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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
8
The department highlights busy Christmas stock including linens blankets and comforts. It promotes gloves mittens handkerchiefs and umbrellas with early order advice and gift-ready items like fancy boxed hosiery and infant dresses. It also touts novelty items in the art department and Munsing knit underwear as quality choices.
A Pittsburgh Post article surveys painters who misrepresent nature from out of fashion to outright errors. It notes rainbow colors painted incorrectly and moons placed against sunsets, with outrageous misreadings of astronomy, terrain heights, and period costumes.
The Germania society elected Dr. Erp Brockhausen as president F C Held as vice president F P Ohden as secretary A Stubbe as librarian and G B Winter John Bauscher Jr and Adolph Brandt as trustees This evening the society will stage a stag and card party to inaugurate its remodeled Mission style club rooms at the Anest neighborhood A supper will cap the event The Metal Polishers Buffers and Platers Local Union No 221 elected officers for the year Gust Stephen as president William Widman as vice president F J Hodopp as financial and recording secretary Al L B Dott as treasurer A Lebrecht as guardian and William Fisher as statistician
Capernaum Shrine No 4 White Shrine of Jerusalem will install officers tonight. The Ancient Order of Chaldeans will elect officers tonight. Excelsior lodge of Masons will elect officers tomorrow night.
Freeport Assembly No 1 American Stars of Equity held a social in their hall Tuesday night featuring piano solos by Mildred Hall Esther Matter and Esther Frazier a recitation by Dorothy Wagner reading by Lillian Newmiller and a quartet Birds of the Azure Wing Whistler performed by Esther Matter Caro Boos Lillian Barrett and Naomi Taylor. After the program attendees enjoyed cards and other games with a large turnout.
The Plattdeutsche Gilde stage their eighth annual dance and card party at E A Blust hall this evening with Brubaker's orchestra providing music. The committee in charge aims for a grand success.
A Germania Society stag party is planned for tonight at the hall. Members are invited to attend a social gathering with refreshments and entertainment.
Teachers of Grace church Sunday school hold a meeting tonight at the home of Mrs. M. B. Marvin to discuss plans and activities for the coming term.
Miss Maggie Shinkle and Eugene Pottat of McConnell were married in Freeport this morning by Magistrate Bentley.
A New York man recalls mixed feelings when hailed by a chauffeur and a boot black in Long Acre Square. An old bachelor loves a thimble remembered as a kiss to a beloved, revealed by a second story window. A hospital gag ends with a surgeon amputating the wrong leg.
E. and W. advertise a pair of Rubber Boote priced from 1.35 to 2.50 dollars, targeted at boys. The listing notes the date 12-16-17 and highlights the sale as a practical, affordable footwear option.
Advertises a line of ornate gift boxes for Christians in weights from one to five pounds with prices from zero to wide ranges. Also promotes HARP STER and WW. HARP STER with silk lined gift gloves offered at BE & W stores, dates 12-15-17.
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