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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
3
The Journal will be mailed to subscribers leaving the city during the summer months. Changes of address should give both old and new addresses and may be made as frequently as desired. Notify The Journal at 97 Chicago Street by mail or telephone.
A long list of short items shows residents and visitors in Freeport and nearby towns. Names include J H Edwards Dixon visiting Freeport friends, Nelson Miller LeMars transacting business here, O J Olson Argyle visiting, J M Stemm McConnell shopping, P O Silver Ida French spending day at Dixon, and many others traveling to Madison Milwaukee Winnipeg Yellowstone and Traverse City among locations.
A local market advertises picnic and cold lunch meats including roast beef and various sausages. Breaded pork items are available and a range of options are listed, indicating a broad selection for gatherings or daily meals.
Lena Illinois opens its annual camp meeting under United Evangelical host with Rev Loofbourrow detailing the keynote in G. A Passion Play and Epworth orchestra drew praise. Tomorrow features prayers chalk talks sermons lectures and diverse services across Oakdale grounds with many visiting preachers and local participants.
Rev. Wm. Caton presiding elder opens Oakdale Park camp meeting as a tabernacle feast. Many tents up to fifty large structures planned as hoteliers report full occupancy. Eva Guiley of Akron arrives to begin Christian training lessons. Missionary conference session starts today amid praise for green pastures and comfortable facilities. Numerous attendees listed across Freeport Cedarville Brookville Orangeville Afolkey and surrounding areas look forward to revival meetings and spiritual uplift.
Former Freeport resident Mrs. W H Boop died Aug 6 at Iroquois S D from heart failure. She and her husband and daughter Clara had moved from Kent to Freeport and then to Iroquois a year ago. Survived by husband and two children, the community extends its sympathy.
Aug 14 Lena report notes Mr and Mrs B H Tull leave for Rockford to reside, longtime local business figures. Charles Barrett ill and not improving quickly. Mrs J C Kaufman and granddaughter Helen Dunn visit Monroe. Cynthia Hutches returns to Cedar Rapids Iowa after months with James King. Jessie Roush returns from Youlon Minnesota. Chorge Tabor and Lucile guests of Joseph Snyder and wife as Kiel Wisconsin relatives visit Kiel. Elsie Anderson visits county seat. Elizabeth Fetzer travels to Dixon to visit friends. George Young’s sister in law Eliza Young ill in Freeport. Mr and Mrs B J Harris spend day at Dixon assembly.
An 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole remedy for deafness caused by catarrh. It claims the Eustachian tube defect leads to hearing loss unless restored and offers one hundred dollars for any cure not helped, with contact details for J. Corne y & Co. Toledo Ohio.
The Canners blank Green Bay 2 to 0 with no hits as the visitors win the opener. The second game goes to the visitors by 5 to 1 in a different fashion as umpire Hoffman is criticized.
Freeport split the two games with Green Bay in a July double header, winning 2 0 in the first game with no hits and losing 5 1 in the second while Green Bay piled 10 hits. Rouse started the opener for Freeport and yielded seven hits with no runs, Stremmel faced no-hitter gly in the first game, and Harmon pitched strong for Waterloo in the second before a late inning lapse by Skel Roach.
In Green Bay and Freeport games, umpire Hoffman drew boos as errors and disputed calls shaped the outcomes. Hoffman’s decisions aided Freeport in the first game then tainted the second with disputed balls and strikes before a dirt-throwing finale as players clashed over a contentious inning.
Madison and Oshkosh played to a double tie in a recent contest in Madison Wisconsin on August 13. The score and further details were not disclosed in the available text.
The report notes a Christian Moore battery at Rockford drawing medieval comparisons. It mentions consistent Rockford play and Waterloo trading Jack Darrah for Parish of Fond du Lac, with Darrah remaining in town to join teammates. A busy scorer keeps fans informed from all stands.
Duluth reports the Northern Baseball League collapse leaves Brandon and Winnipeg in the pennant race with Fargo out due to very poor attendance. Duluth and Fargo drop out, Duluth to play independent ball for the rest of the season.
Pitcher Beebe previously with Oshkosh in the Wisconsin-Illinois league, now with the St. Louis Nationals, allowed only three hits yesterday in a 7 to 1 win over Cincinnati. It marked Beebe's first victory since May 14 when he beat Brooklyn.
Madison Journal praises Cummings as the hero of Freeport and notes excitement over a local baseball favorite. The piece urges readers to check the Journal's want column for details.
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