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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1906
Page
2
The Freeport Journal receives a Thies label from the International Typo Graphic Union in recognition of employing union labor in its mechanical departments.
GC M Saxby a business passenger to Dixon. Homer Sheetz vacationing in Chicago. W I Matter to Hurley Wisconsin on business. Farl Huenkelmeier visiting friends in Chicago. Miss Florence Green en route to Centralia. Miss Marie Lashelle goes to Joliet to visit friends. Henry Tenney returns to Centralia after relatives visit. Mr and Mrs H J Snyder return from Seldon Ta. Miss Muriel Rice leaves for Algonquin. Mrs Charles F Beck and daughter visiting in city. Miss Maud Rosenthal guest of Freeport friends. Raymond Taylor heads to Denver for several months. Miss Clara Johnson returns to Indianapolis after Ruth Johnson visit. Mr and Mrs W H Moore visit in Davidson Moore home. Miss Gladys Lozier vacationing with aunt Carrie B Hughes. Mrs E A Courtney returns to Chicago after visit with father B B Dreher. Mrs Charlies Meier and children return from Amboy and southern relatives. William Neff of Chicago visiting friends and relatives. Miss Viro Chapman returns from Chicago with cousin Helen Hatten. Irwin Jastram returns to Wayne Neb after visit with father C L Jastram. Mrs G W Hevern and daughter Minnie return to Chicago after visit with Dr J A Poling. Miss Jennie Stoneman formerly of Freeport now Los Angeles guest of Frey sisters. H M Boys and daughter Mrs Charles Stonick head to Buffalo then Cornwall.
The Y M C A outing club will hold a regular outing at Taylors park this evening and all young men are invited. The Followers of Christ will host a gospel service at the Kings Daughters Settlement home this evening. The Semi Monthly Mothers meeting will be held tomorrow at 8 o clock with an excellent program and refreshments. The Young Ladies Section of the B Y PLA invites everyone to the Guess What Social Friday evening August 10.
Freeporters at Sterling and Sterling Cazette Mrs. Robert Hunter and Miss Blanche Capron were guests at the home of Mr and Mrs BF Kennedy and returned home Tuesday morning. Captain Burritt and wife of Morrison and Captain Angle and wife of Freeport, who visited relatives here and in Rock Falls, also returned to their homes on Tuesday.
Increase in population notes two new arrivals. Mr and Mrs J T Roche of Adams Street welcome a baby daughter. Mr and Mrs Herman Dunwiddie of 57 Douglas Avenue also welcome a baby daughter.
The Young Peoples Aid group of First English Lutheran church met with Mr and Mrs Ead ward Lied on West Street last evening. A good amount of business was transacted and choice refreshments were served. All reported a good time.
An advertisement urges delicate women to restore strength and health by taking Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea or Tablets, a nerve-refreshing blood making tonic selling for 35 cents per tablet under Joseph Emmert.
TO RENT. Space in our warehouse at foot of Douglas avenue. Excellent railroad facilities. We also store household goods. Rates reasonable. Enquire of DORMAN & CO. Retail Store, corner Van Buren and Exchange streets. 8-sd lw
The notice states the Poe Daily Journal is delivered to any part of the city for 10 cents a week, outlining a low weekly charge and broad distribution area.
Freeport beat Wausau 2 0 while Green Bay routed La Crosse 8 1. Oshkosh downed Eau Claire 7 6 and Freeport suffered three costly errors in the loss to Wausau as Flynn was touched for five hits and unlucky on the mound.
Freeport and Wausau split a Wisconsin State league doubleheader amid rain fears and contract disputes. Managers and umpires pressed to finish. Coover and Holmes highlighted the fielding while Mills and Neuman provided outfield assists. Oshkosh arrives to start a four-game series, with Green Bay, Eau Claire, and Wausau on the schedule.
In Eau Claire Wis on August 7 Oshkosh won a high scoring game over Eau Claire 6 13 with Hawley returning to the mound allowing three hits and one run. Batteries were Kilian Gor merly Lanart and Moore Triske Karnell.
Eddie Scott, a favored Freeport pitcher, spurns a contract from Fond du Lac in the Falt River Valley league to remain with this year's Ponant Winners, Ja8 turning down the offer.
Lena Aug 8. Mr. and Mrs. N W Bixby and son left for Chicago after a short visit at Mrs. Catherine Taylor's. H C Houser moves into Frank Houser house this week. Misses Helen and Gizzie Kurth go to Moreland Ta for an extended visit. Miss Millie Leckington to Freeport. Miss Katie Kappes of Oelwein Ta visits Lena friends. Mrs. Marshall Hea and son return to Freeport from Charles Kiplinger's. Miss Nan and Addie Wittenmeyer visit Mt. Morris to see Mrs EK Stine. Mrs. Matilda Buss returns from Warren. Mrs. John Shoesmith and Miss Timily Shoesmith go to Freeport for a few days. Mrs. Frank Howard and son of Belmont Ta visit W R Hoppe's then depart for Albany Wis.
