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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1907
Page
8
Freeport events include installations of officers for Freeport division No 200 G I A to B of I E Knights of Columbus and other society meetings. Labor day plans emerge in Galena with new unions forming. Conductor Mabey resumes duties with wife after Texas trip. Community notices list guilds, ladies aid, Baraca class, week of prayer services and Maccabees meeting with officer installations and a state convention delegate election.
Rev Charles G Anangst presiding elder of Freeport district leads a 730 PM lecture under Trinity Church Missionary Society on the Island World of the Pacific. Free admission with an offering collected. Special music promised. Y P M S and W M S hold monthly sessions after the talk.
The ladies of the G A R will install their newly elected officers at 7 30 this evening in the G A R hall. Members may invite one friend. Comrades of John A Davis post and all old soldiers are invited. Commander F C Held to act as installing officer. Refreshments after the ceremony.
Hiram Tanner of Syracuse and James F. Burke of Cleveland, brother and brother in law of James W. Tanner, who died suddenly Sunday morning, have arrived in the city but funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
Chicago forecast notes cloudy skies in the north and rain in the south tonight, with a drop in temperature. Wednesday will be fair and colder, though rain remains possible in the south. Sunrise was 7 29 a m and sunset 4 46 p m.
Closing board of trade quotations show May wheat at 71 1 4 cents May corn 43 4 May oats 36, January pork 15 73, January lard 9 06, January ribs 1 62. At Union stock yards cattle 6 000 steady Reeves 4 15 7 20 cows heifers 1 50 5 25 stockers feeders 2 60 4 60 hogs 28 000 strong mixd butchers 6 26 6 50 good heavy 6 40 6 62 rough heavy 6 20 6 35 light 6 16 6 45 bulk sales 40 36 45 sheep 14 000 steady 3 50 5 75.
George Geary a respected resident three miles northwest of Polo fell dead on his farm Thursday afternoon. Authorities believe apoplexy caused collapse as hogs mutilated his face and body. Found about 5:20 pm after hogs were driven away. Geary aged about 66 had spent the day in Polo last seen alive at 4:90.
Our Own Correspondent reports from Baileyville a week of social visits and travels. residents include Fannie Janssen, Minnie Broockmire en route to Freeport, Decatur visitors Marquez family, and Heller kin. church services and social events noted along with a child’s illness and funeral at White Oak cemetery.
A compact verse mentions a house built by a doctor and a claim about not getting money. The speaker notes everyone drinks Rocky Mountain Tea and names Joseph Emmert as part of the text.
A local advertisement promises a $3.50 pair of shoes with every overcoat or suit purchased at R. Luecke. The offer highlights a bundled sale and price points, aiming to attract customers to complete wardrobe purchases.
The report details December activity: freight and coal loads valued at $906.60. streets spending $94.62 with $382.25 from gravel work. no quarry work. Fire alarms totaled fourteen with $210 in losses. Cemetery interments numbered eight. Sewer connections produced various fees totaling $62.50, $60, $20 and $38.80 for a manhole at the Senate hotel. $121.30 was spent on sewer labor and repairs.
Rev R J Murphy formerly assistant pastor at St Marys church in this city ranks eighth in a Chicago paper contest open to city clergymen. Only a few days remain to vote and supporters urge residents to submit ballots. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised for digestion issues at 35 cents per ten tablets. Joseph Emmert in Journal want column.
An offer states a $3.00 pair of shoes with every $15.00 coat or suit. Edwin R. Luecke is listed. The Daily Journal delivers to any part of the city for 10c a week.
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