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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1907
Page
4
A local physician urges a citywide war on flies citing disease transmission and contamination. He details flies as disease carriers from typhoid to tuberculosis, urges housekeeper education, proper food screening, purer food laws, and stronger garbage enforcement to curb urban contamination.
A lengthy Sunday notices listing English and German services across several churches in Freeport. It covers Sabbath schools, morning and evening sermons, and special meetings at German Evangelical, Christian Church, Trinity United Evangelical, Oak Street German Evangelical, First Baptist, Second Presbyterian, First A. B., First M. E., Grace Episcopal, Salem Evangelical, First Church of Christ Scientist, Kimbury Methodist, First Presbyterian, and First English Lutheran.
Misses Emily and Lina Schelling came back this afternoon from a month with relatives in South Dakota.
Miss Ada Smith of Princeton I is in the city as the guest of Mrs. A C Kennedy, arriving to visit and enjoy hospitality during her stay.
Beginning Thursday July 11 and weekly through August 15 the Rockford and Interurban Ry runs special midweek excursions to Harlem Park, Rockford at 80 cents round trip. Tickets sold for any car with street carfare to and tram park included. Valid for return on the same day.
A public meeting chose committees to run the temperance chautauqua set for August 2025. The general committee totals about thirty prominent business and professional figures with Prof. J. J. Nagle as chairman and W. J. Young as secretary and B. E. D. Herbert as treasurer. Committee roles include Ticket Advertising Grounds Entertainment Music and more with named members across each group including Rev. Jacob Groff, J. W. Sanderson, Geo. ig. Fugate Sr., J. A. Karnett, and others.
Hi Morrow is laid up with an abscess on the left arm. The Lohr baby at 70 Homer street fell from its crib injuring the head and causing convulsions, but the child was better this morning.
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