
Mrs Wolliam Tucker through counsel has withdrawn the wife abandonment proceedings against Col. Willian Tucker. A physician states the colonel is dying, and the withdrawal aims to end proceedings before his death. The report notes the dramatic hospital scene and the widow’s wish.
A quarry blast northwest of Port Calling, Colorado, killed six men and injured several others. The dead include two Japanese and four Mexican workers. a partially exploded charge later detonated while responders attempted to recover it.
Hearst claims Governor Paskell entered his sleeping room to serve libel papers after Hearst warned he would accept summons by mark. Hearst says Paskell offered funds to speed the suit and urges action before the election, challenging Le to join. Hearst reiterates the allegations previously made.
Louis B. E. Halden president of the University of Wooster announced that J. L. Severance of Cleveland has given 1 060 000 dollars for a permanent endowment of the Bible and Missionary Training School connected with the university. The gift honors his wife, Mrs. Florence Severance.
Alton Illinois October 19 seven attractive freshmen from Shurtlet college pounced on Raymond Carr a sophmore and lifted him up tearing his clothes and injuring his face. He was tied to a tree and tormented then deserted until a professor rescued him hours later.
The Trioate lbrarians convention adopted a resolution authorizing the president to appoint a committee to confer with Governor Deaeen and frame a plan for state supervision of libraries. It seeks libraries for urban and rural communities and empower Notary boards to make levies with council action. Miss TPE EL Ahearn of Chicago was elected president and F 1x. W. Drury of Urbana secretary.
In Peoria a failed attempt at arson to kill his wife led to a gasoline explosion that burned Stefan Blaskovich and badly burned the husband’s wife. The wife died shortly after while her brother-in-law was severely burned in the incident.
A brutal murder case links a saloon keeper to the death of seventeen year old Florence Moore Pan whose throat was injured with acid. The region reports crippling drought harming mining and lumber operations across southern areas, disrupting mills and mills.
A Chicago jury returned a verdict for 2560 dollars on a claim for 1000 dollars. The case details and exact nature of the dispute are not specified in the readable text. The decision was rendered in the courthouse with jurors delivering the verdict after deliberations.
Pittsburg October 1. After three months of investigating mining cautions in the United States under government supervision, Victor Watteyne chief of administration of the wines of Jie Mua, Karl Messner privy supervisor of uidpes in Germany, and Captain Arthur Desborough representatives as a usiping expert, have...
Winnipeg dispatch debunks a rumor that James Oliver Curwood, the Detroit magazine writer, was murdered by Indians in the Judson bay area. Curwood is alive and well, presently staying in a northern Saskatchewan town.
London dispatch reports two German balloons taking part in a Bennett cup race are missing. A Grimsby trawler later picked up a derelict balloon identified as St. Lois in the North Sea.
London announces that the buildings of the Franco British exhibition will be used in 19 for a great international and colonial exhibition, signaling plans for a forthcoming fair and display of global artifacts and trade.
A summary of disputed notices reports no convention of coal miners in the Pittshore district to be held on Dvet 27. It notes various other items including missions, a Latonia Jockey Club decision, and a new syllabus at Columbia University.
Freeport resident Mrs J Fisher testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her kidney trouble after she began using them. She bought at Emmett's drug store, noticed improvement quickly, and credits the pills alone for her relief. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
A dispatch outlines eight proposals discussed by three nations on the Balkans and near East regions. It notes moves toward independence for Bulgaria and Crete, revisions on borders and sovereignty involving Bosnia, Turkey, and Greece, plus possible changes to treaty constraints from Berlin. The river frontier and Dardanelles are not mentioned in the proposals.
Fragmented wartime notes show hesitations over Balkan arrangements and Berlin London diplomacy. British and French leaders signal caution on testing shared aims while Turkish frontier concerns and ministerial visits shape forthcoming announcements. Anxious pleas for unity and cordial accord frame the unfolding international discourse amid shifting alliances.
An advertisement from Perry Behisout Resources New York promotes Man Zan Pile Remedy for piles with a guarantee and first-application relief. It lists sellers HJ Moogk and C P Guenther and cites a price of 400.
The Daily Journal is circulated throughout the city’s all districts on a weekly basis, ensuring broad coverage. Readers obtain local news, classifieds, and community notices delivered to their neighborhoods.
F. J. Burdett, a piano tuner, advertises taking orders at Brown and Dollmeyer’s and by telephone at 30g. l-durf, signaling local service availability for tuning and repair needs.
A fragment mentions pressed suits at Mal le's located near Galena Street and Van Buren Street. The text is incomplete and provides limited details about the event or items.
At the United Mine Workers convention in Sernton several demands were presented. They include a ban on wage reductions and a fixed 8 hour day, with no employer able to hire extra laborers. The union seeks fair wage measures and strict enforcement of agreements.
Joseph Wine, jailed after pocketpicking conviction, claims persecution and cites his alias Briges or Tocko the Flippers. Noted as Chicago figure linked to five year old murder case of Etain Peterson. acquitted on second trial. Judge Lawrence sentences him to two years in the penitentiary for reform work after release.
Det. W. William J. Piryvan of Lincoln has accepted an honorary membership in Ah Abba Tam a national university fraternity focused on encouraging old age. The Nebraska university chapter announced his initiatory address after the election.
In St. Petersburg on October 16, university students gathered to discuss extending their strike. The meeting devolved into a free fight between opposing factions.
Chicago Board of Trade quotations list wheat futures with various months and prices, and cash market bids for winter and spring wheats. Live stock shows hog receipts and sales by grade, cattle and calf bids, and sheep quotes.
Pure food officials plan a state wide crusade against mislabeled eggs sold as fresh. Inspectors will visit Chicago and Freeport to collect samples for Dr. Bryan and prosecute dealers who misrepresent storage age. Government agents and local inspectors will work to curb misbranding and protect housewives from paying premium prices for stale eggs.
The discussion questions whether grocers should be prosecuted for selling storage eggs labeled fresh laid. The speaker argues dealers must verify supply and avoid false or misleading claims, noting that some sellers source from obscure streets and that new food laws bar false content on labels. The aim is to curb public deception by holding dealers accountable.
On this date in history 1758 Noah Webster born, later lexicographer dying 1843. 1815 Francis R. Lubbock born, Confederate Texas governor, died 1905. Ether first used publicly in surgery at Mass General in 1859. John Brown raided Harpers Ferry in 1863. Grant named to departments of Tennessee Cumberland and Ohio in 1871. Cornwallis surrender centenary at Yorktown noted, 1781. Milwaukee semi-centennial incorporation marked 1900. Lord and Lady Minto visit noted.
Widow of Confederate president born Natchez Mississippi May 7 1826. In 1906 she completed a tour of Western Canada to the Pacific. Philippine assembly opened by Secretary Taft in 1907.
W A Floyd of Rural Route 2 Em pire Georgia reports Bucklen's Amica Salve cured his two worst leg sores. He says it is worth more than its weight in gold and would mortgage the farm to obtain it. Drug store Jos Emmert carries the product.
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