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Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1897

Page

4

Coming Events in Freeport Entertainment and Meetings

Listings of social dances concerts lectures and meetings in Freeport from Jan 18 to Feb 22. Highlights include Germania opera house events with Sousa’s Band Len Salisbury’s orchestra and a Freeport Choral Society concert along with meetings of the Northern Illinois Agricultural Society and the Stephenson County Farmers Institute. Also noted are dances at Blust’s hall and Y M C A auditorium a stockholders meeting and an annual railroad conductors ball.

Germania Opera Horse Breaport Blust’s Hail Good Templar Stan The Mechanic's Association L. F. Copeland Len Salisbury Blust Germania Opera House Freeport Choral Society Bancroft Northern Illinois Agricultural Society Court House Sousa EB. G. Hirsch Chicago C. W. Boucher Wang Heb Stephenson County Farmers's Institute the Order of Railway Conductors

Notable Daily Movements and Local Notices

Heman travels to Chicago. Hettinger, Mayor Younger return from Iowa and Kansas trips. Harpater, Whitlock visit relatives in Chicago. Bruzewitz to move from Eleroy. Knowlton in Beloit on college business. Blood family returns from Elburn. Reverend Humphreys preaches. Berberich to wed Pracher. Johnson and Hichhorn tour south. Nieman travels west for Meyer Co. Vinegar. Turner and Kamp visit Freeport. Ice crop hopes rise with weather. Sunday school class social at RK Jones. Rev Hartke to lead revival at German M E. Fricksen family in dispute. warrants issued. Wagner lodge hosts social at Germania. Bennish and Ellis travel from Cedar Rapids. Smith pins fingers in East Dubuque. Rev Dunn health concerns. possible vacation. Freeport bicycle raffle winner Williams. Rockford whist players arrive for tournament. replacements noted. Waterman banker and Rockford postmaster in town. Galena incident harms Horton on Illinois Central. Stover Bicycle exhibit preview at Chicago show. Harrison joins Jencks harness shop. Second degree at Stephenson IOOF. Revival at U B church. other churches hosting meetings. Play Burnette tickets on sale for St Pius hall. Dunn praises foreign missions, trade benefits. Miss Mattie Smith seeks Boston Conservatory scholarship. Boston trip planned. Eighty attend K G ball social. novel identity guessing game. supper and dancing follow.

St Marys Young Ladies elect officers in annual poll

St Marys Church group the Young Ladies Sodality held their annual officer election. Results include Prefect Miss Margaret Nolan Vice Prefect Miss Julia Osborn Secretary Miss Mary Campbell Treasurer Miss Jennie Tracy Consultors Miss Hannah O Connell Nellie Sweeney Nellie Fagan Annie Sekinger Eliza Murphy Kate Flannagan Alice Goff Ella Hayden Mary McGovern Mary Shaw Naomi Lagron Mary Wheeler. Tracy has been reelected for a third time. Several candidates were within a few votes of the positions, showing strong support and esteem.

St. Mary’s Young Ladies’ Sodality St. Mary’s Church Margaret Nolan Julia Osborn Mary Campbell Jennie Tracy Hannah O’connell Nellie Sweeney Nellie Fagan Annie Sekinger Eliza Murphy Kate Flannagan Alice Goff Ella Hayden Mary McGovern

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Freeport Seeley & Read Dars Cross Creek Lehigh Kentucky Wilbur Lumber CO W. M. Sanford Mgr. N. B Hoffman's Hoffman’ 8 Saxony Germantown Zephyr Sic Stephenson St H. M. Heman J. G. Hettinger Iowa Mayor Younger Kansas Mrs. J. Shannon Harpater W. D. Cauei Kansas City Florence Whitlock Michael Bruzewitz Eleroy D. A. Knowlton Beloit F. J. Blood and Child Elburn B. F. Humphreys the Baptist Church John Berberich Oregon Mary Pracher Samuel Johnson G. F. Hichhorn South Charles Nieman West Meyer & Co Ezra Turner Henry Holtkamp Galena RK. W. Jones J. F. Hartke M. E Fricksen Wm. H. Wagner Mies Bennish Cedar Rapids Annie Ellis Geo. Smith Illinois Central East Dubuque Chas. E. Dunn First Presbyterian Church D. C. Stover Gilbert Bros. Cigaratore Bob Williams Capt. Williams Hotel Williams Rockford Whist Sackett Miss Barnes J. D. Waterman Horton Times-Herald Stover Bicycle Manufacturing Company Til Booth J. F. Smith Robert Harrison W. OC. Jencks’ Harness Shop Stephenson Lodge of Odd Fellows U. B Lydia Herbig BE. A. Blust’s Store F. W. Keator Grace Episcopal Church Mr. Davidson Oak Street Evangelical Church Salem Church C. P. Guenther’s Burnette St. Pius Hall C. EB. Dunn K. G People’s Church Jess Clive Hood A Vernon Hart A. Vernon Hart Maynard H.d.post GAS House Coke Freeport Light and Fuel Co Stephenson Street Yale Ue RED Cross Lizzards Dowagiac Mich Fineet Cocke and Ranges
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