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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
4
Miracles Not Frue Says Dr Willett In Freeport
Dr Werbert H Willett University of Chicago divinity school professor spoke in Freeport arguing Old Testament miracles are legend and that children should not be taught they are literal. He contrasted with Christ miracles as natural outcomes of a perfect life and labeled many miracles as fiction or figures of speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Chicago
Werbert H. Willett
University of Chicago
Willett
Chicago Record-Herald
Herbert L. Willett
University of Chicago Divinity School
Memorial Church of Christ
Christ
Egypt
Red Sea
Israel
Joshua
Elisha
Jesus Christ
Pastor Willett Named Leader of Two Churches
Professor Willett, a Michigan native born in 1864 and a Christian church member, is reported to become pastor of the Memorial Baptist and the First Christian churches in a combined role. He has written several theological works and advocates using parables to teach religious truths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Willett
Christian Church
Michigan
Memorial Baptist
First Christian Churches
Socialist Meeting Decides Public Questions to Discuss
The Socialist club holds its regular meeting Sunday at 8 PM in the Trades Council hall at 157 Stephenson street. A primary election and other public and economic questions will be discussed. All are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socialist Club
Trades Council Hall
Stephenson Street
Licensed to Marry Ralph Teach and Gladys Palmer in Freeport
Ralph LeRoy Teach and Gladys M Palmer of Freeport are listed as licensed to marry. The notice records their ages as 21 and 18 respectively and names both parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph LeRoy Teach
Freeport
Gladys M. Palmer
Same
Gulls Eggs as Plovers Eggs in English Marshes
The New York Press notes gulls eggs are collected in England from March to May, sold as plovers eggs for a high price. Keepers guard nests on salt marshes, where nests lie in dense beds and eggs sell wholesale for pennies each. harvests earn marsh owners up to $2,500 in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
English
New York Press
The Saleswoman Story in a Department Store
A World Today quote portrays promotion slow for a saleswoman, beginning wage at 86 a week with years of work to gain a dollar raise. The craft of reading customers is described as lively, exposing real ladies from fake items. A shopgirl recalls sizing up customers and deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maury Rankin Cranston
Lapis lazuli used for ultramarine in painting
Lapis lazuli, from Asia, varies in blue with pyrite specks. Grinding and purifying yields ultramarine paint. Chemists have devised an artificial method that fools chemical tests. microscopic checks reveal absence of the stone’s sparking particles in fake ultramarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Birds Work Harder Than Humans, Study Says
A report notes house martins nest helpers perform about ninety trips per hour to feed their young, totaling around 1 000 journeys daily. Even tiny wrens make 110 trips in 400 minutes, carrying comparatively larger prey, highlighting remarkable bird diligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nyen
London Mall
Cabinet Officer Confirms Retirement Rumor
The Washington correspondent rang the cabinet officer by telephone to ask about a retirement rumor. The official replied that he was about to retire when contacted and wished the caller good night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bhunk
Heer
Chicago Tribune
A Shortened Courthip Elopement Tale
A comic exchange ends with a swift elopement as a father objects to courtship and the couple runs away that night. The brief scene centers on a protective father and the quick romance that defies approval.
Personal notes from Freeport and surrounding towns
Madison visitor H M Twaler and many locals are listed visiting Freeport or traveling to Chicago Dixon Rockford and other nearby cities. Several residents return from trips to New York Evansville Chicago and Monticello while others depart for the Rock River Assembly Dixon and Lake Delavan. A Galena Gazette note mentions James Reardon of Freeport visiting Galena for the barber shop work of Joe Meyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Musser
Dixon
Alma Miller
Rock River
Harry Bentley
Glidden
Wis
George Ennenga
Oscar
New York
Agnes Tappe
Chicago
J. A. McCulloch
Z. T. Howe
Winslow
J. T. Whitey
R. M. White
Monticello
Raymond McGowan
Galena
James Reardon
Freeport
Reardon
Joe Meyers
Lucky Number Three in Everyday Life and Belief
An essay extols the power of the number three across diverse domains. It cites governance, physics, mechanics, religion, agriculture, magic, history, and everyday choices, claiming the third option often yields best outcomes and safeguards against mistakes. The piece highlights threefold balance and the habit of choosing the third as luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Miss Gladys Palmer and Ralph Teach Wed at Home
Miss Gladys M. Palmer and Ralph LeRoy Teach, both of this city, married at 4 pm at the bride’s mother Mrs Hattie Palmer’s home 14 Williams Street. Rev Ray C Harker presided. A small group attended and a wedding supper followed. The bride, daughter of the late Emery D. Palmer, is a Freeport native. Teach recently joined Armour & Co. in Freeport. he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J A Teach of Tampico. The couple will reside with the bride’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys M. Palmer
