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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
5
Freeport to welcome former resident Miss Alice Wilson a notable actress. Members of Freeport Shakespeare Society will attend in a body to see Antony and Cleopatra, in a novel spectacular revival by Charles B. Hanford.
The Illinois state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will bring distinguished guests to Quincy next month led by Mrs. John A. Logan who expects to attend if possible. Comrade Dickason of Chicago seeks endorsement for national commander while in town. Committees work hard as preparations near completion for what may be Illinois department history’s largest encampment.
In Freeport the roller skating craze has seized the young and drawn in adults as weather permits. The hobby is widely enjoyed and considered beneficial when not carried to excess, reflecting a nationwide trend gripping cities and towns.
Hanford’s production of Cleopatra features a Nile barge scene with moving pictures and lavish, authentic scenery by Mo Armbruster. Dances by M. F. P. Trostler, electric lighting, and a strong Stanford company cast led by Charles Stanford Ford and Adie Wilson promise a grand dramatic event.
A garbled review praises a dramatic piece titled The Mouse as the day’s most notable effort. Critics debate its theatrical interpretation, calling it intensely interesting to theater classes and noting the cast and staging draw attention to modern performance trends.
O S Woolever of LeRosysville New York claims a twenty year health sentence was cured by Bucklen's Arnica Salve which he says healed bleeding piles. The advertisement touts the salve as curing sores burns wounds and cuts quickly and lists a 25 cent price at Joseph Flimert's drug store.
The encampment runs May 1 to May 21 with decorations led by Julius Kesphol Jr. and a plan to outshine prior city efforts. A special Chicago train with 23 posts and several hundred veterans will arrive, escorted to the meeting by Col. Wood and a chosen band. About 200 attendees from Rock Island and Moline will travel aboard the steamer Columbia. Civil War Musicians will provide period survivors and fifers.
Rev RK C Harker of Freeport preached at Rockford closing session of the Epworth league Convention. His theme was Look up Lift Up. Officers elected for the year include President O J Evens View president C W Hainwood Vice president Beatrice Wilcox View president Miss Proctor Junior superintendent Mrs Wells Editor Bugle Cani J R Jackson.
Abstract office lists transfers since last report including E A Koowltoen Currier to Fh A Potthast Lot 1 Bik 4 Snowlten's Third to Preport 800 Susan ok McCulloch to red Varsmeier Part Dot 2 Lot 4 Bik 80 Konowlten's 2nd to Lena Freeport 1050 Charles Itniersen to Jogenh M May Kitiball's to Lena and part of the Wey 32 25 6 Weert Point 675 Mathias Hettinger to William Clement Pt Foc oo Barwell's to Weet Freeport 4 Kak Peter Metzzer Forward J Welel Tot Fd Hawke Nestlerode's to Breeport Rae Woirthiam Clement to James R Jackson Part of Tots S and S Kar wells ach SW Breeport 8400 Matthew B Marvin to Harvey B Agrimanu Pt Our Dot Winnesheik addition to a Preeport 3000 Abstracts of title furnished on short notice Deeds mortgages and other legal instruments accurately drawn money to loan O Talbor FRivK Conveyancers
Local writer notes hundreds of youths on roller skates flood Stephenson street and Winslow street area causing pedestrians to dodge. Women and shoppers collide with skaters as crowds ignore safety, while officers disperse the party. The piece ends urging skaters to be careful.
Attention horse owners: sale at Younplove's Livery Report in Adams Street. Horses over three years old, well mannered and healthy will be bought. Bring your draft horses for top prices. seller must vet and ready. Event goes rain or shine, Saturday May 2 led by Max Sterneinberg.
Railroad circles report tentative plan to cancel Nos 21 and 22 between Fort Dodge and Dubuque by the Illinois Central May 1. Port Dodge officials debated profitability. local lines and schedules would shift with potential removal, affecting conductors Jenness and Barr and local travel customers.
The Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Central New York, Charles Tyler Olmsted, was born in Cohoes New York on April 25 1845. He studied at Trinity College Hartford and St Stephens College and served as a math instructor before parish work in New York and Utica. He was elected bishop coadjutor in 1902 and became bishop two years later.
A historical notice touts THoomei as a cure for named diseases, promising a full regimen including a Promei inhaler and bottle with lifetime use. The ad claims a total cost of 1.90 dollars and a future bottle for 50 cents, with testimonials praising rapid relief and doctor-lacking results.
A fragmented chronicle notes Marshland ratifying the United States Constitution and the death of Russian commander Kutuzov. It mentions figures like Isiah, Sir Samuel Carmurd, and Cunard steamship lines, with garbled dates and places such as Colorado River and Verpezvueta.
The obituary notes the death of Mrs Lily Laving Bachman born in Goran township Felte TRAY. She married Lewis Bachman on Feb 11 1902 and lived a devout married life for over six years until her death from hemorrhage on Easter Sunday. Funeral services were held at Saben’s church with Rev J Deyvenkolb delivering the sermon. She leaves sisters and brothers and many relatives mourning her loss.
Readable fragments show a notice about distribution of The Daily dourtal to parks for a week. The item hints at a promotional or outreach effort with unclear specifics and no exact locations or dates.
Elgin reports a drop of two and a half cents in butter quotations amid steady activity and rising dairy output. Output for the week reaches 498,700 pounds while production expands across Illinois pastures. Cows are fresher, pasture quality is high, and new factories reopen as milk shipments to cities and butter plants increase.
Wayne West Virginia resident S L Bowen credits Foley's Kidney Cure with curing his kidney disease after enduring bed rest and weakness. He says one dollar bottle and part of a second cured him entirely. H J Moogk and Wim F Jungkanz endorse the remedy.
A humorous police station scene follows Magistrate Bentley and Assistant Chief Metzger as they joke about buying a couch. The pair borrow a couch from a shop, plan to fetch it in a patrol wagon, and mock a wager about who will actually carry it back to the station. Local loungers cheer the odd stunt, and the tale centers on Joe, humorously targeted in the caper.
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