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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1907

Page

2

Freemasons Schedule for July Meetings and Work

Masonic groups list July activities including fized lodge calendars Work on MM dates at Fizcelstor No 7 and Fivegreen No 170. Freeport Chapter 23 RAM and Freeport Council 59 R and SM hold meetings on respective Tuesdays. Freeport Commandery 7 KT meets on the first and third Wednesdays.

Fizcelstor Lodge A. F A. M Fivergreen Lodge No M. M F.G Freeport Chapter R.A. M

Vacation Forwarding Service For Journal Readers

Notice to subscribers that they may have their Journal forwarded while away for summer. Leave address at the office or call 25 to arrange forwarding. Addresses can be updated as often as desired with no extra charge. The note adds that half the vacation pleasure is reading happenings at home.

Journal

Movements of Freeport People and Their Friends

Freeport residents and visitors are listed in a personal record detailing departures for Dixon Amboy Chicago Rockford Denver Detroit Monroe Carbondale and other locations. Names include M J Howe Charles F Hildreth J Woodmanee Richard Eyler Elin Killoran Elizabeth Bentley and many more with travel for visits work and education.

Thomas Shaffer Amboy Charles F. Hildreth Chicago Woodmanee Richard Eyler Monroe R. C. Hudson A. Sehaub Davis C. B. Reed Mt. Carroll P. E. Cross Denver Colo

Neglipee Shirts Sold at 39 Cents Saturday at Golden Eagle

Bargain buyers can snag Neglipee shirts for 39 cents this Saturday only at the Golden Eagle. Limited stock priced to clear with a note of a 1-190 forward? unclear.

L.u Golden Eagle

Best opens office on Stephenson Street for practice and medicine

Local notice reports L. L. Best has opened an office on Stephenson Street for medical and surgical practice with reference to garments and items labeled Mocento Golden Eagle Tisdlw.

L. Best Stephenson St Golden Eagle Tisdlw

Gant Buys A Dushes Wood OxX Came Ra In Parout Or A Sale

unclear OCR fragment yields no clear events or entities. The readable pieces mention a sale and names but lack coherent details to identify persons, places, or dates. This item remains garbled and cannot be reliably summarized.

Gant

Riverside Camp Meeting Speakers Announced for August Event

Riverside Park hosts an Illinois Conference Young People Alliance camp meeting from August 22 to September 1 with speakers Rev Wm H Bucks Rev Schmus Rev Spreng and President H J Kiekhoefer. Ministers from multiple districts will attend through the event with a full schedule of sermons services and youth activities.

Riverside Park Illinois Young People’s Alliance Convention Beautiful Grove Wm. H. Bucks Akron Wm. Schmus Chicago P. Spreng D. D The Evangelical Messenger Cleveland H. J. Kiekhoefer Northwestern Colege Naperville J. A. Boelter Elgin Young People's Alliance

Riverside park campmeeting at Freeport features cottages and tabernacle

Riverside park on the south bank of the Pecatonica river near Freeport hosts an August 22 to September 1 campmeeting. About forty well-built frame cottages, a 1700-seat tabernacle, dining hall, wells, cisterns, and shade promise comfort. Directory lists officers, committees, and daily schedules for lodging, printing, transportation, and religious activities across August 22 to September 1.

Pecatonica Freeport Riverside Park Campmeeting Twe Geo. Ennenga J. H. Blaser D. Molter W. B. Rilling Simon Schreiber Rev. H. Scheffner John Scheffner William Meinzer R. H. Jones H. Scheffner Rev J. Scheffner W. Heinmiller Wai. Klingheil G. Lubbers 0. Molter J. Kreig Wmn Klingheil

Clergy Lead Public Singing With Regional Assistants

Rev G C Gasser of Hooppole and W C Hallwachs of Geneseo will lead the public singing with a strong chorus and male quartet. Gasser heads the Sunday school assisted by resident pastors. Blaser of Belvidere conducts prayer services and Heimiller of Freeport oversees the children's meeting. These meetings will

G. C. Gasser Hooppole W. C. Hallwachs Geneseo G.C. Gasser J. 4. Blaser Belvidere W. H. Heimiller Freeport

Annual business meeting at 2 p m August 31 1907

The association will hold its annual business meeting at 2 00 p m on August 31 1907. All shareholders should be present. Rev Wm Klingbell of Oak Street Church Freeport chairs the lodging committee with Mrs G Lubbers Mrs Daniel Molter and Mrs E Krieg as members.

