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Freeport Daily Journal in Freeport, Illinois
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1897
Page
4
Astra khan for Jackets and Ready Made Silk Skirts Sale
Ast rack style offer lists hundreds of jackets and capes for ladies misses and children priced low with bargains in ready made silk and wool skirts.
Debating Society Organized at the YMCA
Members of the YMCA formed a Lyceum of the Freeport Young Men's Christian Association debating society. A constitution and bylaws were adopted, with officers elected for three months: President Rob Runner, Vice President Chas H. Green, Secretary R. W. Jones, Treasurer Geo. H. Ford. Meetings will be on the second and fourth Fridays with a program committee formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattera
W. M. Sanford
Robert Runner
Js. Belmore
Lyceum of the
Freeport Young Men’s Christian Association
Rob Runner
Chas H. Green
R. W. Jones
Geo. H. Ford
CAN DRESS CHEAPLY A MAN CAN HABILITATE ON LITTLE MONEY
A column notes a man can outfit himself for under six dollars using frugal purchases advertised in current ads. Items listed include socks at five cents, shoes at seventy nine cents, underwear at twenty four cents, clothes at two dollars eighty nine cents, and other basics totaling five dollars sixty cents. The item closes with Miss Carey, visiting Chicago, returning home.
Freeport Upcoming Events and Meetings Ledger
A list of public entertainments and gatherings for Freeport citizens. Jan 25 27 Holden Comedy Co at Germania Opera House. Jan 21 Ken Salisbury Orchestra at Blust's Hall. Jan 27 St Pius society dance at St Piva Hall. Jan 20 Eureka Club ball at Blust's Hall. Feb 2 Bancroft the Magician at Germania Opera House. Feb 4 Northern Illinois Agricultural Society stockholders at the courthouse. Feb 6 Dramatic recital by Mrs. C W Boucher at A M O A Auditorium. Feb 8 Wang at Germania Opera House. Feb 9 11 Stephenson County Warmers Institute. Feb 16 Eureka club masquerade ball at Blust's Hall. Feb 16 G IA Bazaar at Blust's Hall. Feb 18 Rev J W Blake presents Shakespeare. Feb 22 Annual Railway Conductors Hall. March 15 18 Freeport Cantastory annual meeting. Feb 25 Lecture by Rev Caroline Bartlett Crane on Col. Ingersoll’s method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
L. F. Copeland
Freeport Chora Society
Bancroft
Magician
Germania Opera House
Northern
Ulinoisgricultural Society
Court House
Sousna
Gormanta Jopera House
Danece
Armory Hall
Company I. Fab
BE. G. Hirsch
Chicago
C. W. Boucher
Wang
Stephenson County Warmers’ Institute
Lillian Hiller Udell
Blust's Hall
Eureka Club
A Day's Notations Reflect Local Illness and Social News
Charles Winters is critically ill and others including Chas Knowlton and a Parks child are ill. Mrs. T. L. J. Klapp returns from Warren. Adeline May visits St. Louis. O W Lawyer to play organ at Baptist church. Embury church Women’s Society hosts a social. Reports from Freeport Pecatonica and Galena include dances, whist games, and the Holden Comedy Company opening shortly. Ice forecasts and train delays from snowstorm impact the region. charitable thanks follow recent bereavement. Frequent social calls, church notices, and local anecdotes fill the page with names, places, and small events.
Officers Elected And Lyric Trio Program Jeered
The Lyric Trio Reading Circle of St Marys school held officers election with President Mary McNeill and others. A later installation included Rev Fr Horan and local figures. Contests covered doctrine, arithmetic, literature, and history with varied wins and ties. An interlude ad tout advertised the Inter Ocean Encyclopaedic Dictionary at ten cents a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric Trio
Lyric Trio Reading Circle
St. Mary's School
Mary McNeill
Mary Gordon
George Dubs
Mary Peck
Arthur Wheeler
Florence Carroll
Edward Fane
Mary Michaelson
Horan
Fee
Stanley
N. McGovern
M. Brennan
John Lane
Willie Ratz
Ocr
Cress Circle
Pat
Alfred Tennyson
C.e
Debanon
Sir Watler
Rene B
Sir Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore
G. Songz
Bom Moore
Normian Trench
Henry Howard
Damocles
Antonig Cumova
Cse
Atshimeda
Arithmeatic
Olele
Inter Ocean
Journal Office
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Ee En Eevee
Eeoeenes Waee
Acters Aene
Eae Ee Aere
Eeeae Aeaee
Nc Gees
Astrakhan
Eee Bene Eee Ee
Beal Martin Capes
Encvrenssevere
Electric Fur Boas
Beaver Cape
Martin Cape
Seeley & Read
Cross Creek Lehigh
Kentucky
Wilbur Lumber CO
M. Sanford
Mgr
N. B
Felephant No
Miss Carey
J. Hoffman
Stephenson St
Freeport
Charles Winters
Chas. D. Knowlton
Mrs. G. L. Parks
T. L. J. Klapp
Warren
R. Claypool
Adeline May
St. Louis
Geo. Schmick
O. W. Lawyer
The
Baptist Church
Frank Winger
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of
Embury Church
O. T. Smith
E. C. Shourds
E. P. Hodges
Vincennes, Ind
Pecatonica
Holsapple
Mamie Henney
Holden Comedy Company
Illinois Central
Iowa
C. F. Truckenmiller
R. W. Smith
Pecatonica Newa
Jane Galloway
Isabel Jordan
Home Social Club
E. Perry Brown
L. J. Munn
Walter Best
Samuel Lebkicker
A. Douglas
Fred Wagner
D. A. Molter
Otto Wagner
George Snyder
Carl Kunz
Frederick Dammon
St. Francis Hospital
Galena
Jason Smith
Henry Smith
State School For the
Jacksonville
Jason
G. W. Curtis
State Board of Charities
First Presby
Terian
T.H. Holliater
New York City
A. V. Hart
Paul Haight
W. H. Haight
Rock River
Carroll Democrat
Freeport Turners
Carl Fairley
Carl
Belle Clingman
Gertie Williams
Vera Wheeler
Bessie Snyder
Helen
Hood
I. Blood & Co
Lowell, Mass
A Vernon Hart
Jeweler
H.d.post
GAS House Coke
Freeport Light and Fuel Co
Stephenson Street
Dowagiac
Mich
Cooke and Ranges
Agkett & Philhower
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