Beloit Wisconsin August 7 Miss Ruth MacCumber twenty five a Beloit College student and Camp Collie guest drowned today at Lake Geneva while bathing. Henry D Smith Beloit graduate and divinity student attempted rescue both pulled under water Smith unconscious may not survive MacCumber daughter of C H MacCumber assistant state secretary Congregational Home Missionary society and a popular Beloit student.
Opening day of the State Firemen's Association tournament in Urbana Illinois was rained out except for the ladder climbing contest. Matt Bales of Dixon won in 5.15 seconds, with William Cody of Arcola second, Reb Brooks of Charleston third, and Fred Stalz of Edwardsville fourth. The Ladd fire department won the parade prize, Downers Grove second. The event continues tomorrow and Thursday.
Doctor Thwaites of the State Historical library received a letter from Jennie Morrill admitting thefts from the state library and claiming lack of accountability while in Madison. Suspected of stealing rare tomes from southern universities, she originated from Knoxville, Tennessee, where she earned a university degree.
Oakdale campmeeting organizers will hold a drawing of lots at the campgrounds next Tuesday. The event coincides with Labor Day activities aimed at cleaning up the site in preparation for worship at the camp.
A fragment of verse urging patience during rain with a tip to take Rocky Mountain Tea tonight. The author is Joseph Emmert, indicating a promotional or poetic note rather than a news item.
The Chicago grain inspection system faces exposure as farmers allege misgrading from No 3 to No 2 boosted by elevator operators. Governor Deneen asks State's Attorney Healy to pursue possible indictments in a case tied to private warehouses and an ex-inspector using misleading letterheads. Cowen, the current chief grain inspector, has ordered stricter grading to prevent misclassification and reports a rise in high grade grain discoveries.
Sixty nine regions including the United States Canada Mexico Central America and Cuba attend the four day meeting of the International Sunday School Association executive committee. About one hundred men will legislate for 154000 Sunday schools 1500000 officers and teachers and over 14000000 scholars across thirty denominations. Topics include adult Bible classes national organization petitions to Congress and departments of primary work. The world convention cycle is noted with Rome in 1907 and Louisville in 1908.
The past week ending August 6 saw abnormally hot weather with highs near 100 degrees at Bloomington on the 8th and a top 10 degree reading at Cisne on the 1st. Mean temperature was 78, four degrees above normal, with central and northern districts recording the greatest excesses. Rains at week end aided central districts while Sangamon county had satisfying rainfall. the southern tier faced severe drought with no meaningful rain in two weeks.
EE. W. Goodloe of Dutton Street, Waco, writes that Dr King s New Discovery has kept him healthy for five years protecting Welland from danger. He used to suffer a years long coughing spell now gone. The remedy treats chronic coughs la grippe croup whooping cough and prevents pneumonia. Pleasant to take every bottle guaranteed at Joseph Emmert s drug store. Price 50c and 1.00 Trial bottle free. Read the Journal s want column.
Beloit hosts Interstate Trades and Labor assembly with Rockford Freeport and Beloit unions. Parade starts 10 am on Broad Street, three divisions forming from Broad Street and St Paul Avenue. Afternoon events include races, tug of war, greased pole, band concerts, water battle, greased pie, two baseball games Freeport vs Green Bay and a Labor Day dance tonight, with addresses by Judge Bancroft and Rev Thompson.
Tampico, Sterling County, Aug 7. The village is again without a mayor or city council as Mayor Kemp disappears. Rumors place him in Canada awaiting grand jury session while bond conditions require his appearance. A payroll vote failed after temperance members refused to attend the council meeting, leaving officers unpaid this fiscal year until factions unite and the mayor returns.
Reiner Pulscher transfers a bright Lot 1s Block 2 in Lincoln Boulevard subdivision to Maggie All for 1124 dollars. David H. Reamer sells part of Lot L Block Clark's Fourth Addition for 10000 dollars to Wilmer P. Fink.
A brief verse from Joseph Emmert urging a man to marry the girl he loves with assurance that a tonic named Rocky Mountain Tea will help. The old fashioned rhyming couplet stresses courage and romantic resolve.
Walton Nephews presents the fall dress goods collection with an early showing newsprint preview. The display highlights new fabrics, textures, and color palettes for the season, inviting shoppers to preview patterns and styles before mainstream delivery.
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