20 Oct 1899
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
1
A timber company promotes direct sale from owned timber to customers cutting out middlemen. It emphasizes two saw mills, rapid production, lumber kept under cover to prevent warping, and invites buyers to visit or inquire.
Central forecast from Oct 20 notes fair tonight and Saturday. Wind light with dry conditions expected. Temperatures likely cool by night and moderate by day with no precipitation anticipated. Noon readings not provided.
From Capetown and London reports dated Oct 20, British forces repelled 9,000 Boers at Glencoe hill, captured five Boer guns, and breached the position after a dawn attack. Gen Symons wounded, cavalry in pursuit, Gates in command. casualties heavy on both sides with officials noting seventeen Boer guns taken.
The Columbia defeats the Shamrock by about three-quarters of a mile in a six mile course. Starting at 11 o clock the Columbia led steadily and finished at 2:40:30 unofficial time with Shamrock at 2:45:25.
A Post-Dispatch special reports a posse captured Lee Leflore a ne gro who confessed that with Bob Anderson they went to J H Gamberill s house at St Anne Miss tied his wife and four children burned them and robbed the home Leflore was burned at the stake Anderson was caught and partly burned but the fire was put out due to information that may clear him
Washington October 20 special report confirms the arrangement with Great Britain on the Alaskan boundary modus vivendi. Canadians are not allowed a Lynn canal port and may not transfer Canadian goods freely across American territory.
Vienna reports Col Schneider former Austrian military attache at Paris is dead after a duel with Capt Caigent of the French army. The fight followed Caigent's testimony in the Dreyfus case.
The Presbyterian synod meeting near Joliet ends with calls to petition President McKinley and Congress to abolish the army canteen. Notable debates include Granville Pike urging ministers to seek truth, while Dr. Parsons calls such ideas raw. Reports show 110,273 members dismissed in two years and a net loss last year. several visitors to McCormick and Lake Forest seminaries named. Mrs. Margaret C. Monroe afflicted with paralysis.
Dixon Oct 19 Thomas O Connor a well digger entombed by a collapsing well died as rescuers reached him after hours of ceaseless efforts. Relays from 10 am until dark assisted by a large crowd. O Connors home was in Woostung Ogle county leaving two young children.
The Evangelical Association convention in St. Paul on October 19 adopted resolutions protesting the admission of Brigham H. Roberts to the House of Representatives, urged enforcement against the army canteen, opposed liquor and tobacco use, backed temperance teaching, supported uniform marriage and divorce laws, and planned an old peoples home at Flat Rock Ohio with conference boundaries rearranged as instructed by the committee.
A local course titled Lessons in china painting is offered at 74 Clark Avenue. The program advertises beginner and experienced instruction, with dates and enrollment details pending.
East St Louis Illinois grand lodge Knights of Pythias rejected by a large majority a memorial calling for expulsion of dramshop keepers. Danville chosen as meeting place for the grand lodge in 1900. Ricumont Kentucky Oct 20 John and James Faulks and a young daughter of James Sparks killed several others wounded in a gin gia beat at a country dance at Drip ock.
Merchants in Freeport announce no more coupons after Monday noon and require all coupons to be turned in at the German Bank by 2 PM Monday afternoon.
Reports say Bob Cummings may soon wed, with him taking a prominent part in a forthcoming marriage. He has purchased two houses from M. B. Marvin, a detail noted amid speculation about his personal plans.
Z. Hoover and Charles Hance are reported sick in Florence township with diphtheria and severe illness. Willie Caldwell, son of Dr. Caldwell, is very ill from a complication of diseases with poor prognosis. An advertisement touts a two day la grippe cure with a money back guarantee signed by E W Graves.
Caracas report: President Andrade has accepted the insurgent commander Castro's terms and will go abroad, signaling a potential shift in Venezuela's political crisis. The development comes as efforts to resolve the standoff continue amid regional concerns.
Catoaco report notes that on this afternoon the Pullman Palace Car Co has absorbed the Wagner Palace Car Co in a confirmed corporate consolidation. The move shifts leadership and assets within the railcar industry, signaling a major expansion for Pullman.
A large stock of Michigan apples has just been received at J Burrells, located at 110 Stephenson. The display signals a fresh influx for autumn sales and local customers are invited to purchase.
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