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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
1
A Confederate veteran from Ohio recounts the final Civil War operations near Chapel Hill and Durham Station, the surrender, and the shock of Lincoln’s assassination. He recalls battles, the Edwardses at Chapel Hill, the reaction of townspeople, and his hopes for postwar reconciliation and peace.
The National Standard Dispensatory is cited as a major medical authority edited by Hare Kusby and others. Life Root is claimed to regulate menstrual function, aid irregular or profuse bleeding, and restore normal ovarian activity. The ad promotes Zone Phora products from Kalamazoo Michigan, with Dr Pengelly’s endorsements and a booklet of women’s health guidance.
Key events listed include Henry II penance at Becket tomb in 1174, Acre taken by Richard I in 1191, Almagro defeats Alvarado in 1537, Hamilton dies in 1804, Stanley marries Tennant in 1890, and Dreyfus vindicated in 1906. Also notes on martial law in Cincinnati 1863 and other milestones.
The Majestic theatre in Chicago maintains its high vaudeville standard with headliners of national repute. For the week of July 15 Henry E Dixey will top the bill after earlier successes in Adonis Evangeline and The Man on the Box adaptation from Harold MacGrath.
Martin Davis son of Henry Davis of Henderson street will depart Tuesday for Germany to study medicine as preparation for missionary work. A Freeport native and St. John's parochial school graduate, he completed Evangelical college at St. Louis last June. The move aims to equip missionaries with medical knowledge to gain respect and goodwill among native communities.
Special open air services will be conducted by the Volunteers of America on the corner of Van Buren and Stephenson streets Saturday and Sunday evenings. All are invited to attend. Captain Chas. Tripp is the officer in charge.
John Gleason, driver of the fire wagon, departed Thursday for Freeport where he was summoned by his mother’s illness. She has been visiting there for some time.
United Brethren pastor F. M. Davis writes to the daily press decrying a proposed race meeting and pool betting. He denounces city council sentiment, calls for enforcement of laws, and urges Sabbath school values to protect youth and homes.
Monroe Sentinel notes a string of coincidences in Dr Kauffman’s ministry. He graduated from Wittenberg College in 1872, closed his labors in Wadsworth in 1894, and ends at Monroe in 1907. He began at Logansport in 1895 and will take charge at Mt Carmel in 1907, with both cities on the Wabash River. After 33 years, he retires from home missions to join a growing church.
Mrs. Adam Marker of 8 4 Ordway Street Freeport Illinois endorses Doan's Kidney Pills after relief from kidney pain rheumatic and sciatic symptoms headaches and back pain. She reports rapid improvement after using the product sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York price 40 cents. Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
A Philadelphia Ledger anecdote recounts a minister in a small Pennsylvania mining town who toppled from a four foot pulpit during a sermon, quipping that he hated the connection. The piece blends moral observations with broader notes on alcohol misuse and distant curiosities from Mogok Burma and a sleep study by M. N. Washhide.
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