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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1907
Page
2
Vacation time is here with paper forwarding to subscribers leaving the city. Leave your address at the office or call phone 25 to arrange forwarding. Addresses can be changed as often as desired at no extra charge. Half the pleasure of a vacation is the reading of happenings at home.
Miss Daisy Vincent visits Chicago relatives for a week while Dr E G Antrim of Lincoln nebraska visits relatives here. Numerous locals including Cr W White from Rockford and Charles Bookman head to Chicago for short visits as others travel to Clinton, Madison, and Monroe to stay with kin.
A gospel meeting is planned at the Settlement Home and the Modern Brotherhood of Ather ton eichh meets tonight in the K of G hall. Emma Kling auxiliary gathers at G A R hall this evening. all members urged to attend. Senator Albert J Hopkins to attend the Lee County old settlers meeting in Am boy on August 14 and deliver the address. Division 82 G I A to KB of L E hosts a lawn social July 14 at Chicago and Washington streets with ice cream and cake. The Mother's Club of the Settlement Home held a well attended picnic at Bailey's park yesterday and thanks are extended to park management and contributors.
Port Byron New York reports a dramatic cure claim for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. Amos F. King says a sore on his leg healed after suffering for over a year. The publisher, Joseph Bert, a local druggist, advertises a 25 cent remedy guaranteed to cure all sores.
Cyrus Grove reports Stephenson county school data showing property value at 403,410 or 463,410 per the source, 6,941 public pupils and 821 in private schools, with women earning 91,785.08 and men 20,274.88 for the year. The piece outlines district finances, salaries, expenditures, and rules for new districts and township structures.
The Educational Press Bulletin shows 473 students enrolled from 73 counties at the state normal in DeKalb. Stephenson County lists 28 students, Carroll 1, Jo Daviess 2, and Lee 2, with Freeport and Stephenson sending notable enrollments. The Illinois State Historical Society names a committee to determine the correct pronunciation of Illinois, chaired by Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber with members including Jesse A. Baldwin, James, Francis G. Blair, Mrs. Margaret M. Bangs, and Alfred Ovendorff.
Aboard of education may establish a manual training department without a popular vote. Women lack voting rights in building school houses or issuing district bonds. Rulings by state or county superintendents are valid until courts decide otherwise. School funds allocated by resident under twenty-one, non residents not counted. Township treasurers may purchase bonds secured by mortgage, akin to real estate lending. Adjacent districts may jointly run a high school with separate board and taxing powers. Delinquent loans cannot be replaced from township income. Appeal from trustees may go to county superintendent, whose decision is final. If a state reviver’s certificate candidate fails, must retake entire exam. Five-year certificates ended. county superintendents issue new certificates upon expiration, no private grant without exam.
The Bijou offers an excellent three day program delighting patrons as the famed Okuras from the Mikado's country astonish the audience with their performance.
The performance features Palmer and Saxton, noted Yiddish parodists, with Joe Golden providing comedy and Lear on mandolin delivering skilled music. The act garners high praise as a top class attraction and leaves the audience impressed.
Chicago loves Rose Stahl in James Forbes comedy The Chorus Lady now at Powers theatre. Stahl's Patricia O'Brien draws empathetic praise. show plays daily except Sundays with matinees Wednesday and Saturday. out of town patrons welcomed. Whitney’s New Theatre presents A Knight for a Day with a stellar cast. sold out signs frequent and ten performances weekly. Chicago papers hail Hubbell Smith’s summer entertainment as top for years.
Samuel Grim was arrested last evening by Night Captain Adam Wilkey on Henry B. Witte’s complaint. Grim allegedly drove at speed on Stephenson Street, veered into the opposite curb, collided with the horse and buggy of Mr and Mrs H B Witte, and threw them from the vehicle. The case is set for 4 o'clock this afternoon before Magistrate C J Bentley.
New York butter markets show strong official prices at creamery level with ample supplies. Demand remains steady as prices move from common to extra grades, with July figures indicating firm bidding and active trade across the city.
Local sale offers boys waists at low prices during a mid July promotion. Shoppers visit the Grfield Eagle store to see discounted garments and consider size options for youngsters.
