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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
6
Red Oak correspondent reports sale attendance by Aaron Lausche with auctioneer Charles Bartholomew and Deputy Sheriff Robert Stewart present. Residents attend weddings, visits to Freeport and Chicago, and Thanksgiving gatherings. Christmas Eve pageant at Red Oak Sunday school urged with Santa Claus expected. shooting match well attended. various visits to Freeport and Chicago noted.
Thanksgiving day passed without incident in Pleasant Hill with family gatherings and large dinners. Local residents, including Mrs Alma Laws and Mr and Mrs Henry Koppien, visited relatives and collected church subscriptions. Woodmen fair at McConnell opens with a strong program and many locals plan to attend.
Mr and Mrs L J Otto and Mrs J Fosha travel to Riley Kansas to visit relatives for a few weeks. Herman Franzmeijer resigns from Wall farm. Frank Michel to fill vacancy for the year. Masquerade ball canceled due to bad weather last Thursday. New Year ball musters novelty prizes and rental costumes available. Lydia Hoebel visits Freeport. Edith Hoebel visits Silver Creek and Ridott. Lynne Otto attend Star Camp M W A election. officers named Consul EIs Otto Banker H L Vito Clerk Chas Crow. Merril Ebright resigns post.
Local items report Sim Eells returning from Elgin after attending Sophia Eells funeral. Mexican war memories resurface as Eells shared time with Henry Rush of Martintown. A. Gage reception and serenade follow a Freeport wedding. Several Winslowites visit for Thanksgiving. New church billboard advertises sermons. Elery Stover to join Winslow grand jury. James Harney starts at the depot learning telegraphy and railroad bookkeeping.
In Harlem Corners on December 3, Mr. and Mrs. Al Hawke of Freeport spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Hawke's parents Mr. and Mrs. H. Gassman. Miss Mabel Schoch of Freeport visits her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. William Wagner. Ed Bitterley announces a public sale of personal property tomorrow.
Center spent Sunday with fitness activities. Ed Bitterley faced a misfortune as a valuable colt broke last week. Landis Hutmacher and Wm Ilgen traveled to Ridott to prepare for Metz moving today. George Phillips and family celebrated Thanksgiving with relatives in Freeport.
A C Bitner died Saturday after a months long illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 PM at the J B church with Rev. Davis of Freeport officiating. Social visits include Miss Sadie Jones of Freeport staying with Mrs James Rovar and Mrs Kuhns and daughter, and Miss Minnie Leerhof of Freeport visiting Mrs Leerhof. Mrs Grant Mallory and Miss Elsie Mallory of Freeport were Ridott callers for Thanksgiving. Jake Cable of Hot Springs SD visits his brother Steve Cable. Mrs Wm Brown visits relatives in Chicago. Mrs Perry Webb of Freeport spends a few days with Matt Webb. Mrs Karcher and son Raymond spent Sunday in Freeport. Miss Ethel Wagner was a Pecatonica caller yesterday. W A Kerr of Freeport was a Ridott caller Sunday.
From Our Own Correspondent Dakota December 4 reports a busy Thanksgiving with numerous visitors to Freeport area homes. Include visits by Chicago residents Mrs. Joseph Kebil and Mrs. M. E. Vought, travels of Mrs. Laible, Miss Eva Smith, and Leora Wolf, and a 36 to 0 Academy victory over Freeport.
From Our Own Correspondent Jacob Becker dislocated his knee cap while working at his brother's north of Freeport. Thanksgiving celebrations by Woodmen and Royal Neighbors. young people enjoyed games late. Ladies plan lunches at local sales December 5 and 6. W C T U entertainment drew a crowd with a good program. Mrs Hal Sheetz of Stockton visited relatives. Thanksgiving shooting match drew many. all ducks sold. Will Brillhart improving after illness. M W Goodsell builds barn south of town. W W Burchell buys late B E Cronkrite store and leaves creamer y work for Freeport. J A Gordon to travel east soon. W Ta Summers from South Dakota visits relatives and cites good crops, brings grain samples.
From Our Own Correspondent Winneshiek Dec 2 Elsie May daughter of L Shockey died Sunday after a long lung illness. Funeral Tuesday morning from the Shockey residence. Mr and Mrs Shockey mourn a young loss as twin brother died recently. Nearby families and friends visited and extended sympathy amid Thanksgiving gatherings and travel plans for Oklahoma departures.
The article compares the stomach to a churn and warns foul digestion taints the body. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for biliousness indigestion and skin issues, with a free booklet offered by mail from Buffalo New York.
Our Own Correspondent reports social exchanges around Thanksgiving in Centennial. Koertner family hosted W A Koertner and relatives. Mrs F Sandmeier visited Pearl City. Ernst Silberman and others worked on wood. Cora Witte returned from Eleroy. quarterly German M E church services led by Rev L J Brenner. Silberman family joined Freeport relatives for Thanksgiving.
London Notes and Queries laments the fading of Burns like Scots in Edinburgh Parliament and argues educated Scots now neglect the old tongue. The piece condemns misuses such as barbarous spellings and claims many write Scots poorly, misusing a form of English with long tradition.
The letter describes a society clash where a man burns a blister on a woman’s shoulder with a cigarette to settle a score. A youth boasts of attending a dinner and mocks etiquette by rinsing cutlery in spiced water and drying with a pumpkin, nearly killing the hostess and making her a club joke.
Chicago reports a chain of five Varal family deaths from 1900 to 1906. Rose Varal died at home after police questioning. doctors cite illness and insanitary living conditions while questioning suggests a self inflicted poison. Authorities seek chemical analysis to identify the toxin.
In Pana Illinois on December 6 Milton Morgan a Rosemond resident was struck and killed by a Big Four train during the night His remains were scattered along the track and later moved to the depot He was about 47 years old survived by his wife four children and a sister Mrs William Steinle He had resigned as Rosemond section foreman about a month earlier The note adds a second item from Carlinville Illinois where George Hamilton a Modern Woodmen member received forty acres of corn and neighbors gathered the crop in one day
OsCar Adams, a Bloomington laundry agent, was found dead at his home from a bullet wound. A revolver lay on the floor and investigators question whether the death was self-inflicted as no motive or circumstances of self-destruction are known.
The Illinois Central railroad paid the state of Illinois 000,102 for the six months ended Oct. 31 marking a percentage of its charter line earnings. Earlier, for the six months ended April 16, 1906, the company paid 50,522. Pittsfield, TL, sec. i the note also mentions a murder sentence of twenty-one years in the penitentiary.
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