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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
4
The Freeport Journal is issued a label by the International Typographical Union in recognition of employing union labor in its mechanical departments.
A list of local residents and visitors is noted today in Freeport and surrounding towns. Names include Jacob Ohlendorf Forreston on business, H H Rosenstell to Chicago, Flossie Fritz Winslow in Freeport, and many others visiting from Lena Lena vicinity Mendota Evans ton Jena and Orangeville. Several trips to Rockford New Orleans Lena are recorded along with a funeral in Lena for D C Turner.
First Presbyterian hosts Thursday service on The Sacrament with references to the Lord's Supper and baptism led by pastor H. L. Moore. Capernaum Shrine No. 4 installs new officers Thursday Dec 17 then conducts cards and special for Shrine and Eastern Star members and spouses. W C T U meets tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock in Y M C A parlors on Scientific Temperance Instruction with special music. Freeport Tribunes No 99 hosts social Thursday with a program, dancing and cards. admission free.
The Freeport YMCA basketball team will play Beloit YMCA in Beloit Friday night as the season’s second game. Freeporters travel in a confident, practiced squad seeking a close contest amid reports Beloit will provide strong competition in the college town.
A fragmentary roster lists individuals tied to Albany Wisconsin and nearby communities including Emma C. Peterson, J Ernst Wehler, Mildred Dinges, Lewis Kalley, Amanda Stukenberg, Sidney Barnes, Clara Kuhimeter, and others with assorted ages or numbers. The text appears as an OCR readout from a local directory or social notice.
At around midnight several men set off Roman candles causing a stir at the corner of Chicago and Galena streets. An responding officer learned the activity was playful and left without making arrests.
Charles Glaw departed for Chicago to meet his brother Robert Glaw formerly of this city and now in Panama. Robert, once a local resident, now works as an accountant for the Panama Canal commission and Charles has been away almost two years awaiting the reunion.
Miss Georgia Musser of Freeport and William J. Osborne of Freeport wed in Chicago after a long engagement kept from friends. Bride, daughter of Jacob and Mrs. Musser, lived in Orangeville before moving to Freeport. Groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Osborne, works as a clerk in the Illinois Central freight office. The ceremony surprised parents but reflected a planned union.
Miss Mildred H. Dinges and J Ernst Wehler both of Freeport wed at 8 last evening at 67 Clark Avenue home of Mr and Mrs David Klinger. Rev Ray C Harker officiated. Quiet ceremony with immediate relatives, luncheon served. The bride, born in Freeport, active in Embury church youth groups. Groom from Gettysburg Pa, machinist at Stover plant. They will reside at the Klinger residence.
Mrs H C Bentley entertained the Euterpean club with guests and members enjoying a program led by Mrs D B Breed. The concert featured Moszkowski and Glazounow compositions, with two songs by Miss Margaret Fry and performances by Miss Siena Granschen, Miss Louise Morgan, and Miss Rutbenstedu among others.
Miss Clara A Kuhlemeier and Sid ney J Barnes of Pearl City were wed this afternoon at the district parsonage of the United Evangelical association in the city by Rev J G Schwab. The couple, attended by Miss Flossie Barnes and Bert Kuhlemeier, plan a short wedding trip before settling on a farm near Pearl City.
The Amity society presents the first of three dances at Masonic temple this evening. About seventy members form the Go-Home-Early Club under Gibler's Orchestra providing the music. The event will be entirely formal with dates for the remaining dances not yet chosen.
At the annual Alumni ball to be held at the Masonic temple on December 29 one of the citys largest dances will occur. Eight hundred invitations have been sent out and the association president has nearly completed final arrangements. Giblers celebrated orchestra will furnish the music. Invitations are of a strong quality.
The Freeport High School dance will be a program affair opening with a grand march led by prominent alumni. Mrs Ellen Collins and Mrs Margaret Strong will be the chaperons. The board of education will be guests of honor after the march. Clever decorations are planned and the event promises unusual interest.
Milton Bucklin editor of Judicious Advertising a Chicago publication and known in advertising and publishing circles nationwide died at Englewood Presbyterian hospital on Monday after a bout with typhoid fever.
An elderly Chicago man 89 dies of typhoid fever at 6988 Yale avenue. Widow survives. Former Aurora Beacon journalist Bucklin praised for wit and sense. Freeport mourns Harvey Lied found dead at his farm after attending to chores. Death due to heart neuralgia. Funeral held at Edwin Lied’s home with pallbearers named. Peoria death of Mrs. Bush links Freeport via brother W Ll. dekes and sister Mrs. Hattie Keehn. funeral planned at Tolono.
