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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1896
Page
2
One year prepaid by carrier 4.0 six dollars per year in advance with ten off, daily except Sunday. Journal Printing Company at No 98 Chicago Street ships from Freeport Illinois. Entered at Freeport Post Office as second class matter December 4, 1896.
Local brief notices recount social events and happenings. Emma Lamm is listed as ailing, George Ennengs conducts business in Rockford, and Henry Babcock visits from Lena with Dr. Verbeck. The Eureka Pleasure club plans a dance at Blust's hall on the 17th while Amity society hosts an event at Germania opera house. Sam Jones lecture tickets available at Arno's drug store for 10 cents, with J B Reitzell slated to lecture at the Y M C A auditorium on the same day.
Farmers in Warren County praise a village leveling effort as they report two experimental roads. One is a stone road of nine feet wide with eight feet of base and screenings, costing 70 cents per foot. The brick road uses No 1 bricks, with sand and crushed rock, nine to eleven feet wide, at 90 cents per foot. The project, backed by Illinois law, shows signs of broader adoption next year.
A collection of humorous and curious items notes Brakeman Lier receiving 7500 in damages from Northwestern after a past wreck at Elmhurst. Nearby, Decatur residents lure sparrows from caves for a 2 cent per bird bounty, and a strong 21 year old in Kankakee promises a lifting match against all challengers. Reports of hog leprosy in Shiloh Valley kill or bury afflicted animals, while A Beardsley keeps tobacco thefts and a beefy horse named Merry Boy depend on candy for race starts. A beer drinking Pontiac horse, Mrs. Elder’s Thanksgiving turkeys, and a train incident delaying turkeys near Clinton round out miscellaneous notes.
The Amity Society of the First Presbyterian church hosts its annual winter bazaar and tableau at Germania Opera House this evening. Holsapple's orchestra provides music as members’ crafted wares, booths, and refreshments allure with ten magazine-inspired tableaux and gifts for Christmas. Committees oversee entertainment, fancy work, candy, coffee, and serving stations, with numerous local members involved.
The Deaconess Aid Society extends thanks to Mr Martin Serf for sending a fifty dollar check following the recent contest. Jennie Heard, Secretary.
A station scene at Randolph sees a station agent and section hands with the freight crew and the Eider family laboring for twenty minutes to dispossess turkeys from an unusual roosting place. The effort ends with the birds remaining, resisting removal.
Mr. G Gaillouette a Bea veraville druggist credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving his life after la grippe left him offered no hope He says after three bottles he recovered and praises its value Readers can get a free trial at Emmett Burrell s drug store The ad also notes linen calico sales at Kingsley s and a closing Hart s auction sale with goods moving fast
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