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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
5
The passage argues the main road to fortune is steady and reliable, contrasting it with the risky shortcut of speculation. It notes the main route may be dusty or plain but avoids missteps and guarantees progress toward a secure end.
The Fifty-ninth series of stock in the Freeport Building and Loan Association is now open for subscription. The twelfth series has just matured and been paid off with gratifying results to stockholders. All funds are loaned on first mortgage on real estate with no chance of loss. C. F. Hildreth, Sec’y.
A brief notice announces that The Daily Journal is delivered to all parts of the city for a weekly service. The item notes accessibility and distribution scope.
The Associated Press reports a fair in Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin opening tonight with rising temperatures forecast through Thursday. Local forecast projects heat waves and increasing humidity affecting attendees and exhibitors.
Frank H. Hitchcock was unanimously elected chairman of the Republican National Committee at Hot Springs Virginia on July 8. George R. Sheldon of New York was elected treasurer and Arthur I. Vorys was named a committee member.
The national committee assigns a campaign in Ohio with Cincinnati chosen as the state headquarters for the Republican effort.
Associated Press reports July closing Board of Trade quotes with wheat at 88 54, corn 72 54, oats 40 percent, pork 15.72, lard 9.45 to 9.47, and riba 3.75 to 3.77. At Union Stock Yards, cattle 17,000 steady to 10 lower. beeves 4.75 to 8.25. hogs 38,000 weak to 10 lower. sheep 18,000 steady to slightly lower. Board of Trade quotations by F J Miner & Co via Rice Building offices listed.
John 8. Stark of City Hall grocery 164 Stephenson street received a $5 prize from T. A. Snider Preserve Co Cincinnati Ohio for a window display of the company's goods. The prize honors the artistic display arranged by his son Leon Stark after the company sent an express wagon load of photographs.
C M Harden of Silver City North Carolina says Electric Bitters helps stomach liver and kidney troubles and is the best remedy for weakness lame back and run down conditions. Also effective for chills and malaria. Sold under guarantee at Jos Emmert's drug store 50c.
The Ladies Aid of Trinity church will meet at the church Thursday afternoon. Refreshments will be served and all ladies of the church are invited.
A brief notice notes a suite preset at a location on Galensa and Van Buren streets. The reference to Mal le's appears in the text. The exact date or event is unclear from the fragment.
The Democratic national convention faces delays as Guffey's Pennsylvania faction loses influence while McCarthy's allies gain ground in Idaho and Oklahoma. The credentials committee upholds the national panel in several contests, and adjournment is set for 8 pm to await credentials reports.
Freeport hosts multiple gatherings with M W A meeting at the Boston store and other groups like the W R C sewing school at G A R hall. Knights of Columbus host ladies day while Freeport Lodge of Perfection holds 7 30 pm session. A R N A group plans initiation with ice cream and wake. Y M C A Bible class reports rising attendance.
The Daily Journal is available across the city at a rate of 10 cents per week, offering affordable access to local news and updates.
Rockford mayor Mark Jardine and his local improvements board toured Freeport to inspect paving. Freeport’s brick streets and alleys impressed officials, with miles paved and good upkeep noted.
Sixty years of uninterrupted growth at St John s Evangelical church in Freeport will be celebrated in a Jubilee service on Sunday August 9. The interior has been frescoed and varnished at a cost of 800 dollars over five weeks with Rev F Holke arranging addresses by Rev C F Baumann and Rev Alfred E Meyer along with local clergy.
The county finance committee at the courthouse found the treasurer’s accounts in first class condition and the overall finances much better than last year. The overdraft is about $5,000 this year, down from roughly $18,000 a year ago, a gain of nearly $13,000. About $4,000 was spent on bounty for crows and groundhogs, and without this item the county would be nearly even.
Secretary of State Rose released candidate filings for the 13th congressional district. The slate includes Frank Q Lowden and Geo W Ashford for Congress. James R Cowley and S H Zimmerman and William Hogan and Perry O Silver for the State Central Committee. Edmund Jackson and M Perochanka for the Board of Equalization.
Elias Perkins pioneer contractor and builder died at his Freeport home at 104 Clark avenue from pneumonia aged 78. He supervised Soldiers’ monument construction and built the county jail and several blocks. born in Derbyshire England in 1830, he came to Freeport in 1849 with a brick mason trade and was active in lime business and civic life. Survived by son Charles T. Perkins and brothers Jon and Edward of Eldora Iowa. funeral tomorrow afternoon at his home.
Mrs. Heard visited friends in Chicago. Miss Emily Woodruff from Rockford visited Freeport. Fred Alberstett, president of the Davis Bank, called in Freeport. R. R. Tiffany traveled to Savanna to promote his candidacy for the Republican state senate nomination.
Patrol wagon responds to a midafternoon skirmish at the Rawleigh medical building. One combatant fled, the other is jailed at the station. Onlookers say both men appeared intoxicated.
A starving boy at Liverpool docks is helped by a ship cook who offers warmth and a large pork piece on a ship biscuit. The boy, excited, returns home to tell his mother, a match seller, of the generous loan of the plate and the meal.
Beginning Saturday afternoon June 27 regular transportation will be provided from White school house to Oakland cemetery on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons weekly until further notice. Round trip tickets from White school house are 15 cents, available from the driver. Oakland Cemetery Association, 4-Whee.
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