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Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1908

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Taft and Foraker Reunion Deepens GOP Ties

At a Sioux City event in Poledo Ohio the Taft and Foraker alliance was showcased with a dinner guest list including General Corbin Representative Keifer and James Hoyt. Foraker is urged to campaign in Kansas while endorsing Taft, and both leaders praised each other as they met publicly for the first time in the parade review.

Charles ‘Jt. Lewis Judge Taft Middle Bass Club Foraker General Corbin Representative Keifer James Hoyt Cleveland Lincoln Republican Club Chicago Hitchcock Kansas Taft Middle Bass Island Toledo Harris Whitlock

Taft and Senator Foraker Meet in Enthusiastic Parade

Taft and Ohio Senator Foraker greet each other with handshakes and cheers as they share a lengthy conversation amid a four hour parade. Taft attends a Lyceum theater appearance and is introduced by President Mulhotland. Foraker joins later for remarks and political discussion urging Republican party strength in a pre campaign rally.

Senator Foraker Judge Taft Taft Senator Foraker Iit Lyceum Pan Mulhotland Watt Ohio Republican Party Apphinser

Taft Feud Mentioned In Chicago Church Meeting

The article describes a speech by Foraker at a Reformed Episcopal church gathering in Chicago. He criticizes press coverage and notes reporters prepared dispatches about a feud and bad feeling between Judge Taft and Waysel. The scene features Bishop Samuel lullows and references to the sermon and expectations of reconciliation.

Sedee Taft Samuel Lullows Reformed Episcopal Church Chicago Foraker Taft Waysel

Bryan en route home after rally across Midwest

William Jennings Bryan, touring through Minnesota and Iowa, spoke at a Sioux City rally denouncing Coleman Dabant and Senator Kelse Penrose as not reformers due to trust ties. He linked Taft to insufficient trust reform and carried his train tour through Alton and other points, heading to Lincoln.

Sioux City Wm. J. Freen Coleman Tdapant Delaware Kelse Penrose Pennsylvania Minnesota Towa Brean Alton Taft Bryan Lincoln

Primary election returns show Bradley narrowing gap with Warner

Detroit reports incomplete results with Auditor General Bradley narrowing Governor Warner’s lead to under 1,000 votes as 83 districts remain. Earle holds 25,018 while Stephenson leads in Wisconsin with 1,707 to Cook’s 41,308 after revised returns.

Detroit Mich Bradley Warner Earle Milwaukee the Sentinel Isaac Stephenson A. Cook

Debs Exhausted by Speaking in Kansas City

Eugene V. Debs, Socialist presidential candidate, exhausted after ten speeches six off the programme, arrives by his red special in Kansas City. He addresses a large crowd in Convention Hall, continuing his campaign tour.

Debs Kansas City Eugene V. Debs Inter Convention

Jenkins Concedes Defeat in Wisconsin Nomination

Chippewa Falls Wis Sept 4 Representative Jenkins chairman of the judiciary committee concedes that Dr Lenroot has defeated him for renomination by at least 2000 votes Jenkins admits Lenroot leads by a two thousand majority and will seek the seat in the coming election.

Jenkins Chippewa Falls Wis Judiciary Committee House of Representatives Lenroot

Idaho Republican Platform Endorses County Local Option

At Boise Idaho September the Republican state convention adopted a platform including a county local option feature a plan for direct primary was killed by a vote of THO 10 180 maintaining party control over nominations and local option questions.

Idaho Boise Ida

Boy Missing Girl Not Lost Tells Of Foul Play Death Case

Edward Thompson, 12, said three men abducted him from Dixon and beat him, forcing him into a freight car to Chicago where he escaped. A girl, Alice Needham, 1693 West Warwick, found safe with florist John Bullman in Morton Grove after leaving for Evanston Illinois Industrial School. She said she stayed at Evans ton shelter and chose to return to the school.

