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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1908
Page
3
Coming events include the second annual dance by the college club at the Masonic temple and the Alumni Ball also at the Masonic temple. A machinists union ball is set for Lexington hall on January 1, with the J R T annual ball and card party at the Masonic temple on January 4. The winter term at the College of Commerce opens then.
Dec 27 90 Bioscope Moving Pictures with matinee and night shows. Heart of the Rockies screens both sessions. The County Sheriff plays matinee on Dec 81 and Jan 1 9 Billy Link and Vaudeville Co. performs matinee and night Jan 3 Howe's Moving Pictures shows matinee Jan 40 North Bros. continue usual matinees Jan 10 Howe's Moving Pictures Jan 12 Manon and Meson Jan 18 East Lynn matinee and night Jan 14 Under Southern Skies Jan 16 Quincy Adams Sawyer shows listed.
The Freeport post office lists remaining letters for the week ending December 3, including names such as Mrs. Dred McArthur, Miss Daisy Fuller, Mrs. Chas Patton, Mrs. C. E. Gentlemans, and others. Addressed recipients are urged to claim by December 28 as advertised.
The Daily Journal offers citywide home delivery for 10 cents per week ensuring broad access to local news and updated content for residents.
Dolly and Mayling drive a triangular course amid Chesterton athletic fever as Dudley Blount’s gray car forces a reckless showdown. Dolly fends off car worship, flirtations with Mayling, and Blount’s suit of pride, until Blount’s crash ends the chase and Dolly forgives his courage.
The Independent envisions subirrigation drought and flood resistance, scientific forestry, multi crop farms producing wood and wheat, with women as horticulturists. closer ties between producers and consumers, stronger school alliance, and farms integrated with education for a paradise-like valley wealth and delight.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer letter notes bees hear during swarm season in sparsely settled areas. Farmers with few hives use simple nets and by throwing leaves or sticks to disrupt flight, guiding swarms to ground. When swarms ascend high, they bang pans and kettles to create noise, drawing bees down.
A humorous dialogue reveals a wife fretting not about expense accounts but about her husband’s bank balance. The exchange underscores how personal finances strain relationships, highlighting themes of money, trust, and domestic tension in a concise, witty frame.
Elbert T. Bentley recounts a WWI era tale of Bill Meacham, an escaped Civil War prisoner, who seeks food at a plantation. A young daughter aids him covertly, then later the fed figure confronts Meacham’s wife, revealing a haunting past connection and triggering a chilling homecoming memory.
In many humble French families the wife contributes from her dowry to the common fund. The portion, or dot of a French girl, is often used in part to establish the business venture or bushland.
Advertising copy promotes Pineules as golden kidney globules that purify the blood and relieve Backache Rheumatism Lumbago and fatigue. A 30 days trial costs $1.00 and is offered by H. J. Moogh and C. P. Guenther.
A peculiar excerpt presents odd definitions such as a Rainbow described as a meteor of various colors, a Balloon defined as a football for nobility, and an Elephant as the largest and most intelligent four footed beast, among other eccentric entries.
Denmark's King Christian learned of four Flakkebjerk boys whipped daily with a steel rope. He inspected the class, closed the school, provided chocolate and Cakes, and dismissed the cruel teacher without pension. He warned teachers to abandon corporal punishment.
A brief antiquated note on how Isle of Wight and Cornish residents refer to leaving their regions as going to England and Europe. It contrasts Balkan habits with local self labeling, noting a Cumbries minister praying for blessings on inhabitants of Great and Little Cumbria and nearby islands.
The Torre Della Fane in Pisa holds a grisly legend. Dante immortalized Count Trolling della Gherardesca as a Guelph tyrant whose schemes to subjugate his land led to his overthrow by the Ghibellines. He and his heirs were imprisoned. starvation was used as execution. the tower door was locked and keys cast into the Arno.
The article notes Medina as a historic holy city once superior to rivals in lands bearing the same name. It mentions Malta’s ancient capital and Medina Sidonia in Spain, its original name Yathrib, and its later title El Medina meaning the city of the Apostle.
A telephonic report to the chief describes a faulty house wiring connection with garbled phrases. The inspector mentions “Pound wire with po outside outside” and “Put inside wire outside and outside” and requests more outside for inside wiring, indicating a misconnected or compromised external/ internal setup.
A reflective piece urges readers to wear learning like a watch in a private pocket, warning against flashing earned knowledge. It stresses practical application over display and hints at humble, steady study rather than ostentatious proof.
A clipped overheard exchange shows a husband claiming no trouble but a wife describing a neighbor's fear of a frampophone. The dialog hints at local tensions over a noisy device affecting residents.
Advertises Rings Little Liver Pill as a nongripe remedy for biliousness sick headache and constipation. Priced at 25 cents and sold by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenther.
Ernest Poole writes in Everybody's Magazine about high paid sky crews who donate to the Sisters of Charity. The belief in luck amid risk is called the rule of three, seen from steel mills to mine sites. Foremen confirm the superstition that after two accidents a third is near, though some scoff at it.
A clipped antique line speaks of a man who notes his habit of making it a point, while describing another man marked by a wart on the nose, cross eyes, and a hair lip in a terse, observational aside.
A trembly woman admits to throwing a mop at Mike after a slow reply about love. She insists it was out of tenderness not malice, saying their hearts would break without love. The squire records the admission following a dispute in their home.
Washington leads with unique coking coal findings while Iowa reports the most egress. Annual output is estimated at 160 million dozen. North Carolina shines for diverse precious stones. Only New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin exceed 50 thousand acres in state forest lands among the states with reserves.
Matthew B. Marvin as executor will sell at the Freeport Court House on December 19 1908 at 2 PM the Wareham estate real estate. Included are multiple city parcels on Spring Walnut Jefferson and other streets with several dwellings and building lots. Cash with a deposit, terms set, bids reserved by executor. viewing available by appointment.
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