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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
8
Frank Yordy of 144 Broadway, a High School basketball team member, was bitten on the tongue during a YMCA gym practice Tuesday. The wound swelled and blood poisoning followed, leaving him unable to eat and fed by liquid nourishment via a tube.
Chicago pianist Harold Henry headlines a YMCA recital tonight after years abroad studies. The program includes Moszkowski’s piece written for him, plus works by Rameau Schubert Beethoven Chopin Chopin and Debussy as well as a Rhapsody by Moszkowski and a Chickering piano.
Arthur Pettepiece of Chicago will arrive tonight to spend Sunday in this city with relatives. David B. Graham has gone to Chicago on business and will return via Madison for a brief visit. Mrs. B. P. Bill and son Harold, West street, returned from Lena where they visited Mrs. White. A. R. Buffin, secretary of the boys department of the Y M C A, and D. C. Sunderland plan an extended trip through the west with friends in about a month.
Hon John C McKenzie state senator from this district has been named to several major committees He serves as chairman of the committee on municipalities and is a member of canals and rivers charitable penal and reformatories civil service education judiciary primary elections and to visit penal and reformatory institutions
C E Smith physical director of the Y M C A learned this afternoon that his former roommate at the Bernard Macfadden institute C A Gooding was killed in the Glen Dale Colorado wreck last week. They shared rooms at the institute in New Jersey during their entire course.
The Baker captained team defeated Dustman’s squad in two swift games at the Y M C A last night. Saturday night at 8 the Teachers’ and Boeke’s teams meet. In the first series Markley’s team will face H Dustman’s group next Thursday evening.
A mortgage of 110000000 dollars from the Illinois Central Railroad company to Guaranty Trust company of New York was filed with the circuit court clerk. The instrument is dated November 1, 1908.
Mr and Mrs George Piper living on Wyandott street welcome a baby boy, expanding the family and adding to local population counts.
Closing Board of Trade quotes show May wheat at 1 07 3/4, May corn 62 3/4, oats 32, Jan pork 17.25, lard 9.60, ribs 8.85. Union Stock Yards prices: cattle around 96.00 to 106.00, sheep 5.65, heavy and bulk sales 6.10 to 6.40, strong demand for beef and hogs. Chicago Board of Trade figures list various items with mixed highs and lows, plus meat prices from Manns Sausage Factory and local notes on goods availability.
Papers were sent to Springfield to organize a second State bank in Orangeville after a merger failed. The People’s State Bank of Orangeville will be formed by current Bank of Orangeville backers with $25,000 capital, while outside investors from Freeport offered up to $1,500 each.
Robert Moran was arrested yesterday afternoon on a warrant charging a serious crime. He appeared before Justice Goddard and was held to the grand jury in bonds of 500 dollars, which he could not furnish.
The Twentieth Century band of Pearl City schedules a fair from January 21 to 26 at the opera house to raise funds for equipment.
The Bright Spots beat the Lobsters last night in a bowling tournament at the Brunswick alleys. Bright Spots totaled 2387 pins to 2162 for the Lobsters, with Joe Fifer posting a high game of 214.
The Winslow band hosts a fair in the first week of February at Gettle's hall Winslow with Lena band assisting on two evenings of the week. A large number of prizes will be raffled.
Elder William Brewster and Miss Converse led a Thursday afternoon DAR gathering discussing the study of old historic American cities with emphasis on New Orleans and Jamestown.
The Concert Grand piano from Chickering Sons has arrived and been set up for this evening's recital by Mr. Henry. It is described as among the finest used by concert pianists.
The Excelsior lodge of Masons will hold a special communication this evening at 7 30 for the conferring of the Entered Apprentice degree.
Mrs. John Jordan aged 71 years died at McConnell Thursday morning.
Miss Louella Ohlendorf daughter of Henry Ohlendorf residing on Empire street is ill with diphtheria.
Miss Harriet Burbank has returned from an extended stay in Chicago. The note confirms her homecoming and marks the end of her visit in the city.
An afternoon card party tale from the Cleveland Plain Dealer relates a stout woman dropping a card and explaining she feared bending due to a new fifty dollar corset. The amused woman beside her quips she would wear such a corset outside, prompting a light comment from another attendee.
A court debates an insanity plea as the foreman insists the defendant failed to grasp the legal strategy. The exchange highlights the legal maneuvering and courtroom skepticism over the defendant's mental state.
Conversation cites Miss Gobbs provoking a reaction from Hobbs who vows to ignore her after a remark last night. The exchange is reported in the Cleveland Leader with a tone of curiosity about the dispute.
A Jewish Ledger note discusses removing conceit from a freshman approach to mathematics. It explores whether the creator can be separated from the loss, suggesting a close method when the arrogance of early study is reduced. The remark frames freshman work as a balance of understanding and humility.
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An examination of Mr Cronin showed a terrible cut over the right eye and a crushed frontal bone with the face smashed and the nose broken. He was unconscious at the hospital at midnight and physicians had little hope of recovery. Burglary believed motive due to money and buried gold rumors. Chief Appleby, officers, and deputies searched interurban cars, railway yards, and nearby roads.
A wide survey of late nineteenth century curiosities covers frost in construction, long train routes from Moscow to China, Vienna water shortages, and an international aero plane competition abandoned for funds. It notes Botha’s Boer flag gift, a truck farm near the Arctic circle, Windsor Castle room checks, and France moving toward simplified spelling with changes in rhinoceros analyze phenomenon.
A Town and Country note calls a preacher splendid yet obscure with no previous record as a desperado, noting a striking mismatch between his eloquence and the absence of criminal history. The remark highlights public interest in the preacher’s controversial reputation.
January 22 Harold Henry ry pianist at Y M C A under Euterpean society. January 2 Professors Dawson class and social dance. January 25 Commandery ball at Masonic temple. January 25 Bernarr Macfadden lecture at Y M C A. January 2 Joe Fifer dancing school and social at Lexington hall. January 2 O F party at St Marys. February 2 Mrs Mary Elizabeth Cheney recital at Masonic temple under Womens club. February 8 9 Indoor circus at Y M C A. February 4 Dance and card party at Mt Marys hall under Marys whorr. February 10 Policemen sixth annual ball at Masonic temple. March 17 Card party G I A to B L E afternoon.
Fragmentary theatre notice lists dates from January 22 to January 30 with titles Dora Thorne The Ory Baby Mrs Tompie's Telegram The Fighting Parson and Hinshaw Opera Co including matinee and night showings and a January 2 start for Dora Thorne and a January 8 Hinshaw Opera Co engagement.
A London Globe tale describes a narrator escaping a huge python on a mountain. He boasts he outran the snake then recounts the serpent twisting into a cart wheel and rolling downhill until it struck a jagged rock and punctured, leaving him safe.
Buy of Freeport merchants emphasizes meeting your needs with fair pricing and attentive service. They highlight knowledge of customer requirements and the aim to set prices right for every shopper.
Mrs Hagel Pulford Miner born in Savanna and widow of Bert Miner died suddenly from heart failure Tuesday morning in Seattle at age twenty. She was the youngest daughter of the late Bothwell Pulford and Mrs Tony Pulford. The couple moved to Seattle after their marriage and burial will be in Savanna.
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