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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1897
Page
2
A brief entry dated January 14 1897 from Freeport Illinois notes a Rovered at the Post office and a second-hand matter in Freeport. The terse item appears as a small local notice in the Freeport Daily Journal.
A daily roundup reports civic events and personal milestones in Freeport. Notables include Moogh and Mayer homecomings from Chicago and Springfield, lodge installations for Freeport M W A and Excelsior Masons, Knights of the Globe recruitment, and marriages for Harry Funk and Robert Harrison Ardell Young. Also noted are club entertainments, church meetings, school events, a Jackson street raid, and upcoming public installations at G A R hall. Oregon Reporter items add local moves and an oratorical at the high school.
A large audience at Good Templar hall heard Hon. O. W. Stewart of the Illinois Christian Endeavor society urge joining the Prohibition ticket. He argued temperance and prohibition differ, blamed saloons for employment loss, and predicted Prohibition party growth. Music by two male quartets accompanied the event and a later card party and social items followed.
Mrs. T. K. Best hosted an afternoon and evening card party for numerous lady friends at the Best residence. Elaborate preparations and floral decor set a festive mood, followed by a supper and dancing in which Mr. Best, outnumbered by women, charmingly joined in two steps and waltzes, becoming the center of attention as the lone male guest.
A warning against quack remedies and patent medicines led by praise for Paine's Celery Compound. The piece denounces competing nostrums, urges readers to seek true cures, and cites Dr. Shrady and Dr. Phelps while touting Paine's as a genuine nerve tonic and health restore.
A Freeport Illinois letter warns express and railway workers to shoot to kill if robbers interfere with trains. Rewards of 500 for a robber shot but not killed and 1000 for a Jesse James emulation are offered. The piece notes armored safes, reinforced cars, and tougher weapons as rail companies heighten defenses while praising conifer planting as civic improvement urged by Jno. M. Wibe.
Henry B K Smith, a departed brother of Stephenson Lodge No 61 L O F, is remembered for spontaneous fellowship and genial cordiality. The lodge notes sorrow for the family, resolves to inscribe a page in the record, drape the charter, and publish a transcript with family notified. Committee: Isaac N RolAnn Henry G Cremer J W Reifsnyder.
The piece extols conifers as essential evergreens shaping landscapes and serving as substitutes for scarce timber. It highlights the Norway and American spruce as rapid, transplantable choices valued for hedges or grouped plantings, noting their beauty, red cones, and protective, home-enhancing presence.
The second session of the teachers institute met January 7, 1897 in the Pearl City school building. R W Burton acted as chairman in the absence of KE W Steel. Miss Percie Matthia and L E Keltner ably led Primary Reading. A long fore noon discussion covered How to Teach United States History to gain best results by Harry Young and O C Penticoff. Miss Sadie Sheetz gave a notable recitation. School Government was discussed by Miss Anna Meyers and R W Barton. Officers elected for the next institute were Chairman S A Diehl and Secretary Eva Keeler. A committee was appointed to draft next program. meeting adjourned with Burton as chairman.
A dampened piece of flannel with Chamberlain's Pain Balm bound over the chest and another between the shoulders is said to provide prompt relief for chest pain, especially when caused by a cold with pneumonia tendency. Emmert & Burrell, druggists, offer it for sale.
An old time grocery ad touts lowest prices at a large 24 000 square foot store with cost comparisons. Sugar 22 pounds for 1, Havenmey & Elder’s sugar, breakfast foods, coffee, flour, and canned goods are listed with notably cheaper prices than competitors. Various other items including soap, soap line, potatoes, salt, succotash, blueberries, wigs, flour, cheese, coffee, brooms, rye flour, chocolate, syrup, beans, baking powder, tea, pumpkin, raisins, candy, nuts, and meat are priced to attract customers. The ad emphasizes size, selection, and discount on many staples.
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