Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Freeport Daily Journal in Freeport, Illinois

We have 16,533,978 pages in Illinois

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1900

Page

5

Wealth of Illinois Lessons on beef and soil fertility

In Illinois long experience guides beef and crop care. Maintain soil fertility by returning manure, plowing, and fallowing with rye, sow corn after frost, and keep fields level. Favor thoroughbred sires, avoid crossbreeding, and prioritize Short-horned cattle and Herefords. Emphasize sheep, clover, millet, and careful winter care for young stock. Samvurt Cunningham.

Illinois Union Great Mississippi Ohio Wabash Lake Front Great Chain of Lakes Erie Canal North River New York Chicago Congress Casey Reynolds Stewart Springfield New Hampshire Ilinois Mississippi Valley Durham Col. Berry Collings England Guernseys Alderneys Jerseys Cleveland Bays Kentucky Samvurt Cunningham

Beautiful Eyes and a Rocky Mountain Tea Mention

Words praise eyes and face as eloquent commendations. A phrase links bright eyes to a woman's heart. The line Rocky Mountain Tea is noted in association with bright eyes. Jos, Emmert.

Rocky Mountain Tea Jos Emmert

Freeport Plumbing & Heating Co Opens Under Geo Dehn

Geo J Dehn of Iron Mountain Mich starts Freeport Plumbing Heating Co as a sanitary plumbing and heating expert supplying plans specifications and estimates for plumbing gas steam and hot water systems. He emphasizes quality competitive pricing and full service with a large stock and personal supervision.

Freeport Plumbing & Heating Co Geo. J. Dehn Mr. Dehn Iron Mountain Mich George J. Dehn Dehn Upper Peninsula

Mass Meeting Planned By Freeport Young People

Freeport youths and allies meet at the YMCA auditorium at 8 tonight to organize an American Young People’s Christian Temperance Union. E J Steinbeck to preside. committee report and constitution proposed. program includes hymns recitations and male quartette. health notes and sick list included.

Freeport Young People’s Christian Temperance Union E. J. Steinbeck Greceee Clara Howe Roma

A GOOD SHOWING OF ILLINOIS HOME FOR VETERANS

The State Home at Quincy earns praise for Governor Tanner and the past four years of economical administration. Col. Wm Somerville, superintendent, saved the state over $60,000 last year. Deputy B Unger will visit May 14 to initiate new candidates at the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home, while the K and L of H, founded 1878, notes over 16 million paid to beneficiaries and operates from Indianapolis with three payout classes.

Tanner Freeport Stephenson County Quincy Wm. O. Wright Wm. Somerville Illinois B. Unger Order of K. & L. of H Indianapolis Ind

Freeport April and May Entertainments and Meetings

Entertainments and meetings of interest listed for Freeport include: April 28 a dance and card party at St Pius. April 25 Amity society dance at Blust’s hall. April 25 William Owen at the Grand Opera House in a play titled Gilded Fool. April 26 Eastertide entertainment by St Mary’s music class. May 1 benefit concert for Edwin Rotzler. May 8 dance at St Mary’s hall under Madam Setn Society. May 15 Republican Senatorial convention 12th district. May 26 Democratic county convention. Also May 1- Northwestern Homeopathic Medical Association meeting at Brewster.

Freeport Pril St. Piusval Amity Society Blust’s Hall Wm. Owen Grand Opera House St. Mary's Northwestern Homeopathic Medical Association Brewster Edwin Rotzler St. Mary's Hall Madam Setn Society

Porter crowned Freeport club bowling champ with 249

H. J. Porter won the Freeport club bowling title last night topping the list by four pins with a 249 score. A closing sale announcement follows the sports note urging readers to talk to Lowell as of April 25.

H. J. Porter Freeport Club Lowell

Food Purchases at State Soldiers Homes 1899 Tables

Table records quantities bought and prices for various food items at the State Soldiers Homes in Ohio and Illinois during 1899. Entries list item names, amounts purchased, unit costs, and total expenditures by each home across the year.

Ohio Illinois

Life in Lena Parish Notes and Local Meetings

Lena April report covers Rev M E Bol linger greetings, J A Albright visiting from Chicago College of Physicians, and a semi annual Lutheran synod conference call for June 11 to 13 at Christchurch Sharon Wisconsin. Germania lodge reorganization conducted with 35 Relief Fund members. officers elected include Hattie Oettinger Lena Tenney and Ida Yordy. Next meeting date to be announced.

Lena M. E. Bollinger J. A. Albright College of Physicians and Surgeons Chicago J. C. Kauffman Christchurch Sharon Wis Mt. Carroll A. M. Piper Adeline Germania Lodge Knights and Ladies of Honor B. Unger K. P. Hall State Bank Supreme Grand Lodge L. B. Lockett Supreme Protector Toledo Ohio K. Longohe A.J. Friedrich Hattie Oettinger Eli Oettinger Mina Raubenheimer Lena Tenney Fin Lec F. P. Ohden Wm. Ohlendorf Ida Yordy A. Marteny Mary Anderson Senotinel P. G. Cramer Carrie J. Wright Wm. Kampmeier Fred Rosemeier F. J. Holke

Excursion Tickets for Manila Bay Anniversary in Chicago

Excursion tickets to the second anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay and the reception of Admiral Dewey will be sold at reduced rates aboard Northwestern line trains to Chicago. Tickets available April 30 to May 1 with trains arriving by 11:00 a.m. May 2 and valid through May 3. Apply to Chicago and Northwestern Railway agents. Also an unrelated ad notes Winston & Co shoe store claims lower prices through expert merchandising and feet fitting.

Manila Bay George Dewey Northwestern Chicago Chicago & Northwestern Railway Winston & Co

Market quotes from Cuicano and New York stock listings

Closing Board of Trade quotations show July wheat at 6 74, July corn 40, July oats 232, July pork 12.874, July lard 87.25, and July ribs 7.07. Union stock yards table lists cattle 14,000 with steers steady, hogs 26,000 opened higher then advanced, sheep 12,000 weak. Broker C W Killen provides daily open high low close figures for wheat corn oats pork lard and ribs with May and July futures.

Cuicano Board of Trade Union Stock Yard C. W.killen Fry Bos Park New York Stock Market Freeport C. W. Killen Fry’s Block

Specialists warn against handling hair stuffed mattresses and velvet

The Washington Star quotes two nervous disease specialists urging fear-prone readers to avoid mattresses filled with hair or wool. They warn tactile nerves in fingertips are highly sensitive to such materials and recount housewives suffering headaches and doctors’ bills after do it yourself repairs. They note some men suffer spasms when touching velvet for minutes.

Washington Star

Also Mentioned on This Page

Illi Nois Beef Supply J. Dean Peter Sweeney John Council Miss Knoble Boston Oscar Taylor Irae Wong Nia Eer Serica Lima Navy Boone Lily Rae Graham Tdi Briokien R Aaneen Federal Steel Ou, & Nash Manhattan Mo. Pag Nor Pacific BAY Nor Nort West Pacific Mail Sengeepe South, Pac Bosa Ugar Li Southern R’y Eas United States Stephenson St Freeport Plumbing and Heating Co Geo. J. Dern Old Gumbiner Brothers Old Hub Corner Stephenson Street CASTE Ginghams Charlies McPherson & Service
Search Courier

Search the Freeport Daily Journal Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Freeport Daily Journal?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication