Masonic Calendar and April Dates Provided
Excelsior Lodge 07 A F and A M holds stated meetings on the first and eighth Friday each month with F G work on Friday April 10. Evergreen Lodge 170 A F and A M meets on the first and eighth Monday. Freeport Chapter 28 A A M convokes on the first and third Tuesday with RA work on Tuesday April 7. Freeport Council 39 K and SK JL holds 8th Tuesday. Freeport Commandery 7 KT holds stated conclave on the first and eighth Wednesday. Order of the Temple work on Thursday April 9 and Black Cross work on Thursday. A predd led ly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Lodge
A. F
A. M
F.G
Evergreen Lodge
A.F
A. Mi
Freeport Chapter
A.A. M
R.A
Freeport Council
Freeport Commandery
K. T
Order of the Temple
Black Cross
Personal records from Freeport and surrounding towns
A collection of brief notes shows many residents and visitors in Freeport and nearby towns. Mentions include Rev. S. Garman in Mendota, W. A. Wood from Rockford, J. M. Welch of Rock Island, and numerous callers and travelers between Freeport, Chicago, Madison, Clinton, Orangeville, and other locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Welch
Rock Island
Freeport
Jay N. Heiett
Beloit
A. J. Leonard
Elgin
Porter Stover
Chicago
E. F. Bergen
Madison
H. R. Woodford
McConnell
H. H. Lewis
Clinton
J. L. Schaeffer
Oregon
Vibe Freeport Friends
Business Men's Meeting At City Hall Tonight
Regular meeting of the businessmen scheduled for this evening at City Hall at 7 30. Arrangements are in place to receive election returns and members will be able to conduct association business and view the returns from comfortable seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Beck
Polo
L. C. Schmidt
Nora
E. P. Riner
Anna
Forreston
Emery Matley
Darlington
R. C. Harker
Apple River
Freeport
Anna Mayer
Pearl City
Robert Martin
Joseph Horsley
P. P. Swartz
George Landis
Bloomington
Florence Hrice
Eleroy
Charles Zipf
Paxton, Ill
Col
Charles Bogardus
Busineesmen
Election Returns Available at Civic League Headquarters
Election returns will be received at the Civic League headquarters in the Rice building. Two hundred chairs have been provided for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Civic League
Plentiful Trouble From Stagnation Says Adclaims Purifier
An old advertisement promises relief from headaches biliousness and digestive stagnation through Dy King's new Lite Purifier. It touts cleansing effects and claims to purge poison without grinding. Joseph Emmert's is credited in the copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Emmert
Freeport Consistory Plans Forty-First Annual Rendezvous
Walter Effert announces the forty first annual rendezvous reunion and reception for Freeport Consistory S P R S with a large class expected. Grand Encampment events run April 23 24 with a reception and banquet at Masonic temple and a ladies reception Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Freeport
Masonic Temple
Interesting Address in Warren Sentinel Leader
Mrs Lake, advertised to deliver a temperance address in the Auditorium last Saturday evening, was unable to fill the engagement. The notice notes a change in plans and silent attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Methodists Consider Lifting Ban On Dancing and Other Amusements
New York April 6 The New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church adopted by an almost unanimous vote a resolution to ask the general conference to remove paragraph 248 from the church discipline which condemns dancing board games theatre going and similar amusements. Only seven delegates opposed. If approved this would not alter church doctrine but treat these as matters of conscience. The body also urged restoring time limits on pastorates and endorsed electing negro bishops. It protested the removal of Jesus name from public schools in New York amid a heated debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Methodist iEpiscopal Church
General Conference
Jesus Christ
New York Board
False alarm at Stover workers East Freeport
Shortly after noon today the fire department was summoned to the Stover workern East Freeport, but the alarm proved to be a false one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stover
East Freeport
