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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1900
Page
2
H W Bolender announces candidacy for renomination as Circuit Clerk of Stephenson County, subject to Republican County Convention. He recalls prior four year term, appeals for Republican support, date March 13, 1900.
Ed Stewart traveled to Chicago on business. Mrs J R Spiller visits Lena. James P Younger went to Elgin. C J Gill, H B Smith, Wm O Wright and M Stoskopf rode to Chicago. Mr and Mrs R M Keever reside in Salt Lake City. Carrie Weeks visits Lena. W D Ryan rode to Dixon. Robi Farger expected home from Chicago. Wm Smythe of Chicago visits his father. Prof R W Burton traveled to Ridott for central exam. Paul Burrell returned to Chicago for schooling. Miss Blace Capron spent time with relatives. J M O Neal, Chicago, Illinois Central assistant paymaster, visited Freeport. Steve Bolender returned to Rush Medical College in Chicago. Wm Johnson returned to Chicago for studies. Mrs Norris Ward and daughter of Lena visited, then to Chicago to reside.
Minor items report a new front being installed at Hoff mans dry goods store. Stephenson lodge Odd Fellows to install officers tonight. H R C meets with Miss Place at 59 State street. Freeport Shakespeare Society meets Miss Lane at 7 30 pm. Miss Bues shows millinery designs this week. Barbers union meets at Wrights shop. Wright & Co. display elegant shoes. Miss Clara Arndt new trimmer at Brinkmans millinery. Ladies Union Prayer Circle meets Tuesday at English Lutheran church. Y H S C E plans a business meeting Tuesday at Miss Cadwalls home. Florence Briggs becomes stenographer at Mease & Torey office. Arthur Ware sighted at the game school aspiring to book-keeper role in coal office.
Rev Dr N H Ax lectures at First M E on Hell and Hills in future punishment. He critiques Edwardsian fright, Augustine theories, and emphasizes God as love. The sermon defends freedom, responsibility, and salvation for all except the incorrigible, urging repentance and moral memory.
The piece discusses a Baptist sermon series on If Christ Should Come to Freeport, urging moral reform. It critiques local officials for tolerating saloons and crime, demands enforcement of laws, and warns that municipal protectors share responsibility for vice. It cites moral decay, urges council members to resign or reform, and calls readers to spiritual vigilance.
The Second Presbyterian church calls its congregation to an annual meeting in the church lecture room this Thursday evening. A full attendance is requested. The agenda includes standard business plus the election of two elders and five trustees. Illinois Conference. The Evangelical association holds its 56th annual session at Oak Street church today and tomorrow. Rev. F C Stierle of North Northfield will preach tonight at Oak Street church.
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