Movemente of Freeport People and Their Friends
Local notes list numerous residents and visitors passing through Freeport. Names include Dr Holke and Dr Arnold, along with travelers to Chicago Galena Apple River Aurora Beloit Quincy Yale Miss North Hampton St Bede Peru and Champaign. several return trips and departures noted. Ex governor Horace Boies and Mrs Hannah Foster are among those mentioned with family ties in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hayward
Lena
J. S. Baume
Galena
John Collman
Chicago
Chas, Franz
Apple River
Joe
Hichelberger
Aurora
William Oblendorf
Helen Liehtenberger
LeRoy Laird
Oberlin College
Harry Best
Charles Bentley
Beloit
J. W. Miller
Quincy
C. L. Currier
Knowlton
Henry Schroedermeier
United States
Petit Jury
Carden
South Dakota
Gilbert
Washington Street
Miss Linton
Illinois Central
Champaign
Frank Kavalage
Freeport
St. Bede College
Peru
Ill
W. A. Wilson
Second Presbyterian Church
Horace Boies
Waterloo
Iowa
Peoria
Hannah V. Foster
Mifflinburg
C.C. Wilson
Week of Prayer Observed with Sermons at Freeport Sanctuaries
The Week of Prayer is observed with services at Freeport sanctuaries including First M E church where Rev N H Axtell discusses Pearls of Parables and the Prodigal Son. The sermon traces sin as severance from God and urges contemplation of divine home and repentance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
N. H. Axtell
Prodigal Son
Dr. Axtell
Earth
Solomon
Flescarce
God
Harvard College
Jefferson Davis
Angel
Yorick
Sin
Seville
Ridalgo
Rodarigo
Hogarth
Salem Church
Messerschmidt
C. Hauser
Wm. H. Wilson
McCormick Theological Seminary
Second Presbyterian Church
Embury Church
Ladies’ Union
Salem
First Presbyterian Church
Salem Evangelical Church
H. O. Kramer
Baptist Church
C. H. Holden
Trinity Church
Schultzeis
Suspect fleeced alderman after horse loan
A town horse buyer borrowed $20 from Alderman Rosebrugh to pay on a horse. The alderman checked the seller with a Chicago firm and learned the man did not represent the firm. The man was arrested and the $20 recovered, exposing a bold attempt to victimize an alderman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald. Rosebrugh
Great Fortunes in Toys and Inventions
A historical piece lists investors and earnings from toys and gadgets. The roller skate inventor netted $1,000,000 while the dancing Jim Crow character yields $75,000 annually. The wheel of life and gimlet pointed screw contribute substantial wealth, and the meedie-threader is valued at about $10,000 yearly.
Woman’s struggle with exhaustion and a harsh remedy
A fragment notes a woman’s gradual decline and craving for relief from a pervasive weariness. It mentions a harsh called treatment labeled favorite Prescription and a local doctor’s failed cures, implying a troubling medical approach of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Fierce
Ely's Liquid Cream Balm Sold With Spraying Tube
For catarrhal troubles Ely Brothers offer Ely's Liquid Cream Balm with a spraying tube at 75 cents. The liquid preserves the Cream Balm’s medicinal properties, is quickly absorbed by nasal membranes, and helps secretions return to a natural condition. Druggists or by mail. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren, St., A
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Cena
Postoffica
Lifriese
Dr. Holke
Ridott
Arnold
T. H. Hollister
R. B. Baldwin
Rockford
Will Stoskopf
Yale College
Florence Munn
North Hampton
Mass
Frank LePelley
St. John’s Military School
Matt Meyers
Red Oak
Ora Fairfax
Edith Timms
Chas
Neiman
Missouri
Nebraska
S. H. Matter
Mr. Matter
Chicago College of Dental Surgery
Rev
Luke Xy
Kyrie
C.A. Storm
Thomas Pope Hodnett
St. Malachy’s Church
Theuilding
Maurice Herbert
J. T. McGrath
C. D. Weller
John Hackett
James Herbert
C. Coleman
Peter Maloney
John Lonergan
William Cavana
Maurice Herbert, Sr
T. A. Cashman
St. Jarlath’s Church
T. P. Hodnett
Wells
Paniak
Charles Wells
Areve Aten
Novello
Magnificat
Marzo
Holy City
Cccsses
Secess
Vercus Ceree Etenene
Adams
Colas Quartet
Gosh
Frank Fay
Agnes Lonergan
Church Notes
Lutheran Services
Memorial Lutheran Church
Cromer
Polo
Polo Press
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Kennedy
Dixon
Franklin Street
Jeremiah J. Crowley
Madison Medicine Co
Emmert & Burrell
Boston
Stephenson Street
C. A. McNamara & CO
Way
Stephenson St
Dr. Warren
van Buren St i
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