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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1906
Page
8
Temperance hosts plan daily sessions with Col John Sobieski and other speakers. An outdoor tent for about one thousand will be erected at Jackson and Walnut where afternoon programs focus on temperance and liquor prohibition, while evening lectures, entertainments, and concerts offer broader appeal.
A packed talent lineup includes Eugene W. Chafin and Mrs. Florence D. Richards. Chafin opens with No Punishment for Crime and speaks on Civil Government. Frank Regan delivers two chalk talks praised by the Vienna Times. The Meneley quartet and Chester L. Ricketts perform. Grand Army day features Col. John Sobieski with Gettysburg recollections and a lecture on The Rise and Fall of the Polish Republic. Season tickets cost one dollar. single admissions 10 and 25 cents. Tickets at local Y M C A Kingston stores Ford’s Pattison Kryder W J Young and Resh brothers drugstore.
J W Cowley of Chicago is in the city. Ik EB Hill returns from Michigan visit with parents. Fred Watson travels to Rock Rapids to visit his sons for two weeks. M Ford of Cedar Rapids in town inspecting brick paving work. Nesbitt Irinfeld of Red Oak, Henry Otto of Florence, and A C Knorr return from Enid Oklahoma. Mrs Charles Mohr and baby and her mother return from Pearl City and Lena after visits.
At the Stephenson County Fish and Game Protective association meeting last evening the decision was made to place the pond fish from Third Ward Park into the river for most of this week. An application has been filed with the U S Fish Commission for another shipment of fish. The day’s court action also saw Mrs Rebecca Yeoman discharged by Justice Bentley after a charge of assault against Mrs Thena Johnson due to lack of evidence.
A catalog line advertises new and second hand serial books from Brown and Dollmeyer.
The article details a man’s asthma and weak condition prior to an apparent river outing. Witnesses report him leaving with a boat, planning to tie it near waterworks, and not threatening self harm. The body was later recovered near Hoover’s soap factory, with coroner notified and inquest adjourned for further evidence.
Local items from Red Oak dated Aug 27 recount travel to Oklahoma by N N Ermold and stock transport to Chicago by A T Folgate. Residents Pearl and Wilma Wohlford visit Grace and Alfie Wohlford, with other community tidbits including fairs, weights of tomatoes, and an ice cream festival planned for Sept 4. Weak names and fragmented notes appear throughout.
A brief souvenir program is described for scholars, mentioning Brown and Dole Meyer. The fragment references a commemorative gesture and a lineup of names, indicating a school or organizational event.
Upcoming events list shows at Oakdale and Riverside camps and a schedule for the Grand Opera House in August and September. It includes David Higgins in His Last Dollar, The School Master, Parsifal, My Wife's Family, The Cowboy, A Struggle for Gold, As Told in the Hills, A Poor Relation, The Greater Love, On the Bridge at Midnight, The Volunteer Organist, Your Uncle MIDley, and A Gambler's Daughter with varied dates from August 29 to September 27.
An early morning breakfast option and brief stroll lead to a day’s routine ending with Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea Tea or Tablets priced at 86 cents. Joseph Emmert.
For sale a residence at 235 N Galena ve with steam heat bath rooms city water sewer and gas barn in first class condition. Will sell house with part or entire lot. Grand opportunity for a bargain if taken at once. Inquire of Geo J Dehn 412dtf 44 Stephenson St.
Office hours in library from 2 to 5 afternoons Monday through Friday begin Aug 27 for preliminary business of opening schools. All schools open 8:30 Tuesday morning Sept 4. Outside city pupils must see me for entrance cards. Children who turn six before January 31 may enter this semester if they come in September or October. Buy books now lists provided to bookstores. parents urged to purchase supplies before Sept 4. Do not write names in books until approved by teachers. S. E. Raines, Superintendent of Schools.
Ball Aug 27 The official quotation shows butter firm at 230 per audite week output 156000 ne eee.
Real estate notice promotes rapid sale of lots in the Chas. E. Meyer's addition with the promise of profit. It advertises small down payment, long balance term, and low interest. Metzger and Wieman, agents, invite interested buyers to call at 110 Galena St.
The C M and St P announces excursion rates from Chicago Kansas City Omaha Cairo Evansville and St Louis with tickets on sale until September 30 1906 and return by October 1 1906. Second class colonists to Montana Washington Oregon and California offered daily August 27 to October 31 1906 at reduced fares. A special Beloit to Freeport train is planned September 6 1906 arriving 7 35 am and returning September 7 1906 leaving Freeport at 8 10 pm No 72 will run a coach from Freeport to Beloit for fair passengers.
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