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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1908
Page
1
Chicago briefs forecast snow flurries in the far north tonight with warmer temperatures then partly cloudy and cooler Sunday. Iowa expected fair tonight and Sunday with cooler air, Wisconsin to see snow flurries tonight and warmer conditions in the east, followed by partly cloudy and cooler Sunday.
At 10 o'clock today the six day bicycle race showed no change in positions. The leader's score stood at 2 508 miles and 9 laps, fourteen miles ahead of the old record.
Paris dispatch reports President Castro has not made official contact with the French government by noon. He is described as furious that Paris ignores his presence in France.
An Associated Press report from Brussels on December 12 states that Belgium prohibits importation into or transit through its territory of cattle sheep and pigs from the United States until further notice.
New York reports Roger Bresnahan catcher for the New York Nationals will become manager of the St. Louis National football club. The announcement was made today in New York on December 12.
Chicago report states John L Sullivan former champion prize fighter was granted a decree of divorce for desertion on December 12.
Chicago board closes with May wheat at 10644, May corn 613, May oats 52 cents. Pork Jan at 1567, ribs 815, cattle at Union Stock Yards mostly steady with beeves 7.65 to 3.40, stockers and cows firm, hogs 500 head 5.00 to 5.55. Sheep 2500 head steady at 2.60 to 4.70. Chicago Board of Trade quotes provided by C D Anderson.
Freeport lodge No 452 Knights of Pythias plans a large meeting Monday night with many Pythians expected. The rank of Knight will be conferred followed by a smoker. Officers will be elected and a district meeting in Freeport may be held in the spring.
Bertram M. Shaw of Logansport Indiana and Ora B Gibbs of Kansas City together with Otto F Bartlett Winslow Mildred Goodman of the same area appear in a marriage license listing. The notice lists a price 27.25 for articles and a Miss Webster at 200 Exchange Street with an unreadable code 12-1ud2w.
A dispute at a Tri County Shorthorn sale in Freeport arose over enforcing a city ordinance requiring an auctioneer license. Chief of Police carried out provisions amid protests from local merchants and a visiting Chicago auctioneer, while Mayor Dittmar defended the amendment raising the fee and daily license. Several cattle consignors and buyers were named in the record.
The Tri-County Short-Horn Breeders Association held its third annual sale in Freeport on Friday. Of 51 animals listed, all but three were sold, drawing about four hundred breeders and farmers, with nearly fifty from Wisconsin and Iowa. Top bids included Fannie at 110 dollars and Sally 2nd at 100 dollars for buyers O Janssen and Ed Mammier of Elizabeth and Shannon.
Mrs H L Hall living near the U S Express office found a three year old boy wandering in front of the Brews ter house at about 9 30 am. He wore a blue overcoat blue trousers and a knitted cap. He could not provide a name but stated he was three. He was taken to the police station for a time and then returned to his home for dinner.
Miss Anna Heald daughter of former Freeport mayor John W. D. Heald dies at Morris at age 80 after a long illness. Born February 1830 in New York she lived in Illinois and worked for the federal government in Washington for fifteen years. She leaves two nieces, Mrs. George L. Woelfel and Miss Margaret Cook.
Journal reports misinformed cause of last night fire at Billerbeck flats. In truth the gas machine in the basement front area could not have started the blaze. The fire was on the first floor rear in a sack of charcoal, origin unknown.
The three children of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Barnes were declared dependent in the county court juvenile department this morning by Judge Clarity. Brubaker was appointed guardian and given charge to place the children in suitable homes after briefly keeping them with their parents until homes could be found.
Owing to engraving force demands, we cannot engrave goods bought outside our store until after Christmas. Emerick Barrett & Co. 12-3dtf.
Freeport celebrates the Stover Manufacturing company as the world’s largest wind mill plant employing 498 workers. The plant’s improved power station and vacuum heating system boost efficiency while exporting wind mills globally. The enterprise under D. C. Stover’s vision anchors Freeport’s economy and the “Made in Freeport” legend.
A Bloomington Pangraph note recalls the length of days lengthening since June 21 and forecast a six month cycle of shorter days and longer nights until December 21, after which days gradually grow longer into January, with only small daily changes evident.
County court heard testimony on Mrs. Mary Vail's ability to manage her property and a jury recommended a conservator. Judge Clarity appointed Peter McDonald to oversee the elderly woman's interests.
An ad asserts that Dr King's New Life Pills avoid dangerous operations like appendectomies and lists cures for constipation headache biliousness and malaria. It notes a price of 25 cents at Jos Emmert's drug store.
Madam Gorham at 26 Chicago Street reads past present and future in a compact local feature. This readable slice hints at personal reflection and a temporally linked portrait of place, person, and memory.
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