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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1906
Page
4
The International Type Practical Union awards the Freeport Journal with a union label recognizing the use of union labor in its mechanical departments. The recognition highlights commitment to organized labor and fair working conditions within the publication.
A string of local residents travel to Chicago Ridott Rockford Madison and Milwaukee for business and family visits. Misses Lottie Stewart Pearl Windecker Erma Secker Marie Karnist Nell Taylor and Marie Crotzer are among those seen en route to relatives and friends. Several families return home after visits in Chicago Milwaukee Freeport and Beloit with relatives and park trips noted.
The Most Excellent Order of An cient Chaldeans will hold a business session this evening. George Baumgarden assesor for Loran town board of review on Monday. Uriah Rubendall invites the public to a barn raising near Cedarville next Thursday. The St. Catherine guild meets Wednesday at 3 PM with Mrs. Burwell at 175 Walnut Street. Freeport Division No. 290 auxiliary to B. of L. E. meets Wednesday at 2:30 PM.
The Outing club of the YMCA will hold a daytime hike tomorrow afternoon. The trip to Forest Park will proceed by interurban in the late afternoon after a ball game and lunch the party will return home. All YMCA members are cordially invited.
The F. M. Davis Bible class of First A. B. Church will meet for a regular outing tomorrow evening. A delightful program is arranged and members should gather at the Cedarville bridge at 7:80 sharp for the river excursion.
A Vienna postal card from Dr. C. L. Best, now in Vienna, depicts several key buildings. A caption notes baseball is gradually introduced into Europe by Americans, especially Rhodes Scholars at Oxford.
A meeting of Royal Palace No 2 Most Excellent Order of Ancient Chaldeans will be held this evening at the Masonic temple. Members are instructed to attend as scheduled.
The ad notes one dollar shirts at the Golden Eagle store today with a possible restock tomorrow. The fragment mentions a date like 7-24d and a time frame of one week. The text is uneven but identifies a sale item and shop name.
A concise rural advert invites buyers to purchase a small thresher and a Stover gasoline engine to thresh crops at the right time. Location noted as Corner Exchange and Van Auren streets, north of the court house, with directions for interested Gail readers.
Freeport, 1. Wausau, 13. La Crosse 6. Oshkosh 1. Eau Claire 6. Green Bay 2. Keene’s Canners were routed 18 to 1 by the Lumberjacks as Owsley was knocked out of the box and the game finished by Barlow. Five runs by Wausau in the second inning helped pile up fourteen hits. Moriarity benched for arguing with the umpire Bol. Warriors prepare for home return with hearty welcome expected.
Oshkosh hosts La Crosse as Bubser shines on the mound but manager Hawley protests umpire Pattison and gate receipts. Final: La Crosse 6 Oshkosh 1 with disputed share rights unresolved after the game. In Green Bay, Bau Claire wins 8 to 5 behind Eberley’s pitching and Brookins home run. Disk, Eberly, Aslesen, Stremmel, and Ganniin also active.
Freeport fans ready for a warm welcome as the Canners return after July 6 on a four game series with Eau Claire Chippewa Falls in the afternoon. The team led the percentage standings during their road trip and earned praise for their performance.
Oshkosh Indians beat La Crosse Pinks 6 to 4 in a tense Sunday game at White City park. La Crosse walked out after refusing a second game over umpiring disputes, claiming the game had ended after eight innings though nine were played. tensions rose as the visitors were denied two player umpires and accused of unfair calls.
The Oshkosh baseball clash ends with umpires' call deemed correct by many fans while Hawley refuses to resume after a disputed safe call. About 1,600 spectators witness the forfeit as Oshkosh is awarded 9 to 0 amid strong public criticism of Hawley and his team's conduct.
J N Fleck of this city was elected vice president of the Master Painter and Decorator Association of Illinois which met in Chicago for a two day session to form an organization About thirty master painters attended including many from Chicago A banquet Thursday and a park picnic Friday followed for visiting delegates J C Smith of Macomb presides as association president Fleck also joined the executive board.
