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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1907
Page
4
The Freeport Journal receives a National Typographical Union label in recognition of its use of a union label in its mechanical departments.
Broelster Lodge No 7 meets on the first and third Fridays monthly. Evergreen Lodge No 170 meets on the first and third Mondays. Freeport Chapter No 8 meets on the first and third Tuesdays. Freeport Council No 9 meets on the fourth Tuesday. Freeport Commandery No 7 meets on the first and third Wednesdays.
Journal advertisers are asked to submit their ad copy early during the holiday rush. Emphasis is placed on Tuesday Friday and Saturday editions. Late arrivals may miss insertion if copy is not on hand the evening before or by 11 o clock on the day of issue.
A long list of residents and visitors from Dixon Freeport Orangeville Warren Warren area share daily calls, visits and travel. Notable names include George Turneaure Matt Cowley C O R Stabeck W H Speary A W Beckner J T Cronan and many families as they holiday plans and schooling trips unfold.
Winterton New York resident Abraham Brown recalls seven doctors misdiagnosing his condition as heart disease kidney trouble blood poison and stomach liver trouble before his wife urged Electric Bitters. He credits a single bottle with restoring his health. Also advertised Gua feeds to cure blood poison and digestive and kidney complaints by Joseph Emmert. 60c.
Freeport prepares for Christmas with Sunday school programs and broad observances across churches fraternal groups and clubs. Charity drives promise aid to the needy as business suspends and residents embrace a spirit of goodwill on Christmas Day.
The First Presbyterian Sunday school plans Christmas exercises Wednesday night with a tree and gifts for members. The program includes a processional hymn Onward, Christian Soldiers invocation songs responsive reading recitations by Vera Verbeck and Harriet Yarger and offerings in the Beginners and Junior departments concluding with benediction.
The Second Presbyterian Sunday School presents an evening program of Christmas songs with orchestra, recitations, and class gifts to hospitals and families. The event includes graduation from the primary to Junior and from Junior to the main school, with a decorated Christmas tree and a festive closing.
The Sabbath school of the First CG KB Church hosts an excellent program on Wednesday evening, December 256 with two large decorated trees and a free will offering to foreign missions. The 7:30 p.m. program includes songs, prayers, readings, and multiple musical and dramatic offerings by children and adults, ending with a Christmas benediction.
The Sunday school of the Ctermaan Reformed church led by Pastor Ernest Vraeper will host a Christmas celebration tonight starting at Tilb. A Christus tree and a program including recitations dialogues and Christmas songs and duets are planned. Congregation members and friends are invited to attend.
The close of the festival prizes and Christmas boxes will be given to the members of the Sunday School.
Firat M E Sunday school schedules an evening program at 7 30 with opening songs prayers recitations and numerous named participants. The long list includes Nita Hanna Bernice Talo Verna Kieckner Raymond Stewart Helen Hoy Margaret Kettner and many others in a sequence of recitations songs and scenes centered on Christmas themes.
Trinity United Evangelical Sunday school presents a Wednesday 7 30 program at the new church featuring songs prayers scriptures and anthems. Twenty readers declaimers and performers including Katherine Schmidt Harry Ritzman Esther Scheidt Harold Snyder and Ruth Ritzman participate with choral numbers solo recitations duets and a pantomime culminating in an address by the pastor and an offering.
Grace Church observes Christmas with Episcopal services and a church festival on Christmas Day. A Sunday school festival at 7:00 features pictures of Christ’s life and child carols, with a welcome to all. Christmas Day services at 7:30 and 10:30 include Holy Communion, music by Sir John Stainer, Festival Te Deum, and a choir anthem There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field.
Embury M E church Junior League will hold Christmas exercises Thursday afternoon December 26 at 8 30. All members urged to attend and bring a picket. A Christmas tree will be part of the program.
The Sunday school of Salem church presents a Christmas program at 7:80 o'clock with elaborate decorations and a good program. Everyone is warmly invited to attend this service.
At St Johns Church the Christians exercises by the children of St Jolavs evangelical Sunday school will be held Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. All friends of the school are cordially invited to attend.
Two Christmas services are planned at First Presbyterian Church tomorrow. The morning sermon at ten o'clock will be delivered by Rev. H. M. Markley of the Second Presbyterian Church, with other city ministers taking part. The Temple quartet will provide music and lead congregational singing, expected to draw a large attendance.
The First Presbyterian church invites all to attend the Sunday school exercises at 7 o'clock. A short program due to the tile folks. The church auditorium is decorated and a tree will be placed. Edwin Rotzler will perform a violin solo along with songs and recitations.
