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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1899
Page
8
Linch fabric offered width eight inches at 12.12 cents per yard. Listed worth 25 cents. Stocks include cambric nainsook and Swiss cloth. Insertion to match. Latest patterns and exclusive imports featured.
An advertisement lists multiple muslin underwear lots with corset covers, children's waists and drawers priced from 8c to 99c per item. Lot 2 includes full sized night dresses, drawers and corset covers at 25c. Lot 3 features embroidered lace trimmed skirts and garments at 39c. Lot 4 49c, Lot 5 75c, Lot 6 99c with French embroidery. Two other lots at 1.49 and 1.98 offer skirts and gowns.
The Big Store announces an extended flour sale fueled by strong customer turnout. Discounts include White Satin flour 90c per sack, Tippicanoe self rising pancake flour 5c per 2-lb package, and other pantry staples at deep cuts. The ad notes fresh bread at 4c a loaf and a new bakery wagon service.
A peculiar report notes Fy A and Schulz in a long distance case involving a staged order. Details indicate a formal dispute over telephone communications and related assertions.
A dense roster lists concerts, socials, lectures and fundraisers across Port Freeport venues. Highlights include Haverty's Minstrels at the Grand Opera House January 18 19. St. Pius Society event January 28. Masonic hall social under Eastern Star auspices January 4. a Highwayman comic opera at the Grand Opera House. St. Mary’s Hall Midswinter social January 3. Epworth League supper January 25. Seventh annual B of R T ball January 26 27. Stephanson County Farmers Institute January 27. Reverend F B Hopking lecture January 31 February 1. Memorial Lutheran and First M E church entertainments. and an Epworth supper in Ghee parlors January 25.
Harry Dorsey captured a fox in Lancaster township Sunday marking his third fox capture in a year.
Telephone No. 383 is now in the office of Dr. M. J. Steel and No. 835 is at the residence of Dr. Peck on Oak Street.
Mrs. Chas. Dexter was walking on Clark avenue near Mrs. Catherine Vought’s home when a dark street caused her to fall from a porch breaking her right arm. Mrs. M. Snyder also fell at her Cottonwood street home and broke her arm yesterday.
Rev. Fredrick I. Hopkins of Dubuque aged 80 returns to preach and deliver his lecture The Golden Fleece next Friday at the First Presbyterian Church. The event, organized by the Society of Women Workers, offers 25 cent admission. Reserved seats are on sale at Brown & Dollmeyer's.
The paper recalls the yearlong mystery of C C Armstrong of Nunda formerly of Freeport who vanished last spring. Detective Benthuysen pursued leads including a man near Ames Iowa named Charles Losey matching Armstrong’s description but with tobacco use. Tracing him to a Dundee brickyard yielded no further clues.
A meeting of Freeport Commandery No.7 Knights Templar will be held at the asylum on the evening of January 16 1899 at 7 30 to arrange attendance at the funeral of Sir Knight P H Kaufman in Lena Illinois on January 18 1899 at 2 30 PM Recorder S C Bucksan
The Lexington club plans an informal dancing party at their club rooms this evening. Mrs. J. E. Tuckett will host a whist party tomorrow afternoon.
President Hancock of the Great Western trotting circuit changes the Chicago association meeting date from the 17th to the 19th. The Dubuque trotting meeting runs August 21 to 26 with purses totaling $60,000. Milwaukee St. Paul Davenport Independence dates will be set this week and Louisville Chicago and Freeport bid for membership.
Samuel F. Marker and Miss Elizabeth Washer, both of this city, eloped to Rockford last Saturday for the ceremony and have since returned to Freeport to receive congratulations. The bride is the daughter of ex police officer Charles Washer. The groom, son of Adam Marker, is a skilled mechanic at Henney shops.
A Dixon minister opened a series on Outsiders with a talk on why few lawyers join churches. In Freeport the bar dominates the church scene, many lawyers being active and respected church members in a city famed for its sanctimonious lawyers.
The St Aloysius society of St Josephs church elected officers yesterday with J A Nehus as president and J F Eberle as vice president Mat Backus as corresponding secretary Frank Dorr as financial secretary Tony Neidermeier as treasurer Fred Eberle as marshal Fred Blust as banner bearer Roy Grattelo J Eberle and Chas Billerbeck as trustees Janitor Frank Miller also noted.
The Standard Oil representative reports a massive rise in gasoline use for engines and heating, driving a price jump from 11 to 15 cents per gallon for Chicago shipments. He warns supplies are constrained, and expanding output would cut kerosene yield, risking a loss.
Haverly's American European minstrels come to the Grand Opera House Wednesday evening promising a magnificent show. The company features stars such as Billy Rice Arthur Demsey Lew Spencer Neil O'Brien Buck Sheffer and many others with renowned minstrel pedigrees.
Noted attraction Hayverly promises lasting appeal after earlier triumphs. Grand Opera House hosts a permanent feature on Wednesday January 18th with a reputation as a certainty for future crowds.
Through the efforts of Attorney O. E. Heard Ambrose Martin a worthy veteran residing at Damascus has been granted a pension of 6 dollars per week. The note ends with an advertisement for Rocky Mountain Tea Emmert and Burrell and Jungkunz Cough Balsam promising cures for coughs.
T. H. Hollister, jeweler and optician and successor to A. V. Hart, announces continued service and new offerings at the store. The notice highlights expert eyeglass fitting, a broad jewelry stock, and ongoing repairs.
Local street notice lists property concerns in Freeport Illinois referencing Blast Block and Galena Street with partial names C B Sweet Johnhea.
Strong talk from the Germanian society about remodeling the Germania opera house in spring. The group owns twenty feet behind the current building and plans to extend to the alley with the stage on the ground floor, adding two galleries at an estimated cost near 10 000 dollars.
Advertises Monarch Pepperell and Utica mills muslin sheets and pillow cases in sizes 45x36 and 81x90 with prices from 4c to 59c. Hemstitched varieties in 45x36 and 81x90 sizes offered. Bed spreads priced from 50c to 2.00, highlighting splendid value.
The ad lists multiple wrap garments in dark calico and percale with wide skirts and ruffles. Prices range from 50c to $1.50, with various color combos and heavy corded trims. Also mentions fleece lined and eiderdown wraps available at reduced prices.
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