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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1906
Page
8
Brown and Dollmeyer received a consignment of 10 000 postal cards from Letlin Germany this morning. The cards depict views of Franport and vicinity in colors with correct shades, and were ordered four months ago to utilize German color processes.
Mrs E H Brunson of Dublin Georgia touts electric bitters saying it keeps the aged lively and the weak strong. The tonic is claimed to ease dyspepsia indigestion torpid liver inflamed kidneys and chronic constipation with a 60 cent price and guaranteed by Jos Emmert.
The Daily Journal offers home delivery at 10 cents a week and can be mailed anywhere in the United States. Subscribers may change the post office address as often as needed without extra charge, promoting the paper as a better alternative to letters during absences.
A public sale for cash will be held at the southerly front door of the courthouse in Freeport Winds on Thursday July 26 1906 at 10 oclock a m. The sale item is certificate No 27 for fifty sixty shares of the capital stock of the Freeport Hardware Company. F W Siecke a Dated July 16 1906.
Excursion tickets to the Chautauqua Assembly at Janesville Wisconsin via the North Western Line will be sold at reduced rates on July 27 and August 1 with return until August 6 inclusive. Other sale dates and certificate plan limits apply. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway.
Special low rates for G A R encampment in Minneapolis from August 15 to 18. Round trips from Freeport to Minneapolis at 6.95 with return options on August 11 12 and 18 via the North Western Line. Fast schedules and special G A R trains advertised. For sale dates and full details consult Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Freeport council debates street grade and curb issues with Aldermen McGovern and Dorman urging action. They discuss West street objections, sewer plans for Chestnut street, beautification petitions, grade changes on Float and Illinois streets, and proposals for sidewalls and sidewalks. The body approves a poultry ordinance draft and routes for future enforcement while considering factory development on Second Street.
Our Own Correspondent reports the annual Mystic Workers of the World picnic will be held in Madison Wisconsin next Tuesday July 24 with a special train from Clinton Iowa stopping here and another from Freeport Illinois along the Illinois Central. The item notes local visits and community activities including social events and civic projects.
Harlem Corners July 16 Miss Maud Albright of Leaf River visits grandmother Mrs Samuel Albright. Mrs Wm Smith and children of Orangeville visit Charles Hart family. Claude and Corol Oswalt of Freeport visit their grandparents Mr and Mrs Wm Albright. Mrs Peter McGurk of Kent visits her parents. Sunday marked the anniversary of Mrs Samuel Albright birthday with about thirty friends attending Saturday.
A neatly dressed woman, Mrs Albright, enjoyed a day of pleasant conversation and music at a diner. Despite being sixty six years old, she remains active and appears decades younger, receiving handsome gifts.
The public grounds committee reported most cemeteries in good condition but city cemetery lots need care. They will select a section and clear weeds to show owners how to improve conditions. Responsibility lies mainly with private lot owners, while drives and city areas are well maintained.
George Ennenga departs for Huron South Dakota on a business trip. George Scott of Amboy takes a barber position at Krehl & Winter. Chas. F. Franz assessor for Freeport appears before the board of review. Ben Janssen of the E. W. Clothing house leaves for a three week vacation in the western states.
Madison dispatch reports John A. Aylward declares his candidacy for Wisconsin governor on the Democratic ticket. A prominent Madison lawyer and city attorney, he has married Miss Jennis Huenkemeier of Freeport and is a frequent visitor here, where friends think he would have better odds on the Republican ticket.
Great Western announces 83.00 round trip to St Paul via Chicago with tickets on sale July 25 and return until July 31. Additional low rates available July 24 and 26. For information contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A St Paul Minnesota.
Men’s six dollar and eighty eight cent outfits are advertised at four dollars eighty five cents during the BE and W clearing sale. The note mentions a date fragment 7 16d2 cents.
A brief notice notes a savings offer tied to the postoffice, indicating a possible weekly 10 cent saving. The fragment suggests a small, domestic service promotion with an implied time frame and customer benefit.
Rev Higgs formerly of Cherry Valley Methodist was received into the South Belvidere Baptist church after a church advisory committee found his claim of fair hearing credible. Mr Higgs and wife, long parishioners, were formally admitted Sunday morning, a move expected to ease public prejudice against him.
An odd medical pitch touts Hollis ter's Rocky Mountain Tea as removing microbes that impede the blood and circulation and stopping troubles that affect nutrition. It advertises tea or tablets for 88 cents by Joseph Tmmert.
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