Funeral Honors Frederick P Waite at Lena
Lena April 23. The funeral of Frederick P Waite drew about three thousand people including the Freeport special train, Masonic and Pythian bodies from multiple towns, and Shrine members from Rockford. Rev Dr Kauffman led services with a quartet. Waite, bank cashier and founder of Citizens Bank, left a widow and son Charles Frederick, with brothers Charles Clement and Daniel. He was deeply active in Masonic and K P orders, and remembered for loyalty, piety, and civic leadership. The procession formed with numerous lodges and ended at the cemetery with Masonic ritual.
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Lena
Frederick P. Waite
Freeport
Rockford
Pearl City
Stockton
Winslow
Kauffman
Amity English Lutheran Church
J. G. Oyler
Mary Rockey
Roy K. Farwell
A. C. Kennedy
Frederic Perkins Wait
Ill
Chicago
Charles Waite & Co
Belle Stearns
Charles Frederick
Gen. Waite
Waite
Charles Waite
Earth
Mr. Waite
Charles Clement
Ontario
Cal
Daniel
Duluth
Minn
God
Masonic Frater
Ystic Shrine
Baptist Church
L. W. Kuhlman
W. N. Cronkrite
P. N. Rindespacher
H. F. Aspinwall
L. H. Burrell
W. E. White
H. B. Smith
Wm. Koenig
Freeport Commandery
No. 7
K. T. Tebula
P. Orangeville
Ely's Dream Balm Offer for Qatarrh and Hay Fever
An advertisement urges readers to test Ely's Dream Balm claiming immediate relief and a cure for Qatarrh hay fever and cold in the head. The balm is marketed as non drying and non sneezing, soothing the membrane with a 50 cent price and mail order from Ely Brothers New York.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Forger’s Death Sentence and Red Shirt Mystery
Sir Algernon West relays tales from Lord Herschel about a death sentence forgers and a judge urging mercy denial. Another American story describes red flannel shirts that never faded or shrank, later tested by a shopkeeper who asks about color retention. Tennessn joke ends with a breakfast remark about a pink coral necklace.
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Algernon West
Lord Herschel
Beautiful eyes and a handsome face praise
Ad copy-style fragment notes bright eyes as windows to a woman’s heart. Mentions Rocky Mountain Tea claims to make bright eyes. Ends with names Jos and Emmert.
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Rocky Mountain Tea
Jos
Emmert
School Election Gives Bergman Board President Post
Hon A Bergman elected president of the Freeport board of education after a spirited race with over 1 200 votes cast. Other winning candidates include A O Best C A McNamara John Kochsmeier and John A Botder. Bergman, a former three term mayor, praised for public spirited service and commitment to schools.
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Issvcenees A. Bera
A. O. Best
Vehdente C. A. McNamara
Jno
Kocus Meter
Freeport Board of Education
A. Bergman
Rent Ad Auste Ee
C. W. Harden
Ccc
C. A. McNamara
John Kochsmeier
John A. Botder
Hon A. Bergman
Board of Education
Freeport
Market quotations from Curoago and Union Stock Yards
Closing Board of Trade quotations show July wheat 6 62, July corn 3 93, July oats 2b, July pork 12.62, July lard 7.023, July ribs 1.90. Union stock yards reports cattle 21,000 with steers steady and others weak, hogs 32,000 with prices quoted heavy 5.50 to 5.65 and light 4.90 to 5.15.
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Curoago
Board of Trade
Union Stock Yard
Reeves
Bergman May Lead School Board Drive For Proper Funding
The article recalls Bergman’s reluctant consent to run for school board president amid moves by Harden to join the ticket. Of three elected members, Kochsmeier brings prior board experience, while A. O. Best and C. A. McNamara are new members noted as respected local business leaders aimed at advancing school interests.
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Bergman
Board of Education
C. W. Harden
Harden
Kochsmeier
A. O. Best
C. A. McNamara
Provoking Suggestion Delays Bonnet Purchase
In a sharp exchange, a man muses that anger shortens life and spoils beauty, while a woman demands what he wants to say. He concedes his precaution is useless and that she must wait a month for the new bonnet, echoing domestic economy tensions.
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John Henry
Chicago Post
Electric Bitters Prove Best Selling, Says Belleville Druggist
Abraham Hare of Belleville Ohio declares Electric Bitters the best selling bitters he has handled in 20 years. He cites its claimed totones up the stomach, regulates liver and kidneys, purifies blood, strengthens nerves, and builds up the entire system to restore life and vigor in weak or run-down people. Sold by Joseph Emmert for 50 cents.
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Abraham Hare
Belleville
Joseph Emmert
Chicago Receipts and Transport News Snapshot
Market readings show wheat and corn car counts for today and estimates for tomorrow, with hogs and cattle current and next week totals. Northwestern receipts from Minneapolis and Duluth are listed, followed by a stock market note and a detailed Midland Route Tourist Car schedule linking Chicago to San Francisco with multi city stops and travel window.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
New York
C. M
St. P. Ry
Midland
San Francisco
St. P
Omaha
Colorado Springs
The Penalty of Music Deafness Among Musicians
A Kansas City Star excerpt quotes an old musician on how many players lose hearing and quit. Brass players suffer most from constant vibration. Deafness ends many careers, while some keep performing despite diminishing hearing.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Little Dauphin Receives 50 Crowns From Sully
The five year old dauphin at St Germain is showered with pocket money by Sully. The scene features the prince and attendants drilling with toy arms as coins are distributed. The child protests after other coins are taken and recalls his own past as a soldier. Mme de Monglat's influence on Louis's frugality is noted by Herouard.
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Louis Nil
Duke of
Sully
St. Germain
Mme. de Monglat
Dauphin
Herouard
Louis
Cornfield Chaos and Household Havoc
A Kansas City Journal item narrates a comic chain of mishaps as a man neglects his paper, his son disturbs a beehive, the father crashes a barbed wire fence, the cow dies in the cornfield, a churn ruptures, kittens drown, false teeth vanish, milk floods the parlor, a car pet is ruined, and the hired man elopes with the daughter while the dog disrupts hens and calves gnaw tails.
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Kansas City Journal
Plumber's Comic Warning Placed Before Holiday
A provident plumber leaves a hall placard warning burglars with humorous boasts and misprints about safes, vaults, and a bearer check for五 dollars, noting the trunks contain only secondhand clothing while inviting no mishaps.
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Familly
Safe Deposit Company
Colliens Weekly
Gentlemen at Odds dialogue from Baltimore American
A humorous exchange between Mr. Sourdropp and Mr. Arguso is cited from the Baltimore American. The dialogue features playful paradoxes about knowledge and understanding in a brisk, old fashioned banter.
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Mr. Sourdropp
Mr. Arguso
Baltimore American
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C. W. Killen
Fry’s Block
Aerke
Lowell
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Ches, & Ohio
Él Bly
Peery Oy
Federal Steel
Lou, & Nash
Union Pacifie
Union Pacific
Union Oly
Eric
Piayers
Louis Nit
France
Old
Stephenson St
Children’s Department
Gumbiner Brothers
Old Hub Corner
Stephenson Street
B. F. Jones
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Axminster
Wilton
Haverg
Chidren
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