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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1899
Page
6
Subscription terms listed for the Freeport Daily Journal indicate daily delivery except Sundays, with mail matter registered at Chicago and processed through Freeport, Illinois post office. Printed date January 25.
Local residents and visitors are noted in a roundup: A M Woodside at Rockford today. Ned Fitch in Chicago on business. Rev Alberding and Rev Messerschmidt traveling to Chicago and Darlington Wisconsin. O Rinehart en route to Chicago. D E Shirk of Monroe among Freeporters yesterday. D Sweet from Rockford called on friends. H D Post and sons to Rockford. Mr. Van Dorn of Minook guest of T H Hollister. Mrs Kellar and Mrs Menzer of Rock Grove in town yesterday. Maggie Keister and brother John of Rock Grove in town yesterday. Dr Caldwell called to Lena to tend Mrs M McGurk. Rev Dickoff visiting from Oregon. Mrs Alex Fay to Red Oak for brother Robert Hughes’s illness. Julius Meisenbach family home from Mendota after funeral. Joe Hettinger and Fred Gund plan Cuba trip with Bessie Gund to New York to visit Torry.
Cuioaco and Freeport Board of Trade quotations show May wheat 75, May corn 38 1/2, May oats 28, May pork 10.42, and May lard 65.85 with various fat futures. Receipts include Chicago wheat 138 cars, corn 408, and additional regional totals. notes on hogs, cattle, and sheep price ranges and movements accompany.
The world’s largest center for steel ball manufacture sits in Schweinfurt Bavaria. Two factories owned by one firm produce nearly 300 million balls annually with 600 workers ten hours daily. Germany’s total output is about 650 million, while England and France together add roughly 70 million.
Miss Zell Mynard and Frank Kennedy tied by Rev. J. D. McCaughtry at the bride’s parents’ home in West Freeport. They will live with the Rasbach family. Mrs. Kennedy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rasbach, long residents of Assumption Illinois.
In Freeport, Miss Cornelia Harlow marks her birthday while her business college earns high praise for training graduates now in local and distant positions. A surprise party honors Miss Zell Mynard, a dedicated First M. E. Sunday school teacher, as Epworth Leauge activities and church events unfold with talks, papers, and musical numbers. A Methodist clerical anecdote ends with humor about clerical discounts on playing cards and pens, reflecting local church social life and lighthearted moments.
A fashionable Grand Opera House audience praised Camille D Arville and Nellie Braggins in The Highwayman with George O Donnell and Reginald Roberts praised. The next show is Charles E Blaneys A Hired Girl with music by Harry James and a Berlin trained cast. A Wesley entertainment and Memorial Lutheran church support adds.
Local items report Savanna church shifts to congregational singing with orchestra, Mt Morris post office bans smoking for ladies’ access, rockton drilling uncovers iron clay with gold. Rockford chemists study richness. Woodmen director claims 300000 in death claims paid, no assessments this month, 6000 new Woodmen and 1400 Neighbors members. Jack rabbit import plans spark hunting interest near Janesville. Hon. Ogden B. Youngs of Stillman Valley dies after grip and pneumonia. born 1822 in Ohio, long service in Ogle county offices and farming.
A brief advertising line from Emimert and Burrell promoting Rocky Mountain Tea. The verses imply freshness and joy as the product is introduced to consumers. The reference ties to the sellers and the product name in a vintage context.
A notice advertises a competent girl for general housework at 72 N Van Buren Street and a second vacancy for a chambermaid at the Williams House listed with contact details and dates.
Under the county court, estates of Light Boop Schaetzle Hoag Dubs Sheetz Hinds Moellenbandt Cyrus Sheetz Byrnes Kuntz Senift Solemn Wise Lutz Weber listed. Appraisals approved, petitions filed, bonds recorded, letters issued, guardians discharged, and property both private and public sale orders recorded. Estate settlements noted across multiple guardianships and probate actions.
The ad promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as protection against grip with symptoms like bone and muscle soreness chills fever sore throat and cough. It claims quick relief from cough swollen membranes and germs with a price of 60 cents and 1.00 dollars and offers a free trial bottle at Emmert and Burrells and other local shops plus garden bulbs and mail order service.
A local store proclaims unbeatable deals on canned goods and groceries claiming money back if not satisfied. Offers include sugar at 31 00 for 19 pounds, tomatoes, corn, cherries, flour, tea, salmon, bacon, and coffee with bold discounts and a machine to slice dried beef.
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