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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
8
The Elgin arson case drags on with five or six witnesses examined since yesterday afternoon. The defense plans to prove an alibi by Samuel Kitzmiller, who saw Elgin in Chicago the night the creamery burned, which could undermine the detectives’ early work.
News of Day tersely told lists the elected officers of the Jo Daviess County Agricultural Society. President Henry B. Chetlnin, Vice President Geo. F. E. Mann, Secretary Geo. C. Blish, Treasurer T. Fr. Moore, Directors include D. L. Norris O. C. Kraehmer W. J. Westwick F. E. Owens Charles Scott.
A program committee of the Stephen son county Farmers Institute will convene at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to discuss arrangements and agenda items for upcoming programs.
One plain drunk, assessed a fine of five dollars and costs, was the extent of the business in the police court during the day.
Miss Verna Barnes and John Kloth, both of this city, were married this morning by Magistrate Bentley.
Miss Frances Evans, operated on yesterday at St. Francia hospital for appendicitis, is improving.
John Fitz transfers north half of lot 2 block 35 Freeport to Daniel Yordy and others for 1250 dollars. The notice records the sale and amount paid.
The Taylor Park skating rink offers good conditions for skaters with steady footing and ample space. Local families frequent the facility, taking advantage of the favorable surface and nearby amenities for a relaxed winter outing.
A close burial of A Eliza Clingman who served as a scholar and long time teacher at Cedarville Union Sunday School is noted in resolutions. The committee expresses sympathy to the bereaved, notes the loss to the church, and orders copies filed, printed, and sent. Cedarville Tennessee December 10 1907. Susima Revie R Ellen Benson Henny Richarr Committee
The Associated Press market summary lists closing quotes for May wheat at 1.00, May corn 0.65, May oats 0.53 5, with pork, lard, ribs, and beef futures. Union Stock Yards figures show cattle around 8,600 head, hogs about 39,000, and sheep 10,000 with varying prices, plus bid-ask details from Dickinson & Co. in Rice Building.
In Mound City Mrs. ib. Clapp reports a marvelous healing sight as a man near death from lung and throat trouble recovers after using Dr King's New Discovery. The medicine is guaranteed for coughs colds throat and lung troubles with a trial bottle free offered by Joseph Memmert, druggist.
Miss Jessie Mae Hall known as The Dainty Doll Comedienne headlines a new musical comedy drama The Cutest Girl in Town at the Grand tonight. The show centers on American heiresses allied with English nobles in a lively stage caper.
Buster Brown the successful musical comedy based on R F Outeault’s cartoon will be at the Grand Opera house Thursday December 19 with matinee and night shows. The production features a new scenic dress elaborate costumes and fresh songs with new music throughout. The cast led by Master Reed as Buster is praised as the best seen in the series.
The Bijou's lead feature this week is the Tergus educated dogs known for high jumping. Colden and Hughes remain on the bill after dropping blackface acts, delivering strong crowd-pleasing performances. Mons De Forest juggles, while Miss Sadie Jacobs charms with song and dance.
A playful ode to sausage depicts unpretentious pork or bear meat with a tongue in cheek tone. A narrator notes a boarder unaware of the hidden contents while a sausage maker attends to the hopper and meat as a smoky jacket hints at a plot.
The piece recalls early steam locomotives and their frightful reception on roads. A Trevithick vehicle once halted at a tollgate and, amid panic, the tollgate keeper was reassured there would be no toll. The anecdote underscores historic public unease as motor cars emerged.
An Irish judge known for odd displays commented on a roachery case at a widow’s home. A young widow’s daughter testified the man smashed her mother’s wooden chest, prompting the judge to ask why it wasn’t murder. The crown counsel explained the chest was wooden, not fatal.
In a secured transaction, Ante DPO borrows $2,000 using freed city real estate as collateral. The process references Pose fours haloes and 12- ld baw in fragmented notes, indicating a disputed or incomplete record of the security arrangement.
In Leslie's Weekly Nablet Quimby describes Cairo street life during a two hour mid day pause. He details portable moving crews balancing furniture on heads, native barbers, boot blacks, and coffee makers with brass cups. The scene unfolds with camels donkeys and a parade band leading weddings pilgrim welcomes and lively street commerce.
A. J. Ulrich, traffic manager of Keystone Telephone in Philadelphia, orders exchange girls to drop the word please and use concise phrases like Ring off and Call again. He estimates the word please was used 50,000 times daily, wasting about 125 hours. He favors few words and cites a note to a physician where a single direct line sufficed.
Divers work as diamond diggers in icy water beneath the Vaal River. Three and a half miles from Klerksdorp a rope spans the river and a large seine is set downstream. Divers descend in forty eight to fifty two feet of water and labor three to four hours in darkness and cold, scraping the river bed with crowbars and filling an iron bound tub.
Calendar of Freeport area happenings lists church bazaars lectures and dances. Highlights include First Presbyterian bazaar Dec 19 and Dec 17 Freeport Governor Deneen speech, Dec 1 reception for University of Illinois students, Dec 1 Germania party, Dec 8 and Jan 2 dances, midwinter ball and masque events at Lexington hall, and January openings and shows at Masonic temple and Freeport College of Commerce. Multiple names and venues: Prof Dawson, Lexington hall, Germania society, International Association of Machinists, B. of R. T., First Presbyterian Church, and Cripple Creek to Vanderbilt Cup references.
The Daily Journal announces home delivery across the city for 10 cents weekly, inviting readers to subscribe for local news and updates.
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