County officers announce candidacies in primary races
A series of public notices from County Treasurer candidates B G Cooper and Thomas C Shaffer and Sheriff candidate Everolmon, all declaring intent to run in Stephenson County subject to Republican primary decisions. Brubaker and others also announce candidacies, naming county offices and election context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Ce
Thomas C. Shaffer
Fiereby
Stephenson County
Everolmon
B. F. Brubaker
Candidate announcements for Illinois legislature in Republican primaries
WILLIAM W. KBRAPE declares candidacy for member of the General Assembly in Illinois. He flags a party primary decision by the Republican party of the September district. The notice is dated December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yal
General Assembly
Ilinois
Republican Party
Sepweilfth
William W. Kbrape
Oes
D&wtf
County Superintendent race signals Republican bid by Henry Ritzman
County officials report Henry Ritzman announces candidacy for county superintendent of schools with Republican ties and party emphasis. The campaign aims to shape leadership in local education affairs through party endorsement and public engagement.
Personal Record of Freeport Residents and Visitors
A community notes crowded with names of Freeport residents and visitors. It lists Mrs F A Gochnaur visiting natives at Afalkey, J W Howe in Chicago, Geo A Stemm on business, Charles Kolp of Denver visiting family, J H Hicks of Shullsburg visiting relatives, George Lilley and son visiting friends, Mrs C M Brown back from Fond du Lac, Mrs C L Boken of Rochelle staying with her daughter Mrs E F Holtzman, Miss Sarah Karcher visiting a friend in Delhis, Beasts Bridge returning home, Mr and Mrs F Nickerson returning to Iowa City, John Erwin of Tennessee Ill, Mrs W A Chapple called to Capron, Henry Arnold of Sterling visiting Freeport, Mr and Mrs N O Gishwiller returning to Sac City, John Propp and family returning to Land Center, Miss Laura Hefer and Albert Hoefer back from UW, Mrs M E Helmer visiting father William Atkinson, Mr and Mrs John Arnold returning to Muncie, Ind, George H Dehn returning from the East with Mrs A F Walters, SH G Q Williard arranging for Empire Stock Co attraction at the Grand, Stella Fells visiting Chicago to study at Northern University, Alberta Gale et al bound for DeKalb normal, James Gleason leaving for Orleans, and local publisher G Co of Chicago involved in regional interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Gochnaur
Afalkey
J. Howe
Chicago
Geo. A. Stemm
Charles Kolp
Denver
A J. H. Hicks
Shullsburg
Wis
George Lilley
George
Dakota
C. M. Brown
Fond. du Lac
C.L. Boken
Rochelle
E. F. Holtzman
Sarah Karcher
Williard
Hi Empire Stock Company
Toda
Grand
Stella
Belle
James Fells
Chisago
Northtern University
Orrhage
Media Pyle
Michael Harrigan
Hylén McConnely
Bastion
Smith
Fred Nitzel
Cornelia Williams
Harold Bartlett
Hannah Smith
H. H. Broadie
Francis Smith
Herman Fi
Bohen
Anna M. Hand
Patrick Finn
Wim. H. Myers
John Smith
Fred K. Russ
M. Thomas
Edna Fredericks
Catherine Deibel
Charles F. Taggart
Richard Gleason
Mary Dawson
Philip Bardell
Knauff
Mary Laible
Gladys Brine
Grace Laible
Wm. D. Bengelsdorf
Theresa Eberle
David Cohn
David A. Lizer
Matilda Foy
Caroline Zimmer
Charles Burton
Agnes Womelsdorf
Hershal Woodward
Henry H. Wilson
Harry L. Holsapple
Emily Hannah
Florence Boos
Sarah J. Miller
Charles Niemeyer
Sister Maria Borgia
William Cherkey
Ted Schultz
Mary Rising
Harry P. Reed
Richard Weik
Daniel Stewart
Vincent Rosenstiel
Eugene Trickel
Barbara Derrick
William H
Brahms
John Krueger
T. A. Bookman
Fannie M. Stevens
Ralph Bokemeier
Samuel Sweitzer
William Griser
Liliam G. Galbraith
John
Steffen
Mary Lonergan
William A. Farnam
George A. Shafmeyer
George P. Dawson
R. W. Emrich
Henry Ratz
Louis Hageman
Ethel Holsapple
John Baltzer
Mary A. Herrick
George Richards
George L. Seventyell
Frederick Lakemacher
Charles T. Rothermal
Infant McMinn
Albert Studert
James Fitzgerald
Mary A. Wike