Wm. Klingbell Oak Street Church Freeport G. Lubbers Daniel Molter E. Krieg

Did He Beat Her When Police Responded Twice

Police were called to a Clark avenue residence twice as neighbors reported a husband beating his wife. No warrants were issued and the couple remained inside after both visits. a later account from the wife said she fainted and her husband carried her inside, ending the incident.

Clark Avenue Wilke

Bishop Attacks Revivals in Methodist Churches

Coffeyville Kansas reports Bishop John H. Vincent of the Methodist church at Chautauqua attacked the revival system in most churches of the denomination. He said revivals produce only temporary good and that the effect is short lived due to various factors.

Coffeyville Kan John H. Vincent Methodist Chautauqua Verua Vincent Beieves

Camp meeting notices announce diverse services and speakers

The document lists speakers and events for a camp meeting including Rev. Blaser Rev. Ss W Moetil Rev. Grass and Rev. Keiser plus lay participants John Beck John Seheffner Charles Lente Robert Jones Henry Meyers and others. It describes a schedule with song service German sermon Bible readings union prayer and evangelistic services on a Sunday with communion and family worship times.

Wm. Schmus Chicago G. C. Gasser Israel Canaan Wm. H. Bucks Akron G. £. Doegenkolb W. H. Bucks Wm. Klingbell Freeport Plora Millver Nationen Hi. Blaser Hauptfachter W Moetil W. Grass Heinmiller Wo Oal Schultz HL. Plapp EL EL Keiser Kles John Beck John Seheffner Charles Lente Robert Jones Henry Meyers John Boechtel H. Schettser Daniel Malter Simon Schreiber J. Scheffner Porta Peruday Pilmer Children’s Meeting

Campaignal religious meeting notes and sermon schedule

A report outlines devotional exercises and services led by Rev. Spreng and President Kiekhoefer across Sunday sessions including morning, afternoon, and song services. It notes letters to campers, ground access for daily papers, and a bishop stance against sensational evangelism and hype.

P. Spreng Kiekhoefer Seriman Chermaid Spreng T. J. Kiekhoefer S. PB. Spreng

Memorable Day and the Painless Purifier

A pleasant memory and health profit come from discovering Dr King s New Life Pills the painless purifiers that cure headache and biliousness and keep the bowels right 25 cents at Jos Emmert s drug store.

Dr. King Jos. Emmert's

Winslow & Co Clearing Sale of Summer Shoes

Winslow & Co hold a clearing sale offering Ladies and Gentlemen Oxfords priced at 2.45 dollars with options in kid patent leather or tan. Early selection advised.

Winslow & Co

Manager A C Knorr Books Attractions For Freeport

Freeport's Grand Opera house opens August 8 with manager A C Knorr booking a strong season through September 26 including many old favorites and new acts. August and September lineups feature Trust Busters Uncle Si Flashing Missouri Girl Plunkard Tempest and Sunshine The Time the Place and the Girl A Poor Relation The Cow Puncher Thoroughbred Tramp Sex Against Sex The Royal Chef As Told in the Hills Choir Singer Volunteer Organist Toyland Country Kid Berrys Minstrels Under Southern Skies Our New Minister Nettle the Waif My Wife's Family and more.

Grand Opera House A. C. Knorr Freeport Knorr S—Trust Busters Uncle Si Plunkard Tempest Sunshine Berry Nettle the

Critics United on The Boys of Company B at Garrick

Chicago reviewers from the Tribune Record-Herald Inter Ocean Journal Post News American and Examiner praise the comedy The Boys of Company B. They laud its humor dialogue acting and lively summer mood with statements of success and entertainment.

