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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1898
Page
7
Notice appears in Freeport Daily Journal detailing the subscription terms and confirming mail matter status as second class for standard handling at the Freeport Illinois post office.
Wm Winslow and Rev Alberding are in Chicago for various purposes. R G Shumway and M Hettinger are transacting business there. Mrs Dexter A Knowlton and Miss Belle Farwell traveled to Chicago. Rev Heitzel and Owen G Mead visited Freeport and Woodstock respectively. Mrs J D Diffenbaugh left for Rochester to spend Christmas. John Eckert and wife visited Delavan Wisconsin. Boyd Kerlin traveled toward Michigan with a Chicago stop for a sister’s musical debut.
Rev Bulgin concluded two weeks of revival at Second Presbyterian Church with strong attendance and many conversions. Biographical notes highlight his New Jersey birth, North Carolina upbringing, Missouri roots, Chicago work with Moody, and pastorates in Sodus New York. His approach is described as biblically solid, practical, and non sensational, emphasizing home meetings and pastoral evangelism.
The Rev. Dr. J. W. Richards at First M. I. Church begins a three sermon series on amusements. He argues recreation is essential for character and should be chosen with moral care, urging a reasoned, nonjudgmental approach to varied forms of leisure rather than a blanket denouncement.
Notices show a December 9 Saengerbund event change, Martha Washington garrison tonight, Al Lamm’s rabbit drive in German Valley, and local business hours. Officials Behry Brown Parker Stoehr Stearns duties relocate, and changes touch jewelry, plumbing and residences.
Wm. Vail remains about the same. Mrs. H. E. Bogar is indisposed. Chas. Stopfer is reported as getting along nicely today. Henry Metz, freight agent for the Illinois Central, is confined to his bed by illness.
A special train will pass through this area at 6 o clock this evening carrying Wisconsin visitors who traveled to San Francisco to witness the launching of the battleship Wisconsin.
A special train on the St. Paul road struck Mr. Hayward at the Durand crossing this morning. His horse was killed and Hayward suffered severe injuries. The report notes the event as a crossing accident with casualty. Also included is an advertisement for H. D. Post claiming superior goods in Freeport.
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