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Wausau defeated Freeport 4 to 1 as the Lumberjacks gained the series lead. Balliett and Hille starred for Wausau with multiple extra-base hits while Freeport errrors aided the loss. Tonight they open at La Crosse then Eau Claire for a three-game stretch before returning home.
Oshkosh, Wis. July 18. Oshkosh struck in the fourth inning to win its third consecutive victory against La Crosse. The game lasted one hour and twenty minutes, a season record here. Batteries: Lubeser and Warren.
Fond du Lac Wis July 18 Meak a picked up first baseman drove in the winning run in the last half of the ninth. Final score Fond du Lac 8 Madison 7. Batteries Grimes Witchett and Whitmore Gray Ames and Isaacs.
Green Bay Jost led a tense eleven inning contest as Eau Claire Tigers fell 4 to 2 in Green Bay Wisconsin on July 18. Eberle and Stang pitched for Green Bay with Francis Parish and crt handling the field for Eau Claire. Ran Chaire dotted the scoreboard with runs during a tight game.
Dope misread on Wansau. Lui berjacks win two of three. Aneather stays on bench as utility man. Freeport fielding includes Disch in center and Warhop in right with pitching rotations. Pup Gwin, formerly Fond du Lac third baseman, tallies one run three hits four putouts and three assists as he bets on continued success against Freeport. Pink Hawley noted as grouchy.
In Oshkosh on Wednesday the quarrel over the fourth inning base loaded play led Hawley to suspend Brandy Bond for ten days. Blondy played again Thursday though the suspension was not fully in effect. LaCrosse next could tilt standings as Wausau series draws strong interest from Freeport. Ferguson’s strong lineup dominates the league and fears rivals.
Wausau records a 2 1 victory as Nagle and Darrah duel on the mound in a tense pitchers battle. McAuley opens scoring in the second, Ferguson belts a two-base hit, and Fox drives in a run. A late ninth inning surge nearly narrows the gap before Disch and Stark foil the Pretzels, and Ferguson is erased on a controversial out call.
The Semi-pros, a local pickup team, meet an amateur Sterling Illinois side Sunday at Taylor’s Park. The Wisconsin league veterans comprise the Semi-pros roster and two University of Wisconsin pitchers, Faire and Knight, will pitch. Sterling has earned regional recognition for its tough amateur teams and aims for another strong showing.
Embury and St. John's church baseball teams set to clash at Taylor's Park this evening as local residents expect a spirited matchup under lights. The event highlights church sports outreach and community recreation with fans anticipated from both sides.
Thomas Hislop foreman for the Chicago Telephone Company in Wheaton died after contact with high tension wires while splicing atop a seventy five foot pole in Elgin. Jury later returned a verdict of accidental death as the body was prepared for burial in Kansas City.
At a Democratic club meeting Mayor C J Dittmar Representative Douglas Pattison and H Poffenberger formed a committee to travel to Dixon on July 27 to secure William J Bryan for an address that evening in Dixon the committee will set the location for his return in the city if Bryan agrees a large Democratic meeting will be held with Bryan as the speaker followed by talks by local politicians.
The meeting to form a race meet association, set for this evening, has been postponed to 7 o'clock next Tuesday at the city hall. All citizens interested in the move are urged to attend.
Bargain alert for shoppers as Negligee shirts drop to 39 cents each from a dollar. Offer valid Saturday only at the Golden Eagle store with limited quantities.
A debate over who qualifies as a widow for Illinois Soldiers' Widows' Home admissions ends with the conclusion that a woman who marries and then divorces a veteran is not a widow. The ruling emphasizes continuity of widowhood as the gate to admission and rejects a divorced status, even after a second marriage.
The Piper family thanks friends and neighbors for kindly assistance during our husband and father's sickness and passing, and for the beautiful flowers. Mrs. Jacob M. Piper and family.
Mrs Holland and her daughter thank friends and neighbors for kind assistance during their recent bereavement.
The passage extols plain women as possessors of charm beyond model looks, noting neatness eyes and sprightly health. It touts Electric Bitters as restoring strength, improving nerves and complexion, with a guarantee at Joseph Semmert's drugstore for 50 cents.
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