Fragments From Fremport July 8 1907 City Report
Readable fragments from Fremport dated July 8 1907 show local notes and brief notices. Names and places are partial but indicate a small town record of events and public items.
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1907
Page
2
Fragmentary note on Sinton and labor departments
Fragmented OCR text mentioning Sinton and references to union labor in certain departments. The legibility is poor and key names and dates are unclear. This item reads like a clipped archival note rather than a full report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ita
Masonic Calendar Details Local Lodges Meetings
Masonic notices list regular meetings for Pxpelator Lodge No 7 A F and A M first and third Friday. Rivergrege No 170 A F and A M first and third Monday. Freeport Chapter No 98 A A M stated convocations first and third Tuesday. Freeport Council No 8 R and S M M stated communications second Tuesday. Freeport Commandery No 7 KT stated conclave first and third Wednesday.
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A. FB
A. M
Rivergrecoge
A. F
A.M
Freeport
Freeport Commandery No
K. T
Vacation forwarding for Journal subscribers
Notice to subscribers informs readers about forwarding newspapers while they travel for summer. Readers may leave a forwarding address at the office and request regular changes at no extra charge by calling phone 26. The notice highlights the pleasure of keeping up with home happenings during vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Personal Record of Local Social Guests and Visitors
A list of residents and visitors who spent Sunday or weekdays in Freeport and nearby towns. Names include R P Ockenga J F Graney A E Hawke Jay DeVore Oscar Agnew Karl Killen Mabel Altenburn Lena relatives C R Marks Dodgeville Dr Glenn Nelson Lena Katherine Scheidt Blanchardville W L Fulton Dixon Telegraph F M Shroves Waterloo William Lichtenberger Chicago Perry Stevens Freeport visitors Grover F Hudson Chicago Margaret Faubel J J Oris J J King Dubuque Lillian Kaym Kreuger Katherine Flanagan Mrs A S Lockhard Cincinnati George Watson Rock Rapids Alexander Marks Rose Silversmith Peoria Charles Horsley Dubuque Mrs Theodore Jones Mamie Jones Joseph Marks family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Campbell
Orangeville
Katherine Scheidt
Blanchardville
Wis
W. L. Fulton
Dixon Telegraph
Freeport
F. M. Shroves
Waterloo
William Lichtenberger
Chicago
Perry Stevens
Dixon
Grover F. Hudson
R. C. Hudson
Margaret Faubel
Cleveland
Ohio
Ray Fanuel
Lillian Kaym
Kreuger
Lena
Mises Katherine Flanagan
A. S. Lockhard
Cincinnati
Wm. O. Wright
George Watson
Rock Rapids
Alexander
Charles Horsley
Dubuque
Theodore Jones
Mamie
Pittsburg
Samuel Marks
Rose Silversmith
Peoria
Joseph Marks
Eastern Star Meeting and Park Picnic Planned
The Eastern Star will meet tonight for work. The altar boys of St. Marys church will Dignis on Thursday at Forest Park. The Fraternal Tribunes Lodge No 08 will hold a picnic at Highland Park Wednesday afternoon and evening July 10. Members and qelende are urged to come and bring HAGA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Church
Wil Dignis
Forest Park
Fraternal Tribunes Lodge
Highland Park
Qelende
Haga
Wedding This Evening in city home on Douglas Avenue
Etta Smith and George Oisen announce their wedding this evening at the home of Mr and Mrs eats Byape on Douglas Avenue in the city authorities note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Smith
Gang
Oison
Bar
Thig City
George
Ae A Oisen
Glock
Douglas Ave
Ministers oppose city race meeting amid impeachment talk
Freeport ministers vow to fight a proposed September horse race meeting tied to Mayor Dittmar and Alderman McGovern. Rev. C W McCaskill blasts gambling as ruinous, urging scrutiny of bookmakers and stock speculation while calling for action under Illinois law to thwart the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
C. W. McCaskill
M. E. Church
McGovern
Dittmar
McCaskill
America
United States
McCasx
Illinois
A Horse Race on Sunday School Principles That Paid
Rev H S Moore of First Presbyterian denounces a city council race meeting proposal as insolent folly. He cites Rev QO Price’s Baptist protest and frames the issue as broader media manipulation and moral defiance by public officials at city state and national levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Moore
First Presbyterian Church
QO. J. Price
Baptist Church
Brother Price
Ahab and Elisha Parable Tarnishes Modern Morals
A provincial preacher laments attacks on Christianity in public life and likens current politics to Ahab’s era. He praises Elijah and Jehu as agents of reform, urges Christians to defend Sabbath sanctity, and warns that complacent citizens enable bad governance. He taps biblical history to critique Springfield and Washington.
