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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1900
Page
7
Bishop Thomas Bowman of Chicago presides at the opening of the fifty-sixth annual Illinois conference at Oak Street church. Meetings, officer elections, and sermons follow with large attendance and strong missionary support, including over eight thousand dollars raised for Illinois conference work.
A sermon and conference notes urge evangelicals to model blameless conduct, welcome friendliness, and avoid theaterlike church life. Rev. C Vaubel is reappointed secretary with W A Schulte as English secretary, while assistants G M Hallwachs and G C Gasser staff the ministry. Revs Burling Hilmer introduced. Voegelein excused for funeral. Services planned at Oak Street Church and Salem with guest speakers and a male quartet. Freeport invites attendance.
Mattie L. Guild president of the Young People's Christian Temperance Union will address the Young People's societies of Freeport Sunday afternoon at the YMCA auditorium. Her remarks will discuss temperance and youth civic involvement.
Morgantown Tennessee resident C. D. Isbill reports his daughter’s severe scalp sores improved by Bucklen's Arica Salve. The ad claims a guaranteed cure for eczema totter salt rheum pimples sores ulcers and piles available for 25 cents at Joseph Emmert.
Closing Board of Trade quotations show July wheat 68 cents, July corn 414 3, July oats 254, July pork 12.82, July lard 6.80, July ribs 6.62. Union stock yards sales list cattle 9,500 steady to strong with Beeves 4.25 to 5.80, stockers 3.50 to 4.85. hogs 25,000 nickel higher with heavy 5.45 to 6.65 and light 5.30 to 5.74. sheep 12,000 steady 5.00 to 6.30.
An assortment of humorous exchanges and quips from various papers, including lines about Mercy and Ezekiel, a breakfast biscuit joke, a Sunday school quip, a naval joke, and short anecdotes about governors, priests, and a drowsy irrigation delegate.
A narrator greets a visitor to the city with cautious manners and mentions the unsettling sounds of urban life at first as they adjust to new surroundings. The exchange hints at cultural contrasts and the traveler’s wary reception.
A broker and his gardener rush to private office after a shock, only to learn that the broker's wife eloped with his automobile driver this forenoon. The broker jokes about fearing worse than the loss of his orchid.
A boarding house landlady scolds Mr Warbles for singing before breakfast while he quips that he never feels like singing after breakfast. The exchange highlights a quirky morning moment between the landlady and a resident.
Pearl Stockberger of Pecatonica visited her grandmother Mrs H P Waters. August Mund of Freeport visited his ill mother. Prof Burton of Freeport held an examination. Knights of the Globe plan a Friday entertainment with free refreshments. The Good Templars announce a nickel social at Mrs Chas McGilligan's on April 12 with light refreshments.
Mrs Frank Webb and family from Freeport visited Mrs Webb's mother. Mrs Peter Wurtz fractured both bones in a leg. Dr McGraw set it. People's party caucus nominated D D Boyles for president and trustees W E Morris Fred Albert J Snyder with F A Miller as village clerk. No License party names M W Kurtz president trustees J Long J Butler F Stabeck and village clerk A Rheingans. H M Short of Durand visited. School entertainment at I O O F hall drew a full crowd. receipts $50 fund library. County Superintendent R W Barton held township central exam with ten Davis students. Prof Dyar visited. Davis has two Chicago physicians lecturing nightly. The sick are D Mularkey and J Weber and are recovering. John Morris spent Sunday with his parents.
Mrs. Albert McDaniel cares for a boy. Charles Killion visited with friends. Lewis Cantrill and family moved into Pells Kleckler’s former house. Morse leaves as station agent for Winslow. Runkle children have mumps. Rev J W McKitrick preaches Easter at 10:30. Tillie Bechtold returns to teach. Joseph Cole visits from Iowa. Charlie Schram seeks appendicitis operation in Chicago. Harney recovering. Evans had a bad day. Decision day services held in Sunday school with Rev Underwood assisting.
Abraham Hare of Belleville Ohio claims Electric Bitters is the best selling bitters he has handled in 20 years. He cites benefits for stomach liver kidneys and bowels, blood purification and nerve strength. The tonic is said to renew vitality in weak, run-down people. Price 50 cents. Sold by Joseph Emert.
Grand display of Easter hats and bonnets with large selections from St. Louis and Chicago patterns. Event runs Thursday and Friday, April 5 and 6 at Mrs H B Bogar's.
A doctor quizzing a patient describes symptoms of fatigue chilliness and appetite loss but reveals the punch line that the real problem is loneliness and lack of someone to prop the chair. The exchange ends with the doctor requesting payment of three dollars.
An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment by Jos. Emmert promising instant relief and permanent cure for eczema scald head hives and itching of any sort with quick results and lasting effects.
Redlinger Bros Matt and Joseph opened their bicycle livery and sales room at 45 South Galena avenue today. They handle high grade wheels and offer hire options. Matt Redlinger has ten years in the bicycle business and expands with a new room connected to the established enterprise across the river.
An advertisement extols Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy that comforts the heart and strengthens the mind. It claims to improve mood, make the face bright, and offers the product at 35 cents from Jos. Emmert.
Freeport Illinois bids for steel vault fixtures called for as per plans on file at the city clerk’s office. Bids due Friday April 13 at 8 p m are to be opened at city hall. City reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Grorae H. Tanpy City Clerk.
Northern Pacific Railway Co plans two solid vestibuled trains daily from St. Paul and Minneapolis to the Pacific coast via Helena Butte Spokane Tacoma Seattle and Portland. Trains leave St. Paul at 6:05 am and 10:35 pm with through first and second class tickets. Cars include Pullman sleepers dining car electric lighting and a 70 foot observation car with barber shop library and more. No extra charge for through tickets via St. Paul filters.
A new supply of Venetian cloth for suits in all colors has just arrived along with tailor-made suits. Ladies walking skirts start at $5, bright ginghams and attractive patterns are selling fast. Wash shirt waists, 2 penny line items at 4c each, and a large stock of pretty ladies wrappers are on offer with prices from 48c up.
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