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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
3
Joe Fifer will open a six lesson dancing term at the Knights of the Globe hall beginning Wednesday night December 13. J Barate the piano tuner has orders at Brown Dollmeyers or Pronear t.
State Historical Society to hold January 24 and 25 1906 sessions at Springfield with speakers from across the state. Frederick J Turner Jane Addams and Alexander J Jones among noted participants. Programs outline includes in depth talks on early Illinois courts social settlements and Illinois history in general. A reception will close the sessions in the House of Representatives.
Local commission merchants predict potatoes will stay near one dollar per bushel this winter and spring despite uneven regional crops. Dealers say farmers hold stock to push prices higher, but overall supply remains ample with Canadian Northwest help and steady demand keeping markets firm.
A historic advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for distressing female complaints. It cites Black Cohosh and Lady’s Slipper roots, Golden Seal, Unicorn and Blue Cohosh, plus sleeping and mood benefits. The ad offers a free medical adviser and mentions Pleasant Pellets as a laxative aid.
A postal clerk warns against sloppy Christmas mail practices urging readers to write clear addresses and affix correct postage. He argues most negligent stems from carelessness, not ignorance, and notes many misaddressed items end in waste baskets or the dead letter office, stressing careful, legible addressing helps carriers and recipients.
1905 forecast by W T Foster outlines unsettled December weather with cross continental disturbances 18 to 22 warm spell 17 to 21 cool spell 20 to 24 and a broad pattern of milder days around Christmas followed by a severe cold wave near December 30. Foster extols long range forecasting and notes Franklin as an example of scientist philosopher distinction.
A quatrain by McLandburgh Wilson in the New York Sun warns readers to hide from Christmas cheer. It suggests wearing a stern face shielding ears and nose, locking money, and forgetting old loves to dodge Santa Claus. The poem themes fear, memory, and festive caution resonate with wary mood.
An old veterinary ad promotes Humphreys cures for horses cattle sheep dogs pigs and poultry. It lists fever lameness sore throat distemper coughs influenza and kidney bladder disorders among treated conditions. The coarse health claims emphasize direct action on affected parts and broad disease coverage for multiple animals.
Miss Geneva Reeser spent the day in Freeport. Christopher Henning, formerly of Lena, has died by suicide in Germany, where he had moved. D W Hayes visited Chicago relatives. Mrs G M Stanchfield returned from Chicago. Caroline Leamon will visit Lanark with daughter Mrs M L Weary. Mrs Peter Muhr of Freeport visited Geo Lantzer. Harriet Hayes hosted the Cosmopolitan club. Gertrude Walton travels to Dixon to visit sister Maude Walton. E Finkenbinder and daughter Lucy rode from Ward's Grove to catch a train to Freeport. Kate Dodda stayed with her brother M T Dodds at the county seat. Hattie Rosenstiel, a former resident, is visiting.
Assistant Chief Schuettler says Kendall cannot be connected to Miss Maude Reese murder with current facts. Kendall is charged with two robberies, before Justice Cavelry, continued to December 21, and likely to be sent back to Joliet for parole violation.
The Ladies of Trinity church plan an evening supper offering hot waffles hot baked beans brown bread pickles jelly cake and coffee for a service fee of sixteen cents public invited to attend
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