M. C. A. Activities Spotlight Tonight and Tomorrow
Tonight at 8 15 the M C A team meets Wheaton college basketball plus the alumni squad. Tomorrow the Star course fourth number features the silent film Hiawatha with half price tickets for children. An exhibit of show card writing by Y M C A night students attracts attention on Stephenson street. The winter term starts January 9 with Albert Ekeberg continuing as teacher. Two baseball games head a new YMCA league with four teams Kinley Hall Fulwider Neidigh captains and Y M C A names.
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Wheaton College
Hiawatha
Stephenson Street
Albert Ekeberg
Rockford
Ekeberg
Y.M.C. A
Cc. A. Kinley
W. H. Hall
L. A. Fulwider
Dr. Neidigh
Kinley
Hall
M.’ Fulwider
Neidigh
Cig
Year Ends With Local Social Notes In Lena
Lena notes from December 31 1906 recount visitors and social calls. Mabel Kailey arrives from Rockford and stays through New Year. Market changes include August Moellenberndt and H F Altenbern purchasing the Troater meat market. Watchnight service at the Methodist church features a 4 pm league service, German meeting at 9, a social hour at 10, a sermon on The New Birth, and a bell to ring out the old year and in the new. Mr. Carter of Beloit College visits Silas Heidenrich.
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Lena
Mabel Kailey
Rockford
M. T. Dodds
J. Dodds
August Moellenberndt
H. F. Altenbern
Trotter
Abner Johnson
James Johnson
Harrisville
Mich
Ezra Boyer
A. McComb
Chicago
Boyd Young
Dubuque
Jom Lampert
Lamperts
Daisy Dinges
Freeport
Freeport, Is Visiting the Misses Loofbourrow
Methodist
Henry Rech
Belle Lohr
Crotzer
Oregon
Ill
F. H. Warner
Warren
Frank
Siena
Madison University
F. J. Harris
Rudolph Leckington
John Trappen
Will Dammeier
Pearl White
Lantzer
Methodist Church
League
Mr. Carter
Beloit College
Silas Heidenrich
Garbrick Fifteenth Wedding Anniversary in Dakota
Ottis Garbrick and wife of Dakota celebrated fifteen years of marriage last Saturday. Fifty invitations were sent and the home was festively decorated under a white bell as guests enjoyed a four course dinner. Both natives of Center County Pa they were married at Dakota and reside there with Garbrick farming and running a dairy.
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Ottis Garbrick
Dakota
Garbrick
Center County
Social Circle Event Honors Miss Carrie McConnell
Mrs. McConnell Jones of Ridott hosted guests for sister Miss Carrie McConnell’s return from the south. The evening featured a reading by Martha, music by Mrs. J. T. White and Hazel Shoemaker, a humorist set by Prof. H. C. Allman, and a Gypsy act by Miss Waters. Absence of Supt. L. M. Swansey and Mrs. Swansey due to illness noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McConnell Jones
Ridott
Carrie McConnell
South
Jones
Martha
J. T. White
Hazel Shoemaker
Freeport
H. C. Allman
Cedarville
Miss Waters
Old
Mexico
L. M
Dr Polings Birthday Dinner Held For Twenty Five Guests
Dr J A Poling hosted a birthday party at his home Saturday evening for about twenty five gentlemen friends. A roast pig dinner was served at 7 pm. Music by Edwin Rotzler Oscar Wagner and Jerome Gibler complemented the event. Mrs Poling performed vocal selections and guests read toasts at their plates with clever verse about Douglas Pattison and Fred Young drawing extra merriment. The toasts were written by Mrs Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Poling
Edwin Rotzler
Oscar Wagner
Jerome Gibler
Douglas Pattison
Fred Young
Mrs. Smith
Scott house party at J Van Dyke home west of town
Mr and Mrs W E Boyington Mr and Mrs C C Wolf Mr and Mrs Mason Fox Mr and Mrs W E K Fry Mr and Mrs Seth Scott and Mr and Mrs J P Kramer attend the annual Scott house party held this year at the J Van Dyke residence four miles west of town on the Pearl City road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Boyington
Eastern Star Danse and Card Party at Masonic Temple
The Eastern Star will host a danse and card party at the Masonic Temple on Thursday evening. The B of L F and Ladies society will hold a joint meeting Tuesday evening January 1 at K P hall. Cards at 8 30 sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
B.of L. F. and
Ladies’ Society
K. P. Hall
Freeport Fire Department Reports Low Loss, Few Alarms
The 12 month fire record shows 72 alarms with no truly dangerous blazes. Chief John F. Rodemeiser notes hose and ladder units logged extensive operations totalling millions of feet laid and miles run, with total losses at 5916 dollars, including a 50 dollar West Freeport incident.