Deafness Cure By Constitutional Remedies Promoted
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It blames inflamed Eustachian tube from catarrh for hearing loss, promises a $100 reward for cure attributed to catarrh, and urges sending for circulars from F J Cohe ney & Co of Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.j.coheney & CO
Toledo
Driggists
City saloon licenses and salaries pass as council meets brief
Last night the City Council approved forty five saloon licenses for three months with full year fees due July first, amid absence of Aldermen and focus on option election. Treasurer’s reports show large city receipts and many line items. police and health reports accompany the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tflarden
Dorman
Younglove
Dittmar
Gibler
Silk
Metzger
Stout
Conley
Kehler
Vick
Rumelhagen
Harris
Miller
Geithman
Wascher
Frazier
Miner
KR. J. Burns
Rodemeyer
Darling
Obden
K. T. Brandt
George W. Graham
Treasury
Taxpayers League Meeting Debates Saloons At Grand
The Grand hosted a large Taxpayers and Citizens League meeting where W E Burns and Assistant Corporation Counsel 8 C Herron of Chicago argued for saloon support. W H Wagner opened with liberty themes as Fire band music accompanied remarks labeling Rockefeller and Morgan as forces stirring religious zealots for political gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taxpayers and Citizens League
Grand
W. E. Burns
8. C. Herron
Chicago
W. H. Wagner
Wagner
America
Burns
John D. Rockefeller
J. Pierpont Morgan
Prohibition debate echoes in civic meeting
In Chicago a sequence of speakers contests prohibition as un-American and monarchial, arguing it infringes private rights and cannot legislate a new stomach. A protest fades into orderly discussion as the crowd listens to S C U Herron’s defense of civic questions over moral crusades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
S. CU. Herron
Corporation Counsel
Chicago
United States
First annual YMCA banquet to close winter gym season
The Freeport Y M C A plans its first annual men banquet next Friday in the Y M C A gymnasium for Senior and High School gym participants. A 6 15 to 6 45 reception precedes the banquet with volley ball matches likely to close the season featuring All Professionals and All Stars teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Y. M. C. A
All Stars
S Neidigh
C. H. Green
C. S. Barrett
C. E. Wilkins
F. E. Furst
R. C. Smedley
J. L. Rogers
E. M. Phillips
J. H. Waldecker
F. C. Rogers
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the Daily Journal
PHATE
Freeport Journal
International Typoesical Union
M Evements
S. Garman
Mendota
W. A. Wood
Rockford
W. C. Buch
J. A. Garnes
Orangeville
Ottawa
A.C. Hershey
Moline
Ray HE. Gile
Isaac Bobb
Ray McSherry
al Moogh
Clinton, Ta
Edna Murphy
Lake Forest
Ruth Johnson
William Zettle
J.B. Hinda
Frank C. Porter
Berwyn, Til
Helen Bolender
Harvey D. Pressler
Pulaski County
John Corson Smith
Henry L. Palmer
John Carson Smith
Supreme Council
Amos Pettibone
Illinois
James H. Codding
H. H. Stahl
J. S. Clark
F. J. Burdette
R. CG. Boyd
William Khel
JM. Saucerman
Frank $K. Emerson
Newhall St. Smith
Thomas G. Lawler
Charles Mayer
Thomas Cronemiller
Levi Muan
John C. Smith
Michael Stoskopf
John Ok. Fair
O. J. Heard
Robert D. Kuehner
William S. Best
Boston
Munn
Grand Lodge
Smith
Illinois Masons
Stoskopf
Dr. Fair
Judge Heard
Kuehner
Freeport Lodge of Perfection
Princes of Jerusalem
Freeport C
Natesca Croix
Harker
Methodists
Antici
Lpolita
West Freeport
Bobat
Bulle- EM Ie
Burchard Place
Stephenson Street
Galena
Pleasant
Harlem Avenue
Ie State
Winslow
Winneshiek
Clark Avenue
Grove and
West
Empire
High and
Carroll
Douglas Ave
Green and Grove
Boda Elk Street
U.S. Stephenson
Galena Stalley
Oak and
Walnut and
Liberts and Jackson
Oak Street
Foley Street
Oak Place
Williams
Lincoln Ave
Adam Oo
West Street
Sogo Stephenson
Cherry
van Buren and
Galena Avenue
Ote
Anc’ Paymie
Publicc
Seatakraga
Jackson Street
Penny Arcade
Stephenson County
Empire Street
Foreign Bus. Co
Stephenson County Telephone Co
M. Ford
Acct
Wm. Ascher
Homer Street
D. Griffin
County Treas
St. Imp
County Por
Bahar
OSS
Unamerican
YM C. A. Affais
Journal
Koenig Furniture Co. House Furnishers
Koenig Furniture Co
Stephenson St
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