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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
2
The Freeport Journal earns a Typographical Union labor label for using union workers in its mechanical departments. The acknowledgment comes from the International Typographical Union.
Excelsior Lodge No. 07 A F and A M holds stated communications on the first and sixth Friday each month with M M work on the Friday in August. Evergreen Lodge No. 170 A F and A M meets on the first and third Monday. Freeport Chapter No. 28 A A M convenes on the first and eighth Tuesday. Freeport Council No. 2 R and S M meets on the 22nd Tuesday. Freeport Commandery No. 7 KT holds stated conclaves on the first and third Wednesday.
Notice to subscribers: during summer, readers away from the city may have the paper forwarded by leaving their address at the office. Call phone 25, either system. Addresses will be changed as often as desired without extra charge. Half the pleasure of a vacation is the reading of happenings at home.
Mrs. F. L. Myers visits Scioto Mills while Charles Gillogly visits Mt. Carroll and Mrs. E. M. Steele travels to Madison. Bernard Goldman conducts business in Chicago and several locals leave for Monticello, Dayton, Minn., Clinton Iowa, Florence, and Belleville. Numerous trips to Lake Geneva, Rockford, and other nearby places are listed with family and friend visits and encampment events.
Edward Wilkie filed the assessment report totaling 77676.50 for macadamizing and curb work. City share is 5523.83 while property owners cover 72152.67 in five annual installments. The list describes Fifth Avenue Homer Chestnut American and other streets to be improved and their assessed frontage and amounts.
Claimants of the German National in Chicago face a Monday deadline to accept or reject the receiver for the German of Freeport offer of sixty cents on the dollar for loss claims. Two thirds of San Francisco claimants and over half of those outside San Francisco have agreed to accept. Chicago office has no definitive tally on holdouts. Also on Monday Mc Carroll will hear objections to large claims against the German of Freeport.
J W Matthews departs for Chicago for several days and plans to resign as Lakewood Park manager in Vincennes Indiana. He aims to secure a similar role at Highland park in Freeport if a roller skating rink is built this fall. If not he will stay in Vincennes for the winter and return to Freeport to manage the park. He hopes to find an attraction to add at Highland within a week or postpone until fall. Matthews expects to return Monday to resume duties at Freeport amusement park.
Misses Grace and Cora Hinds of Berwyn Ill spend time at J D Hinds home. Perry Stevenson of Dixon visits for church school missionary work. Grace Marsh arrives from Chicago as guest. Rev W K Loofbourrow returns from Epworth Grove camp. Kathryn Seise back from Dixon assembly. Mrs R D Fowler travels to Rockford for a week with relatives. Luella Buss arrives from Chicago. E F Bratley and Maud visit Freeport. Helen Dix of Marseilles guests of Martha Heidenrich. M C Biesemeier spends day at county seat.
Company officials deny a strike at Freeport Artificial Ice and Cold Storage Co. A driver allegedly told not to return was clarified as the man’s behavior needing correction. Different departments are run by different officials and drivers sought the proper supervisor.
Members of the Masonic order in Ogle County discuss a county picnic with Freeport as a hub. If held in Stephenson County, the event could be a significant community gathering and attract many Masons.
Mrs. John D. Denison of Dubuque visits her sister Mrs. J. E. Kiehelberger on Oak Street. Formerly Miss Lulu Clark she taught English at Freeport High School for several terms and will stay in Freeport a week or ten days.
A band concert is scheduled for tonight at Highland Park with a large attendance expected. If the weather remains favorable, several thousand people are likely to attend.
A newspaper ad promotes Ladies patent leather or kid Oxfords priced at $1,566 for all styles. The sale is advertised by Schmidt Wachlin Pfeiffer.
Harriman backs gasoline motors built at Union Pacific shops claiming test runs on motor No 7 and other units show strong performance over 150 miles with speeds up to 55 mph and 36 mph on return. Other railroads reject the concept while UP reports seven motors with two more under construction amid scrutiny from peers and press agents. Western lines move to end party and charity rates to cut costs and set new travel policies.
An old time advertise claim touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the most regular routine, likening them to sunrise and sunset. The promo, guaranteed by druggist Joseph Emmert, lists a price of 25 cents.
In social circles Elke Hadjo fly Time reports a rain storm forcing an indoor club tennis gathering instead of a picnic at Forest Park. As 12 O'clock neared a stairway crowd surged toward exits and a member posted This way out on a window to ease the rush.
The Christian church social announced for last evening was postponed due to rain and will take place this evening at 71 Grove Street, the home of Mrs. H. J. Johnson. The public is invited.
Miss Katherine Allen hosted a gathering of her young lady friends yesterday afternoon at her Stephenson street residence in honor of Miss Irma Chamberlain from Chicago. The event highlighted social ties among local families, with Miss Chamberlain featured as the guest of honor.
D. G. Fager of Franklin Nebraska reports the death of his 20 year old grandson in Enid Oklahoma. While building a house the boy crawled under to remove a stone as supports failed a beam pinned him face down beneath the earth. Parents grief-stricken by the tragedy.
The article cites eminent medical scientists stating life span underestimation by modern knowledge and highlights ages 50 to 60 as critical. It advocates careful body care then and promotes Electric Bitters as a tonic to revitalize organs, guaranteed by Joseph Emmert, druggist, priced 50 cents.
The store cites women’s white can vas Oxfords priced at 1.35 and 1.50 now selling for 98 cents during Schmidt Wachlin and Pfeiffer’s clearance event. The Daily Journal announces home delivery at 10 cents weekly.
A farmer’s horse ran away after losing its hitching near a street in the city on a Sunday afternoon. The frightened animal bolted past carts and into a telegraph pole, causing severe damage to a carriage and injuring the equipment. No further details on injuries are provided.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Cedarville and directions but lacks coherent event or action details to confirm a clear news item or outcome.
The document notes King Reed’s voting rights questioned on statutory grounds. Reed is the subject of a legal dispute with Tritany acting as attorney for the complainant.
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