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Ahab
Israel
Elijah
Tishbite
Moses
Baal
Elisha
Sons of the Prophets
Ramoth Gilead
Jehu
Nimshi
Jezree
Jezreel
Jezebel
Fragmented 19th Century Rant Echoes in Sunday School Notices
A garbled OCR snippet rails against religious and social scenes, mentioning chaliot and long-ago youths, church pews, a preacher, and moral conflicts. The text is fragmentary, with misread words and stray phrases about a Sunday school principal, feasting, and saloon imagery, lacking cohesive events.
Stork Delivers Address at Embury Mission Event
Miss Stork former deaconess of the Settlement home in Embury city now in Great Falls Montana spoke to a large summer audience at Embury last night. She travels to Chicago as Montana delegate to the National Deaconess convention and will visit New York before returning to promote the National Methodist hospital at Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Embury
Decatur Gas Company Switches to In-Person Billing
When a new rate schedule for light and fuel gas took effect in Decatur, the gas company cut postage by $40 monthly by stopping monthly statements on postal cards. Customers are asked to visit the office to pay bills and read their own meters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Finger Pinched At Ice Plant By Frightful Accident
Fireman F. E. Risshel of the Franz Bros. ice plant suffered a severe injury when his left middle finger was caught between driving rods during engine start up. The flesh was torn from the bone in a very serious wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Risshel
Franz Bros. Ice Plant
Unknown man buried after train incident
The unidentified man killed when struck by a C. M. and St. Paul train on the Fourth was buried this morning from Wagner's undertaking parlors. Interment took place in the potter's field at City cemetery after a picture of him was taken prior to burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. & St. Paul
St. Francis Hospital
Wagner
Potter’s Field
Farm Returnee Albert Hanson At Police Station
A youth named Albert Hanson who was placed with a farmer east of town returned to the police station last evening. Life on the farm proved strenuous. Authorities will seek relatives. if none are found he will be sent to a training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hanson
Evenine
Picnic Day Rivalry Between Express and Postoffice Teams
Local express company employees and post office workers held a picnic at Forest Park yesterday. A large amount of good food was enjoyed. The express men won the baseball game 11 to 5, reversing last year’s 21 to 1 postoffice victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Postoffice
Forest Park
Boy Bruised In Fall For Right Arm Injury
Willie Raedeker son of Emma and Mr Raedker living at 110 American street fell on the curbing Saturday evening and broke his right arm above and below the elbow. He also suffered several gashes on his left leg from sharp stones and was attended by Dr. W B Peck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Raedeker
Emma Raedker
American Street
W. B. Peck
Saloon Changes Hands in Dodgeville
William E. Farnum, ex conductor on the Dodgeville Illinois Central branch, has purchased the Joseph Ambruster sample room at the corner of Galena and Mechanic streets. Ambruster has not yet decided his future business plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Farnum
Dodgeville
Illinois Central
Joseph Ambruster
Galena and
Mechanic Streets
Ambruster
Accident at Globe Park Woman Sprains Ankle
Mrs. Fred Bingner of Wilber Street sprained her ankle yesterday at Globe Park when her foot turned on a stone. She was brought to town and treated by Dr. Peck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bingner
Wilber Street
Globe Park
Dr. Peck
Probate of John Albee Will in Lena County Court
The last will and testament of John Albee of Lena has been probated. Amy Werneke receives a sum of money and the remainder goes to widow Sophia Albee, named executrix without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Albee
Lena
Amy Werneke
Sophia Albee
Marriage of Miss A Margaret Termohlen to D L Carrier
Miss A Margaret Termohlen formerly of this city and now in Walnut Ni married D L Carrier of Rockford Sunday at the First Presbyterian church by Rev H S Moore. They will reside in Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Margaret Termohlen
Walnut, Nl
D. L. Carrier
Rockford
First Presbyterian Church
H. S. Moore
Assault Case Continued In Police Court
The hearing of Rice and Campbell, accused of beating Officer Eli Miller, resumed in police court this morning and was continued. The case was set for Thursday morning at 9 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Campbell
Eli Miller
Afternoon Card Party at St Marys Hall
Tomorrow afternoon at St Marys hall the Woman's Catholic Order of Foresters will entertain their lady friends at cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Hall
Woman's Catholic Order of Foresters
Mrs Pope Ill Near Town An Early Settler Reported Sick
Mrs Marintha Pope, an early settler living a mile west of town, is reported to be very ill at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marintha Pope
Local residents plan a Freeport outing and park events
J C Dunn and J D Hinds of Lena spent the day in Freeport. Herbert C Carey learned his Town father is very ill and left this morning to be with him. Fraternal tribunes will picnic at Highland park Wednesday afternoon and evening. Be sure to bring lunch. Band concert in evening and free theater use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Dunn
J. D. Hinds
Lena
Freeport
Herbert C. Carey
Highland Park
Daily Journal Delivery Note Incomplete Text
Fragmentary notice shows a delivery reference for The Daily Journal to a recipient but lacks full details or dates. Limited readable items point to a routine newspaper delivery instruction or address placeholder with no clear action, person, or place identified.
