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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1905
Page
2
The Freeport Journal receives a label from the International Typo graphical Union for employing union labor in its mechanical departments.
Freeport society notes list dozens of locals visiting relatives and friends in cities like Rockford Chicago Lena Ottawa Decora Mt. Morris Cincinnati and Des Moines. Individuals such as Miss Elva Hill Miss Bertha Weber Mr. and Mrs. McHenry and Mrs. James Fortney are cited with journeys, visits, and attendances at family and civic events.
Improvements costing nearly 2 million dollars are planned for the Galena division of the Chicago and Northwestern. A new Kedzie avenue passenger station will serve west side riders while through trains stop there. suburban trains will not. A new Melrose yards freight yard with 5,000-car capacity will link with Chicago Junction and Chicago Terminal Transfer. Track elevation from Ada street to Western avenue will cost about 1 million, with completion aimed for Oct 1. Executives seek to curb passes and reduced rates, restricting freight officials from issuing free transportation to shippers, while passenger departments face a meeting on concessions.
New freight tariffs from Chicago and Alton and Illinois Central reduce Illinois rates 12 to 22 percent, the steepest drop on top classes in the state. Pennsylvania Railway imposes white glove water service for passenger cars to assure contamination-free patron experience. Winds Central Railroad, led by president Stuyvesant Fish, plans export docks at New Orleans by September, claiming unmatched facilities in the United States.
Botsdorf and Rummel establish a new grocery at 27 Stephenson Street in the former mattress factory building. Ramsey Botsdort, long foreman in molding at Stay er Manufacturing, and GR. Rummel, a well known local, lead the venture. They offer staple groceries and aim for a large, trusted business.
Bids invited until 6 p.m. August 12 for construction of a storm water sewer on Cottonwood Street. Bids may cover concrete or brick options. Each bid must state price per foot including labor and materials. Bids submitted to the city clerk. Specifications available in the City Engineer G WeGranam’s office.
Clayton Igen a car repairer at Melindja Central shops injures hip when brake bean falls on him. Chas A Stout a machinist at S C roundhouse has two fingers smashed by heavy iron. Joe Keister at jelly stone quarry foot severely injured by a falling stone. He is taken home to 45 Adams Street. Funeral of Theresa Eberlee to be held at 9 14 at St Josephs church with Solemn High Mass. E A Blust in charge. Pallbearers named Harter Huber Zimmerman Speigel Heck Wachendorf. Interment at St Josephs cemetery in family lot.
At about two this morning two Hornberger boys called at Judge and Mrs. H B Witte's home to join Witte sons on a fishing trip a man was seen leaving the house. The Witte family woke to a disturbance but did not report it to police.
J O McGowan owner of the Hotel Metropole received a message from Angola Indiana this morning announcing his wife was dying Mrs McGowan was visiting her parents Mr and Mrs George Alcott and had been ill all winter with cancer She had gone to Indiana four weeks earlier hoping for improvement McGowan will travel to Angola this afternoon.
Mrs Margaret Burns through attorney R B Mitchell files for divorce in county court from husband John Burns alleging extreme and repeated cruelty. Judge O Heard grants injunction restraining the defendant from breaking carrying away selling or disposing of the complainant furniture and household effects.
Chief of Police Sweeney responded to a riot on Galena Street last evening at the Brewster house. A young man employed there struck a woman in the face, but the crowd dispersed and no arrests were made. Three young farmers from Davis participated.
William Bocp has received word of the death of his uncle John Hassenplug who died suddenly at Milton Pennsylvania in his sixty sixth year. Mr Hassenplug was known by many Stephenson county residents who formerly lived in Pennsylvania.
Klvs Chas Piper of Lena identifies the Wallace yards victim as the boy who applied for a job at the Sta. It is also identified by Marshal Riordan of Warren.
S B Brunold and Janes Adams bought a five year-old pacer of excellent pedigree in Chicago last week. The horse, reared at La Porte Indiana, arrived here last night.
Illinois Central to run special trains on August 18 and 20 for the Lena Methodist camp meeting. Trains depart Freeport at 9:40 a.m. and return from Lena at 8 p.m., providing direct service to attendees.
Officer George Brown and wife welcome their third son. Key and Mrs H N Moorea announce the birth of a ten-pound baby boy.
Remains of Wim D Jengisdorff brought to Freeport for funeral services. Rev H B Martin and Rev FR D Sheets conducted the rites at Rockford with the ceremony and prayers.
