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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1908
Page
7
Fragmentary timetable items show West and East bound trains with varying departures and arrivals, with notes on connections at Rock Island and Belvidere. Mentions of freight and passenger service, specific train numbers, and agent names appear amid garbled station data and miscellaneous times.
A fragmentary timetable notes East Arrives at 10 00 am and 1 20 pm with buses to Forreeton and Bo GBR. Service hours show gaps and unclear labels for stops and times.
Schedules show trains from Rockford to Freeport on weekdays at 6 36 pm and every 86 minutes till 11 00 pm. Sunday runs and connections to Beloit Janesville Belvidere Elgin Aurora Chicago. WM. NEESE, Agent.
A partially legible OCR fragment indicates a daily journal delivery notice. Readable elements mention delivery timing and service status, but key details such as dates or contact information are missing, preventing full comprehension of the notice.
A hostile critique targets Haskell Governor for alleged unfitness and ties to questionable management. The speaker dismisses proposed measures as ineffective, urging judgment by deeds over words and contrasting Taft's actions with opposing rhetoric.
Judge Taft challenges William J Bryan in a Cincinnati speech, labeling Bryans promises impractical and untested. He cites twelve years of unfulfilled reforms, argues post savings bank plan benefits while condemning deficit borrowing, and warns against repeating Democratic mismanagement. Bryan is portrayed as relying on eloquence over action and conservative business opposition backs Tafts critique.
A fragmented Los Angeles Times piece traces wealth growth from 1820 to late 1800s, noting savings bank totals, per capita averages, and depositor counts. It contrasts 1820 figures with later gains, cites presidential eras, and ends with a dated verse mocking political rhetoric.
Roosevelt expresses hope that thoughtful citizens support Mr Patt and rally for him, praising Patt for aligning deeds with words. He argues the issues Patt advocates are of immeasurable consequence to the honor and interest of the American people.
The Daily Journal reports a citywide debe reded for seven days, affecting residents and businesses. Officials urge adherence to the new schedule as authorities coordinate services and enforcement.
A wary Bryan retreats from contentious topics as key stars drift from rheut era alignments. Ambitious matrimonial pacts falter as loyalties fracture and alliances dissolving amid uncertain political currents.
London reports indicate the cloud over the Near East has dispersed and diplomacy by Britain and Russia advances toward a conference on the client state issue. Denials of mobilization rumors from Turkey and Kathraria hint at success, but violence in Asia Minor grimly persists with reports of massacres of Jews at Baidad and Armenians at Viran Sheht, including killings of men and atrocity against women.
On October 19 at Elm Ridge Kansas City driver Frederick Dundee lost control of his White Steamer during pre race warmups. His car burst through a fence after a tire likely burst, went off a 25 foot embankment, and rolled down the slope. Dundee escaped with serious head and facial injuries including a broken nose.
Chicago tests saw Illinois 6 as Chicago 11 and Minnesota 0 with Notre Dame 6 and Michigan 12 in a slate that included Purdue 30 over Columbia Iowa 7 and Missouri 10. Cadets shared a 6 6 draw with Yale at West Point and Lehigh blanked by Annapolis 0 6.
Washington October 19 Reverend Ernest von United States minister to Liberia informs the state department that Liberia will confer open Pr Booker T Washington the Order of African Redemption in recognition of his services in enlisting sympathy of this government against Marropena encroachment in Liberia.
In Nishni Novgorod on October 19 Vasshi CG Archangelski, a member of the second dts, was sentenced to six years in prison at hard labor for involvement with the League of Peasants. Eleven other members of the group also received prison terms.
Mrs Marthe Brown aged 32, reportedly suffering dementia, killed her three month old daughter and attempted suicide. She claimed to have a belief about healing that affected her husband’s death and said she and her three children were going to Tint.
News of a night riding incident reaches Newharve about Butler & Co’s large cotton gin being burned in Scottsboro. No official reports yet, but it is said the gin was posted to pin to mire cotton at the present price.
Administrative board meetings of the Methodist Episcopal Church will be held over three weeks in October. The sessions will include bishops officials ministers and lay members meeting at various church locations within New York and nearby areas.
A fragmented report notes that manufacturers have adopted new activity in response to improving trade conditions over the past three months. The piece highlights shifts in production, sales, and market demand amid evolving industry dynamics.
An ancient spring supplying Bethlehem has begun to dry up as the source over the years weakens. The town faces a potential water famine if the spring continues to fall and ceases to meet demand.
In Dubuque a powder explosion fatally burned two 15 year old boys, Oe 1-Chirence Chuesorge and Paul Griaiau, while they used the powder to smoke squirrels from a tree.
The sentence indicates workers with savings are not clamoring for a guaranteed stimulus to fuel speculation with bank funds, suggesting resistance to government or policy-driven incentives backing risky investments. The fragment mentions wage earners, savings banks, and a perceived guarantee, but lacks clear context or named entities.
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