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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1906
Page
8
Tomorrow at the Woman's club Mrs. Pentley will read a paper titled William Mortis His Life and Work. Tobey Furniture Company of Chicago has loaned a valuable collection of imported items to accompany the talk including Hammersmith carpets wallpapers tapestries silka damasks and chintzes.
E D Herbert will speak to a men’s class at the Y M C A on the Genesis Story this Sunday at 4 46 pm. A luncheon follows the address for ten cents. All young men especially strangers are invited.
Mrs C B Kling has been seriously ill for a week and was taken to St Francis hospital yesterday. Her condition is somewhat improved today. A L Wheeler is resting easier. Charles Kasch remains on the sick list with little other change in the docket.
Real estate transfer records show Charles Richter sold part of lot 9 in the original Freeport town to Louis Dickes for four thousand dollars. The conveyance details the transfer of property rights and the payment agreed.
Mrs. Wm. H. Wagner slipped on a icy Carroll street sidewalk this morning and suffered a broken left wrist at her home.
A special communication of Ex celsior lodge of Masons will be held tonight for work in the B A and F C degrees.
Mrs J H Eder and family express gratitude to relatives and friends for the sympathy and kind ness shown during their recent bereavement.
The Illinois Historical library at Springfield has issued an outline for studying state history. Prepared under the Illinois State Historical Society by Jesse Palmer Weber and assisted by Georgia L. Osborn, it includes a condensed outline, a fuller outline, and a reference list of books and pamphlets in the library.
Items from Lena note cream cakes sale at Billerbeck s tomorrow with homemade cakes cookies doughnuts bread and popcorn balls. Call white 989 for details. Mrs T W Davis guests of Polo friends. Spanish American war veterans install newly elected officers tonight. Epworth League Embury church hosts skating party at Taylor s Park this evening. Circuit Clerk Boyington returns from Stevens Point to visit mother. Harry Keister resigns East Junction operator post joins American Stars of Equity. Ladies auxiliary to I A M holds special meeting at Mrs Zimmerman s home 115 Delaware tonight to attend Wm ies funeral.
In a Philadelphia Ledger note a four year old girl Nancy cherished a doll whose eye mechanism broke. Despite pleas to “cure” it the doll’s eyes stay opened, and Nancy quips that sleeping with eyes wide open is impossible, a wry human moment from a child’s world.
Regular buyers visit Stratford Sherman County Texas on the first and third Tuesdays each month. Gus Shelp D J Weiman A O Clingman Henry Brick BW J Snook and K J Deery returned from the facility with many purchases. Ho KB Erb general agent for this company reports satisfaction with the land. The Hamlin area is touted as the most fertile in the Pan Handle. Call Erb's office Seitz building Gurney Galena and Mechanic Sts. The Standard Land Co. Kansas City Missouri.
The New York World explains steam turbine use in ships and stationary plants. It notes direct boiler steam to a cylinder with winged vanes, producing constant revolutions with reduced parts, simpler operation, and less vibration, though commercial devices haven’t tapped coal’s full potential.
An old Princeton clergyman named Dr Hall resolved a heated Cranberry church dispute with a simple witty remark asking to add a bit of sugar to the tart. The moment eased tensions, yielding a light turn in a tense Presbyterian meeting. The piece then shifts to agricultural data noting 1904 tomato packing fell about 16 percent from the prior year, totaling 8,671,000 cases nationwide with Maryland leading at 3.5 million, Indiana second, New Jersey third.
Mainspring of Life extols Mi-o-na tablets as a universal stomach remedy. The text claims it strengthens digestion, restores torpid glands, and halts fermentation. It promises quick benefits and a money back guarantee from William F. Jungkunz with every 50 cent box if it fails to cure.
The notice lists Something New, Fruit Stella and Princess cakes to be available at Billerbeck's tomorrow. A separate item notes the Kings Daughters of Stephen county will hold their annual county meeting Wednesday Jan 17 at 2 PM in the First Presbyterian church parlors with Mrs J C Rexford of Chicago to speak on the order's work. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar is advertised for coughs and colds with claims of quick relief and suitability for children.
A cluttered notice lists dances and social events including Satitha Dawsons octal dane and Amity society dance with card parties. It notes Jan and Feb gatherings at Masonic temple, Dawson dancing school, and Prof Dawsons social dances. Also mentions Grand Opera House shows and various local meetings and performances through March.
Courage Division No 182 G I A to B of L E invites the public to a card party at K G hall Friday afternoon January 12. Admission 15 cents includes refreshments.
First class singing canaries from 1.50 up guaranteed. Cheap talking parrots and other fancy birds on hand. Special attention to telephone calls. In town until Sunday night. Call at New York hotel or phone 276. Don’t forget Mrs. Austin’s pancakes for breakfast. Your grocer can supply you.
I have three automobiles for sale, all complete with options and conveniences. They are well located, in good condition, and can be held at reasonable prices. One is near the university campus, another a few blocks from the business center, and another within walking distance of the court house. Investigator should act promptly.
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