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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1905
Page
6
In Pearl City on December 18 regular correspondents chronicle church Christmas exercises planned for Saturday at the M E and Lutheran churches and more events. Revival services start next Sunday at the M E church as stores show holiday bustle and a busy grain and stock week unfolds with visits, receptions, travel to Chicago and nearby towns, and numerous social engagements.
From Our Own Correspondent Rock City Dec 19 Our diphtheria cases improve except Roy Hofmeister who relapsed Rudolph Forrey sale well attended with good prices shifts planned to Freeport Mr and Mrs Forrey to be missed for church and Sunday school activity B Gor?e and family James Quest and J Shaffer in Freeport Saturday Chas Kramer old Bill leaves hay business after 32 years Hannah and Geo Haas visit Shaffer Arthur Kramer improves Davenport returns to Davenport Wood sawing resumes due to fine weather I F Losa and Samuel Veach transact business at Monroe George Hofmeister and George Bixler attend Chicago Live Stock exposition Iro Hill Freeport visits and rodds Morton's new round barn on Monday
Dakota December reports I J Kiplinger visiting Dr C P Leitzell. Local petit jurors are RP Kuhn John Henze and Chas Bordner. William Holcomb shipped two carloads of lambs to Chicago. Miss Lutheria Angle ill with diphtheria slowly improving. New stoves installed at Presbyterian church. Visitors from Freeport Winneshiek and others spent Sunday with the Ley family. Reform Sunday school Christmas festival planned for December 24 at Academy chapel with songs exercises and a pantomime focusing on the coming of Christ.
Our Own Correspondent reports a series of visits and moves in Shannon Iowa area. Residents visited Freeport Clinton Mt Carroll Belvidere and Chicago while others moved to Shannon and prepared homes in the area. Subpoenaed juror Ralph Coon appears in U S court in Chicago and local officials note neighbors traveling for holidays and business.
From Our Own Correspondent Florence December 18 invites all to a December 22 school entertainment at Schrader's hall with admission set at 15 cents. Notes from town include visitors from Freeport Rockford and Manhattan Kansas, a Christmas tree program at Evangelical church, and local happenings from J Schrader's circle to Dr Norton tending sick horses and a new cement hog stable by Dave Alberts.
Cedarville reports continued pleasant weather despite forecasts. Capt James Utt misplaced a fur mitten likely lost in Freeport All Deal. Lincoln Pifer returns from Missouri business trip. L H Smith plans work on the old homestead near the post office. Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society sale and lunch succeeds. Mr Wilsey and wife of Lena visit Uncle Billy Bruce. George Buffington and wife of Wil-
Freeport readers hear how Dean’s Kidney Pills relieve backache and kidney troubles. Mrs McKernan of Galena Ill says three years ago she recommended the remedy and the cure remains permanent. For sale by dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean’s and take no other. Jos Emmert also sells.
Hamsport visitors meet William Bruce at home. Dr. C P Leitzell of Dakota visited last week. Uncle Andy Stahl called on friends Saturday. Cedarville Presbyterian marks 60th anniversary with an elaborate program and address by Rev. Henry Cullen D D on Friday December 29. Union and Evangelical Sunday schools hold Xmas programs. Eliza Clingman and Levi Fahs remain in good health. Warren poultry show features Barred Rocks leading and A M Lausch exhibitor winning multiple prizes with Leghorns.
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