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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1905
Page
2
The Freeport Journal is honored by the International Typo graphic Union for employing union labor in its mechanical departments, reflecting support for workers and aligned labor practices across the production process.
Miss E Cox visits friends in Ottawa while Miss Tille Bechtold from McConnell travels in the city. Numerous residents depart for Chicago Madison Dixon and Denver on business or visiting relatives. Mrs Mary Evans and family head to Chicago. Miss Mayme Summers plans a Great Lakes trip with New York stay for millinery study.
Local groups schedule meetings and socials in Freeport including Woodmen camp gathering, a plastering project at Schwide hotel, and a German Reformed Sunday School picnic at Riverside park. Churches announce midweek services, ice cream social, and a long list of wedding planning, with detailed camp programs, housing, and admission notes for the upcoming August gathering.
Freeport district Methodists schedule a ten day campmeeting at Lena from August 10 to 20 with Rev. L. C. Burling leading. The program lists services, meals and lodging details, pricing, grounds arrangements, and an executive committee drawn from Freeport Polo Lena and Bloomington areas.
A Kinder garten for ages three to seven opens at 7:00 a.m. to run during preaching service, allowing mothers to attend worship worry free. Miss Mittie Snyder and an assistant will oversee a new dormitory with competent staff. Reasonable rates, bring pillows and towels. Evangelist Hugh B. Smith returns for daily Bible readings at 10:60 a.m. and revival services. Local ministers and associations listed.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous names and town names such as Pearl City Winslow Laymen I C White Apple River Byron Jefferson Raanik Sir George Grube council Enid Lewis Moses Dakota Cedarville Jona Latjeniat Davis Ilymk City Beat Durand Elizabeth Mrs M A Wifrh Gtrenity Adeline Tobias Engie Freeport Freeport German Pearl City German Mel Namay Milledgeville Mount Garret Orangeville Pearl Nty Pecatonica Palo Knckton Scerles Mound Savanna Shannon Shivland Stock ton Wilson Stark Thomson W D.
A fragment lists Mack Van Brocklin James Jaynde Warren George Stites and Winslow among notable residents connected to the city, suggesting a namesake or social register excerpt within a broader local notice.
The Cuban Exposition Car on a city rail line offers a broad view of Cuba's agricultural wealth and diverse products. It features relics from the Maine wreck and other Spanish American War souvenirs, plus a jaw of a man eating shark, presenting a compact panorama of history and bounty.
Frank McMahon has moved from Mauline to a machinist position. He leaves prior duties behind as he begins the new role.
Harriet Howard of New York recounts long lasting skin troubles described as salt rheum or eczema. She credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a quick, sure healer for cuts burns and sores, offered at Joseph Emmert's drug store for 25 cents.
The Ben Greet players impressed Chicago campus critics with As You Like It on the University of Chicago campus. Adelaide Alexander as Rosalind and Dallas Anderson as Orlando drew high praise for presence and diction. Jaques by Ben Greet and Celia by Agnes Scott were noted for strong interpretations, with favorable remarks from James O'Donnell Bennett. Performances substituted As You Like It for Much Ado About Nothing, with Mid Summer Night's Dream planned next. tickets cost fifty cents afternoon and one dollar evening.
Annual meeting of Stephenson County Medical Society elected officers: President Dr Red Barna, Vice President Dr bd Pl Fire sfome, Secretary Dr K F Snyder, Treasurer Dr M M Baume gartner, Censor three years Dr A E Smith. Dr W B Peck delivered a paper on why a physician should occupy the coroner's office and medical witness role. Other papers by Dr A E Smith on electricity application and Ord Heirestone on mechanical therapeutics.
The Monroe census shows 4,272 residents, up 299 from 3,973 in 1900. City Clerk M. T. Gettings and assistant Howard W. Chadwick compiled the regular state census, noting the five year increase surpasses gains in many years. Read the Journal's want column Coleman.
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