The Christmas exercises at Embury Sunday school will be held Wednesday evening at 7 30. It will be a giving Christmas and the scholars will contribute to the worthy charities of the city.
A large Christmas party is planned for tomorrow night at Germania hall with elaborate preparations by the social committee. Members can place gifts on the tree for others and the evening will close with a dance featuring Edward Gilbert's orchestra.
A Monday night party at Lexington hall hosted by the College Club of the University of Illinois gathered Freeport youths who spent the year in colleges. Prominent athletes were honored while reminiscences of college and high school days sparked new acquaintances. Guests included Irma Irwin, F. C. Van Hook, Helen Luttwinski, K. E. Hellstrom, Alta Flachtenmeier, E. F. Lindberg, Alice Mowrey, Edith Jardine, W. B. Gassman, E. Campbell, and Thomas E. Gill. The hall displayed pink and white colors with pennants from top schools. Gibler's six-piece orchestra provided college-flavored music including Illinois songs.
Public offices and libraries will close for Christmas. Sunday school superintendents report higher attendance in December. Salem and Baptist Sunday schools hold exercises Wednesday night. Barbers will close tomorrow. Rawleigh Medical distributes over 135 turkeys to employees. William Ascher to distribute about two tons of candy and 2500 Majestic theatre tickets. Bijou owner A J Schino hosts a post show spread. Henry Buggy company continues tradition of turkey gifts to foremen despite financial stringency.
At the local improvements meeting property owners on several streets agreed to brick pave South Galena to the city limits and macadamize Pleasant Dexter Union streets and Park Avenue. Objections to brick paving on South Galena were raised but dissolved after explanations.
Gabriel Stabenow of near McConnell appeared in circuit court this morning and pleaded not guilty to the charge in the indictment. He was bound over to the next term of court after giving bonds.
A fragmentary marriage license notice names Frank H. Messman of Rock Grove and Thomas J. Garvin of Washington with references to Carrie EK and McConm I Perry Oklahoma.
The Owls announce a special meeting at Seitz Ball Tuesday at 8 o'clock. Members are urged to attend as several important business matters will be discussed.
Wooden skating at the ay lor park rink described as the skating area for local patrons with casual use noted.
A fragmented note mentions Seeley’s Butter Sweets and Solt’s Aft, presenting a brief, unclear product or brand pairing likely from an advertisement or label. No coherent event or person details are extractable from the readable text.
Translates a catalog-like note urging purchase of rubber boots for a boy child. Mentions sizes 4d to lOt and references vendors Bi.2h Schmidt Wachlin Pfeiffer with dated 12-13d 10, implying a school item purchase and supplier shorthand.
Customer orders capon pickup at Fuss markets located at 180 Chicago and 126 Galena streets. The note cites a December date shorthand and confirms two market locations for the poultry purchase.
Bargains on bath robes and linking jackets advertised today and tomorrow with prices around four dollars. Gulden Kugie listed as a price reference.
Fire at the Freeport Shoe Manufacturing barn last evening burned for three hours after 5 o'clock, destroying the building and its contents totaling about 1400 dollars with only 750 dollars insured. The team of mules perished inside, hay and feed burned, and the cause remains unknown. Limited hydrant distance hindered suppression, prompting talks of new fire stations in the west end and near the Arcade addition.
A large number of Freeport students attending the University of Illinois will travel to Rockford next Saturday for the fourth annual banquet and reception of the University of Illinois club of northern Illinois. The Brown Teapot room will seat seventy five guests. Notable attendees include Thomas Arkle Clark dean of undergraduates, Attorney Charles Ferruson, Judge R. W. Wright, Frank Carpenter, and B. A. Slade. Thomas E. Gill of Pekatonica will toastmaster. Local attendees Dwight Smith Earl Frey George Schmelzle Chas McCool Oscar Hively Harry McCulloch Edward Allen and George W. Schoeffel.
A Dec 28 recital under the Woman's club at the Masonic temple promises a good program. Nellie Keator of Polo sings with a sweet voice and Edwin Rotzler and his wife are familiar to local music lovers. Tickets may be bought at the book stores.
Allen Phillips and Miss Trene Walbaum of Florence were united in marriage Monday evening at the homes of Mr. Hass with Rev. C officiating. The ceremony united the couple in a quiet local wedding reportedly attended by family and close friends.
The Golden Eagle unveils its largest and finest neckwear collection in the city, highlighting a broad range of ties and accessories designed to elevate formal and professional attire. Local shoppers are invited to preview the new line and discover exclusive pieces.
