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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1897
Page
6
A guessing contest at G A Huenkemeier's grocery nets Saturday January 30 with ten prizes for the first ten closest guesses. Call, make a purchase, and guess. The ad lists daily prices until further notice with a price for a sack of corn meal noted.
The ad promotes Henderson corsets with prices from 75c to $1.75 and a wide range of sizes and styles plus heavy underwear, fur hats, muffs, and children's fur sets at reduced spring sale prices. It touts money back if not pleased and claims large stock and low prices on jackets capes and underskirts.
Plumber announces new shop in the basement of the Stoskoff building on Galena avenue offering steam and hot water heating and sanitary plumbing with prompt job work.
A lively Florida Christmas Eve Mass fills the old cathedral with tropical decorations and a diverse crowd. The piece details palm and palmetto adornments, choirs from multiple churches, and a sermon on the nativity, while also recounting alarming alcohol consumption among women and rural workers.
Excerpts describe a Catholic Christmas scene with inclusive worship among white and black congregants, punctuated by bells and moonlit river vistas, then shift to a London Telegraph critique noting France’s population decline and England’s industrial edge as alcohol consumption drops in favor of tea and beef.
A Rouen report estimates the city consumes over five million liters of alcohol yearly among dock laborers. Workers earning about three francs daily spend most income on drink, with very few remaining sober for work. Alcohol is even taken with coffee as men rush to public houses during leisure.
The Philadelphia Times recounts a remarkable 380 month homecoming story as Mrs. Nansen welcomes a carrier pigeon that carried a note from explorer Fridtjof Nansen detailing successful progress in polar regions. The bird reportedly flew over 2000 miles to reach Christiana delivering hopeful tidings. It highlights human ingenuity alongside a bird’s extraordinary endurance. Also discussed are schemes by impecunious noblemen using false diamonds to raise cash, involving real gems exchanged for loans while keeping up appearances.
A Berlin correspondent notes a curious custom in which local butchers inform customers of Ure days for fresh sausages by placing a chair covered with a large clean apron beside the shop door.
The Wisconsin House saw an anti pool selling bill tied to a state wide prohibition in Milwaukee. Pierce presented a remarkable cigarette petition formed as a 150 foot cloth strip carrying 22 000 names, likely 100 000 people. Senator Timme’s university investigation resolution passed, while Baxter pushed to abolish Ideal Park and Tucker proposed county run industrial schools.
Murat Halstead in Louisville voices strong disapproval of the forthcoming cabinet choice. He says Lyman J. Gage has not been a straight Republican and implies the pick rewards Democratic support for the Republican party.
In Des Moines on January 30 the convention wrapped up its sessions celebrating Idaho’s suffrage victory. Speakers included Mrs. Colby of Wyoming Mrs. Bradford of Colorado and Mrs. Woods of Idaho. The group planned to continue push to add more suffrage states.
Springfield report states the senate did little, receiving bills and a joint resolution to submit a women's suffrage constitutional amendment to voters. House adjourned to Monday at 5 pm after naming the judiciary committee with Allan of Vermilion as chairman.
St Joseph Missouri January 30 Judge Lafayette Dawson longtime attorney and former Alaska judge born 1838 in Illinois died at his Marysville home after a cancer battle He served as an elector for Tilden and Hendricks in 1875 and was appointed Alaska judge by President Cleveland in 1885 resigning in 1888.
Allen introduces a senate bill mandating interstate railroad, steamboat, and telegraph companies to file accurate asset schedules with the railroad commissioner and prove capital stock does not exceed asset value. Kansas lawmakers urge free silver at 16 to 1 but support tariff actions. Weather notes forecast fair, warmer conditions across Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa with light snow on the lakes and shifting winds.
New York on January 2 reports money on call at 14q per cent, prime paper at 3 to 4 per cent, steady Sterling, US government bonds strong, gold prices, and demand for bankers' bills. Chicago Board of Trade quotations list wheat, corn, oats, and rye futures. livestock markets show hogs, cattle, and sheep with varied prices. Milwaukee grain results include spring wheat, oats, barley, and rye bids.
A Northwestern Line organized personally conducted tour through Mexico under Mr J J Grafton the ex excursion manager. The party meets in Chicago and departs February 2 1897 aboard a ventilated palace sleeping observation and dining car train for thirty days visiting major cities and sites. Extensions available with pamphlets and rate details from Chicago North Western Ry agents.
Railway time table notes list arrival and departure times for westward and southbound trains. It includes daily and Sunday schedules, with numbers 1 2 8 83 87 and routes via Lena Warren Galena Freeport and 800TH, showing various daily except Sunday or Monday constraints and specific 1:30 and 9:45 time stamps.
Rail notices show Mo 101 and Wo 164 connections to Madison and Dodgeville. Trains run daily except Sunday with passenger No 21 to Dodgeville and Freight Trains No 11 and No 202. Times include 6 15 and 7 00 departures with arrivals and reverse runs listed.
Daily and weekend timetables show passenger and freight trains serving Freeport with connections to Rock Island Milwaukee and Chicago. Eastbound No 147 departs 7:20am and No 161 4:25pm. Westbound No 58 8:00am, No 96 10:69am. freights No 04 6:00am No 95 10:10am. Through coaches link Rock Island Milwaukee and Chicago with through service texts noting freight restrictions.
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