Armagost
Mrs. McGuire
Mary Burns
Raymond G. Fisher
Ellen Fitzgerald
David J. Rockey
Marie Knppstein
Infant Gaukapp
Wilhelmina Ruthe
Gonella Clara Powell
Emil Janzi
Theodore Bassler
Elizabeth Linder
Lucinda Reigard
Albert M. Chamberlin
William Henen
Gertrud Kaiser
Stephen Roth
Emma Mary Schmid Voigt
Fredericka Ruthe
Helen Louise Byerly
Philip Maurer
William A. Cumminsford
Charles P. Snow
August Fenner
John Cahill
William Donohue
Frank R. Meigs
Ethel Fenner
Sophia Mellnick
W. F. Miley
Edna Renecker
John Hahn
Vernie Smith
Elizabeth M. Dehn
Anna Marie Herman
Joseph H. Gibler
Samuel Harry Atkinson
Katherine Kachhoffer
Frank &Mford
Farmer Injured in Local Accident
Jp Pouplin, a farmer from yer oie township near three of the city, sustained a fall while attempting a maree. His right wrist was fractured and he was taken to the city for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pouplin
Burial Permits Of The Past Year Records By City Clerk
A year long record from City Clerk Waterstradt lists burial permits for 12 months with each deceased’s name, age, and cause of death. January entries include diphtheria, hanging, cancer, pneumonia, and heart disease among many others. months February through December add numerous cases such as tuberculosis, old age, debilitation, and injuries from trains and accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterstradt
Meta M. Neuman
William P. Luettig
Otillia Schinig
Frederick Kracht
Paul Heck
Charles F. Hildbrandt
Thomas Yeoman
Edna Belle Stine
George M. Reitzell
James Radican
W. H. Dickover
Thomas Wohlford
Rose Murphy
Winnifred Root
John de Walt
Catherine Osborn
Ferdinand Neumann
Barbara Hagadorn
Herman Kemphel
Edward Stork
Margaret Reineke
Thomas A. Ryan
Catherine Rose
Mildred Heitzman
James M. Smith
John Vail
Livingston
Colby
Marie Teunman
Marasmus
Amieus P. Goddard
Ernest Vieregge
Elizabeth Preston Y"adamson
Isabella Griffin
George W. Wilson
George Long
Nitz
Charles Popp
Catherine Beaver
Grippe
Sweigert
Emma Wade
William Kirchman
Mary McGinnis
Nelson Strong
Michael Mosser
Henry Haldeman
Elska Huisinga
August Luedeking
Nancy Eliza Giles
Henrietta, Bergholte
Edna Birkmeyer
Henry Graesslin
Regina Muhr
William W. Smith
Henry Fritz
August I. Kloepping
Rohkar
Louis Saenger
George Tandy
Fanny Groff
Henry J. Krugjohann
Barbara Goessman
Henry Ryden
Bright
George Kallen
John P. Byerly
George W. Bisman
William H. Termohlen
J. W. Brine
B. J. Holley
Herman Schlaegel
John Maloney
Harry Wilson
F. Liebartau
Minnie Lawler
Jonathan Stewart
May—Mary Curry
W. B. Power
Mary Finn
Catherine Geiger
Isaac B. Rowsland
Catherine le Grande
Minnie Romine
Robert H. Keeler
Rose McGrath
James Keesey
Charles Chamberlin
Elrza Roe Shannon
William H. Place
Ira B. Schofield
John Wiefenbach
John Lenty
Gavinan
Eliza M. Pattison
Jupe
Hdsen Brobest
W. M. Brown
Guy Mullen
Ligale Bunker
Arthur Franz Celebrates Majority With Friends in Liberty Street
Arthur Franz enjoyed a surprise birthday gathering at his Liberty street home marking his coming of age. About twenty five friends joined in dancing and games while Henry Luecke presented a gold signet ring as a memento of the happy occasion, followed by refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Franz
Liberty Street
Henry Luecke
Mr. Franz
A Surprise Party Cure Promises Relief for Stomach and Liver
A pleasant surprise party may be given to your stomach and liver by a medicine that will relieve their pain and discomfort Dr King s New Life Pills. They are a wonderful remedy affording relief and cure for headache pain and constipation 25 cents at Grseph Emmert s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Grseph Emmert
Fire losses in Freeport 1905 totalled per major blaze
The record shows Freeport fires cost $57,618.60 in 1905, led by a July 22 blaze that destroyed the Goddard mill and the Freeport Railway Light & Power electric plant, with an estimated $35,000 loss. Other significant losses included Nieman clothing store $6,800 and Hoover's soap factory $4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Goddard
