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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1905
Page
4
A collage of vignettes and verses depicting summer scenes and flirtations. It mixes a coy outdoor encounter about a hammock with a recurring cast including Adolph, Anna, and Alfred in a playful stream of serialized snippets. The piece closes with wordplay and comic dialogue about talk and fathers.
Walter Schroeder aged 13 died in a runaway mower accident on his family farm three miles east of Clarno station. He was driving the mower in a hay field when the team bolted, throwing him under the machine. a wheel passed over his head causing instant death. The father and other workers were nearby but too distant to help in time.
Following the closing quotations today for wheat corn oats pork ribs lard and hogs at the Chicago board of trade and Union Stock Yards in Carona the market shows mixed to steady prices with hogs up slightly and various grade ranges listed for cattle and sheep. An unrelated advert notes Alpine beauty and Solt's Chocolate Shop on Stephenson Street.
The Henney Buggy plant will add two stories to the northern section to ease cramped quarters. Architect A. M. Dustman has bids opened for a project extending to Van Buren street, with work starting August 15 for a 30 day inventory shutdown.
Miss Susie Long of Polo visits Freeport friends while Mr and Mrs B B Heisler of Dubuque and daughter Dorothy visit their relatives on Union Street. Night blooming cereus at Union Street school blooms this evening at Miss Sara Barnes home. Knights of Columbus special interurban car at 9 am tomorrow to Forest Park picnic. Mrs A S Held to return Monday from Sheboygan with husband planning trip through Kansas and Missouri. Spanish-American War veterans to meet at Armory Hall Monday July 17 at 9 am for funeral of comrade Fred Russ, signed H H You s Commander.
A Suffolk legend places an obelisk at Hoxne near Eye marking King Edmund’s 870 death after he hid in an oak then beneath a Galdbrook bridge. Local lore says a curse warned wedding parties away, and modern brides avoid the bridge by routing around it.
In a four Track News piece Jean Murray lifts Awey the Heralder Hammerfest and Norway to a dawnlit scene of awe. The traveler, moved before North Cape and arctic seas, seeks words to match the grandeur of the midnight sun and glimmering waves, promising a lasting reverence for the world’s beauty.
A solitary reflection on the fading lonely heights of the North Cape as the blue Archle gives way to a gleaming horizon. The narrator feels it is worthwhile to have lived, if only to witness this moment of vast, near eternity.
An artist explains two enduring trade secrets: Chinese vermilion red pigment and Turkish damascened steel. Apprentices must swear secrecy, join established guilds, pay premiums, and provide good character certificates before entering these crafts.
A collage of short humorous exchanges and brief anecdotes from a past era. A bill collector jokes about names and debt slips while lovers discuss renting versus owning. Mild witticisms cover marriage, advice, and a somber wartime tone pervades the piece.
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