Chicago Garrick Theatre Lowrie the Tribune C. W. Collins Record-Herald Burns Mantle The Inter Ocean QO. L. Hall the Journal Barrymore J. 5 Mason the Post Amy Leslie Forrest Arden the Examiner M. Koenigsburg the American

Amboy to Host First Annual Homecoming Reunion

The first annual homecoming reunion for Amboy is scheduled from August 11 to 17. E J Roche of South Elgin received a heavy fine last week for killing birds that damaged his trees. Dodgeville reports several non fatal ptomaine poisoning cases from tainted meat. Mrs Sarah Besse, oldest surviving white settler in Whiteside county, died Monday in Prophetstown where she settled in 1884. Eighty Davenport car builders and painters strike over disputes linked to Silvis troubles. William Webb escaped from the boys' school and was returned to the sheriff by a train crew. The steamer Ben Hershey will be retired soon after beached near Savanna. Joseph N Brennan of Savanna files suit in Davenport district court for 40000 against the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul road. Brennan was employed by the company at the time of the accident.

Amboy E. J. Roche South Elgin Dodgeville Sarah Besse Whiteside County Prophetstown Davenport Silvis William Webb Charles Dixon Ben Hershey Mississippi River Savanna Ill District Court Joseph N. Brennan Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Brennan

Salem Sunday School Picnic Scheduled at Riverside Park

The Salem Sabbath School plans its annual picnic tomorrow at Riverside Park with bus transportation arranged. Buses depart from the church at 8 30 and 9 a m for attendees, and if rain arises the event moves to Thursday.

Salem Sabbath School Riverside Park

Knife slips at Arcade cuts proprietor’s left chop

Last night Fred Young, owner of the Arcade, severed a deep gash in the left hand when a knife slipped while he served customers. The wound bled and a doctor was summoned to dress the injury.

Fred Young The Arcade

Winslow Clearing Sale In Patent Leather Oxfords

A Winslow clearing sale offers prices as low as 2.60 for patent leather or kid oxfords and 1.95 for other styles. The ad highlights big bar gains in men’s and children’s slippers and promotes the sale as a bargain event.

Winslow Clearing Sale Tbd&swiw

Shoe bargain at E and W clearing sale

Local sale notice touts footwear savings with boys' waists priced at 16 cents at Golden Eagle store. Reading as a brief classified item from a historical page.

Golden Eagle

Chicken Thieves Strike Galena Street Butcher Shop

A wholesale robbery at Chris Fuas’s Galena Street butcher shop occurred last Tuesday evening. Thieves cut about twenty live chickens from a chicken coop using a stolen butcher knife and carried them away in gunny sacks. The door was left ajar and the remaining birds escaped by morning. Police now handle the case amid limited leads.

Chris Fuas Galena Street

That Awful Itch Instant Relief Advertisement

An advertisement for D D D Prescription external wash claims instant itch relief and a permanent cure with continued use. It offers a trial bottle sent prepaid for 10 cents to first-time users, directing readers to send payment and inquire at D D D Company laboratories in Chicago and Wm F Jungk nz, Druggist in Detroit Street.

D. D. D. Company Laboratories Ichigan Street Chicago Wm. F. Jungktnz Stephenson Street

Corner Stone for Public Library Ceremony

Mt Carroll announces the corner stone for the new public library to be laid Tuesday at 7 pm. Gen Smith D Atkins of Freeport and Hon G L Hoffman will give addresses. Music by Amphon quartet and Mrs C H King with Miss Elizabeth Funkey. A committee will meet Atkins at the depot. they served as comrades in the Civil War with the 92nd Illinois.

Long Live Dr King s New Discovery Crowned King of Remedies

Mrs Juia Ryder Paine of Truro Mass says the New Discovery gives immediate relief and quickly cures coughs and colds. The remedy is marketed as a universal cure for weak lungs and sore throats after other remedies fail, with guarantees by Jos Emmert druggist. Trial bottle free at 50c and 1.00.

America Dr. King Juia Ryder Paine Truro Mass Jos. Emmert

Arcade addition building lots for sale on easy payments

Choice building lots in Arcade addition offered for sale with monthly payments. Applicants directed to Arcade Manufacturing Co for details and terms.

Arcade Manufacturing Co

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