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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1898

Page

2

Grand Opera Hours Announces Inaugural Seat Plan

Management of the Grand Opera Hours announces a seat reservation plan for the opening on Wednesday evening. Each person may reserve up to six seats unless bona fide buyers hold more, and they may reserve their full allotment. Purchasers may line up at Moogk's drug store on Tuesday, December 27, and receive numbered slips at 7:15 pm. Reservations start at 7:30 pm sharp.

Moogk’s

Five Cent Coffee Claim Stirs Local Taste Test

A fragment announces a 5c coffee offered as equal to pricier brands and promotes a 25c Java and Mocha as the best coffee on earth, inviting readers to try. The note is promotional and lacks verifiable details or a clear event.

Christmas Exercises Brighten City Churches Program Details

Churches across the city host Sunday school Christmas programs with elaborate decorations and gifts. Trinity, St John, Memorial Lutheran, Third Presbyterian, Embury, St Marys, German Reformed, and others present cantatas, pageants, recitations, and choruses tonight or Monday with extensive lists of acts and participants.

Trinity Church Trinity Sunday School Margie Armstrong Ganena Wise Xone Oss Oblander Edna Hall Bethlehem Mildred Earl Hokamaier Pele Ul-La-By Kittie Lerch Warren Dickover Hté Hératos Mick Christming Guiding Star Vanda Healy Edna Smith Yong Santa Claus Alfred Wagner Memorial Lutheran Sunday School Santa Claus Miss Potast Wi Rech Walcome Frida Hahn Emma Stabben Fred Schuhmach Eddie Landgraf Myrtle Ulrich Meta Sueltmann Hedwi Kraoht Alta Kruge Alma Kruse Edna Hl Inez Ulrich Elsie Freudenborer Ella Roth Lillian Levien Bertha Schuhmacher Mary Brau Charlie Lee Grande Carl Uhlig Bent Irma Koehler Frida Heimel Emma Jacobs Dialogue Emma Kirchhofer Alma Koehler Bertha Herbig Laura Heimbach Ida Montigel Anna Trautwein Martha Hill Clara Roth Otto Weiss Clara Heimbach Frida Jacobs Lottie Winters Lina Campmeier Alma Keil Tillie Lundgraf Helen Sprattler Martha Kracht Meta Janssen Ella Ulrich Third Presbyterian Church Rev Engelke Daniel Schubert Lillie Odenbaugh Harry Zimmerman Minnie Damman Emma Christen Anna Zimmerman Jennie Zanoni Annie Damman Embury Miss Best W. A. Merrifield Lloyd Lang My Dolly Ilahi Spitler Gaura Hoefer Fdith Gourtues U. B Second Presbyterian Church Second Presbyterian Sunday School Ida Reed Smith T. Martin Towne Holy City Roy Briller Josie Casford Dannie Voss Bennie Watson Fair Bethiehem Margie Hershey Florence Marr Mary Bauscher Minnie Spitler Freddie Kenke Louis Lobkicker Davie Graham Ray Warner Mabel Ryan Herod Annie Yarger Mary Brooks Jonata Rosenstiel the Eart Alma Vaupel Hattie Dickover Ada Voight Margaret Heisler Gladys Brine Alfreda Voigt Jesus Esther McCaughtry Jessie Casford Grace Hughes Ruth McCaughtey Carrie Hartzell Francia Watson Athol Heisler Givyergive Florence Miller

Weather and health notes mix in a scattered 1900s page

A chaotic clipping covers long range forecasts of warm waves east of the Rockies and cool waves west, with references to blizzards and storms around December to January. It includes Beecham's Pills praise and medical advice from Dr. Pierce, then drift into Japanese navy demographics and consumer remedies for women, hemorrhoids, and cough syrups.

Rockies Freeport J. R. V. Pierce The Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo N.Y Pierce

A Grand Line of All Kinds of Christmas Gifts Wa Koenia

A compact catalog note lists a grand line of Christmas gifts offered by Wa Koenia at 216. The item emphasizes variety and availability for holiday shoppers.

Civil War veteran carries bullet in heart for 87 years

The Baltimore Sun notes William 3B. Smallbridge of Glenville West Virginia carried a heart bullet for 87 years. He died not from the bullet and underwent autopsy at his request to locate the embedded bullet for science. Also mentions Burdock Blood Bitters and rail travel promotions with stops via Pennsylvania Short Lines after Christmas 1898.

Anna Piper Brandparents Santa Claus Santa Adam Schaal J. Hea Galena St The Baltimore Sun William 3B. Smallbridge Glenville W. Va Washington Philadelphia New York Pennsylvania Chicago Union Station East H. R. Dering A. G. P. Agr South Clark Street Chicago

List of garments and accessories for sale items

Aprons hoods bags hose baskets card cases pin cushions belts collars dress goods skirts shawls silks suspenders suits pants shirts pajamas night robes fur gloves dress gloves mittens wristlers bath robes.

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