Freeport Railway, Light & Power Company
Nieman Clothing
Hoover
Hermameier
Rodemeyer
E. P. Brown
Fifth Avenue
Jacob Klein
Oak Place
Hermsmeier
Galena Street
Illinois Central
Nieman Brothers
Stephenson Street
William Meise
Oak Street
Groneman
G. Maffioli
Summit Street
Green
F. A. Schulz
Lincoln Avenue
Kintzel
van Buren
Diffenbaugh
Herbert Fisher
Christ Shouer
Whistler Street
van Buren Street
August Kettlehaut
Shawnee Street
Hoover Rendering Works
Goddard Mill
Empire Theatre
Yordy Brothers
Walnut Street
Nettie Huénkemeier
Christ Guhl
West Freeport
Dittman
Galena Avenue
Henry Fredericks
State Street
Knowlton Street
Troy Cafe
Denial of Peter Sermon Marks Quiet Revival Night
Rev. Warren Behan led a revival at the First Baptist Church last evening on The Denial of Peter, with attendance diminished by bad weather. Services continue nightly this week at 7 30, and children’s meetings are held at 4 o’clock each afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Warren Behan
First Baptist Church
Peter
Behan
Sick and Afflicted In Town
Amsey Resh, who has been ill, is improving. James Dooley of Winne sheik street is ill with tonsillitis. Misa Guasie Knoeller is suffering from a severe attack of tonsillitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsey Resh
James Dooley
Winnesheik Street
Misa Guasie Knoeller
Kruse and Koenig Visit Wisconsin City During Holidays
Harry Kruse and Robert Koenig visited their parents in a Wisconsin city during the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Kruse
Robert Koenig
University of Wisconsin
Ganz Tomorrow At Grand Opera House In Rockford
Horace B Worthington of Rockford says a long wait lies ahead for bigger acts due to costs and small city size. He praises Rudolph Ganz and predicts audiences in Freeport and Rockford will find him as satisfying as Paderewski Bauer or Rosenthal after his Heasad Opera House appearance tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purit
Rockford
Horace B. Worthington
Sterday
Manure
Wil H
Aw Rudolp Gans
Freeport
Cable‘womany
Mason & Amlin
Albertson & Stemi
Worthington
Paderewski
Bauer
Rosenthal
Rudolph Ganz
Heasad Opera House
Trainmaster Caldwell Considers Major Rail Promotion
Trainmaster W T Caldwell, just back from Little Rock Arkansas, hesitates to accept a likely top post as superintendent of the Iron Mountain division linking Little Rock and Arcana. If he accepts, Freeport loses a friend but gains a climb to a high railroad peak. Meanwhile J W McCaffrey has settled into his new role as chief dispatcher and trainmaster of a newly created division with a lucrative pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Caldwell
Little Rock
Ark
Iron Mountain Road
Arcana
Caldwell
Freeport
Mr. Caldwell
J. W. McCaffrey
Estate court records list multiple probates and guardianships
County court records show numerous estate actions including inventories approvals and recordings, petitions to probate wills, guardianship filings and bond orders. Items mention Andrew J Brubaker Simon Kortner Charles Guentner Mary VanQsterloo Wilhelm Koch David Rockey Philip Beebe Caroline Kuhlemeyer Frank Brockmeyer and others with dates and actions such as reports, inventories, adoptions and wills being settled or ordered recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Brubaker
Simon Kortnér
Charles Guentner
Philip J. Geib
Jennie Roberts
Alpheus P. Goddard
Mary VanQsterloo
Wilhelm Koch
David J. Rockey
Philip S. Beebe
Caroline Kuhlemeyer
Kuhlemeyer Et al
Frank L. Brockmeier
Joseph and
Mary Wolf
Geroge Thompson
Henry B. Kuhleme
R. Hawke
Benjamin Fahr
Lucinda Reigard
Benjamin Sheckler
Reuben Seigfreid
Alice Harnish
Joseph J. Place
Christian Johnson
J. W. Johnson
Oscar RB
Knudson
Wm. Sack
Mrs Brine's Mother Dies in Batavia
Mrs Roscoe mother of Mrs Anna Brine of this city died New Year's night at her Batavia home after a brief pneumonia illness. Mrs Brine and her daughter Miss Jessie Brine left for Batavia last evening to attend the funeral.
