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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1909
Page
8
The Soudans claim to read life from cradle to grave and advise hundreds across walks of life on success love and fate. They promise to reveal names friends enemies marriages lifespans lucky days and buried treasures with free readings for those unable to pay 50 cents.
Two strangers argued on Liberty Street near Stephenson last night. One man was cut severely on the left arm above the elbow. the other fled and was not found. The injured man was taken to Dr. W B Peck's office, treated, and later moved to St Francis hospital. He left town after treatment and refused to file a complaint. The wound reached the bone and severed artery and nerve.
Congressman Lowden leads a drive to back his earlier proposal for a 100000 dollar Agriculture Department fund to combat hog cholera. The plan would urge state cooperation, fund quarantine measures, and advance research, with hearings set to occur before the House Agriculture Committee as March 4 approaches.
The annual meeting of the officers and directors of the State bank was held Monday evening. The usual semi-annual dividend was declared and the old officers and directors were re-elected.
Mrs Frank Anderson, who underwent an operation at Globe hospital, has been removed to her home at Lena. Mrs Katharine Ranch is reported improved after an operation at Globe hospital yesterday.
At a Freeport Gas Light and Coke board meeting Dr. D C L Mease was elected director to fill the vacancy caused by the death of L L Munn.
Harvey Pressler of Orangeville purchased two head of high grade Jersey cattle in Freeport. The stock is part of the William Davis herd.
A partition suit caption Elizabeth Myers and others against Henry D Myers and others was filed with the circuit court clerk for the March term, initiating court action to resolve property interests among the parties.
Harry Welch will leave Saturday for Des Moines Iowa to assume the duties of his new position. The move marks a transition in his career with responsibilities at the new post.
Closing quotes show May wheat at 1.074, May corn 6.144, May oats 5.13, January pork 1.630, lard 9.30, ribs 8.42 in Chicago. Union Stock Yards: cattle 5,000 steady. hogs 37,000 down. sheep 15,000 strong. Board of Trade futures show wheat May around 1.08, July near 1.07 with mixed intraday ranges.
Jan events include Miss Margaret Fry in recital at YM on the second, Stephenson County Farmers Institute on the 13th, and a January 20 Commandery Call out by the Masonic temple.
Readable list details January matinees and nights for Howe’s Moving Pictures Mason and Mason East Lynn Under Southern Skies and Quincy Adams Sawyer with dates January 10 12 16 18 and ongoing previews at North Bros theater.
Deaths and social notes from Pearl City. band plans band fair January 26 to 30. many residents visit Freeport Stockton Savanna and other nearby towns. births marriages and visitors listed. various locals return to work or school after holidays.
From Our Own Correspondent notices a flurry of visits and social events. Morris of Waterman, Phillips family gatherings, Rackow and McConnell visits, watch night at Fred Borchardt, Merely routine business calls by citizens such as John Miller and Charles Iutchison. William and Mary Phillips celebrate fifteenth wedding anniversary. Martha Hardlel’s eighteenth birthday observed with a surprise party near Winslow.
Our Own Correspondent reports in Bolton on January 4 that C. Warner attended a Pearl City horse sale and bought a horse. A New Year's night hard times party at the hall drew a well attended crowd with original costumes and late games. Mrs. J. T. Hance visited her sister Mrs. Udell in Grand Rapids while Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gordon spent New Year’s in Pecatonica with relatives. Hal Sheet of Stockton was also noted.
Local ad seeks fresh eggs with the highest cash payment offered at the Kinne Hotel. Short notice posted 12-8.
A fragmented line notes the mutual need for advertising and goods. The text implies the cycle of producing goods and promoting them to buyers, signaling a business ethos of promotion paired with supply.
New Year's events and social tales from Ridott and nearby towns. Mrs. R Vv Sheet at New Year with her son Fred Luerson accompanied stock to Chicago. Several local residents travel, visit hospitals, and attend funerals. The YPBU pledges for the parsonage fund reach 103 dollars, with 100 dollars donated to the pastor. Berlin school plans a January 11 social. A planned wedding between Albert Lincoln and Addie Bouray occurs tomorrow at Pecatonica. Revival services start at the Free Methodist church tomorrow evening.
From Our Own Correspondent Centennial January date noting special meetings at German M B R church starting Sunday evening January 3. Local residents Fred and Elinore Koerner return to near Charles City after holidays with Theo Koerner family. Many visits and homecomings among Aurand, Koertner, Reineke, Kohlstedt, Goethe families with travel between Pearl City and Freeport.
The Circle recounts a small bos affair about Willie and siblings racing to a Sunday school picnic. The boy jokes he did not wash the watermark on his neck but shifted it lower, while the mother hurries with the children toward the trolley depot.
A gray headed man questions why no woman has lost an arm while many men have. He notes women work in mills and suffer accidents yet never appear as one-armed, pondering what causes this humanity. The piece cites comments from New York Press and Louisville Courier Journal.
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