Movements of Freeport People and Their Many Friends
Local notes recount Freeport residents and visitors returning from cities like Chicago Monroe Woodstock and Galena. Frequent travel includes Miss Victoria Rame Gustie Seitz and Miss Addie Trice among others with family visits and plans for study work and relocation. Notable mentions include legal official Bob Wright and editor Frank Moran eyeing state board positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Chicago
Gustie Seitz
C. Emder
Madison
George Tinsley
Lawrence Hartzell
Boyd Brown
Walter Saenger
Apple River
Roy Munn
Addie Trice
Kankakee
H. J. Saeger
Farris
E. E. Thayer
Harry Brubaker
Woodstock
W. N. Cronkrite
South
Geo. Phillips
Mt. Carroll
A. L. Wheeler
New Orleans
Illinois Central
Minnie Bergman
Newton
Towa
Hon
A. Bergman
Mannie Bergman
California
Ed Welch
Brewster House
Courtney
North Dakota
J. B. Hinds
Lena
Galesburg
Hinds
Bob Wright
Boone County
Frank Moran
Belvidere Republican
Wright
State Board of Equalization
Ice Harvest Underway With Large Workforce and Brewery Ice Houses
The ice harvest has started with about 150 men on the river. William Asher runs about 60 workers for cutting ice for the Schmid brewery ice house, capacity 700 tons, and plans to begin for the Illinois Centre house next, holding 2,500 tons. St Paul capacity 600 tons, Baier and Ohlendorf 1,500 tons. Ice is about a foot thick and clear. outlook good. J B Smith delays until late week. Pattigan and Kryder sell Bellamy’s Looking Backward at fifty cents, sixteen cents for copies. First come, first served. badge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Asher
Schmid Brewery
Illinois” Centre House
St. Paul
Baier & Ohlendorf
J.B. Smith
Freeport Masons mark golden anniversary and lodge lineages
In Freeport the Excelsior Lodge prepares a 50th anniversary celebration for its founding on February 22, 1850. Evergreen and Moses R. Thompson lodges share historic ties. The article notes the lodge rooms, notable charter members, early officers, and continued growth to about 240 members. Also covered are recent officer installations for Freeport Council No. 102 and John A. Davis Post, G A R, plus Kiwanis and Baptist union activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Excelsior
Evergreen Lodges
Excelsior Lodge
Fisher
Galena and
Exchange Streets
Stephenson County Bank
Grumbiner’s
Munn
Fry
Julius Smith
Thos. J. Turner
Gershom Rice
Oscar Taylor
S. B. Farwell
John Jackson
J. A. W. Donahoe
A. W. Rawson
Reuben Ruble
James Wright
Giles Taylor
M. M. Mayer
Evergreen Lodge
Moses R. Thompson Lodge
Mercy and Help committee meeting postponed
The Mercy and Help committee meeting at the home of Mrs. A J Stucken berg was postponed until Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy and Help Committee
A. J. Stuckenberg
Judge Baume Praised For Fair Courts In Carroll County
Dixon notes Judge James Baume well liked for firmness and impartial decisions. George Adams was fined 200 dollars for selling liquor to a habitual drunkard, with costs totaling about 156 dollars and a committed jail term until paid. Dixon Sun reports postmaster candidates and other local items including Galena crossing ice river to market 900 cords of wood next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Ilinois
Carroll
James Baume
George Adams
Grant Hungerford
Baume
Carroll County
Adams
Galena
John Gear
Mississippi
Gordon’s Ferry
Iowa
Gear
Sterling Hearse and Carriage Company
St. Louis
Whiteside
Prince
Thomas A. Galt
Sterling
Stella F. Owens
Elgin
Elgin News
Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago
Splendid Annual Report for St. Francis Hospital
The St. Francis Hospital annual report notes debt reduced to 2800 after paying 2700 from 5000 mortgage on the building erected ten years ago. First patient admitted February 1, 1890, with 65 treated first year and 305 last year, plus 130 nursed in private homes totaling 435 patients in 1899. Night watch 1417 hours. 37 deaths. 257 discharged. Ensign Elizabeth Secombe of the Salvation Army will speak tonight at the army hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis Hospital