Chicago Sept. &—R Dixon Northwestern Railroad Edward Thompson Henry Thompson Tixen Cement Northwestern James Knapp Central Detail Alice Needham West Warwick Avenue John Bullman Morton Grove Linois Industrial School Evanston Jight Bullman Bullman Oaereed Madison Miss Needham

Suspicion of foul play in Oakwood man’s death

The body of Arthur PDeavis of Oakwood was found in North Fork river near Oakwood after he disappeared Saturday evening. Deputies arrested Frank Coombs and George Green for illegal fishing and will hold them until after the inquest. Coombs and Green claim they heard a shore shout, suggesting police intervention, while a search party recovered the body as police investigated possible foul play.

Danville Arthur Pdeavis Oakwood North Fork Frank Coombs George Green Dollvis Thnsmere Coombs Green

Dam Canal Incident Sparks Outrage and Protests

Fragmented report from Springheld Gh Sent describes anger over a dam slowdown on a canal near Havnt Ion twelve miles away. Vague claims of dynaworker prosecutions and alleged sabotage trigger fears as explosions flood lands and strand craft.

Hituoix and Michigan Canal Havntion Cavernor Deneen Efe

Collapsed report details assault claim and retirement plan

Pleased bur Now Sprprised Bloondngton UL September. George Rielsideco dated statements claim Mrs. Tort Phalbim of Sypacy says he attacked her. Sigil says he is the man. He denies surprise, knowing he was in Tracent. He plans retirement to Sprieetteholh after gate work.

Bloondngton George Rielsideco Dart Sprieetteholh Teds Frost Fartiea Fedents Beedogy Ter

Perseverance Leads To A Sale Print Discovery

A boy named David struggles with a Latin exercise at home, asking his father Mond for help. After hours of effort, he returns triumphant, revealing the mystery word was “perseverance,” a lesson learned from teachers as a sale print satire in Barber’s.

David Tye Barper

Jury Finds Defendant Safe in Local Case

A trial before Judge McCoies in Pave pa concluded with the jury ruling the defendant safe. The proceedings referenced a prior matter involving Kilbourne and questioned certain declarations but found no wrongdoing.

Strikers Return to Work After Weeks-Long Dispute

Workers at Malb wine plant resume duties after a strike lasting weeks. The company accepts new employees, thereby forfeiting existing rights and privileges. Ti MuTToon Ti. Sep 3 notes the settlement and ongoing labor actions affecting the plant and its workforce.

Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold Claim

A. J. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana describes a summer cold lasting three months that disrupted business. He notes prescriptions failed while Foley's Honey and Tar and Ortho Laxative Fruit Syrup offered relief without stomach upset, urging customers to refuse substitutes.

A. J. Nusbaum Batesville Indiana Foley H. J. Moogk Wu. F. Jungkunz

Aeronaut Charles Jones Falls 600 Feet to Death at Maine Fair

Charles Oliver Jones, famed Hammondsport aeronaut, plunges 500 feet during a July ascent at the Central Maine fair grounds. Flames issue from the gas bag as spectators watch. Jones releases gas to descend, but a burst of flame severs the craft and he dies within ninety minutes. Mrs Jones among first at his side.

WatervNle Maine Fair Charles Oliver Jones Hammondsport N.Y Jones

Mills to reopen after wage dispute at International Paper

Glens Falls dispatch reports that several International Paper mills, closed for four weeks, will restart within days after workers accepted a 10 percent wage cut. The plants had suspended operations due to the wage concession, now agreed to by the workforce.

Glens Falls Novy Ofterall International Paper Company

Legislature Adopts Short Term U.S. Senate Election Plan

In Des Moines the Senate adopted Lambert's amended resolution to elect a United States senator for a Sept. 9 short term. The vote was 34 to 11 after a clash between stand patters and progressives. The house is expected to vote on the concurrent resolution today.

Pes Moines Senate Lambert United States House

Scoring Summaries From Chicago Standings and Scores

Baseball standings and results across major leagues with multiple city matchups. Highlights include Chicago St Louis 8 to 0 in one game drawing errors, Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 7, and Philadelphia 28 to 2 in a marathon 17 innings. News lists batters, errors, and pitchers from several clubs including Brooklyn, New York, Boston, Detroit, and Milwaukee.