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Freeport
John F. Rodemeiser
West Freeport
The Funny Man Abroad Hoax at Ballymena
The London Daily Mail recounts a Ballymena Ireland hoax in which placards claimed the war office would buy cats to combat rats plaguing barracks at home and abroad. A reward was offered, carts brought many cats into town, but no war office official appeared and the perpetrator remains sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funny Man
London
Ballymena
County Antrim
War Office
Professor Cheers Wife With Science Joke
The college president narrates a chemistry professor story. A domestic dispute over expense ends with the professor quipping that tears are useless since they are just water with phosphorous salts and a hint of salt. The line reflects a light humorous tone from Harper's Weekly.
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Harper's Weekly
Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Teases Quick Relief
Have you indigestion, constipation, headache, backache, kinder trouble Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will make you well. If it fails, get your money back. Tea or tablet form. 33 cents. Jos Emert.
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Hollister
Jos, Emmert
December dances and balls announced by local societies
The notice lists upcoming events including Germania society dance and card party in December, Machinists ball at Blust's hall on December 31, Midwinter dancing party of Freeport club on December 31, and multiple January gatherings such as the Lexington hall dance, Freeport College of Commerce opening, and the Blacksmiths ball at Blust's hall, with other police and machinist events noted.
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Germania Society
Blust
Hell
Nec
Freeport Club
L-B
BRT
Lexington Hall
Freeport College of Commerce
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Fielperslinton
B.A. Blust
Masonite Temple
When daylight fades the Gobelins will git you
A lyric parody contrasts old gas light with new electric daylight and lamp failures, imagining a future where brighter electric lights banish darkness. It notes a timeline involving Marse Gregory’s franchise and the day when Gobelins vanish as streets stay lit. The piece closes with a family notice: George Blust and wife become grandparents as a baby boy, George Franklin Keck, arrives in Allentown, tied to Mae Blust Keck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Blust
Frank Keck
Allentown
George Franklin Keck
Keck
Mae Blust
Case Dismissed for Lack of Prosecution
Charge against Charles Stomm of German Valley was dismissed in Justice Goddard's court after the plaintiff failed to appear, the case called for trial this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stomm
German Valley
G A R Installation of John A Davis Post Officers
Officers elect of John A Davis post G A R will be installed tomorrow night in a ceremonial event at the post headquarters with current members in attendance and the public invited to observe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Davis
Licensed to Wed Axel Johnson in Rockford
Elizabeth Sammelson and Will Grace are listed in a Denver bound notice with names and locations indicating a marriage license event. The item notes Axel Johnson of Rockford and Elizabeth Sammelson, with Grace returning to Denver, Colorado today.
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Axel Johnson
Rockford
Elizabeth Sammelson
Same Ee
Will Grace
Denver
Colo
Severe Last Winter Snow Across Sahiara Frontiers
A Bulletin of the American Geographical Society notes a severe last winter with courier disruptions after February 8 due to bad weather. Snow fell February 5 to 10 in multiple areas including Ei! Gelen and Yimmimun, with depths of four to five centimeters, marking an unprecedented winter snow event for El Golea and surrounding regions.
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Sahiara
Warela
Ei! Gelen
el Khousa
Fort MacMahon
Gurara
Oases
Wakda
Yimmimun
el Golea
Bulletin American Geographical Society
A Miraculous Cure Adverts Electric Bitters
H M Adams and wife Henrietta Pa recount a five year eczema case they labeled incurable. After using Electric Bitters, their child improved after two bottles and fully recovered after seven. Described as a modern blood medicine and body building tonic. Guaranteed. 50c and 1.00 at Joseph Eammert's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Adams
Henrietta
Joseph Eammert
Special Sale Pianos and Organs in Freeport
AFreeport store advertises slightly used pianos from 125 dollars with payment plans from 4 dollars monthly and organs in high top cases from 10 dollars with 2 dollar monthly payments. New pianos offered on flexible terms, largest stock in Freeport, no canvassers, store open Monday and Saturday evenings.
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Freeport
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W.j.young &Co
Otto Wagner
Galena St
Washington
Congress
Yyletl
Freeport Cligclommead
Galena &T
Pictorial Review
Geo. A. Rogers
Stephenson St
Sonas
Union Loan & Building Association
Galena Ave
Yy. M. C. A. Affairs
Strong Wheaton College
the Daily Journal
Dr. Poling
Scott House Party
Social Notes
Muliong
Grand Opera House
Lyman FL
Howe
Moving Pictures
Gobelins
Lessuah
Orde Gobelins
Anton
du Ciebelius
Marse Gregory
Drrkness
G. A. R. Installation
Sahara
Journal
Otter
Traquiee
J. C. Paules
W.T. Rawheigh
Douglas Ave
K. H. Stultz
Empire Street
M. B. Marvin
A. Alexander
the Cable Co. Pianos
GEO. A. Stemm
Galena St. Opp. N. YY. Hotel
Cash
Brown & Dollmeyer
Ars
A&sc
WM. Koenig
Brewster House
C.W. Harden
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