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Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1909

Page

3

Shenandoah Valley and Shori 'ddian's Great Ride at Majestic

A Sunday showing features Shenandoah Valley and Shori 'ddian's Great Ride. The plot centers on Gertrude Ellingham delivering dispatches in a Civil War setting, capture, parole, and a dramatic Sheridan ride turning battle fortunes at Cedar Creek. Includes romance between Gertrude and Colonel West and a postwar reunion in Washington.

Shenandoah Valley Shori‘ddian Eilinghams Winchester Kerchival Weat Billingham Plantation Gertrude Thornton West Barker Jubal Early Sheridan Washington Cedar Creek Thoburn Winchester Tavern Custer Pond Phil Sheridan Phil Miss Ellingham Kerchival West Love Kerchi- Val General Thoburn

Hunting Wolves in Stephenson County Draws Sportsmen

Wolves spotted near Kent village and Pilot Grove woods prompt planned hunt in Stephenson County. A pack of five grey and three brown wolves raided RR Breyman’s hogs, driving the farmer from his farm before continuing to seize six prize hogs. The Breyman rendezvous hosted the wolves one night, signaling an upcoming strenuous chase for local sportsmen.

Stephenson County Kent Village Pilot Grove Black Hawk Monument RR. S. Breyman Breyman Place

Grace church calls for offering for Italian earthquake relief

The rector asks parishioners to give at all Sunday services on July 10 to fund relief for the Italian quake victims. Notices and envelopes have been sent. contributions should be remitted promptly if unable to attend church, with funds sent by the treasurer to the given address.

Grace Church Escor Guleyattis Reasurer

Illness From Exposure Amid Damaged Home Fire

Benjamin Kohl of Damascus has been in serious condition since New Year's Eve when his country home burned. He collapsed after fleeing the fire, developed pneumonia the next day, and grave fears early on gave way to improved signs as he fights the illness and workers rapidly erect a new house nearby.

Benjamin Kohl Damascus

Holidays in 1909 Fall on Sunday Across Legal Observances

The year 1909 presents an unusual calendar with two legal holidays, Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, both occurring on Sundays. This affects observance and scheduling for governmental and civic activities.

Strikes and Their Lessons Focus for Sociological Club

The Sociological Club will discuss Strikes and their Lessons with Mr Dippell presenting tomorrow at 3 30 PM in the K of G hall corner of Stephenson and Chicago streets. The topic covers strikes impact on industry and communities and promises an hour of instruction and a cordial welcome for all attendees.

Sociological Club Dippell G. Hall Stephenson and Chicago Streets

Ministerial Association Meeting Planned for Monday

The regular meeting of the Ministerial Association will be held Monday at 3 p.m. in the YMCA parlor.

Y.M.C. A. Partor

Quake Razed Cities To Be Rebuilt

Rome reports improved quake relief with battleships unlikely to dock crews to land. Culgoa and Celtic will distribute provisions. Italian chamber will pass laws for survivor relief and rebuild Messina and Reggio on present sites with strict building standards. Deputies Arigo Oriolas Fulci perished. premier announces reconstruction plans.

Rome Connecticut Vermont Minnesota Kansas Messina Culgoa Celtic Chamber of Deputies Reggio San Francisco Japan Arigo Oriolas Fulci

Murphy Outpoints Madden In Ten Round Bout

New York on January 9 Tommy Murphy defeated Frankie Madden in a ten round boxing match by decision, earning the win over Madden in a closely fought contest.

Murphy Maddern New York Tommy Murphy Frankie Madden

Siege of Crete Rivaled Troy in Longest Siege

The seventeenth century saw the Turks besiege Crete for over twenty years before capturing its capital. The island famed for prolonged operations saw 1821 revolution succeed in the open country while fortified towns remained under siege until intervention in 1830.

Crete Troy

A Mulberry Tree Legend from London Antiquities

The piece recounts the mulberry tree lore calling it the wisest tree and notes London trees thriving at Charterhouse and Smithfield. It credits James I with silk ambitions, contrasts white and black mulberries, and cites Cardinal Pole at Lambeth 1555 with Syon House remains. Greek legend links white berries to a myth of Ninoy’s tomb and Pyramus and Thisbe.

Pliny London Charterhouse Smithield James L Salomon Cardinal Pole Lambeth Syon House Ninoy Pyramus Thisbe

Y M C A AFFAIRS MEETING ANNOUNCED FOR TOMORROW

The city men may attend an unusual gathering at the Y M C A tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 with J G Brooks of Chicago state evangelist of the Congregational church as speaker on The Meaning of the Cross A large attendance is expected Brooks also speaks at the boys meeting at 2 30 in the gymnasium with the men to follow at 8 30 A strong list of speakers is planned for the month including George L McNutt on Men and Things and Bernarr Macfadden next Sunday

King's Daughters Ougder Illinois Joseph Emmert Davis New York Henry Steenrod Lincoln Avenue Chicago Isabella C.davis New York City International Organization Order Freeport J. A. Clark Broadway CC. H. Verbeck W. B. Silver J. G. Brooks Congregational Church Brooks George L. McNutt Bernarr Macfadden Great Physical Culture Authority

Marriage licenses show drop in 1908 and a June lull

The county clerk’s list records 365 licenses issued in 1908 down from 425 in 1907. June falls to 40 licenses, December rises to 50, while overall, most marriages occur in November and December, with December the peak month.

Dsu

Notable historic events listed for years from 1788 to 1907

A chronology of diverse events including Connecticut ratifying the Constitution in 1788, embargo enforcement by Congress in 1809, gold seekers departing Boston in 1849, railroad riots in Erie in 1855, mass aid to Savannah in 1865, the 1878 death of Victor Emmanuel II, a Niagara suspension bridge wreck in 1889, the Challum sinking with fifty two lives, and the 1907 killing of General Pavlov in St. Petersburg.

Connecticut United States United States Congress Boston California Edward Fverett Erie Savannah Victor Emmanuel II Italy Bort Niagara Thifty Challum Seattle Victoria Pavlov St. Petersburg

Flag Rank in the Navy Retires Admiral Kimball History

Admiral Kimball, born January 9 1848 in Paris served from 1865 at the Naval Academy, earned a 1870 commission, and specialized in torpedo boats. He commanded the first US torpedo boat flotilla before the Spanish War, later led battleships including the New Jersey, and served on key administration boards.

United States Navy Panama Ant Bay of Rio Janeiro Detroit New Jersey

No pneumonia after using Foley's Honey and Tar says Moogk and Jungkunz

H J Moogk and Wai F Jungkunz urge readers to rely on Foley's Honey and Tar for persistent coughs and colds, claiming no documented case of pneumonia arising after its use and recommending it as the remedy for obstinate deep seated coughs.

Foley H. J. Moogk Wai. F. Jungkunz

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