Personal Mention in Freeport Journal of Local Movements
Movements of Freeport residents and visitors listed, including Robert Zierke to Monroe, Otto Kieckhaefer to Ridott, J H Bender on business in Morrison, Hyatt Adleman from Durand, Sam Carter returning from the West, Mrs J W Starks to Rockford, Edwin Hall in Chicago, P W Mason of Amboy on business, J A Dirksen to Rockford, Milton Wilner of Dubuque visiting, A W Pratt in town seeking location, Mr and Mrs J Hoffman visiting Chicago, Judge Cronkrite traveling to Springfield for county judges conference, Geo Ennenga traveling to New York to buy goods for Ennenga & Wagner, Mrs L T Clark of Blue Island summoned to Davis for sister J M Inman's funeral, Harry C Miller departing for Danville to join American Express, J A Crain at Lanark for Bohn estate sale, Miss Mable Runner back from Chicago but taken ill with grippe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Dirksen
Rockford
Milton Wilner
Dubuque
A.W. Pratt
J. Hoffman
Chicago
Harry C. Miller
Danville
Ill
American Express Company
J. A. Crain
Lanark
Bohn
Carroll County
Commandery Meeting for Freeport No 7 Knights Templar
Freeport Commandery No 7 Knights Templar will hold a meeting tomorrow evening for business and work. Members are urged to attend as planned and to conduct routine ritual work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Commandery No. 7
Knights Templar
Will Try Them Again Rockford Date Set
Report states the team remains undeterred after last night’s defeat and will face Rockford in the other city around February 14. Match will test them again as they seek improvement and revenge in a planned Feb. 14 contest in Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sginhe
Frespore
Rockford
Eye Injury At Illinois Central Shops
Will Johnson suffered a severe eye burn when a fragment of iron flew into his eye while he was working in the Illinois Central shops yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Will Johnson
Illnesses Hit Local Residents In Brief Updates
Miss Pearl Wheat has measles. Nurse deaconess Miss E A Hodge is seriously ill with erysipelas. Mrs E D Allington is much improved. Miss Belle Gransden is confined at home with grip illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Wheat
E. A. Hodge
E. D. Allington
Belle Gransden
Minor items from local page include ads and sale timing
Notice notes Schoeffel and Brockhausen ad change and Degree of Ruth of the I D M A to meet tomorrow night. Balles Bros relocate to next store east of former stand. Tickets for Darkest Russia go on sale at Moogk's at 8 AM Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Balles Bros
Russia
Moogk’s
Remarkable Lyle Smith Survives Beyond Medical Odds
Lyle Smith of Sycamore, once given a life limit of 14, then 21, later 23, has survived to age 30 despite heart valve failure and alternating venous arterial blood. Physicians nationwide had seen the case, and he remains active, educated, and noted as nephew to Alonzo Elwood, a prominent Odd Fellow. Bogesty's at 110 Stephenson St advertises fruits nuts at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Smith
Sycamore
Mr. Smith
Alonzo Elwood
Freeport Whist Team Routed by Rockford Visitors
In a Freeport whist match at the club house last night Rockford defeated the home team by fifty tricks or twenty five points. The contest featured lively play and a luncheon afterward served by Misses Isabel Farwell Emily Heard Helen Read Bessie Best Grace Mayer and Chas Bentley. Score by tables shows Freeport Eastern and Western pairs below average with Horace Webster and Mrs Crain among the few above average. A dance event follows at Old Temperance hall and a comic entertainment plus dance at Germania hall hosted by local organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Rockford
Hoodood
Galena
Isabel Farwell
Emily Heard
Helen Read
Bessie Best
Grace Mayer
Chas. J. Bentley
Horace Webster
J. A. Crain
W. E. Boyington
C. D. Knowlton
Stover Manufacturing Elects New Directors at Annual Meeting
The Stover Manufacturing Co held its annual meeting yesterday and elected directors C. Stover, W. A. Merrifield, A. S. Held, O. d. R., W. A. Hance, L. W. Kilker, and John M. Irwin. The old officers were reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stover Manufacturing Co
C. Stover
W. A. Merrifield
A. S. Held
W. A. Hance
L. W. Kilker
John M. Irwin
New Freeport Church Erects Modern House of Worship
Rev W H Snyder’s Congregation dedicated a new Presbyterian church costing 11000 with 12500 raised, leaving a surplus. The building uses a steam heating system powered by exhaust from the local electric light plant, heating forty nearby businesses and the church. Rev Snyder is noted as brother to J H Snyder of the city. Mr and Mrs O B Bidwell visit Missouri Valley relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Snyder
O. B. Bidwell
Missouri Valley
Iowa
J. H. Snyder
Freeport
Odd Fellows' Home to Open At Mattoon in Month
The Odd Fellows of Illinois will occupy the three story pressed brick home on a Mattoon eminence within a month. The 200 bed facility serves members in good standing and their dependents, including widows and Daughters of Rebekah, with a weekly lodge charge not exceeding 1.60, under trustees rules and regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattoon
Odd Fellows of
Illinois
Independent
Order of
Odd Fellows
Rebekah
Geographical Readers Showcased By American Book Co
The American Book Company issues North America a new geographical reader priced at 6 cents. Authored by Frank Carpenter the work invites readers on imaginary journeys to study life governance and resources across continents. It emphasizes observational teaching and rich illustrations based on the author's photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Book Company
