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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
1
The Associated Press reports a cloudy cooler night and Sunday generally fair and cooler for Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin with showers in Wisconsin tonight. A cooler weekend follows with generally fair conditions across the three states.
The American liner St Paul and British cruiser Gladiator collided in a blizzard off the Isle of Wight. Gladiator was beached amid fears twenty crewmen drowned. St Pauls bow damaged but passengers and crew were unharmed and remained with Gladiator.
The sun dry civil appropriation bill was reported to the house by the appropriation committee today. It carries PLAS.TUS,Q00, being $85,569,000 less than the estimates submitted by the departments.
Theodore P. Shonts with his wife and daughter Marguerite sailed from New York for Europe to attend the funeral of the Duc de Chaulnes.
AP reports May wheat at 9 and 658 for May oats 41 14. May lard 7.027 and May rib a 7.15. Union stock yards: Cattle 20 steady. Stockers 3.40 to 5.60. Cows heifers 2.40 to 6.50. Beeves 6.0 to 7.25. Hogs 1,000 weak down 5 cents. Light 5.15 to 5.65. Mixed 8 1 20 to 5.74. Heavy 5.15 to 5.67. Bulk 5.50 to 5.65. Sheep 2,500 steady 5.85 to 6.50.
Attorneys Zipf and Croukrita returned from Minneapolis where they attended the creditors meeting of the Robinson-Miller company, a subsidiary of Robinson Manufacturing. L. G. Willis, previously receiver for the company, was elected trustee and resides in Minneapolis.
Miss Mamie Mulhair was brought to the county court for examination of her sanity but the case was continued until next week. The defendant is a Carroll County resident who has been at Globe hospital for some time.
James R. Jackson purchased the William Clement residence off upper Stephenson street for $6,400. The deal was arranged through the Hildreth agency.
Latest reports from Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama confirm over 200 dead and about 500 injured as hardy but flimsy cabins and crowded Negro quarters trap residents in the storm ravaged towns. Telegraph service is down and fatalities are likely to rise with new data from Purvis Amite City and surrounding areas.
The board of supervisors will meet on Tuesday next at the court house for the first meeting of the new board. Organization will be among the first matters. Indications point to Will Boeke of Lena likely re-elected as chairman, a role traditionally held for two terms.
The Freeport Shakespeare Society marks William Shakespeare's birthday with a week of events from Monday to Friday. Activities include a reception at Miss Ava Hettinger's home, a Tuesday performance of The Taming of the Shrew at Masonic Temple, and a Friday Antony and Cleopatra at Grand Opera House. Alice Wilson supports Charles T. Flanford as leading lady. Thursday night features an annual banquet at Masonic Temple with toasts by Freeport members and visitors. The Friday seating places members in the center rows for the final performance.
The Illinois Central retrenches across departments and today lays off traveling engineers on northern and western divisions. Officials Bridenbaugh of the Freeport division and Wm. N. Ickes of the Dubuque division are affected in Freeport with rights to resume on request.
Mrs M B Marvin hosted a six o clock luncheon for the Reading club to honor Miss Laura Malburn and Miss Annette Richards. This afternoon Miss Hill and Mrs Charles L Hill held a one o'clock luncheon complimentary to the same honorees.
Mrs Oscar Taylor marked the first anniversary of her birth with many callers offering congratulations. She enjoys good health and entertains friends with reminiscences of Freeport's early days.
telegram to his mother states Dr W B Peck sails from New York to Hamburg and will proceed to Vienna for a post graduate surgery course. The brief message ends with a casual sign off All O KK Will sail atl poms.
Freeport will send several residents to Ca Lena next Monday for the Grant birthday exercises. Hon. Leslie M. Shaw former secretary of the treasury will deliver the address.
Arrangements are completed for an industrial dinner on May 27 at the Masonic temple hosted by the Freeport Business Mens association. An informal reception precedes the banquet at 6:20 with plates at 1.50 dollars. Secretary Coons is accepting reservations. prominent speakers have been invited and expect replies soon, with the toast master to be announced. Gibler's orchestra will provide music.
Funeral services for the late Frank A. Smith formerly of Freeport will be held in Springwater New York tomorrow afternoon at 2 o clock. No one from Freeport will attend. Several beautiful floral designs were sent by express this morning from the Retail Clerks union the Royal Arcanuim John Vaupel and S L Friedly.
Waterstradt informs Freeport Business Men's association officers of council action to declare a half holiday on May 7 for the opening of the baseball season. The official body favors the plan and a run to close stores mid afternoon is expected.
Term closed with no cases called in circuit court by 8 PM. If none are presented this evening, the March term will end. Judge Farrand adjourned court until today, with Judge Heard to preside if cases appear.
The board of education, following last week’s election, reorganized with August Bergman as president and announced standing committees unchanged from the prior year.
An old advertisement touts Oring Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure for chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels. It claims the remedy restores natural bowel action, is mild and pleasant, and does not nauseate or snipe, with references to H. J. Moogk and Winbo Junekunz.
Real estate transfers listed include Peter Metzger to Edward J. Welsh for the manse and nestle road addition at 600 William Clement to J. R. Jackson in part lots of Sand 4 subdivision of Farwell's addition, with a consideration of 8400 dollars.
The Rollaway Rink management announces skating will be available tonight. The time and any special events or changes to the schedule are not specified in the fragment.
The annual Faster ball of St Margaret's guild will be given Monday evening at the Masonic temple. Gibler's orchestra will furnish the music for the occasion.
Edwin F. Green of Freeport and Florence Mullarkey, Lena, obtained a marriage license in a local civil proceeding.
The entry lists a meal at Billig's Restaurant featuring Young Turkey stuffed with Cranberry Sauce Roast Sirloin of Beef with jus, mashed and boiled potatoes, June peas in cream, chocolate cream, kisses with vanilla custard tea, cream and cakes, pie raisin, lemon and apple cotes tea milk dir.
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