Freeport Canners announce signed players for next season
President Fred Rodemeyer released a list of fourteen signed players for the Freeport Canners including Outfielders Kearns Dye Ives Pitchers Scott Miller VanWite Flynn Evans Pendington Third baseman Gwin Second baseman Schoonhoven Shortstop Mackey Catcher Coe First baseman Barlow Additional contracts are pending with five or six others, with positions covered to ensure depth and fairness as the team prepares for the upcoming season.
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Freeport
Fred Rodemeyer
Canners
Coe
Dye
Nebraska
VanWie
Rockford
Kenosha
Pendington
Wausau
Mackey
Kearns
Baseball Fair Meeting Set For Freeport Club
On next Wednesday evening all committees appointed to assist in the Freeport Baseball club fair will meet in City Engineer Graham's office at City Hall to perfect fair arrangements. The meeting is set for 7 30 and all attendees are urged to attend.
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Freeport Baseball Club
Graham
Miss Trene Schrader visits Freeport and Arcades bid
Local notes report Miss Trene Schrader visiting Freeport and others to Arcade Mi'g Co for a lock block and arcade addition valued at 800 dollars. A shooting match is planned at Bolton Illinois on Wednesday January 16 for ducks. Alma Schrader has returned from Rock City relatives. Mrs Doyle of South Galena avenue notes no fire department call was needed for a blaze in her yard Wednesday. Trustee Fry has learned a petition was granted for a hearing on the Natural Carbon By-Product company case set for Monday January 7 before Judge Landis in Chicago to decide sale or extension. George G McCarty received a Columbus souvenir from J J Thompson of Chicago for leadership at Freeport lodge.
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William KE. Fry
David S. Geer
Landis
Chicago
George G. McCarty
Knights of Columbus
Columbus
J. J. Thompson
McCarty
Freeport Lodge
Ancient Embalming Across Humans and Animals
The article recounts ancient Egyptian mummification methods using myrrh and perfumes, detailing the wrapping with scented linen and natron soaking. It notes crocodiles of Lake Moers and sacred animals like ichneumon were mummified and honored with offerings and rituals on days dedicated to the dead.
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Arabia
Abyssinia
Herodotus
Moers
Whistler as a Teacher and Its Limits
The piece recalls Whistler as a genius yet poor at imparting knowledge. He offered foggy criticisms and his domineering method stifled originality, forcing students to share his palette and view. A French observer noted the monotony, though a few independent students benefited from the critique. The excerpt ends with a religiously tinged poem about wisdom and action.
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Whistler
Rare Sixtus V Vulgate edition attracts collectors
Acttious and Hare describe a rare Pope Sixtus V Vulgate issued between 1685 and 1590 as a copy swarmed with errors. Printed slips with corrections were pasted over mistakes, but the device failed due to vast errors. Many copies were recalled and destroyed, leaving only a few surviving and highly valued.
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Sixtus V
Disraeli
Narrow escape of Sir Walter Scott's life
The infant Sir Walter Scott was left with a maid who wished to flee to Edinburgh. The girl contemplated killing him and burying the body in the moss, confessing she carried him to the Craigs with the intent to cut his throat.
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Sir Walter Scott
Edinburgh
Sandy Knowe
Scott
Craigs
King’s Vines of Fontainebleau Auctioned for State Coffers
Historic notes describe the king’s vines in Fontainebleau planted under Henry IV. The grapes, valued by gourmets, have been sold at auction since the republic was established, with proceeds funding the minister of finance coffers. A separate dialogue shows a missed visitor and a sorrowful exchange overheard, ending with shared grief.
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Fontainebleau
Henry IV
Inspection Trip by People's Fuel & Cold Storage Team
A committee representing the People's Fuel and Cold Storage company will depart tomorrow morning for Terre Haute Indiana on an inspection trip. The delegation aims to review operations and facilities and will report back with findings and recommendations.
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People’s Fue & Cold Storage Company
Daily Journal delivery rate and city coverage
The Daily Journal is delivered to any part of the city for 10 cents a week.
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the Daily Journal
Special Sale Pianos and Organs in Freeport
Slightly used pianos from 126 dollars with payments from 4 dollars monthly. Organs in high top cases with mirrors from 10 dollars and up, payments from 2 dollars monthly. New pianos offered on flexible terms. Largest Freeport stock, factory representative at 78 Galena Street opposite the New York Hotel. Store hours Monday and Saturday evenings.
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Freeport
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Oods
F. A. Read
Pictorial Review
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Pattisona
Kryder
Stephenson St
NERS
Rodemeyer Fur
Nishes
Baseball Fair
Ventory
Young &Co Opp
Germa
Hermsmelier
Galena St
Hackney
Swift
Jersey
Trene Schrader
Fred M. Gund
Arcade
Mi’g Co
Lock, Block &, Arcade
Bolton
Ill
Alma Schrader
Rock City
Rocky Mountain
Jos
Fmmert
Ottowagner
Rogers
Weevy Ween
Merode Union
Merode Silk Mixed Union
Union Loan & Building Association
Til
South
Galena Ave
Rice Building
Pidewan
South Dakota
A. Kerr
the Cable Co. Pianos
GEO. A. Stemm
Galena St. Opp. N. Y. Hotel
Brown & Dollmeyer
Mort i
WM. Koenig
Brewster House
C.W. Harden
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