North America
Frank Carpenter
Regulations Tighten Sale Of Calcium Carbide In New York
Superintendent Murray announces rules governing calcium carbide transportation storage and sale due to acetylene gas risk in fires. Liquefied acetylene banned citywide. stores may hold at most twenty pounds in fireproof vaults six inches above the floor and no lighting or heat allowed in storage areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Murray
Bureau of Combustibles
N. Y. Sun
Prominent Carroll County Leader Dies at 9 PM
Josiah B. Johnson a longtime sheriff treasurer and businessman in Carroll County died at St Francis hospital after a period of ill health He was born in 1818 in Bradford County Pennsylvania moved to Milledgeville and held sheriff collector county treasurer and justice posts He led a vigilante committee in Montana before returning to Carroll County where he lived until six years ago He leaves two daughters and his funeral is set for Milledgeville at 10 AM tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah B. Johnson
Carol County
St. Francis’ Hospital
Mr. Johnson
Henry Dorman
Johnson
Milledgeville
Carroll County
Bradford County
Montana
Ives
Jos, Wood
Jenry Dorman
Martha
Fred LaBudde
Silver Creek Township
Reformed Church
Baileyville
Prairie Dell
Decorators work at Ennenga and Wagner's clothing store
Bongye and Schwarz are shown decorating Ennenga and Wagner's clothing store while advertisements tout Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup from Emnert and Burrell for coughs colds and even consumption symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bongye & Schwarz
Ennenga & Wagner
Dr. Wood
Norway Pine
Emnert & Burrell
Darkest Russia at Grand Opera House in Freeport
Three Foster class attractions headline a Freeport week with Darkest Russia at Grand Opera House Thursday February 2. The piece promises strong drama, lively comedy, and Russian life scenes. Wesley entertainment rehearsals progress with Mrs. Oyler to sing in a missionary scene. Passions plays in motion pictures shown at St Mary’s hall Friday and Saturday. Holden Comedy company opens a week at Grand Opera House next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Russia
Grand Opera House
America
Wesley
Opera
John G. Oyler
St. Mary’s Hall
Cinematographe
Boston Museum
Horitz
Adam
Lve
Congregationalist
Holden's
Holden Comedy Company
Freeport Theatre
Floors Made of Paper In German Exchange Report
Paper floors gain popularity due to seamless joints preventing dust, vermin, and fungi. They insulate heat and sound, feel soft underfoot, and cost less than hardwood. The polymer mix is shipped as powder with cement binder, spread, rolled, and painted in wood tones.
Try Gas House Coke save money today
A brief note encourages trying Gas House Coke as a money saver with a straightforward selling pitch.
The Evils of Over Education in a Ladies' Home Journal Essay
Mrs. Lew Wallace laments over-education shaping boys to be breadwinners while girls become home-makers. She pleads for a richer childhood and less overloading of school with facts, urging companionship and a joyful, sunlit childhood. Also promotes health tonics and local shop ads for goods and fuels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Wallace
Ladies’ Home Journal
Eden Paradise
Prices at Hermsmielr & Son rock bottom Saturday sale
Read these prices and compare with what others offer. It pays to stock up as flour rises daily. Items include 12 bars Lenox soap for 2bc, Havemeyer sugar 19 lbs for $1.00, Walter Baker cocoa 2bc can, mince meat 5e per package, buckwheat flour 22c per 101b sack, corn meal Te per 10 lb sack, Minnesota flour 90c per sack, tomatoes 3 lb can Ge, Freeport corn pack 1898, prunes 5e lb, enamel stove polish 8c, syrup 20c per gallon, mop stick 10e, chocolate 10e, bread 3e loaf, crackers 5e lb, ginger snaps, condensed milk 6c can, hams 8e lb, raisins 10o per lb, macaroni Ge per package, pineapples Te, pumpkins Ge per 8 lb can, potatoes 85e bushel, shop claims best stock in city and fresh goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havemeyer & Elder
Walter Baker
Minnesota
California
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Llinola
Freeport, Ill
Robert Zierke
Monroe
Otto Kieckhaefer
Ridott
J.H. Bender
Morrison
Sam Carter
West
J. W. Starks
Edwin Hall
P. W. Mason
Amboy
Mable
Schoeffel & ‘Brockhausen
Golor
Bogesty’s
Stephenson St
Rockford Whist
Fast
L. L. Munn, Jr
H. Seeley
L. Z. Farwell
Douglas Pattison
Birdie Horace Webster
F. A. Read
A. Bidwell
H. D. Bentlay
Sweeree
H. Stockings
W. & Boyington
Katia Taylor
M. Ju
F. A
Read
Wallace Collins
Eernsyau
Ffreeport
R. KK. Farwell
Social Notes
Old Temperance Hall
Freeport Suengerband
Germania Hall
R. C. Bailey
M Boreer
Katherine Barnes
Jeming
A, H
Frosagneae Cave
Melancthon Brown
Frances Porter
Edward Linden
Tarr
Arene
John D, Waterman
Ars
Candler Starr
Bailey
L. GL
Munn
Royington
A. H
Rs. Frost
Wes
Douian
Mra. Knowlton
H. C
Porter
Sopeeeegar
M. Brown
C. H. Sooley
Burwell
C. B Seeley
Deming
A ‘Crain
Waterman
C. Starr
J.D. Waterman
Brown
Sackett
E. P. Lathrop
Brantingham
and & Sy Porton
Rockford Peevenyeren
A. Waldo
ODD Fellows’ Home
J. B. Johnson
Nent
Martha LaBudde
Mina
Mina Reverts
German Valley
Grip
Weenermore
Oatfresland
Prussia
Mina Frelings
Germany
F. B. Reverts
Freling Frelings
Eda Frelings
Dutch Reformed Church
Rev. Byers
Kitzmiller
Mary Kitzmiller
Haldane
David Kitzmiller
John Wesley
Ayer
Dr. Ager
Tree
I. J. C, Avi
Lowell, Mass
Soldat Emmert & Burrell
Daug
Wiencke
Japan
Te Enas
Joss
A. J. Karcher
Galena Ave
Galena ST
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