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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
4
Local store promotes curtain nets in fall patterns at 25c to $1.00 per yard with colors white ivory orange green red. India Madras cloth available at 12 percent and 18c per yard. Etamine Draperies offered in red green brown blue at 25c per yard plus a carpet department with rugs carpets linoleum mattings and window shades.
Philadelphia dispatch reports a two to one ruling by the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania dismissing a government action to enforce the commodities clause against anthracite railroads. Judges Gray and Dallas dissenting or concurring with opinions, while Bullington dissented without opinion. The case likely goes to the Supreme Court.
The opinion emphasizes that the interstate commerce clause cannot justify the so called commodities clause as it infringes state rights and the liberty of citizens. The court concludes the bills in equity are dismissed and writs of mandamus denied, with Judge Dallas concurring.
Chicago Sept. 1 Attorneys for Standard Oil filed a tart reply to the governments petition for a rehearing. They urge the COA to let stand the $240,000,000fine set aside by Judge Landis and call the prosecutions arguments captious and groundless. They accuse the government of political questions and conjuring up impossible frustrations in support of their contentions.
Officials report two yellow fever cases in Kinestown Saint Vincent with fatalities. The outbreaks are confirmed by local health authorities, triggering precautionary measures and monitoring in surrounding areas. Local clinics reinforce sanitation, vector control, and warning dissemination to residents amidst fears of further spread.
A compact note presents a German proverb about luck favoring the hopeful and fear shaping outcomes. It evokes cautious optimism and cautionary sentiment in a concise, aphoristic form.
Niddletown New York September 11 reports that RE H Harriman plans to aid destitute youths with free education by funding a school through railroad generosity. Friends say he sought educators to design a plan, aiming to establish a free education facility possibly in Orange County at Arden on Harriman estates.
In Richwood West Virginia on September 11 Deputy United States Marshal Willan Rutherford was killed in a gun battle with local officers. Chief of Police Bryant suffered a shattered arm, Officer Graft was wounded in the chest and hip, and an unidentified spectator received a hand wound, as Rutherford intervened when two drunkenness suspects were being taken to the station after arrest.
Baseball score roundup from multiple games with teams St Louis Chicago Brooklyn New York Cincinnati Boston Detroit Washington Cleveland Philadelphia and minor league showings. Key results include St Louis 7 Chicago 2 in St Louis and Brooklyn 6 Philadelphia 5 in Brooklyn, plus Pittsburg 3 Cincinnati 1 and Detroit 6 Chicago 5 in separate parks.
A Philadelphia Ledger quip contrasts a man named Grayley’s past irregular habits with the claim that he is “very regular now.” The exchange plays on irony, implying his reform is only in appearance as dialogue mocks his ongoing bad conduct.
In Norway and other Scandinavian countries governments assist fishermen with loans repayable up to ten years. The first installment is due in the third year, followed by annual payments with interest.
Health and faith figures appear as Bishop Spalding of Peotla Diocese is noted for consecration in Tata. Adirondack forest fires threaten the region. Socialist Eugene V Debs spoke in Los Angeles. Warship Chicago paymaster James Crist listed as insane at Parkersburg. Mogador Morocco allegedly proclaims Mulai Hafid as sultan aiding Afifloos tribulation. New Orleans clerk Vital Turigne jailed for $80,000 city funds embezzlement. NY Public Service Commission unconstitutionality cited by Supreme Justice Gerard. US battleship fleet enters Albany Harbor at 1:30 a m. Patricia Isgun marries Jerome Murphy in Copenhagen. John Rockefeller attends Cleveland Early Settlers meeting. Autumn German maneuvers in Alsace Lorraine end.
In Glasgow on September 11 crowds gathered outside the city council offices as a twelve member unemployment delegation was admitted to a meeting. The spokesman urged aid for the hungry and jobless, insisting they only seek work, while the chancellor spoke with emotion, pledging council support.
Omaha Neb Sept 11 County Attorney English filed a complaint against Charles B. E. Davis charging him with murder in the first degree in the shooting of Dr Frederick Rustin on Sept 2. A man matching Davis description was seen near the crime scene the night of the shooting, two blocks away.
Chicago price quotes span Wheat, Corn, Oats, Pork, Lard, and Short Ribs with Sept, Dec, and May futures plus cash ranges. Live Stock figures cover Hogs, Cattle, and Sheep with receipts and price bands. East Buffalo notes pad the day’s market snapshot.
Nu ritch-Why, how do you mieany Se- Call-I called to see you the other day, and when I asked him what time I night catch you at home he said, "At half pawst tin, sub."
In a Ceiveland Leader verse the speaker notes that pity from a distant relative resembles love but remains merely a poor relation, hinting the recipient does not intend to solve the speaker’s woes. The poem plays on kinship and affection as social ties.
In Social Circles, Miss Aline Wagner daughter of Mr and Mrs Al Wagner of 194 Carroll street, married Dudley S Grow formerly of New Boston Illinois. The ceremony occurred at the bride parents home at 8:30 last evening, officiated by Rev F W Metreon of the First Christian church, with only immediate relatives present. Mrs Grow is a Freeport High School graduate class of 1907 and has worked in her father’s Wagner printing office. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Britt Grow of New Boston, has lived in Freeport three years and works in the Henney Buggy Co repair department. They will reside with the bride's parents for now.
Gilbert Bowers son of Mrs Samuel Bowers of this city married Miss Emily Birdsall of Byron Illinois in Chicago on Tuesday September 8. The groom, a Freeport native and barber by trade, has worked at Byron for four years and will relocate to Denver Colorado. He learned his trade with Charles Wright. He is a son of Samuel Bowers who died two years ago.
Mrs F C Held hosted thirty five members of the Ladies of the G A R and friends at her North Galena avenue home. Miss Mary House won the guessing contest prize, with peanut contest prizes to Mrs Helen Underwood, Mrs Morrow, and Mrs F Keeler. Refreshments were served.
Miss Mary Keenan of Freeport visits her sister Rose in Savanna for her sister’s wedding to John Logan. Illinois lodge drill practice at Knights of the Globe hall. Steffen and Seyfarth prize pumpkin contest winner Grant Harrington. Grace Evangelical church supper in Afolkey Tuesday night September 15 1908 with music and admission 25 cents for adults 10 cents for children.
The Golden Fleece, a premier medieval chivalry order founded in 1429 by Philip the Good, is outlined with its emblem and ceremonial robes. Robes evolved from crimson cloth lined with white lamb’s wool to costly velvet and damask in 1478, reflecting Burgundy’s wool wealth and royal patronage.
Paul Gruen delves into sealing wax across medieval rules. White wax signified French kings and Sicilian rulers, red wax marked favor to the pope and Holy Roman officials, green wax reserved for common people and cities punished for disloyalty by sending public documents in green wax.
A doctor asks to see the patient’s tongue and the patient laments that no tongue can reveal his pain. The exchange captures a dry humorous frustration with medical diagnosis.
Patrons who do not receive their newspaper regularly are asked to notify the office of the issue. The notice seeks prompt correction and improved service for affected readers.
Honée presents A Woman of the West on September 11. The Yankee Doodle Boys perform September 1 to 3. When We Were Friends appears September 17. Jane Eyre is shown September 24. Harvey Dramatic Op. runs for one week starting September 8.
The exchange centers on a quarrel between Ingalls of Kansas and the late Georgia figure Joseph J. Brown. Brown offered a long dreary speech, Ingalls retorted with a sharp lashing reply, then Brown returned with a tedious rejoinder. Senator Butler later weighed in calling it a good speech.
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