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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1906
Page
8
J. M. Warhop, a crack pitcher signed by Manager Morrity, arrived in Freeport yesterday and has been offered a position in the C. M. & St. Paul freight depot. The Chicago native previously pitched for the Cherokee Indian team last summer and is described as a clever pitcher.
Excelsior lodge of Masons holds its third annual Past Masters Night at the Masonic temple tonight. The Past Masters of the lodge will confer the Past Masters degree during the event.
Mr and Mrs David Mulvaney of Galena street are the parents of a baby girl. Mr and Mrs 8S N Kipp of Madison street welcomed a baby boy.
The ladies' auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus held a well attended card party with euchre. Favors went to Mrs. J B J DuFour Mrs. James Manion Mrs. George Kerns Mrs. Downing and Miss Nellie Sweeney. A committee of Mrs. M Kelly Mrs. A Carey and Mrs. J Allen will arrange the next event. A sixteenth wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. J W Long was celebrated with friends bringing a lamp stand and a good lunch. Tonight Florence Station hosts a masquerade and dance with Huenkemeier's orchestra. No card party at K G hall tomorrow due to repairs.
The Ministerial Association approved a tabernacle on the vacant lot at Jackson and Walnut streets for W A Sunday revival. Architect Dustman designed a 90 by 120 foot furnace heated, electric illuminated building costing about 3000 dollars. It will seat 2000, with plans to seek half Walnut street use to boost capacity to 2500 for anticipated crowds.
The North American Business college and Normal school announce a new department of illustrated music study for young beginners led by Mrs. Gertrude Bishop Ridgway. The program uses the illustration method to simplify notation and teach elementary harmony rhythm audition and keyboard location in class lessons.
Closing board of trade quotations show May wheat at 855, May corn 443, May oats 8114, May pork 814.09-05, May lard 7.52, May ribs 7.50. Union stock yards reports cattle 2,500 steady. beeves 85.50 to 6.25. cows heifers 1.35 to 4.76. stockers feeders 2.50 to 4.50. hogs 30,000 steady. mixed butchers 5.30 to 5.521. good heavy 5.40 to 5.55. rough heavy 5.20 to 6.35. light 5.26 to 5.465. sheep 1,000 steady 3.70 to 5.80.
The Masons completed a stately temple, praised as a monument to their progressive spirit and a credit to cities including Rockford Milledgeville Elizabeth Pecatotica and Galenotice. A February dedication is planned during a school of instruction, with a Hobart M. Cable Burdett organ installed in the main lodge room.
Six years after Governor Goebel's assassination, Jim Howard will be moved from the county jail to the state prison at Frankfort to begin a life term for murder. The U S Supreme Court recently upheld the Kentucky court of appeals, ending his last hope for relief as he maintains his innocence and displays iron nerve from five years of imprisonment and three trials.
Mrs. G. A. Howland of Roxbury Massachusetts reports her daughter, previously diagnosed as in consumption by three doctors, improved after using Father John's Medicine. Appetite returned, nervousness eased, and the child now sleeps well and eats thrice daily. She credits the medicine with curing the lungs and urges other mothers to try it. Sold by Joseph Emmert in Freeport.
A dialogue notes a new climax in a play where passengers rise as one to foil robbers on a train. The boss doubts the novelty, while the author insists the plot builds to the heist with decisive action. A lighter aside follows about romantic rivalries and gossip in the same column.
A damaged old-time note warns of a dyke breach caused by watchman neglect and a saved life story tied to Dr King’s New Discovery. It includes a testimonial about recovery from a neglected cold and a local drug store ad for cough and cold medicine. The fragment ends with a mention of a fatal cattle treat.
Ad for Hyomei inhaler claims the balsamic vapor penetrates to throat tissue killing catarrhal germs and healing irritated mucous membranes. Presents a complete outfit for $1 with an extra bottle for 60 cents, sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz.
Jasper Mallory an engineer on the Illinois Central severely wrenched his right knee getting off his engine at Broadview Illinois yesterday. He will be laid up for several weeks.
Rockford officials complete plan to transport sixty members to Freeport next Tuesday for the ceremonial and installation of the White Shrine of Jerusalem.
A. M. Bruce of Farmville Virginia credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with ending a twenty year struggle against chronic piles and malignant sores. The salve is praised for ulcers cuts burns and wounds and offered at 26 cents at Joseph Emmert’s drug store.
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