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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1907
Page
4
A local retailer promotes a season sale featuring unique hand-painted designs and a large import order. The sale includes 50 dozen imported German Shell China Cups and Saucers offered at half regular price, with the claim they will go fast.
The article details ship fire safety from crew drills to extinguishing methods. It notes hydrants and portable extinguishers, staged alarms to avoid passenger panic, and occasional staged fires for training. It explains extinguishing holds with steam or fumes, jettisoning cargo to counter water weight, scuttling in dock, and cautious ventilation handling on large liners.
Work begins at the Majestic theatre to ease crowd jams with new side entrance and iron gate locking. The managers plan afternoon and evening circus day crowds with a motion picture program rivaling Barnum Bailey. A highly anticipated western film arrives and will be shown Wednesday.
Boyd Sawyer left for Greenfield Massachusetts after visiting relatives here. Miss Sarah Taylor of Warren spent Sunday with relatives and friends. Maud Aurand will go to Chicago for a week as a guest. John MacIntyre of St Thomas Canada visits the Diffenbaugh home. Mr and Mrs A V Sheetz return from Elgin after Dr Taylor's funeral. Mrs Charles Kneff and daughter return to Janesville after a visit. Ollie Webster returns to Clinton after a week with Maud Aurand. Dorothy Hurley returns to Rockford after visiting Miss Oriocilia FitzPatrick. Mr Smith of Grundy Center Iowa visits T H Hollister family. Mr Smith is connected with a leading daily. Mr and Mrs R C Smedley expected home this evening after trips to Bloomington Washington and Jamestown Exposition.
Chief of Police Henry Silk advised Freeport citizens to secure homes for the next day or two. He noted Barnum & Bailey detectives work hard to keep crooks away, but a few may slip in, making vigilant locking worthwhile while he does not expect trouble with crowds.
Mr and Mrs Benjamin McGoldrick of 128 Chicago Street announce the arrival of a baby daughter at their home.
Christ en A Butterbaugh transfers a portion of lot 4 block 4 Steven s addition to John Schiller for a stated amount. Real estate transfer records show the parties and the property identifier.
Mabel C. Nash Rock Run. . 19 appears as a fragment indicating a marriage license citation. The item notes names and locations without a date or full context.
The piece cites medical authorities claiming life can extend beyond current limits with advanced knowledge. It endorses Electric Bitters as a tonic after age 50, touting benefits to all organs and offering a 50 cent price via Joseph Emmert, druggist. The text also notes a law banning women from wearing stuffed birds or feathers on hats and mentions social commentaries with references to Aunt Maria and Bohbeniian.
Auction style notice lists a diamond sale at Majestie theatre with ownership transfer upon identification and payment. Also items include a brick pavement lot on Oak Street, a bay fox hounds for sale, a missing keys note, a white embroidered parasol found, and a belt pin with amethyst settings found with return offer.
A compiled notices page lists events and gatherings including circus appearances, camp meetings at Lenn Oakdale riverside and Forest Park, a picnic for Illinois Central employees at Hixon, temperance meetings, and various stage shows and minstrel acts. Also noted are the Fall term opening for Freeport College of Commerce, and numerous performance dates from August 16 through September 26 featuring acts such as Mingoulis, Tempest and Sunshine, The Cow Puncher, Royal Chef, Choir Singer, Volunteer Organist, Berry's Minstrels, and Our New Minister among others.
A fashionably dressed woman in a bookstore asks a clerk for a red book with a round gilt picture on the cover and notes she will take a train to New York. The anecdote contrasts clerks with customers while the second item recalls the eagle’s first appearance on the American seal in 1782, adopted June 20 of that year.
The Erie Canal stands as the longest canal in the United States at 387 miles, highlighting its vast span and historical significance in American waterway infrastructure.
The nighthawk makes no nest at all and simply lays its eggs in a shallow ground depression. The eggs resemble small stones, so they pass undetected by anyone searching the area.
A death in a beekeeper's family leads him to wrap each of his five hives in black crape, a superstition claiming bees would die if he did not. This reflection on local belief shows how folk customs affect daily life.
DeVore advertises guaranteed quality pianos with low cash prices and weekly $1.00 payments. Claims include lower prices than anywhere, fair treatment, and protection if sick or out of work. Promises satisfaction or exchange and emphasizes large factory backing and vast purchase volume.
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