Mrs. Gi Springer was called to Verona Illinois due to the serious illness of her mother.
Real estate transfer records show Matilda KK Seifert conveying gold to George Ruston for lot 7 block 17 at a 2000 dollar price. The notice also lists licensees Wed Walter Phillips Harlem Martha Utt Buckeye and mentions a board meeting tonight for the education board. Selt's Chocolate Shop advertises sherbets and ices at 350 per quart with prompt delivery at 101 Stephenson St and phone 350-200.
Freeport members of the Royal Arcanum missed the Rockford gathering due to heavy rain while Belvidere and Rockford delegates heard grand Judge officers discuss new rate increases. John Kiley and W S Elliott outlined the order’s 27 year history, 400000 members, and $8 million annual handling with 2 percent expenses. They argued higher rates secure $600 million in held insurance and protect widows and orphans.
Elnora Nolan, abducted from Freeport last week, is safe and employed on a farm ten miles east of Galena near Scales Mound. Pred Stadder, her stepfather, told Captain Silk he cannot afford to fund her return. Relatives had feared foul play but now prefer she remain hidden to avoid arrest of her and her abductor.
Mrs. F A Hosmer wife of the Second Presbyterian Church pastor underwent a successful operation in Milwaukee hospital Thursday morning. Surgeons informed her husband Friday afternoon the procedure was successful and delaying further could have worsened her condition. A parishioner received a letter this morning with the good news.
The city marks the thirty third anniversary of former Alderman C D Cramer arrival in Freeport. He crossed the Atlantic in a sailboat taking fifty four days and came directly from New York. During his residence he served four terms, eight years, from 1896 to 190? as a patriotic and representative citizen.
Oshkosh tops Freeport 6 to 4 in a wild contest noted for six errors by each side and a spree of timely hits. Freeport led in the third and ninth innings but costly plays and base running by Oshkosh swung the game, with Mahven and Schnelberg among the standout pitchers and batters in a tight standings clash.
Oshkosh port gale leads to Morey Crall's release as team manager. John E F Lake becomes manager with power to appoint a substitute for trips to league cities. Club cites salary limits and poor patronage as retrenchment reasons.
Advertisement warns that many pain poisons come from food and suggests dyspepsia as a sign. Promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as guaranteed cures or money back, priced at 25 cents at Joseph Himert’s drug store. Try them.
A wreck three miles south of Dixon disrupted traffic on the Ulinala Central. A freight car derailment tore track for nearly a half mile, forcing detours for passenger No. 120 from Amboy to Dixon. The derailed car was recovered by a steam wrecker from Freeport and service resumed at 2:30 this morning, with delays reaching several hours for riders.
The Lena Star reports merchants regret the campmeeting lacks high class speakers. While ministers are capable, business leaders want change to boost attendance and finances. In past years national speakers drew the largest crowds, and locals feel the camp meeting benefits the grounds and tabernacle but not merchants.
Beloit on August 3 reports the birth of a baby boy to Mr and Mrs Ray Zahn weighing two pounds thirty two ounces. Doctors and nurses place him in an incubator using modern techniques and hot water heated equipment to aid survival.
The Denver mayor urges citizens to improve cleanliness and appearance. Proposals include painting storefronts and fences, repairing sidewalks, removing weeds, painting wagons, and organizing block improvement societies. The aim is to enhance urban look, with a promise that efforts and funds will be returned twofold.
Sterling Gazette coverage recalls Arthur A Woodyatt aldersman turned reporter who attempts to grab a pocketbook at Perry's drug store. The thief’s escape route runs under a hole in the walk and a feathered decoy draws a crowd as Woodyatt stalls. The incident ends with the victim fleeing, and the council to discuss the matter at its next meeting.
J H Groneman ex Rockford and Interurban Railway official reports from Rockford that his trip to Wisconsin and Chicago was not south and he was not quarantined for yellow fever. The streetcar offices, closely linked to him, issued the clarification after a previous town rumor. Masonic Excelsior lodge meets this evening at 7 30 for business and work in the K A degree.
Speculative urges draw many conservative men into ventures promising riches amid warnings of risk. Dr Caldwell's Laxative Syrup Pepsin is touted as a guaranteed cure for digestion and stomach troubles, with mail samples offered through the Syrup Co. at Monticello, IL. Local sellers include H. J. Moogh and F. Jungkunz.
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