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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1907
Page
4
At Drugatate 25 cents mailed from fhumparey Medtetine Co located on Cor Wittam and Jobe Streets in New York to recipients. The note implies a postal distribution or sale linked to the firm.
Arthur Zahn son of Mr and Mrs Charles Zahn was surprised at his Grove street home for his nineteenth birthday. About thirty friends attended. Games were played and ice cream and cake served. Out of town guests included Miss Cavi nal of Chicago Miss Hurley of Rockford and Miss Crain of Winslow.
Mrs. EB E McKay wife of the Embury church pastor marked twenty eighth wedding anniversary with a surprise visit by sixty church ladies from the Ladies Aid and Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary societies. She received a set of table linen as guests enjoyed ice cream and cake.
Personal notices list Miss Rena Bergner of Pekin visiting friends, Mrs. Edward LePelley visiting Savanna, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Robinson of Minneapolis in the city, Mrs. W. G. Plumb and grandson leaving for Webster City Iowa, Miss Marjorie Ruse of Dubuque returning home, small-town travel and family visits across Illinois and Iowa during the week.
Aurora business men discuss forming a Northern Illinois Poultry association with headquarters in Aurora. Settlement Home board to meet Monday afternoon. YMCA fresh air committee holds meeting to request donations of food fruit jelly and bed clothing for boys in camp with calls for volunteers by telephoning Blue 626. Additional YMCA gathering set for Monday evening with hoped for large turnout.
Eminent scientists say life expectancy lags behind potential due to the critical 50s decade. Proper care then is vital. Electric Bitters is promoted as a tonic to revitalize the body after 50, guaranteed by Joseph Emmert, druggist, at 60 cents.
Masonic calendars list Evergreen Lodge No 170 meeting on the first and third Mondays each month. Excelsior Lodge No v1 A F and A M holds stated communications on the first and eighth day. Freeport Chapter No 2 RK A M meets on the first and third Tuesdays. Freeport Council No 3d R and S M meets on the second Tuesday. Freeport Commandery No TK T holds stated conclaves on the first and third Wednesdays.
Readings outline tomorrow across Freeport churches with schedules for Oakdale camp meeting upcoming, morning Sunday schools led by various superintendents, evening sermons, and midweek Y P A and prayer meetings.
A flurry of social notices shows Edwin Hall and J B Fenton in Chicago and Dixon for business. Dozens of residents from Lena to Freeport, Rockford, Orangeville, and Omaha visit relatives, call on friends, or travel for short trips.
Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and its dean Mr. James M. Gray are highlighted for their national reputation and teaching prowess. In Freeport a four o clock Sunday session at First Presbyterian aims to draw Sunday school teachers and others for Bible study and instruction.
M T F Lynch editor of the Phillipsburg Daily Post endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough and cold remedy he has used for his family. endorsement appears alongside names H J Moogk and Jungkunz.
An advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Cure cures all forms of kidney and bladder diseases and warns readers they will blame themselves for not using it. The message is signed by H. J. Moogk and William Jungkunz.
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