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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1907
Page
4
An elderly physician recalls moving his practice from Virginia to a street corner office with a night bell and speaking tube. A late night call led to discovering a dying friend at his doorstep, near his bed, prompting the lifelong decision to keep his office as close to his bedroom as possible.
The penny arcade in the Karcher building on Stephenson street reopened this morning after Chief Silk closed it Saturday. The proprietor had earlier secured a shooting gallery license but not for moving pictures. A new license now allows both shooting gallery and moving pictures with restrictions. a substitute operator had briefly run the business while the owner left town to avoid licensing.
Edward Moore is confined at home due to illness. Victor Feidler, off work with a sprained ankle, will return to I. C. shops tonight. Oscar Schlintronine, son of Jos eph Schlintronine, cut right foot on glass Saturday evening. Fred Tempel, injured by fireworks blast on the Fourth, sat up today at Globe. John Stoskopf, hurt in a recent runaway, now sits up and improves gradually. John Dilker fell ill Saturday afternoon by the court house. doctor called and he was taken home. rapid improvement reported.
Pater Metzgar transfers lot 2 block 3 Charles E Meyer addition to J Pitney Atkins for 800 dollars. Jerry Sweeney transfers land parcel in section 32 Silver Creek township in Hast Freeport to Fredrick Kobow for 1775 dollars. Ella Sweeney by guardian deed transfers parcel in section 82 Silver Creek township East Freeport to Frederick Kobow for 295.80 dollars. Fred Kobow transfers parcel in section 82 Silver Creek township East Freeport to Daniel C Stover for 1776 dollars.
Miss Atchley of Chicago was honored at a house party hosted by Miss Florence Jackson and Misses Jeanette and Grace Hughes at 162 Elk Street. The gathering of friends was described as a pleasing royal style event that delighted the guests and the guest of honor.
The First English Lutheran Sunday school will hold its annual picnic at Riverside Park on Wednesday July 17. Members should meet at the church at 9 a.m. sharp. Those unable to attend at that time may take a car at any time. It will be a basket affair and all are urged to attend.
Within a few days Raymond Wise will open an art studio in the Hettinger building. Carpenters are remodeling one of the north rooms opposite the hall from the A. C. Knorr and J. S. Sacker office and will have the space ready for occupancy shortly.
A meeting of the Trades and Labor Council in this city will be held Friday evening in the Council rooms. The committees appointed to arrange Labor Day will report at that session.
The Woman's Catholic Foresters will hold a card party tomorrow afternoon at St Mary's hall. Admission is 15 cents with games starting at 2:30. Friends of the order are invited to attend.
The Currier district trustees in Lancaster township weigh whether to erect a new schoolhouse but have not yet placed the question before voters. The item notes ongoing deliberation and the pending submission to a vote.
Professor H. Clermont Auman has resigned as Cedarville schools principal and will assume the principalship at Roscoe school in Winnebago county.
The bans of Miss Helen Kaste and Charles Billerbeck were announced Sunday at St Josephs church. The wedding, it is said, will be solemnized August.
Directors of the Nachelhoffer school in Silver Creek district vote to construct a new school house and issue bonds to cover the expense.
A notice states Mr and Mrs Carl Becker welcomed a baby boy and Mr and Mrs Frank J O Rourk welcomed a baby girl this morning, marking two new additions to the community.
Fragmented ad notes a variety of items including a snake skin belt, a second hand electric phaeton, and high grade goods for sale. It mentions a reward and calls for trusted workers, signed by Jno M Wise of West Freeport, with dates and scattered garbled text from a Rawleigh Medical Co listing.
July events include a card party at St Marys on July 16, a Sunday school program on July 17, and an oath party and picnic at St Vincent's Orphanage earlier in July. August brings Bartum Batley's Circus August 11 to 25 with oath meetings at Lena Oakdale River parks.
Mrs Will Karcher seeks her valuable snake skin belt lost Saturday evening. Jack Keefe to explain in police court why he assaulted Mike Cawley who bears a swollen face and a discolored eye. Miss Belle Bracken returns to Polo after city visit, escorted home by Miss Belle Trotter who will stay several days.
A historical vignette contrasts naval ceremony with informal visits by presidents aboard ships. It notes salutes, flags, drums, and band performances at the gangway, then recalls an anecdote of a president’s informal appearance and a crew member’s blunt reply about manners. The tale underscores casual versus formal etiquette aboard a man of war.
The text cites Hamlin Garland on a trail code of signs and laws. It describes blazes, bent saplings, and upright sticks as signals guiding travelers and warning them to stop. It emphasizes written and invisible records guiding those behind and ahead on the path.
A wild man bursts into a dentist office asking about laughing gas. He is assured it can render a patient unconscious for about a minute. He then tries to demand a back plaster removal, signaling intent to rob or assault. Local authorities advised caution as the encounter escalated.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece recounts how various flowers shift hues within a day. It cites mutable phlox blue at sunrise, hibiscus mutabilis from white to rose to red, lantana cycling yellow orange red, chioranthus chameleo white to yellow to red, gladiolus versicolor brown to blue, and cornea scandens from greenish white to violet.
A jeweler warns that diamond dust can be dangerous if ingested. He explains that grinding diamonds into powder can cause rapid death, with symptoms resembling strychnine poisoning. The exchange notes concern over diamond dust exposure among gem cutters.
In a social exchange Mrs Oldcastle comments on Miss Witherspoons patrician appearance while her hostess dismisses Irish ancestry as she reveals a $60,000 necklace, noting her English lineage claim per the Chicago Record Herald.
A foggy London scene describes birds losing sense and remaining silent while animals relying on scent navigate poorly. A blind man, who daily came from a suburb with notes and parcels, was found wandering in a thick fog, saying the ground sounded different, confounding his usual way.
The New Bedford hotelier Andrew J Dam was asked to fund a colored military company in the Civil War era. After a spokesman proposed naming them the Dam Black Guards, Cam insisted on the Elliott Tight Guards for white troops, and the colored company was never formed.
The Dundee Advertiser notes a marksman’s bullet coated with gun powder paste and friction powder will ignite as it exits the barrel. The resulting smoke stream traces the bullet’s exact path, allowing the marksman to adjust aim for subsequent shots.
A playful exchange features a youth proposing a glove as a metaphor for holding a young widow's hand. The widow replies with witty confidence, calling the youth a “genuine kid” and hinting at a humorous line about gloves.
Judge Walter Malone of Memphis notes the Mississippi river is so winding that a southbound steamer has been known to meet itself coming north. The tale highlights river navigation quirks and safety near sharp bends with passing signals narrowly averting collisions.
In Chicago News style a performer named Sweet Singer-DeHammer claims a high place in his next show and acts he sits up in the files tearing paper for a snowstorm scene. The piece mentions India’s fasting rites, noting thirty to forty days are not uncommon among sects in rain seasons.
A note recalls that in the year 1700 the United States had a single newspaper. It marks the dawn of the American press as colonial printers began to publish under harsh conditions and limited distribution.
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