Independence Day Chautauqua Opens Seventeen Days
Freeport hosts its fourth annual chautauqua at Globe park beginning tomorrow with a patriotic program. George W Thompson of Indiana and Dr L G Herbert headline talks and a dramatic legal viewpoint on Jesus. The Rounds Orchestra opens Sunday evening in a largely patriotic program.
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Freeport
Globe Park
Holbrook
Roney Boys’ Concert Company
James B. Watson
Indiana
Lou J. Beauchamp
Krape Park
Assembly
George W. Thompson
Indiana Bar
Thompson
Jesus
Christ
Pilate
A. W. LaMar
Rounds Orchestra
Rockford
Director Rounds
Famous Rounds Ladies
Chautauqua
Piles Treatment Ad by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenthe
An advertisement claims an operation for piles will not be necessary if using ManZan Pile Remedy. The price is 60 cents per bottle and is offered by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenther.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenther
Low Rates East With The North Western Line
Low round trip rates will be offered from points on The North Western Line for events in Columbus Ohio July 9 to 18 for the Prohibition National Convention. Also to Cleveland Ohio June 25 to July 1 for the National Educational Association and other gatherings in Toledo Boston and more. Apply to Chicago and North Western Ry agents for full details.
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North Western
Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
National Educational Association
Toledo
Pythias
Boston
Mass
Chicago & North Western Ry
Firearm Ban in Freeport City Ordinance Text
Chief Silk warns about a Freeport ordinance forbidding discharging cannons guns pistols torpedoes firecrackers bonfires in any city area. Violators face a fine from one to ten dollars per offense under Chapter 42 section 82, A D 1007 with strict enforcement noted by the Philadelphia journal office.
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City of
Freeport
Phila
Gas Blast At Rikovsky Mine In Yusovo Kills Dozens
A massive gas explosion at the Rikovsky mine in Yusovo Russia leaves many miners trapped and injured. Authorities report 157 bodies recovered and a likely death toll rising toward 200. Seventy three rescued alive, ten died soon after extraction. troops deployed to quell unrest amid the crisis.
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Yusovo
Russia
Rikovsky
Major plans for powder trust crackdown announced
Government moves against the powder trust are being laid out. New York plans up to £10,000,000 for Fourth of July fireworks this year. The National Educational Association may meet in Denver next year. The Socialist Labor party convention in New York refuses to endorse Eugene Debs for president. Nineteen forty four permits to marry in New York hit a new June record. Caracas confirms bubonic plague epidemic. Chautauqua Assembly opens its thirty fifth session with 6,000 attendees. Paraguay reportedly in revolution. The Mexican section of the Digi American railroad completed at Suchhite border. Tommie Burns, heavyweight musician, will depart London for Australia on July 7.
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Powder Trust
New York City
National Convention
The
Socialist Labor Party
New York
Eugene V. Debs
United States
Caracas
Chautauqua Assembly
Chautauqua
N. Y
Paraguay
Digi American
Suchhite
Tomiie Burns
Louden
Australia
Mantuan Pile Remedy Advertises Piles Cure
One application claims to soothe all forms of piles reducing inflammation soreness and itching. Price 50 cents Guaranteed Sold by Hl J Moogh and C P Guenther.
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Hl. J. Moogh
C. P. Guenther
Executors Offer for Sale Johanna Kuehner Estate
Public sale of 80 acres in Stephenson county near Freeport to be held July 14 1908 at 10 am. Real estate includes an 80 acre east half of NE quarter section 35 8 in township 27 7 east, adjacent to Freeport, with a two story six room house a 40x60 foot barn granary coop well windmill fences and outbuildings plus a spring. Will be offered in separate tracts and sold to maximize money. Abstract provided. Executed by C Fred Kuehner Rupert D Kuehner. Auctioneer A H Miller. Attorney W N Cronkrite.
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Johanna Kuehner
Stephenson Street
Globe Avenue
Stephenson County
Tinois
Freeport
Town Board Meeting Audits Bills Friday Evening
Town board will hold a regular meeting Friday July 4 at 7 30 p m to audit bills. All persons with town bills should present them at the office at once City Drug Store corner Galena and Van Buren streets. Michael Serra Towns seris.
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City Drug Store
Galena
van Buren
Michael Serr
Towns
Seris
Great Editor's Dead Lived Near Eighty Years in Journalism
Murat Halstead, longtime editor of the Cincinnati Commercial and famed war correspondent, died in Cincinnati at 78. He reported Civil War battles, Franco German and Spanish American wars, and covered Republican national conventions for fifty years. His son Robert Halstead and daughter-in-law Mrs. Arthur Stem were at his side. Kent Thomson’s Senate rejection as minister to Germany is noted amid memorials of Halstead's career.
