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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1907
Page
5
The passage argues Mr. Cannon opposes abolishing party organization and endorses the Quincy Whig position for direct nomination of all public office candidates. It notes he believes discarding party conventions would harm popular government and that he is not opposed to all primary legislation.
Morning and evening worships listed for Second Presbyterian Trinity United Evangelical Oak Street Evangelical First M E First Church of Christ Scientist Grace Episcopal Fibury Methodist Episcopal and First English Lutheran with speakers Isaac Alcazar Ada Brubaker and Axel Titus. Events include sermons, Christian Endeavor meetings, Sunday school sessions, prayer meetings, choir activities, and a Christmas concert on December 22.
A series of religious services and church activities are listed. First Presbyterian plans lectures and sessions with sermons at 10:30 and 7:30. Salem Evangelical and First English Reformed churches note Sunday schools, sermons, and Y P A or Y P S meetings. Freeport Philosophical society invites public in the evenings on Tuesdays.
Members of the Embury Epworth League welcome Frank H Burt president of Illinois Training School for Y M C A Secretaries in Chicago. He will speak tomorrow evening at 6 30 presenting a strong message to leaguers. Fred Liebetrau Jr will sing Jesus My Lord by Bohnen and the public is invited.
Isaac Alcazar a convert and University of Jerusalem graduate will deliver a sermon at the First U. B. church Sabbath evening. He is pursuing medical studies at Madison university preparing to return as a missionary. The address promises wit humor pathos and good sense. All invited and a silver offering will be taken.
Mr and Mrs A M Waite will lead the First M E Epworth League service tomorrow evening The meeting promises to be very interesting with the topic The Straight Gate and will start promptly at 6 40 There will be three musical numbers The First M E male quartet will sing two selections and Miss Cora Koenig will render a solo.
An 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers $100 for any persistent case, and urges readers to send for testimonials from EL Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio. It also promotes Hall's Macmill Pills for consumption.
Patrick J. Wilson, a well known Freeport saloon man, opens a sample room at 86 Stephenson Street, the old Roys stand, thoroughly fitted with modern fixtures. He is assisted by George Sny ver. Wilson promises a first class establishment and will bar boisterous element from his thirst parlor.
Le Raysville New York merchant Woolever praises Bucklen's Arnica Balm as a cure for piles and every sore wound burn or abrasion. Sold at Joseph Emimert's drug store for 24 cents.
Me J P Phovston representing Tayden W Wheeler & Co of New York will appear at Bimerick Barrett & Co jewelry store on Monday December 16. The sale features some of the finest gold jewelry with notable pieces worn by Breeport residents previously sold by Ma Thornton. Slippers for every family member are advertised, with Winslow & Co offering quick delivery and Christmas gift options.
Miss Pansy Azella Runner, born in Freeport and raised there, married Dr F H Batman of Bloomington Indiana last Monday at De Kalb. Relatives from Freeport attended and the ceremony was conducted by Rev Heermans at the Episcopal church with a reception and wedding dinner to follow.
In police court Magistrate Bentley presided over a single case a plain drunk. The offender was fined one dollar plus costs and, unable to pay, was sentenced to shovel snow as punishment.
A special meeting of the Order of Railway Conductors will be held this evening at their hall over the State Bank. The purpose is to meet W. J. Clark, third vice president of the order.
Abraham Brown of Winterton New York endured multiple misdiagnosed ailments as heart disease kidney trouble blood poison and stomach liver issues before trying electric Bitters on his wife’s advice. One bottle cured him more than five doctors. Marie Marnist invites former pupils to her new Oak Place studio to accept limited new students.
A brief ad notes a pair of nurses shoes with hand turned rubber heels offered for $1.50 at a BE. & W. location. The fragment highlights a budget price and a local sale point.
The High School Joint Literary Society held a lively meeting with an oration by Maude Eaton and a current events piece by Herbert Hime. The debate on adopting Von Meyer’s Parcels Post drew strong arguments from both sides but the judges favored the negative.
At the Majestic moving pictures of the Passion play draw large crowds with many returning for a second or third viewing. Tomorrow afternoon and evening Mr and Mrs Edwin Rotzler will provide music as accompaniment. Afternoon shows start at 2 30 with late seating disallowed, and additional performances at 3 30 4 30. Evening shows are at 7 0 and 8 0 and 9 0.
Evergreen lodge of Masons will conduct the funeral for the late Emory D Palmer tomorrow afternoon from 189 Galena Street with Rev Ray C Harker of Embury Church officiating. Interment will be in the city cemetery. An emergency communication will be held Sunday at 2 PM at the Masonic temple. Worshipful Master Joseph T Smith requests all Masons attend. The Masonea and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers members will attend.
Advertises reserving a table for Sunday dinner at Solt's Chocolate Shop. Includes instruction-like "1eePsd2t" likely code or note. No additional details on time, menu, or contact provided.
Dyspepsia and indigestion, constipation, sour stomach, sick headache, malaria, biliousness, torpid liver and jaundice are said to be relieved and cured. The tablets act on the liver and digestive organs, aid digestion, cleanse the stomach, and regulate the bowels. Priced at 2 cents per box with money refunds if not as represented. sold by C P Guenther & Co., druggists at Galena avenues and streets.
Sr Agnes offers aprons candle shades fancy bags and other suitable items for Christmas. Late buyers can visit the ladies on Monday at Read's store off Monday for bargains and good quality goods.
An old advertisement claims liver and bowel stoppage can end fatally if not treated. It promotes Jr. King's New Life Pills as a remedy, promising money back satisfaction. Sold at Joseph Emmert's rug store for 25 cents.
Local social notes list residents and visitors in Freeport Sterling Polo Ottawa Bloomington Mt Carroll and Chennai. W J Bell W F Lawrie E P Johnson A R Bowman Miss Maude Elson Dr W H Karcher Mr and Mrs C H Stocks Mrs A S Lockard Betsy Wright and others are mentioned with travel visits and holiday plans. Mr and Mrs Frederick E Brooks return from a wedding trip and plan to settle in Hot Springs Ark.
Miss Katie M. Kuble and Robert C. Reese of Monroe wed this morning in a ceremony conducted by Judge Heard. The couple’s marriage was officiated in Monroe with the bride and groom listed as longtime residents.
A brief ad outlines slippers from Winslow's priced 30c to 3.00 and a limited sale of Sleepy Eye flour at 1.40 per sack. Also promotes ladies shoes from Winslow & Co and embroidered house slippers for 50c at Schmidt Wachlin & Pfeiffer's. Telephone 321 referenced for SANPMEIMA.
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