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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
2
Fragmented OCR shows a public notice line from Freeport Illinois dated December 21, stating a company or postal routing details for mail matter handling and a daily schedule excluding Sunday. Names and full actions are unclear due to errors.
A long list of residents and visitors converge on Freeport for holidays. Among them are A di Perry from West Chicago, Mrs. Harry Isaac back from Chicago, T J Armstrong of Clinton on business, H Woodmanse departing to Kansas City, and Mayor Baumgarten traveling in Chicago. Richard Brady, formerly of Freeport, arrives from Maquoketa Iowa. Henry Aurand and N Kleckner of Pearl City stop by. Bertha Bucher of Brodhead Wis visits relatives. Capt C B Kling travels to Ridott for a live bird shoot. Mamie Seitzburg heads home to Galena for holidays. Miss Birch the music teacher goes to Green Castle Ind to visit relatives. Grace Lamb of Ridott returns from Western College Toledo Iowa for Christmas. Mrs Dave Rutter comes from Milwaukee to stay with her parents. Florence Carroll Georgia Wells and Clara Killian return from Normal Ill for Christmas. Clara Knowlton and Florence Munn, students at Northampton Mass, come home for the holiday. Simon A Gravell, a resident two miles east, travels to Pennsylvania for his wedding on January 4. Secretary J H Keagie leaves for Stockton for a Masonic install and banquet, planning to respond to the toast Masonry and Religion.
The Sons of Veterans plan a meeting tomorrow night. John Baltzer sent a shipment to Denver this morning. City scales closed all day for Christmas and New Year. Memorial Lutheran Sunday school children meet Friday at 2 30 pm. Harlow Business College closed for Christmas vacation, reopening January 2. Miss Harlow placed 10 graduates in Freeport since September 21, with several calls still unfilled.
Albert Snyder recovers well after a severe siege of sickness. Julius Nample remains on the sick list. Albert Schilling shows improvement. Leta Beat, daughter of Dr. E. H. Beat, is ill. Roy Rodwick resumes activity after illness. Miss Alice Henderson, previously quite ill, is improving.
Appropriate holiday exercises were held at the public schools today and this afternoon the schools were dismissed for the customary holiday vacation which will last until Tuesday an. 2.
L. I. Hackett Porter Stover Frank Winger and J. H. Staver attended the live bird shooting tournament at R IDott today Will Johnson Tred Ohlendorf and Steve Steffen also attended the tournament.
Members of the Catholic Order of Foresters will gather tonight for the election of officers. The meeting aims to select leadership for the upcoming term and organize local activities.
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio suffered 18 months from a rectal fistula. Doctors warned he would die without a costly operation. He cured himself using five boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, advertised as the surest pile cure and best salve on earth. Priced at 25 cents a box, sold by Emmert & Burrell.
The ad asserts Harpster's offers pure and safe candy for children with Christmas in mind. It promotes chocolate candy at 30 cents per pound and locates the shop at the postoffice block.
Min AO Thomas at 255 Galena Street advertises hair work in all its branches offering services likely including styling, cutting, and related treatments for local customers.
A Rockford Register Gazette analysis details a gang skilled with explosives cracking safes from St Louis to Chicago, hitting 22 safes in 20 counties over two years. Despite rewards over 10000 dollars, arrests are scarce as witnesses vanish behind masks and thieves vanish with plunder.
The Sunday school held its annual Christmas cantata last night at the Baptist church. A large audience praised the program, noting a clever hoop drill and a fine duet by Miss Kasten and Miss Pierssee. Cast of characters and full program listed, with Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup advertised.
Ruth chapter of the Daughters of Illinois will host a social Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Joseph Klis on North Galena avenue. An invitation is extended to all to attend.
A Shelley North Carolina patient, Mrs Luther Lutz, credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with curing seven years of illness and a three month cough after using two bottles. W C Hamnick Co reports the testimonial and offers trial bottles free at Emmer t Burrell’s drugstore with regular bottles priced 65 cents and $1.00, guaranteed.
Dr Armstrong notes in Helping Hand that Miss Alice L. Ford who ran Mizpah Hall Tamil school at Moulmein Burma will return home next spring. After ten days visiting the school he spoke to pupils about Christian faith and 41 students confessed Christ as savior with 9 more seeking prayers. Eleven are children of Christian parents, others come from Hindu and Mohammedan homes. Emmert & Burrell advertise Rocky Mountain Tea at 35 cents.
The city dresses for the holidays with abundant Christmas trees from Maryland and Tennessee, holly the favorite decoration, mistletoe scarce but valued sentimentally, ground pine popular for wreaths from Wisconsin, and a steady trade in fruits and nuts. California and Mexican oranges appear more on markets while Florida oranges shrink westward. nut prices rise due to a small crop. Emmert and Burrell promote Rocky Mountain Tea for seasonal blues.
Instructions cover pre washing darning and stain treatment with boiling water for fruit wine or coffee stains. Linen is soaked overnight in clear water then boiled with slight Gold Dust powder and minimal soap to brighten. Rinse cold, blue, starch lightly and iron after gifting a Wernicke elastic book case for Christmas from C. M. Donaruen.
For a few days only the firm advertises strictly fresh eggs at 16c per dozen and Argo bulk starch at 3c per pound. A full line of naval oranges Florida oranges bananas pears Concord Maligna and California grapes New York apples green onions radishes celery lettuce tomatoes sweet potatoes nut meats fancy lager raisins candied pineapple cherries citron orange and lemon peel available.
An old styled advertisement promotes a meat market with fresh dressed ducks geese chickens and seafood including blue points lobsters shrimps and venison. Dressed turkeys are priced at 11 cents per pound.
A historic notice declares exclusive agency rights for Winslow Rand Watsons Famous Boston Coffees Curtice Bros Blue Label Canned Fruits and Vegetables Gordon Dilsworths Table Delicacies, signaling a contractual exclusivity arrangement and related business rights.
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