29 Apr 1897
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1897
Page
1
Offering quality at the best value, we promise genuine discounts and top items. This notice highlights unbeatable prices and the superiority of our goods, inviting customers to shop now for the best deals and reliable quality.
A Freeport sale notice lists two day promotion with prices on eggs lard prunes rhubarb bacon lemons potatoes canned goods tea and coffee flour and cereals. Multiple brands are named including Clover Leaf Golden Eagle Schepp’s and Monsoon. Cash payments and trade are encouraged.
Guthrie Oklahoma April 29 Dozens cling to trees and housetops as floods drive people from homes. Rescue work underway at daylight. many victims drowned. River receded but death toll remains uncertain. In nearby WiouIrA a Guthrie special says river.bank full then receded. up to twenty five dead, five hundred homes swept away.
In Atxhems on April 29 King George asked Premier Delyannis to resign and delegated opposition leaders to form a new cabinet. The Secolo Milan cites Athens dispatch claiming Greece and Turkey have made peace. Rome notes Athens Greek evacuation near complete.
In Springfield Illinois on April 29 the senate amended the libel law to repeal the 1890 act and advanced it to a third reading with a special order for next Tuesday. J A Kirby Republican was sworn in as representative of the 87th district replacing Robt E English Democrat who was unseated. The house recalled the pardons board bill from third reading to second for amendment and trimmed salaries from 2500 to 1500 dollars for its members.
Curiaco April 29. Rain this afternoon with cloudy tonight Friday generally fair and slightly warmer. Brisk to high northerly winds.
Washington April 29 Special Both houses of congress adjourned until Monday. No important business was transacted in the house or senate.
Ex Governor Joseph W. Fifer of Bloomington sends a cane cut from Waterloo to the Stephenson County art museum in Freeport Illinois. He includes a letter stating the gift honors his army comrades and instructs Comrade W. W. Krape to place the cane in the museum. The note is dated April 28, 1897.
McConnellsville Herald reports the Gilbert Comic Opera company staged Mascot Up-to-Date at Germania opera house on New Year’s Eve to a crowded, highly pleased audience. The piece was described as taking the house by storm and the managers may plan a return date. Gambiner Bros. purchased the entire Star clothing house stock at 25 cents on the dollar to close out at once.
Rockford hosts four judicial conventions driven by new apportionment law and uncertain supreme court timing. Republican delegates renominated Crabtree Shaw Garver with Baume winning the third place after a close ballot. Democrats nominate circuit judge candidates Dr. M. H. Cleary O F Prescott and Judge Marvin to oppose Justice Cartwright and Botsford.
A Confederate dead monument was unveiled in Daas Texas with funding by the Daughter of the Confederacy. Mrs. Hayes, daughter of Jefferson Davis, attended the ceremony.
The Lena town board met and organized with John Metz president and J M Schermerhorn secretary. Dr J B Robinson returned from Lanark after Epworth League. Mrs Whitham visited Galena with her ill daughter Mrs Gillson. The Cosmopolitan club hosted a Koffee Klatch with papers on What Women are Doing and What the Cosmopolitan Club Has Been Doing. A Knights of the Globe hall home talent show is planned by W R C with several acts and admissions. Local sales and social news wrap the column.
Rockford ill April 28 The local lodge of the A P A defeated in recent elections has decided to disband and cancel the hall lease after four years The Serving Him circle of young ladies will host a charitable supper Friday evening April 30 at 5 to 8 in First M B church parlors The 15 cent supper raises funds for their work Also noted Star clothing house stock to be sold off May 1 1897 with sale beginning Saturday for quick clearance
For sale a house and lot at 250 Union Street with an 80 by 3800 foot parcel. Seller aims to close before June 1. Interested buyers should apply to O. J. Swanzey.
Weisz & Co. urges customers to place orders now for a Reliable Gas Stove before April 30 to avoid charges for service connections after that date. The notice emphasizes rapid action to secure installation and price terms.
Average annual postal letters without addresses in England totals 26 000. In England and Wales mortality from consumption differs by sex. Paris bootblacks are licensed and orderly. Queen Elizabeths wardrobe held 8 004 dresses. Manchester active in smoke nuisance suppression. GB skeptical of reducing Atlantic steamship speed. Old London Bridge piles found sound. Wales deemed England district for birth status. Russian savant counsels breathing for seasickness. Jaw bones of civilized peoples thinning due to knives and forks. Natural born subject defined by British birth. German father English mother yields English birth by rule.
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