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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1897
Page
4
At G A Huenkemeier s grocery another guessing contest will be held next Saturday January 80 with ten prizes for the first ten persons whose guesses are nearest. Participants are invited to call, make a purchase and guess. Daily prices listed include 16 for sack.
A new plumbing business has opened in the basement of the Stoskoff building on Galena Avenue offering steam and hot water heating and sanitary plumbing. Prompt job work is promised and public patronage is solicited.
A list of local events from late January to March includes Calico ball at Blust's hall Eureka club January 28, concerts January 29 at Germania Opera House Freeport Choral Society, magician Bancroft February 2 at Germania Opera House, stockholders meeting February 2 Northern Illinois Agricultural Society at the courthouse, Sousna's Band February 4 at Germania Opera House, dance February 2 Armory hall Company L, lecture February 4 by Dr. E G Hirach Chicago, dramatic recital February 6 by Mrs C W Boucher at A M C auditorium, Wang February 8 at Germania Opera House, Stephenson County Farmers Institute February 9-11, Lillian Hiller Udell lecture February 11, recital February 15 Edith Joyce DeVore pupils at YMCA, masquerade February 16 Blust's hall Eureka club, bazaar February 16 G A B L B, Rev J W Binks Shakespeare February 18 Midsummer Night's Dream, annual hall of the Order of Railway Conductors February 22, Preston Coast annual meeting March 15-18, February 26 lecture Rev Caroline Bartlett Crane Truths and Errors of Col Ingersoll Method and Argument.
Local notables travel to Chicago and Dakota for business and family reasons while community groups plan socials and meetings. Highlights include Hill and Bartlett heading to Seward and Chicago, Mrs. Chapman’s eastward trip, a calico ball at Blust's hall, and church and club gatherings at the K of G hall and First Presbyterian. Death reported: Wm. Dickman of Silver Creek township.
A Rockford Star article prompts Conductor Nelson Degan of the Illinois Central to threaten a libel suit against editor Col J Stanley Browne over an accusation of removing a passenger with a through ticket. Attorneys advise apology and arbitration over potential damages.
Republican judicial committee for the 13th district met in Judge Stearns office to call a convention at Rockford on April 29 for nominating three circuit judge candidates. Delegates number by counties based on McKinley votes, totaling 118, with Whiteside, Winnebago, Jo Daviess, and others allocated. Notables present included W L Eaton, FE H Marsh, A E Fisher, R J Senior, Frank E Reed, S W Cowen, L Hoffman, W L Puterbaugh, Gee, and W Rippen.
A mine explosion at Foster in Monroe county injures eleven workers, with Louis Fagler reported fatally hurt. The incident occurred yesterday near Des Moines Iowa.
Illinois Central railroad offers round trip excursion tickets for the Modern Woodmen of America annual meeting in Springfield Illinois on February 2 1897. Tickets good for return through February 4 1897 and sold February 1 and 2. H W Rowey, ticket agent. 127th
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