Plans Adopted for Eight Room School Building in Freeport
Reeves & Bailey of Peoria presented an eight room school building concept similar to the Peoria Whittier school. The board approved plans and invited detailed drawings, with site visit and cost estimates close to 15000 dollars including heating and plumbing components.
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Reeves & Bailey, of
Peoria
Board of Education
Krohn
Atkins
Central School Supply House
Julian Barnes
Chicago
Page
Reeves & Bailey
Ill
Reeves
Freeport Light & Fuel Co
Freeport
Peoria ‘Whittier
Burlington
Walla
Leseen
Freeport Sabbath Services List By Church
Local churches outline Sunday and weekly services in Freeport with times for worship prayers and Sunday schools. Denominations include Christian Science Grace Episcopal Second Presbyterian Trinity Baptist United Brethren Salem Evangelical First Presbyterian German M E Memorial Lutheran Oak St church and more with revival meetings noted.
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Second Presbyterian
James D. McCaughtry
High School Oratorical Contest Aids State Talent
Next Friday evening January 15 at 8 o’clock in the High School assembly room an oratorical contest will be held. Six speakers selected from ten contestants will compete with one representative per class and at most two per class. Three prizes will be awarded by teachers editors and the athletic association. The top speaker is likely to represent the state at Champaign next spring. Performances by the Mandolin and Glee clubs add to the program. Proceeds support sending a team to Champaign for the state championship.
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The
Athletic Association
Champaign
Lester Brady
Bert Skeel
Alva Dunn
James Best
Edward Sibley
Della Palmer
Glee
Freeport
Pleasant surprise party honors musician Fonil Relman
Emil Relman was celebrated at a surprise party last night attended by members of Gibler's and Hesta and other friends. Fonil is a musician of notable ability and enjoys wide popularity in musical circles.
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Emil Relman
Gibler’s
Hesta
Fonil
Good Roads and the Call for Permanent Country Roads
A Lancaster area observer urges sustained agitation for durable roads after rough, muddy conditions and a sudden freeze. He cites hog shipments and uneven surfaces, notes legal responsibility shifts to counties, and cites local plans in Sanilac Center and a Axiom editorial proposing farmers dig a ditch and build better roads.
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Lancaster
Journal
Taylor's Park
Balem
N. Y
Canada
Marvelous Results From Dr King's New Discovery
A testimonial from Rev J Gunderman of Dineousir details rapid relief for his wife after pneumonia following La Grippe. He credits Dr King's New Discovery with swift, satisfactory results and notes trial bottles at Formert & Burrel's drug store with regular sizes priced 60 cents and 1.00.
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J. Gunderman
Dineousir
Sieh
Dr. King
Baptist
Rives Junction
Fomert & Burrel ’S
Opening of a New Skating Rink at Taylor's Park Tonight
The skating rink at Taylor's Park will open tonight with ten arc lamps, an eight foot fence, a watchman on the ice, and a comfort house for skaters. Prices vary by mode of admission from 5 to 15 cents, with special car-riding tickets for gentlemen and ladies. A band will entertain as skaters enjoy a safe, affordable outing.
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Taylors Park
Taylor's Park
Electric Bitters Promises Quick Spring Refreshment
Electric Bitters is a spring tonic claimed to relieve languor and torpid liver, avert fevers, and counteract malaria poison. It treats headache, indigestion, constipation, and dizziness, offered at fifty cents per bottle by Emmert & Barrell's drug store.
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Emmert & Barrell
General Grinding Done by Christopher Ulrich
Sharpening service for scissors razors and knives barbers and paper hangers shears specialty offered by Christopher Ulrich at 23 Chestnut near hospital Freeport Illinois location noted with pricing.
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Christopher Ulrich
Chestnut
Hospital
Freeport
Bargain Parade at the Big Store Promises Lowest Prices
F A Schulz advertises daily bargains to attract shoppers with low prices across staples. Listings include sugar 22 pounds for $1, lemons, corn meal, starch, pumpkin, potatoes, coffee, oysters, salt, oranges, flour, tea, beans, butterine, and candy with emphasis on savings versus other grocers and quality.
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Havenmeyer & Elder
Burbank
McLaughlin
Reid Murdock
Emily
Bucher
Brodhead
Olden Palace
Minnesota
Hyson
Miracles in medicine and Paine's celery compound
The article extols advances in medicine and surgery, highlighting X rays for fractures and Paine's celery compound for nervous system disorders. It claims rapid relief in neuralgia rheumatism and nervous debility, promoting purified blood and stabilized nerves as the path to lasting cures. It urges readers to try a first bottle and observe results.
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Paine
Phelps
Dartmouth College
No object, no. A 33 year shoe trade boast
The piece touts an 1863 establishment celebrating thirty three years of operation as a leading retail shoe business in the state outside Chicago. It promises fair treatment, quality goods, and competitive prices to attract customers.
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Chicago
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Christian Science Services
Fry
Grace Episcopal
F. W. Keator
Trinity
F. Entorf
K. L
Wm. C. Spencer
United Brethren Church
E. O. Burtner
Y.P. OC
People’s Church
Knights of Glebe
George Brayton Penney
Salem Evangelical
W. B. Rilling
First Presbyterian
C. E H. Dunn
M. E
J. F. Hartke
Epworth League
Memorial Lutheran
Dysinger
Oak St
T. Alberding
Ordway Street
Washington St
King Mud
Sanilac Center
Mich
Electric Bitters
F. A. Schulz
Armour’s
TS Anda
Stephenson Street
Miracles
Medicine
New York
Stephenson County
Mance
Oshkosh
Kalamazoo
Johannesburg
Peru
Afghanistan
Timbuctoo
WM. O. Wright & CO
Chicago Street
D. Heniig
Packer
Diffenbaugfi
Brewster House
the Journal
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