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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
6
An advertisement extols Marshall's Best Flour as superior combining quality and efficiency with economy. It urges readers to choose this flour over others, claiming it is seldom equaled and never excelled, a “Flower of Flours.”
J M Raymann of Dixon Illinois reports eight year backache relief after magnetic healing by Prof Gregory and wife. He says he could not lie down for years but now rests in any position with no pain. He credits magnetic treatment for curing a condition others failed to help.
A fragment notes a healer group called Magnetic Healers located at the office corner of Stephenson and Chi gage in Freeport Illinois with unclear directions or events. The garbled text hints at an address and a date sequence 12 22 but details remain unreadable.
Jan 6 Lewis Morrison in Fredrick the Great at Grand opera house. Jan Treeport chapter Eastern Star elects officers. Jan 12 Sons of Veterans camp to install officers. Jan 17-18 Stephenson county farmers institute at the court house. Jan 22 Holden Comedy Co. at Germania opera house. Feb 6 Under the Red Robe at the Grand. Feb 2 Central Commandery inspection at Masonic hall. Feb 22 celebration of 50th anniversary of Excelsior lodge of Masons.
News comes from Winslow of the death of A Buchanan at his daughter Mrs I L Holt's home in Chicago. Born near Galt Ontario he moved to Winslow in 1856 and worked in various mechanical trades including rebuilding Honey Creek sawmill. He aged 177 years, two months and five days and was laid to rest in Waukegan Illinois beside wife and son Henry.
In Embury on Monday January 8 and Bourrton Indiana on November 20, 1899 Mrs J P Hares commends Mr Behannesey for a grand Oriental entertainment on Friday November 17. She calls him a cultivated Christian gentleman and brilliant speaker. Tickets 15 cents at Pattison and Kryder's.
Miss Caroline Harding formerly of the Times Union and Citizen, who passed through Jacksonville en route to St Augustine, will base her desk there. She is commissioned by the Herald Sun Times and Mail and Express of New York City and the Ledger North American Press and Evening Telegram of Philadelphia and the Transcript of Boston to cover Florida golf games this season.
Shannon reports Miss Roberts of Freeport was hosted by Mrs. Dr. Miller last Thursday. Reputed as one of the ablest trained nurses in Northern Illinois, she has served in critical surgery and medicine. Her services are described as skillful and scientifically administered.
R. J. Lackay state manager of Northwestern Life and Saving company of Des Moines arrives to appoint an agent. He is described as a gentleman of integrity and the company he represents is said to have splendid standing nationwide.
The Woman's club will hold a regular meeting tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock Mrs Charles D Knowlton will read a paper titled The National Undertaking of All Industrial Activities The ladies are urged to come prepared to discuss the phases of modern socialism.
The John A. Davis Post and the Woman's Relief Corps hold a public installation of officers at the KX of G hall tonight. A good program has been arranged with a flag drill by the ladies. Everyone is invited for what promises to be an orderly event with good speaking.
Busy Bee lodge of D of St. will convene this evening to transact important business. All members are urged to attend. Secretary J. A. Grace notes the gathering and its necessity.
Charles McCool a Daily Journal carrier was thrown from a wagon last evening and injured. He was unconscious for a time and sustained severe bruises.
Jesse D. Williams sold his Freeport home to H. C. Rahn in a real estate transaction. The deal reflects a transfer of ownership with terms not disclosed in the readable text. Local records show Rahn as the buyer, Williams as the seller, and the transaction completed within the reporting period.
The Illinois Central plans the Chicago Omaha line opening January 15, with two daily passenger trains and an estimated fourteen hour schedule. The 131 mile extension from Tara to Council Bluffs costs about $4,000,000 and features lighter grades, steel rails, and a twenty foot wide roadbed. Traffic will not harm the Sioux City Line, and a future Union Pacific arrangement may occur. Henry R. Williams is slated to become general manager, succeeding W. G. Collins who retires February 1 to explore lumber ventures while W. J. Underwood and C. A. Goodnow advance with promotions on the St Paul line.
The Republic of France and the United States share bond and respect illustrated by Voltaire and Lafayette. Franklin and his grandson visit Voltaire at Ferney and receive a blessing stressing God Liberty and Tolerance for Franklin’s heir. Lewis Morrison’s Vanity Fair, a burlesque, opens next Monday night at the Grand with praise for the vaudeville. Also notes Geo Held and Philip Pierce health, Beecham's Pitts to lift blues, plus local ads for groceries and hair work.
The piece exposes a so called confidential circular from a “green goods” promoter claiming to duplicate currency. It contrasts the scam with a purported legitimate offer, urging readers to compare methods and avoid sending money. The notice also touts Rocky Mountain Tea by Emmert & Burrell as a skin care remedy.
The list covers inventors across Illinois receiving patents this week. W. S. Cherry of Streator designs a coal screening and assorting apparatus, N. Delaney of Maron files a cultivator, and others include L. M. Devore of Freeport with a fastener for cards, F. M. Floyd of Centralia a lifting-jack, and G. O. Meservey of Marden a wire fence machine. Additional filings include eel-guard for cocks, bicycle support, display form, snout-slitter for swine, wire stretcher, combination ironing table, and roller bearing among a dozen names and towns.
Manchester Michigan resident Geo William recounts his wife recovering from five years of paralysis after using Electric Bitters. The ad claims the remedy cures nervousness insomnia melancholy headaches back pains fainting and dizziness. It is marketed as a God send for weak sickly people with a 50 cent price and guaranteed bottles from Emmert and Burrell.
G P Briggs of Lee Center, a Civil War drummer, regains possession of his war relic drum shipped from Shaw. Bryant H Barber of Polo, a financier, donates 2000 dollars toward a new school building. Kanakee library adopts sulfur candle disinfection for books under review by Hamlin and city librarians.
F A Schulz promotes a Great New Year's Sale offering all goods at sacrifice prices. The store promises groceries meats and provisions at substantial savings, inviting customers to read the list and shop with confidence.
A catalog of discounted goods including oatmeal at 2c, rice 3c lb, prunes 5c, cheese 1 24c lb, salt 3c, buckwheat 33c per 10 lb, Japan tea 30c lb, maple syrup 38c and 75c, coffee 8c lb, Fairy soap, Snyder's chili sauce 8c, dressing 10c, pepper sauce 8c, and mustard 3c.
A large sale offer lists 59c to 75c wool eiderdown sacques, 31.00 sacques for 75c, and 1.50 to 2.00 price breaks for various undergarments. Children's combination suits, boys and misses vests and pants, camel hair and wool items, and fleece lined underwear are discounted to 10c to 25c. Men's heavy wool underwear, heavy wrappers, and eiderdown options reduced, with jackets, kersey coats, collarettes, fascinators, and 25c black wool stockings on sale. Strong emphasis on value and wide range, with many items marked well below usual prices.
Advert reads numerous discounted goods including Havemeyer sugar 20 lbs for $1.00, Golden Palace flour 90c per sack, butterine 14¢ per lb, 3-lb tomatoes 7a, Peaberry coffee 12k¢ per lb, maple syrup 12éc pint, Plymouth Rock peas 8c can, Boston baked beans 8c, peaches 15c, Favorite flour 7ic per sack, fresh roasted peanuts 5¢ quart.
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