Business Men Busy Seek More Members in Freeport
The Freeport Business Men's Association reports four factory applications on file and no bonus offers, while the reorganized group with forty three members plans to call on nonmembers this week. A twelve member membership committee, with four chairmen, targets prospective signees and four men have applied for secretary. Numerous local firms and individuals have already joined, including banks, manufacturers, lumber and clothing houses, and multiple named companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Business Men’s Association
Reorganized Association
M. B. Marvin
George McCarty
A. Billerbeck
A. F. Wagner
F. A. Read
J. Weiss
T. H. Hollister
R. D. Kuehner
F. W. Hoefer
Paul Wagner
W. H. Flachtemeier
Geo. Ennenga
Few Thoughts Conceit and Cynic Exchange
A brief witticism from the London Mail dialogue about nightly notebook notes. Conceit claims three years of writing, Cynic jokes about the first page likely being filled by now.
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London Mail
Lena July social and visiting notices
Miss Mabel Alten bern visits from Freeport for relatives. Epworth Lyceum plans a musical and readings at Methodist church with no admission, silver offering taken. Mrs Laura Hinds and daughter visit A O Howe in Thomson. Miss Kapper travels to McHenry then Waukegan. Local residents return from Freeport and Rockford visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena
Mabel Altenbern
Freeport
Gehevieve Grimm
Jeansie Roush
Elizabeth
Lyne Club
Epworth
Seii
Nary
Methodist Church
Beoweri
Alice Doll
Ness
Laura Hinds
Brittell
Thomson
Howe
Margaret Kapper
McHenry
Ill
Waukegan
Lillian
Koym
Mata Krueger
Circuit Court Session Briefly Adjourns for Day
The circuit court opened this morning with no major matters. Judge Heard presided as the Stover Merrifield case returns to the circuit court for further argument by both sides on various points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Stover-Merrifield
Gambling titlente report from Washington July scene
Ambiguous OCR text from a July Washington item. Mentions a revoked certificate and a city scene. Names and details are unclear, with several garbled terms. No coherent event or entities clearly identifiable for a precise summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trong
Lake Seean
Washinton
Ateampeat
Traveras
Schmitz Sentenced Five Years For Extortion
In San Francisco on July 0 Mayor Eugene B. Schmitz was convicted of extortion and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The courtroom erupted in applause as the sentence was pronounced by Judge Daune in a crowded courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmitz
Associated Prena
San Franciaco
Hugene BE
Long Live Dr King's New Discovery in U S praised
Mrs Julia Ryder Paine of Truro Massachusetts endorses Dr King's New Discovery as a cure for coughs and colds, claiming immediate relief. The ad notes it cures weak lungs after other remedies fail, with a trial bottle offered free and bottles priced at 50 and 100 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
America
Dr. King
Julia Ryder Paine
Truro
Mass
Jos
Emmett
Embury Church Aid Society to Meet Tuesday Afternoon
The regular monthly meeting of the aid society of Embury church will be held Tuesday afternoon in the church parlors. The attendance of all the members is requested. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Aid Society of
Embury Church
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