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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1908
Page
5
The Associated Press reports generally fair weather for Illinois tonight and Tuesday with cooler conditions in the north. Iowa also sees fair weather with cooler nights, while Wisconsin expects generally fair skies with possible isolated thunderstorms in the north and cooler temperatures there.
The twenty fifth convention of the supreme lodge and biennial encampment of the Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias with the annual Pythian sisters convention opened in Boston. Attendance was estimated at seventy five to eighty five thousand delegates and members.
George Benz, 51, formerly of Freeport later of Riverside California and Flushing New York, died in Flushing. Survived by siblings Frank Benz John Benz Mrs George Slight Mrs Edward Brenan and Mrs C C Strohacker and Miss Mary Benz. Funeral arrangements and mourners from Streator LaSalle Ottawa Chicago Amboy Mendota attended. Prior obituary notes the Knight Templar burial of John Arthur with Freeport Commandery in charge.
The funeral for the late Mrs. Joseph Burne will be held from the family residence at the corner of Washington and Liberty streets at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning and at 9:30 from St. Mary's church. Rev. Fr. Leydon will officiate with interment in St. Mary's cemetery.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Rawleigh of Tutty street died at 8 oclock Saturday night. Interment was held today.
Mrs Louis Mueller of Grand Street suffered severe scalds to her right foot when a tub of boiling water spilled during laundry today. The injury will keep her from being around for several days.
Licensed to wed are Charles A Steward of Owen and Harriet A Payne of Hainesville with Henry Becher Jr and Loran Evalina Krabmer listed as parties in Canadas. Details appear incomplete in this notice fragment.
Hon Cornelins James Doyle of Geenfield Illinois will be the principal speaker on Old Soldiers Day August 18 during home coming week at Galeng.
The Elk River district fires claim 150 lives and 5 million dollars in property. Fernie residents, numbering six thousand, become homeless and destitute while medical supplies are scarce. Fires rage toward Sparwood and Hosmer as wind shifts threaten Montana.
A Vancouver dispatch reports that fires in British Columbia and Alberta have swept Fernie and surrounding towns, destroying rail lines and bridges. More than 100 lives are feared lost, with property losses exceeding 10 million dollars as residents flee to open countryside amid shifting winds.
Report describes Havoc and threatened isolation as bridges burned, cutting eastward town links while some lines remained open briefly, signaling potential disruption to regional communication.
A massive blaze devastates the town with burning debris and radiant heat. Fire crews suffer in the front lines as three workers from Spur wood district are badly burned and rushed to hospital. Rescuers pursue hope of saving the business district while a ranger and mill men are trapped by advancing flames.
Sunday evening about 9 o clock John Hauser of Lancaster and a woman companion drove toward Highland Park. A frightened colt jumped in front of a street car at Green and Stephenson streets, the fender struck its fore legs, dragging the animal onto the tracks. The horse died from a broken leg and other injuries. Hauser was scratched and bruised while the woman escaped uninjured.
Miss Clara Peters drew the correct number in a drawing at Emerick Barrett Co’s estore and won the ruby ring prize. The event selected thirteen successful contestants this morning.
Lanark suffers several thousand dollars in losses as fires destroy multiple wooden buildings along the railroad in Lanark and a Woodruff block fire in Rockford causes about 150000 dollars in damage. The Rockford block housed mercantile firms and offices with no fatalities reported. insurance status unclear.
Master Mechanic McKillop announces orders to add fifteen men to the car department bringing total shop payroll to 458. Many will work in the car department with 07 in the locomotive department. About 60 bad order cars are handled and put in service daily.
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill North Carolina praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best in the world stating it healed a felon on his thumb and always cures sores burns and wounds. Sold for 25 cents at Jos Emmert’s drug store.
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