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Kent Thumson
United States
Germany
United States Senate
Butler County
Ohio
Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette
Brooklyn Standard Union
Halstead
One of Our Great Editors Tribute in ISS Fragment
A fragment honors Tralstead as a major editor of the late nineteenth century noting his incisive writing and his nomination by the president. The text hints at a larger tribute in the ISS but lacks full context.
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Tralstead
ISS
Presi
Medicine Adverts Listing for Humphreys' Medicine
An advertisement lists Mc. each and Ten Specifics in a book priced at $7. Available at druggists or sent prepaid on receipt of price. From Humphreys' Medicine Co. Col. William and John Stresta, New York.
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Humphreys
Will of Grover Cleveland filed in Mercer county
The self drawn will of Grover Cleveland was filed with Mercer county New Jersey surrogate. The estate amount could not be learned but is described as larger than previously thought. The talk of the property is said to go to Mrs. Cleveland.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Mercer County
N. J
Eleven Girls Injured as Dormitory Wing Collapses
In St Louis July S, eleven girls were hurt and teacher Miss Mary Patterson was seriously hurt when a second story Viabeny in front of the female dormitory at the industrial school collapsed. The disaster trapped forty children under timbers and debris twenty-five feet below.
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St. Louis
Mary Patterson
Harvard Cambridge Rowing Race Proposed For Olympic Gait
News from London July 6 reports American and English rowers planning a Har vard Cambridge race after the Olympic regatta. The proposed course is a mile and three quarters, about two miles shorter than the Putney course.
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London
Parviard
Cambridge
Putney
Government classifies four types of whisky under new rules
Washington July 1. The revised internal revenue regulations on marking distilled spirits take effect today. Four classes of whisky are defined Whisky W with no distinguishing tail, 100 proof timitation, Blended consisting of two or more straight whiskies, and Compound a mixture including neutral spirits. The government requires correct labels but not absolute purity.
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Bottie
Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue
Don Juan at the Majestic Tonight and Tomorrow
At the Majestic today and tomorrow the bill features Don Juan from Byron’s legends. The film showcases specially trained players and is praised as one of the best acted motion pictures. On Sunday a triple bill with high class films is planned.
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Don Juan
the Majestic
Byron
Song Service at Second Presbyterian Church
A special song service will replace the regular preaching service at the Second Presbyterian church this Sabbath evening at 7:30. Everyone is welcome to attend.
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Second Presbyterian Church
Freeport endorsement for Doan's Ointment aids itch relief
Freeport residents praise Doan's Ointment as a reliable cure for itching skin including eczema and piles. M M Mayer of 351 Homer street testifies eight years after initial use, noting lasting relief after two boxes and recommending it to friends. Sold by dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. agents in Buffalo, NY. Remember the name Doan's.
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Freeport
Dean
M. M. Mayer
Homer Street
Ill
Emmett
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Burdett Piano Tuner Seeks Orders at Local Shop
F. J. Burdett, a piano tuner, places orders at Brown and Dollmeyer’s Orphana 380 1.6aa. The note appears in a small items column of the local paper seeking patrons and indicating shop contact details.
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F. J. Burdett
Brown & Dollmeyer
Liquor In Candles Stir in Chicago Confectionery Trade
A Chicago confectioner notes many liqueurs are infused into candles or bonbons. He claims practically every known liquor including whisky and brandy is made up in one form or another for edible use. Mentions creme de menthe cognac kum mel Chartreuse cherry brandy and benedictine.
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Chicago
Society Squad Patrols Fifth Avenue Protects Women
The police force on upper Fifth Avenue New York City is nicknamed the society squad Its main function appears to be protecting society women from beggars and panhandlers.
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Upper Fifth Avenue
New York City
Society Squad
Chinese plan to hire foreign professors abroad
Chang Chihtung has issued instructions to all Chinese ministers abroad to secure foreign professors for special subjects. They must be men of good standing in their countries and expenses will not be considered. Chen Hing left Portland Me for China after two years waiting for his cue to grow. Eiing, Americanized, had his cue cut off years ago.
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Chen Hing
Portland
China
Eiing
Chang Chihtung
Also Mentioned on This Page
George W. Thomp
L. G. Herbert
Orchestra
Silk
Daly Journal
the Serenade
C. Fred Kuehner
Rupert D. Kuehner
A. H. Miller
W. N. Cronkrite
Murat Halstead
Senate
Arthur Stem. Finlstead
Birmineham
Ioeland
Pilaine
Eva Uuge
Pneumonla
Kutersen
F.ucolic
Wind
Clarehea
Dyvennery
Brown
Homedney & Bladder Diborderg
Fercy
U P
Orader
Denver
Jelly OS
James Ocornell
American Federation of Labor
Gonspers
Tomurray
Lowell
John Griffin
Song Service
Kingsford
Alice Cary Waterman
Janet M. Hill
T. Kinestone RO & Son
Washburn
Crosby
Aswallan
Highland Park Band
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