Some Good Resolutions For Health Preservation
A historical health column urges care to prevent colds from turning to pneumonia and consumption. It promotes Father John’s Medicine as a pure, non addictive remedy, claims it strengthens the body and cures throat and lung troubles, and notes it is sold by Joseph Hmmer t at 111 Stephenson Street in Freeport Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father John
Joseph Hmmert
Stephenson Street
Freeport
Governor's authority debated on enforcing local laws
Springfield dispatch reports Attorney General Stead rebukes Mrs. Hill over the governor's role in enforcing local laws including the Sunday closing law. The AG restates that local officers enforce local statutes and the governor acts only when regular law administration is interrupted by violence. The letter emphasizes constitutional separation of powers and that enforcement is through courts, not direct gubernatorial meddling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Emily L. Hill
Chicago
Cook County Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Stead
Deneen
Hill
Illinois
American Stars of Equity Holds Regular Meeting
Freeport assembly No 1 of American Stars of Equity conducted a regular business meeting at the Odd Fellows hall last night. Several candidates were initiated and ritualistic work shown by a Freeport Stars team. District managers from Rockford Aurora and nearby cities attended and spoke on the order's benefits and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Stars of Equity
Freeport Assembly
Odd Fellows
Hall
Freeport
Rockford
Aurora
Masonic Temple Opening Slated for January 24 Ball
The committee coordinating the new Masonic temple opening has set January 24 for a formal reception and ball. This event marks the temple’s official dedication with a community gathering and celebratory festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Diamond Cure touted as Paris discovery for consumption
An ad touts a so called diamond cure for consumption and pneumonia claiming instant relief and lasting cure through Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. The pitch cites W T McGee of Vanleer Tennessee as a testimonial and lists price details and a storefront location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
W. T. McGee
Vanleer
Tenn
Dr. King
Joseph
Ammert
Frigl
Democrats Form Youth Club Amid Republican Challenge
Mayor Dittmar announced the formation of a new youth club by the Democrats aiming to mobilize young voters. Leaders seek suitable quarters and plan an early meeting, with a subscription drive to fund the organization and its activities for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trew
Republican Party
Dittmar
Coe
Moving Pictures Tonight at YMCA by Edison Company
The Edison Central Projectoscope Co presents life motion pictures at the Y M C A at 8 o clock. Wartime scenes with battleships soldiers and cavalry unfold in full action. A varied set of exciting pictures aims to entertain all ages with reserved seats for adults 25 cents and children 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Central Projectoscope Company
Edison Central Projectoscope Co
Life Motion Pictures
Edison
Vincis cod liver oil substitute praised by councilman
Councilman Franklin reports relief from long standing stomach troubles after using Vinci a cod liver oil alternative that has no oiliness and strengthens the stomach. Pharmacist Joseph Emmert of Freeport guarantees Vinci will aid digestion and appetite with a money back promise if unsatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinci
Franklin
Joseph Emmert
Freeport
Windon
Resolutions of Respect for Phil Beebe of Freeport
Resolutions note the death of Phil Beebe, a trusted member of Team Drivers Union No. 887 Freeport. The union drapes its charter for sixty days and spreads resolutions in the minute book, papers in Freeport and Rockford, and sends a copy to the deceased brother’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil. Beebe
Team Drivers’ Union
Freeport
Minute Book
Rockford Union Record
Rockford
County Club Election Tonight At 7 PM
The annual election of officers for the County club will be held tomorrow afternoon at 7 o'clock. Every member is requested to be present.
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Claim
For coughs and colds no remedy is equal to Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar. It expels all cold from the system acting as a cathartic on the bowels and affords immediate relief in croup coughs colds whooping cough. Children love it. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
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