Chicago St. Louis Karger Pittsburg Cincinnati G. Berrors Tpittsburg Liefield Gibson Ewing Schleidt Brooklyin Mhieteo Loop Ooto SM. Louis Aounoonagonx Cleveloml Die Vodt Tors Cleveland Detroit Bartieries Jevelud Berger Am Bark Lum Joonovan Sehrmidt New York Philadelphia Puchadelphia Mivars Philadephia Philadelpha Lake Niemen Washington Boston Wishineten Washingdon O. Haat Feries Steel Eughes Warner Babe Hee Boston Vet Brooklyn

Notable Exchange Between Artist and Poet in Rainy Day

A compact dialogue portrays an artist and a poet chronicling a rainy day marked by relentless rain and a sense of entrapment. The artist laments the pressure from DIN collectors and a perceived lack of escape, while the poet notes a shared experience of being duped.

Yoley’s Kidney Cure Promises Health for Kidneys

A historic advertisement claims Yoley’s Kidney Cure cleanses impurities from blood and cures all kidney and bladder diseases. It asserts kidney health enables good health and credits H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Juugkunz as endorsers.

Yoley H. J. Moogk Wm. F. Juugkunz

Grand Army Parade Draws 100000 in Toledo Admiration

In Toledo on September 2 the Grand Army parade drew about 12 000 veterans and 100 000 visitors. Taft and Foraker appeared near the reviewing stand as crowds showered flowers and cheered. Police reported few accidents or incidents of unrest, and Mayor Whitlock praised the orderly behavior amid bright sunny weather. Rhode Island veterans humorously led a march past with bears bearing a “Who won the battles of ’61 and ’05? We did” placard.

Toledo Grand Army of the Repattie Maimely William T. Taft Joseph Benson Foraker Foraker Coltwin Whitlock Michigan Ohio Rhode

Thirty Men From Georgia Parade With Cornstalks

Georgia sent thirty men marching with long cornstalk bundles while South Dakota veterans waved corn canes and North Dakotans wore wheat in hats. Oklahoma boasted statehood symbolism and Michigan displayed a rooster coop. Veterans received flowers, coffee, and sandwiches as children in red white and blue watched.

Georgia South Dakota North Michigan Jefm Pavis Nerdous

Pefamarey Mection Law Upheld

Court upholds law affecting primary election procedures. Pietre reports that court fees are sustained and the decision blocks Democrats from placing their candidates on the state ticket at the Democratic convention.

Pietre Sye-Phe Suresi Phe

Glass Company Merger Spawns National Movement

Pittsburg reports a noted push to merge independent hand blown glass firms across the United States. G Myron J. Case of Bowling Green Ohio and John W. Johnston of Hartford City Indiana are leading the initiative aimed at consolidating regional glassmakers into a unified industry group.

Pittsburg Sept Myron J. Case Bowling Green, C John W. Johnston Phartford City Ind United States

Spanish War Veterans Parade in Boston

Six thousand uniformed Spanish War Veterans paraded through downtown Boston as the principal event of the veterans encampment on September 8. The clear display emphasized reunion and remembrance of old campaigns.

Boston

Lookout Narrator Recalls Quoted Promises On Special Occasions

In a fragmentary reminiscence, the storyteller recalls a vow to his wife to never drink more than three drinks except on special occasions. He lists possible events like a birthday and Memorial Day but admits nothing stands out as truly special. The piece touches on daily life and family milestones amid vague, wandering reflections.

Strike riot ends tragically in Scranton area

In Dunmore two women, Mrs. Adam Kavinko and Mrs. Anna Cordiach, were shot on a back porch during a strike at Erie No. 1 colliery. General Superintendent Edward Gerwin and state police escorted nonunion miners when attacked by strikers near the mine. Both women were wounded as stones and pistols were used. authorities suspect strikers fired the shots.