Ralph LeRoy Teach
Hattie Palmer
Williams Street
Ray C. Harker
Embury Church
M. J. Hutton
James Palmer
John Wright
Emery D. Palmer
Freeport
Palmer
Ralph Teach
Armour & Co
Hutton
Teach
J. A. Teach
Tampico
Long Married Life in Freeport
Mr and Mrs Oscar Taylor pioneer Freeport residents arrive to mark their sixty sixth wedding anniversary and good health. The day also commemorates the sixteenth anniversary of Mr and Mrs Frank Bass who is their daughter. The Taylors attended the Lincoln Douglas debate in Freeport fifty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Taylor
Freeport
Frank Bass
Taylor
Lakota County Club to Hold Informal West Freeport Housewarming
The Lakota County club organized by Freeport young business men will host an informal housewarming at its new bungalow in West Freeport this evening. Dancing and singing are planned as diversions, with a formal clubhouse opening later in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakota County Club
Freeport
West Freeport
Orphanage Benefit Party At St Pius Hall
A sewing and card party held yesterday afternoon at St Pius hall to benefit St Vincent's orphanage drew a large crowd and provided a very enjoyable afternoon of games and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pius Hall
St. Vincent's
Woman's Auxiliary to Meet. Local Social Notes
The Woman's Auxiliary will meet on Monday at 8 o'clock with Mrs. W. H. Diffenbaugh. Mina Mabel Miller and Miss Mabel Vickers left today for Lake Geneva for the coming week. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Karcher and daughter of Pierre, 8. D., are expected soon to visit Miss Sarah Karcher. George Frazier, patrol driver at the police station, is on vacation. Officer James Connelly will fill his post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Twaler
Madison
Freeport
Elias Heckman
Orangeville
Lloyd Wagner
Dixon
Fred Babbler
Emma White
Blanchardville
W. P. Hart
Chicago
Harry Bickenbach
Lake Delavan
Jacob Regz
Monroe
Henry Melchoir
Clarence Dale
Belvidere
J. H. Grossman
Lanark
James Hanley
Champaign
W. H. Holland
Nellie
Long Lake
Helen Leach
Rochester
N. Y
Alice
Ruth Hill
Marion Leach
Los Angeles
Cal
Hill
Woman's Auxiliary
W. H. Diffenbaugh
Mina Mabel Miller
Miss Mabel Vickers
Lake Geneva
Henry Karcher
Pierre
8. D
Sarah Karcher
George Frazier
James Connelly
Mrs Wright Improves After Eye Specialist Visit
Mrs Wright shows rapid improvement after care by eminent eye specialist Dr Karl F Snyder in Springfield. She plans to stay several weeks there before traveling to Cincinnati to visit her daughter Mrs A S Tockard.
Stoskopf's Condition Improves After Night
Leonard Stoskopf showed improvement after a good night and was expected to sit up briefly this afternoon. The report indicates his condition had improved enough to permit a short period of wakefulness and modest activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Stoskopf
Leonard Stoskopf
Rootless Cactus of California Desert Phenomenon
A description from Technical World Magazine details the rootless cactus of California, a round mobile plant that rolls across the desert floor for months. Upon rains it anchors where dropped, rapidly sprouting shoots that grow toward a ten foot radius, feeding from the parent and surrounding soil through numerous shallow roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
New World
California Desert
Technical World Magazine
Notable praise for Wendell Phillips and Garrick
The piece recalls Wendell Phillips' natural oratorical gifts with Thrace Greeley praising him as a speaker who could inspire any boy to speak well. It also notes that the great actor Garrick failed to please some audiences by being so natural that he seemed not to be acting at all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Phillips
Thrace Greeley
Phillips
Garrick
Real Estate Transfers: Casey to Stack Property Sale
Saleng C. Casey transfers lot 7 block 1 re subdivision blocks 8 and 8 Waterman and Hyde addition to Ellen M. Stack for 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saleng C. Casey
Ellen M. Stack
Waterman and Hyde Addition
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Batistes and Trim
F. A. Read
William Clement
Wm, Clement
Little’s Crockery
Hettinger Block
Hse
Freeport Loan Co
E. Bellman
Calumet, Mich
Jennie Pengelly
Dodgeville
Dr. Pengelly
Jennie Robkar
Keokuk
Otia Rinehart
Rockford
E. Leavitt
Emil Haeni
Helen
Charles J. Bentley
A. Overson
Myrtle Haley
John M. Bear
Mesdaniel Tinsley
Garretson
Kieckner
Misa Garretson
Walter D. Mack
Henry Kostenbader
Scioto Mills
L. M. Kostenbader
Daniel G. Rowe
Smithsburg, Md
Friedly
John Bonn
Wm. Walton Nephews' Store
LaSalle
Alma Faerber
Demeter & Seitz
Evansville
Ind
Arthur B. Jones
Winnetka, N
Jones
Caroline Richards
West Street
Anna Stevenson
Jacksonville, Ill
Prospect Terrace
L. F. Boyer
Electra
Texas
Mr. Boyer
May and
Louise Mensenkamp
Berg
Verna Bennetham
F. L. Schaefer
Carrie Musser
Ww.c. T. A
Rock River Assembly
N. J. Jury
Nathan Feidt
Harrisburg
Penn
Mr. Jury
Feidt
Forreston
William Hogan
Hogan
Lee F. Hibbard
Peoria
Hibbard
Panama
Leietve
Nile
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Main St
Buffalo
N. C
Golden Medical Discovery
Journant Ates R-ldlw
J. O. B. Care Journal
Journal
THE
Chicago Street
Grand Opera House
Cleveland
Alfred Metzdorf
C. P. Guenther’s
Hotel Metropole
C.F. Hildreth
Brown & Dollmeyer
Edw. Allington, Jr
Freeport, Ill
Phonograhs Records
Needles Sheet Music
the Cable Co
Geo. A. Stemm
Galena St. Opp. N. Y. House
W.J. Young & Co
Opp
Win Walton Neph Clothing Department
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