A blaze nearly destroyed the Holmes building, the main office of A. V. Garretson in Galesburg. Garretson, who runs the Freeport Loan office and another office in Talesbury, left for Talesbury as news spread. Later reports said losses were less than first feared. a rumor of Garretson’s rescue from a fourth story window was false. Four escapes occurred, with several prominent residents injured.
Report notes Miss Webster of 200 Exchange Street involved in a gale event. Details are fragmentary with limited context. Further information not available in the readable text.
The Stover Manufacturing board unanimously adopted a plan to allot shares to deserving employees on individual merit. The measure aims to foster employee interest by offering stock on terms suited to their means, tying wages to company profits and reducing investment risk for workers.
Twelve jurors were seated by three oclock yesterday to weigh the testimony in the Fred Binger case. The trial centers on a robbery of a C M and St P freight car last April in which Binger and his brother in law Dave Tielke were implicated. Tielke pleaded guilty while Binger chose to stand trial. Tielke testified about the Milwaukee yard heists and car robbery. Chief Silk linked the stolen goods to the Binger home in East Freeport. The defense will argue Binger was influenced by Tielke and ignorant of the crime while neighbors claimed Tielke was to blame. Fred Binger testified today contradicting Tielke. Testimony concluded at noon. pleas to follow.
Stockholders of the Freeport base ball club met in the county courthouse to choose a new board of directors. Selected were Dr J A Poling C W Harden BR KR Viffany Paul Schreyer and Thomas Shaffer. No meeting time for officers was set but likely in a few days. The directors are new to that role and well regarded by fans, signaling smooth sailing for the coming season.
The ladies of Trinity church plan a home baking sale Saturday morning starting at 11 o’clock. The event will be held at the Delhauer tea and coffee store on Stephenson Street, offering assorted baked goods to customers.
Grace church Sunday school class hosts a Friday sale of dolls and assorted articles in the afternoon and evening. Prices are modest and suitable for all ages.
An old medical advert promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills from Jon Emmert’s drug store. It claims the pills remove constipation headache biliousness and malaria without distress, urging readers that the operation is avoided by using the product.
Freeport Chapter No 23 elected officers for the coming year led by High Priest Fred S Albright. Other officers include King Ralph T Ryan Scribe Joseph B Munn Treasurer John Bauscher Jr Secretary Chas C Wols hpiale Host D E Swan Principal of the Host Robt F Koenig Royal Arch Captain Nels M Nelson Master of the 3rd Veil E M Philips Master of the 2d Veil Geo Love land Master of the 1st Veil A H Wie man Tyler E L Stewart. Installation was by W B Erfers and J F Fair with Mr Erfert retiring as high priest and presented a jewel.
Local No. 28 Plumbers Gas Fitters and Steam Fitters Union chose Randall Knipschild as President T BE Beck as Vice President Robert Suedeka as Past President C L Gilbert as Secretary Treasurer Executive Board members Louis Center George McKnight Robert Luedeka Co L Gilbert Finance Committee T E Beck Robert Luedeka Louis Conter Business Agent C L Gilbert Delegates to Trades Council George McKnight Oscar Krover John McKenna
Dissenters within the Modern Woodmen of America publish the True Woodman, filing censure against national officers over raised salaries and budgets. Officials defend pay as appropriate for expanded insurance business while large projects endure, including a $110,000 tuberculosis sanitarium at Colorado Springs and a $250,000 Rock Island headquarters.
Julius Wagner appeared before Magistrate Bentley and requested a change of venue yesterday afternoon, which was granted. The case goes before Justice Janssen this afternoon.
From Our Own Correspondent Eleroy December 14 Mrs Flora Fye and son Boyd from Freeport visited Arch Winters. A Ladies Aid chicken supper drew a large crowd. Mrs BE Brady from Freeport spent the day with her parents F C Bacon and wife. Dewey Biesemeier visited his sister Mrs Lloyd Gilman in Rockford. Mrs E G Harris stayed with sister Mrs Pettibone in Warren. Eleroy Sunday school will hold Christmas exercises December 24 Everyone invited. Mr and Mrs F C Bacon left for Phoenix Arizona for about four months Mrs Gearhart of Winslow cared for Mrs Otto Schultz and has returned home. U B church preaches every Sunday night Everyone invited to attend.
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