Scranton Dunmore Adam Kavinko Anna Cordiach Karalko Erie Company Edward Gerwin Gerwin Peckville

Opening of Damascus Medina railway amid grand rituals

In Medina on September 3 the Damascus to Medina railway, nicknamed the Italy City, opened with elaborate ceremonies. An imperial Constantinople mission led by Djevad Pasha and engineer Mukhtar Bey attended, with the crowd swearing to support extending the line to Mecca. A telegram announced Kingim Pasha as governor general of Wadjaz, receiving a royal ovation.

Medina Damascus Italy Constantinople Prophet’s Town Midwerity Djevad Pasha Mukhtar Bey Mecca Porte Kingim Pasha Wadjaz

Chicago Markets Grain and Livestock Prices Report

Quotations from Chicago Board of Trade show wheat corn oats and pork and lard futures with Sept and May positions. Cash sales list winter and spring wheats, oats and mixed feeds, plus live stock receipts and prices for cattle hogs sheep and lambs in Buffalo and regional markets.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Close Hipols Dodiana Wisconsin Indiana Buffalo N. Y Dunning & Stevens Live Stock Commission Mast Buuffalo N.Y Youlys Amis Yewrings Wethers Ewes Ciulves Best

Foley's Kidney Cure Promises Wide Kidney Relief

Of Interest to Many. Foley's Kidney Cure will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. H. J. Moogh, Wm. F. Jungkunz.

Foley H. J. Moogh Wm. F. Jungkunz

A Man of Letters and Lincoln’s Lasting Style

Helen Nicolay lauds Abraham Lincoln as a model of clarity and brevity. The piece links his simple, precise training to enduring phrases in Gettysburg and his second inaugural, noting his moral vision and noble life as sources of literary greatness.

Mr. Lincoln Gettysburg Europe al bin Ufe Helen Nicolay St. Nicholas

Duel by baseballs ends in French defeat at daybreak

An American from Yale agreed to a duel with a French count using baseballs at twenty paces. The Frenchman struck first but the American dodged the balls and then fired, three shots grazing, wounding the count who fell. The encounter left a vow never to challenge another American citizen.

Yule Eli Penuime Yale Belle France

No Place For Cramblers in Muacksville Run Enterprise

A snarling street corner screed denounces local governance and residents, cursing the town and its grandmother while attacking merchants hawkers and newspaper men. The passage argues that towns tolerate troublemakers only to face endless nuisance and a drift toward provincial authority, all urging relocation for dissenters.

Enterprise Muacksville Run

Orange Blossom Symbolism in Bridal Tradition

Uncertainty surrounds why brides wear orange blossoms with many viewing it as a sign of fruitfulness. Some authorities trace the practice to Saracens who regarded the orange blossom as a symbol of a prosperous marriage, noting the tree bears fruit and blossoms simultaneously in the East.

Streetest of All Outlite I tell you

A lighthearted exchange from the Philadelphia Press about sleep timing. The speaker cites fogey scientists who claim pre midnight sleep is most beneficial, while another touts the sleep after waking in the morning as the source of feeling good.

Philadelphia Press

A Quick Cure for a Smoking Husband

A Baltimore American quip notes Mrs Dietthere banned cigars in the house except those she bought herself forcing her husband to smoke to avoid offending her. The joke relies on domestic control and witty reversal.

Reasonable Father Hints at Finding What Was Sought

A reflective line on the search for a book, noting relief when the object is finally found. The narrator muses that finding what one seeks leads to quieting the chase and a change in tone. The remark frames pursuit, expectation, and the moment of discovery.

Father

Is Always Tretnsed to Spebe' iiters Wek To chink

Aspirant asks for feedback on a Uitte poem with a garbled title and unclear lines. The note requests help to refine the piece and fix the spelling in hopes of better readability and reception.

Rei

Plain Cook Preference Quoted in Court Dialogue

In a courtroom exchange, the manager asks if a plain cook is desired and Mrs. Mourymovon agrees, requesting the plainest preparation. The judge oversees the exchange framing the culinary request as a formal matter.

Muda

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