Hospital
Dan
Los. Phaeleeg
Ustacen Casa Venpare
Wedeban
Orphan Home Dan
Cote Hsv
The Number Thirteen Superstition Aboard a Rail Line
Canton Register reports a superstition tale as train 1313 on the Buda and Rushville line proves unlucky. Engineers, conductors, and crew fear the omen while railroads plan annual free passes for 100,000 workers, despite a Great Western wreck and pass policy changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Buda
Rushville
Coe
Providence
Bradford
Galesburg
Yates City
Hollister Jeweler takes partner Leslie Fargher in Freeport
Tying into the expanded business, jeweler T. H. Hollister adds Leslie Fargher, a six year veteran of the store, as partner. Hollister seeks outdoor activity for health while Fargher brings vigor and plans for growth amid local illnesses and ongoing staff concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Hollister
Leslie Fargher
Freeport
Hollister
Beecham’s Pills Highlighted Amid Fragmented List
A fragment lists names J. W. Evans of Monroe, Anna Goodhart of Monrde, Wm. Housemann of Madison, and Olive Belrend of Madison with ages 35 29 20 19, followed by an endorsement claiming Beecham’s pills as the best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Evans
Monroe
Anna Goodhart
Monrde
Wm. Housemann
Madison
Olive Belrend
Sale of spectacles without diploma not prohibited in Illinois
Reader asks if selling spectacles without a medical diploma is illegal. The Peoria Star notes no statute in Illinois bans such sales. The state medical board has pressed narrow interpretations to curb nonmedical sales, but common sense law remains the guiding axiom. The article criticizes overreach and insists no statute forbids selling spectacles by nonprofessionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria Star
China
Illinois
Afghanistan
Kingdom
Swat
Principality
Brahmapootra
State Medical Board
Illinois Central switchman hurt at work last night
Injured left arm of Fred Meise a switchman for Illinois Central while on duty. Dr Mease is attending him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason Cole
Henry Nuesse
Edward Bausch
Miss Henderson
A. J. Burkhart
Patrick Mooney
Dr. Mease
Fred Meise
Illinois Central
Remarkable Rescue Of Mrs Curtain By New Discovery
Mrs. Michael Curtain of Plainfield credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption with curing her chronic lung illness after a month of treatment and six bottles. She reports rapid improvement, can now do housework, and the product is sold by Hmert Burrell s drug store with a free trial available. Good apples by the barrel. 42 Stephenson St H D Conover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Curtain
Plainfield
Tfl
King
Hmmert & Burrell
Stephenson St. H. D. Conover
Roadside Inventory Note at Cedarville
A brief classified item lists six cane chairs and four bottom chairs on Cedarville road. It asks to leave word at the high office for pickup or contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedarville Road
Also Mentioned on This Page
Freeport, Ill
Fred Stewart
Kryder
Pecatonica
John T. Smith
Waterloo
Victoria Rame
Geo. F. Dehn
Mamie Seitzberg
Samuel Lebkicker
F. S. Taggart
D. W. Clinton
Joseph Milner
Wilbur Reitzell
Ethel Antill
Savanna
Russell Johnson
J. E. Tuckett
Miss Holliday
Miss Cox
Monmouth
Pattigan & Kryder
Bellamy
Excelsior Lodge OF Masons
National Union Officers
Freeport Council No
National Union
H. 8. Bowler
E. H. Allen
J. S. Lathrop
C. C. Wolf
C. S. Barrett
A. K. Stibgen
J. M. Rodenbaugh
F. Lohr
B. P. Hill
J. G. Ulrich
H. Bengston
J. E. Adamson
W. H. J. Stratton
John A. Davis
Woman’s Relief Corps
K. of G. Hall
Rinaldo Lodge
K. of P
Jacob Krohn
Evergreen Lodge of Masons
Cherry Camp
The
Baptist Young People’s Union
Mabel Rawleigh
Jourden
Minnie Qorm
H. E. Schofield
Clare Lathrop
Dixon Sun
F. Shaw
the Telegraph
Michael Maloney
Elizabeth Secombe
Salvation Army
Army Hall
Railroad News
Pennsylvania Road
Great Western
Aiken
Ayer
Dr. Ayer
J.C. Ayer
Lowell, Mass
Boston
Stephenson Street
Odds and
Dr. Warren
Palmist
van Buren St
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