Woolever, a well known Le Raysville merchant, vouches for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a remedy for piles and all sores. He claims it cured him years ago and praises its ability to heal wounds and abrasions. Available at Joseph Mmimert’s drug store for 25 cents.
Buyer H Pontius & Co announces purchase of Win Secker Grocery Store stock and invites former customers to call. Fresh goods on hand and priced reasonably. December 17.
Spring is near and the ad promotes carriage and automobile storage and repainting services by KR. 8. Johnston, located upstairs at the corner of Spring and Mechanic. The notice is concise and addresses vehicle care for the season.
Santa Claus visited the Y M C A event with a large tree gifts and humorous moments as Blanner Smedley Rogers and Burn were teased. Secretary Smedley will lecture on Jamestown and the Old Dominion for the Boys department, with about one hundred views of the Jamestown exposition and Virginia sites. Tickets are affordable and many locals are expected.
Governor Deneen resumes midwinter campaigning starting in Taylorville Christian County with a four day loop through seven counties. He will speak at Morrison and Eureka, visiting Ogle Whiteside Lee Putnam DeKalb Marshall and Woodford counties, with stops in Dixon Rochelle Oregon DeKalb Chicago Peoria Hennepin Lacon and Eureka.
Elgin Til Dec 3 Members of the Elgin board of trade at their annual meeting today re elected John Newman president. He has served as president for ten years. Other officers chosen include Vice President Delmont K. Wood Treasurer William McCredie and Secretary Lee B Judson. Arbitration committee lists James Younger A Notteny G F Oatman S Edward Davis and D Woolverton. Appeal committee comprises M Richifies W L Hynea and F B Cornell. D E Wood remains vice president as the board’s surviving original incorporator. McCredie takes over as treasurer succeeding the late W W Sherwin.
A vintage advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh, claiming it cures a constitutional disease by acting on the blood and mucous sources. Proponents offer $100 for any failure to cure and urge readers to request testimonials, with the product priced at 75 cents and sold by druggists.
From Our Own Correspondent Harlem Corners December 26 Bert Kohl shows improvement under doctor care Harold Sullivan and Loretta Sullivan visit their grandparents Mr and Mrs D C Sullivan Freeport visitors include R Doosenstein and wife Friday Lena visitors Thursday included Kiday Edw Sullivan Clarence Rosenstiel and Miss W Kennedy Jed Schoeny delivered a beef to Malkey parties William Wagner delivered a fat sheep to butcher Fuss of Freeport Mrs Jessie Dueaney and son Frank visited county seat James Ferguson called in town Mrs Peter McGurk of Greenvale visited her parents several days last week Wdw Sullivan Freeport visitor Saturday
Advertises a 20 cent remedy claimed to cure liver and kidney problems, aid digestion, and promote bowel movement. Promoted as cleansing the kidneys and purifying the blood, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Sold by C B Guenther & Co at the corner of Galena Avenue and Galena Street.
Rosy offers men's and ladies fancy slippers at all prices with a promotion. DUECKE'S. located opposite the New York hotel at 52 Galena Street.
A sensational murder tale unfolds as a celebrated case draws ladies and gentlemen to the Golden Eagle venue. Details remain fragmentary but suggest a high society intrigue ending in tragedy.
Boston reports Mary Baker Eddy proposing a Christian Science institution costing at least 1 million dollars dedicated to helping the poor. Edifying details remain private as Eddy and estate trustees confer at Concord New Hampshire. Archibald McLellan of Chicago is to be briefed and will assist as details are finalized.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is presented as a new laxative that stimulates without irritation and is promoted as the best laxative with a money back guarantee. The sellers named are H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
The Majestic presents a new Ali Baba feature for the remainder of the week. The tale follows Ali Baba who discovers the Forty Thieves cave after overhearing their approach then steals gold. His sister and brother react with jealousy leading to peril and murder as oil tanks are used in a staged break in. The sister later kills the thief leader and reveals the plot to her brother.
The notice promotes Sclt's as the top destination for Christmas candy in the city with a festive sales push. It highlights seasonal treats and urges shoppers to visit for holiday sweets and gifts.
In Mound City Mrs HKD Clapp reports a remarkable recovery of Jerson from severe lung and throat trouble after using Dr. King's New Discovery. She describes exhausting coughing spells every five minutes and credits the medicine with saving his life. Trial bottle free. 60c and $1. Joseph Emmert, druggist.
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