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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1896
Page
2
Local postoffice receipt shows the item sintered at Breeport Illinois as a second class matter. Freeport Ill December 2 1896.
P B Smith travels to Sterling to visit parents and several locals report business trips. W F Murphy’s saloon halves interest purchase. wedding notices include Chas Miller and May Meyers, LeRoy Grishwiller and Emily Maybern, Clara Bixler and Emil Kunkee. Community events feature Epworth League at Embury church, a Merry World company show, and a Royal Arcanum council meeting. Local sportsmen plan a Winnebago shooting tournament with turkeys. Concert notices praise Redpath Grand Concert company with Camilla Urso, Carlotta Dessinger, Franklyn Sonnekalb, and Edwin H Douglas, promising a merited program.
Albert Felix of Jo Daviess County receives a life term for the murder of Batte Biren near Blanding. The 70-year-old, alcoholic recluse faced a stoic sentencing by Judge Shaw after a four and a half day trial. Biren, about 40, was killed at twenty feet. Felix, a Civil War veteran, faces confinement in Joliet Prison as the community reels from the tragedy. The case marks the county’s first life sentence since 1889 and follows a history of prior trials and acquittals in the Donegal region.
The ceremony for Albert Barnes and Miss Anna Sande took place this afternoon at Henry Sands home in La Grange. Rev. W. DeWitt officiated with Miss Houghton playing the wedding march. Attendants Miss Ethel Crain and O. H. Wright. The couple will reside with Mrs. Barnes’ mother on Carroll Street in Freeport.
Rev S F Entorf of Freeport publishes final Bee Hive edition in which he thanks readers for support and expresses hope the new League paper will carry on the mission to glorify Jesus. The editor reflects on pleasant relations, acknowledges heavy pastoral duties, and bids farewell with a wish for harvest blessing.
At last night’s regular W J McKim Post meeting the following officers for the year were chosen Commander D Bongye Senior Vice Commander Fred Drener Junior Vice Commander Phil Knecht Surgeon E S Carpenter Chaplain Chas Selle Quartermaster W S Weinhold Officer of the Day Phil Arno Officer of the Guard Nick Gartman Judge Advocate J H Eder Adjutant W J Chrisler Sargent Major John Rotzler Quartermaster Sergeant E S Brown
Mr G Gaillouette a Bea versville druggist credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving his life after la grippe left him near death. He tried many physicians without relief before using three bottles and recovering fully. He praises its value and says they will stock it, offering a free trial at Emmert Burrell s drug store.
Remedy for all forms of head ache Electric Bitters proves the best permanent cure. Habitual sick headaches yield to its influence and it aids chronic constipation by toning the bowels. Pro cure a bottle for trial at mmert & Burrell's drug store with large bottles priced at fifty cents.
G A Huenkemeier notes a previous paper ad with a crowing rooster, but facts show Mrs J W Kochsmeier won the top loaf prize for wheat bread baked from Marshall's Best Flour, with number 55, at P E Cox dry goods in Freeport, for which Huenkemeier is the exclusive agent.
Auction style sale at Cross Jewelry Store located at 98 Galena Ave offers goods at customers’ chosen prices during a limited time. The event date is not specified and no brands or items are named.
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