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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1900
Page
5
A grateful Amboy woman recounts months of pain in her right arm and shoulder. After four treatments at Gregory & Gregory magnetic healers she reports full recovery, able to lift her arm and dress unaided, praising Prof Gregory and wife for the cure.
Fragmentary OCR shows a street address in Freeport Illinois with a corner location at Stephenson and Chi streets. Details are unreadable but indicates a sale notice or real estate listing dated December 22.
Entertainments and meetings of interest to Freeport residents include Lewis Morrison in Fredrick the Great at the Grand opera house on Jan 6, Eastern Star officers installed in January, Sons of Veterans camp officers installation on Jan 12, Stephenson county farmers institute January 17 and 18 at the courthouse, Holden Comedy Co at Germania on Jan 22, Under the Red Robe at the Grand on Feb 6, Central Commandery inspection February 21 at Masonic hall, and the 50th anniversary celebration of Excelsior lodge of Masons on February 22.
The article notes growing noon day prayer meetings at the YMCA from 12 30 to 1 o clock and praises revival efforts by Mr Ostrom. It mentions ongoing Lutheran revival meetings and evening sermons by Rev Holden on Nicodemus the Inquirer and by Rev Cromer on Thomas the Doubter. It calls for Christian participation and invites doubters.
Hon Alfred Bayliss state superintendent issues a circular on free scholarships under the 1895 act. Each county earns one scholarship, Cook County gets fifteen for its senatorial districts. Examinations run by county superintendents, questions set by the University of Illinois, results reported to the state office within ten days.
I S Taggart and daughter with Mrs Samuel Lebkicker arrived from St Louis today bearing the body of the late Mrs I S Taggart. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o clock from the Lebkicker residence on Walnut Street.
Wm. Young of Davis TI visits Freeport hoping to locate his two sisters Katie and Frida who recently came from New York City and were believed to be in the city. He is anxious to hear from them if they are in Freeport.
County physician Dr. Peck warns of a grip epidemic at the poor farm noting that two inmates of the poor house are afflicted and several cases are of severe form.
Prof A V Hart left for Platteville Wisconsin this morning where he is killed for this week. The engagement will end his northern trip and then he will start on his southern tour.
J G Spaide of Freeport and Emma Wessinger of Freeport obtain a marriage license. An editorial blurb touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia, claiming two million Americans suffer the condition and implying a drug store sale.
Wallace G. Collins has tendered his resignation as general manager of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul rail road to take effect Feb. 1. He plans a six month European trip and then leading a lumber firm in Chicago. H. R. Williams is expected to succeed him. Collins began with the St. Paul road in 1868 and rose to general manager, earning wide regard as a top railway executive.
The Bloomington Pantagraph laments scarce volunteer jurors and low pay, recounts alternatives to summon jurors, questions cost recovery, and notes proposed reforms. It also cites Geo D Williams of Manchester praising Electric Biters as a remedy and records a town board meeting notice by Clerk O D Emerick.
A grocer advertises a New Year sale with deep cuts on groceries and provisions. Highlights include oatmeal 2c lb, 3c lb rice, 30c lb coffee, 75c gal maple syrup, 3c lb buckwheat, 5c lb prunes, 3c can salt, and various soaps and condiments priced well below recent costs.
Advertises deep discounts on womens wool sacques undergarments and jackets. Names include camel hair, eiderdown, melton coats, kersey jackets, andCollarettes. Also lists prices for children and men garments and stockings with substantial markdowns.
Fresh bread 3c a loaf and bread one day old 2c a loaf. Buns rolls cookies and doughnuts 2c a dozen. Pies and cakes 8c each. Zweibach 3c a dozen. Uneeda Fiscuits 1c per package.
Meat department offers lower prices than elsewhere with a satisfaction guarantee. Surloin steak 12 3c lb, porterhouse 12 4c lb, round 10c lb, pork roast 8c lb, pork chops 10c lb, pork sausage 3 lbs for 25c, hams 10c lb, bacon 10c lb, boiling beef 6 and 8c lb, lamb roast 10c lb, lamb chops 0c lb, front quarter 6c lb.
Weekly specials feature Havemeyer & Elder sugar 1.00 per bag, Golden Palace flour 90c per sack, butterine in 2lb bricks, 8 lb canned tomatoes for Tc, Peaberry coffee 12k per pound, fresh butter and crackers, maple syrup 12kc per pint, Plymouth Rock peas 8c per 4 cans, Boston baked beans 3 lb can 5e, peaches in syrup 3 lb can 10c, French mustard, large glass, favorite flour 75c per bag, fresh roasted peanuts 5c per quart.
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