The Umpire a down-to-date musical comedy will be staged in Freeport on September 19 with Harry Askin of the Grand Opera House Chicago presenting the show The chorus will be large and comely and costumes rich and tasteful Julian Mitchell of New York will select and drill the chorus for graceful dances The Umpire ran 304 nights in Chicago setting a theatrical record.
The funeral for the late Mrs I M Hart was held at her son W B E Harts residence 267 North Galena avenue at 1 30 this afternoon Rev W McCaskill officiated pallbearers were W H Matter W A Kerr E Canfield S E B Beck A M Hoover and J B Delhaner. Interment followed at Hart s cemetery in Florence township.
Sick and afflicted Samuel Walker remains at 244 Douglas Avenue due to illness. Wilken's young son and Nagle's daughter are both sick at home. Miss Wilna Koehler of Kent is receiving medical treatment at Globe Hospital.
A foursome traveling from Hillsdale Michigan to Darlington Wisconsin stopped in the city today. They reported several accidents and exceptionally bad roads along the route before reaching the city limits.
A statement says the smooth swindler who charged goods to Criddle Bros. did not visit Riley and Wheat’s store yesterday. The store operates strictly on cash and does not sell on credit, contrary to a previous report.
A fragmented ad extols Hol lollister Rocky Mountain Tea as a strong tonic for babies, claiming it builds solid muscle and vitality. It promotes “Best baby medicine on earth” and notes the price as 85 cents for tablets. The text names Joseph Kmer t in connection with the product.
Try on a Blue Serge Suit at the Golden Eagle for 8.85, a bargain from the usual 12.50. Limited time display and fitting available.
A brief promotional note invites readers to have The Daily Journal mailed nationwide for ten cents a week. It offers free address changes and asserts the home paper is preferable to a letter, encouraging universal subscription.
Speculation swirls as Germania Saengerbund weighs successors after Prof. Trost resigns to take a post in Ann Arbor. William Wagner floats as candidate but declines. A Friday meeting will decide the new leader, while a 25 member Freeport contingent prepares to travel to St. Paul with Monroe and Rockford groups joining.
A 20 year old son of Mr and Mrs E O Peck sustained a deep gash in his right leg while sharpening a scythe on a Bolton area farm. The blade slipped causing the wound and blood poisoning developed. Dr W B Peck attended. The patient remains in critical condition.
Charles Billerbeck and Mr and Mrs M E Scott of St Louis Mo return from a week at Red Cedar Lake Wisconsin. They praise the fishing and note A C Knorr is laid up with severe sunburn. Red Cedar Lake grows as a popular resort with accommodations taxed, many visitors being reporters.
Marshall O. Manning purchased a Williams street lot near Chicago street from Charles Betts for 1600 dollars and plans to build a residence this season. The deal was made by H. B. Erb.
A local tale contrasts a dyke breach caused by watchful neglect with a saved life from pneumonia by Dr. King's New Discovery. Kenneth McIver of Vanceboro Maine recalls three doctors giving him up to die before recovery. Trial bottle free at Emmet’s drug store.
The Daily Journal is available for delivery to any part of the city at a rate of 10 cents per week.
City Clerk William A. Waterstradt reports a 2 percent tax on foreign fire insurance premiums, estimating 700 to 800 dollars total from 64 companies with 605.62 dollars received so far. Five agents have not paid. end of week deadline to avoid denial of business. Taxes fund the fire department.
Police were called to Alfred Haffner at 116 Fifth Avenue this morning for a domestic quarrel in which Mrs. Haffner was badly handled. Haffner received a disorderly conduct hearing, paid a $5.65 total fine, and was released. Authorities said two men suspected of wrecking a safe at East Rockford were detained briefly but released after proving alibis.
Citizens owning property on Harlem avenue Burchard Place and Stephenson street in West Freeport met to preliminarily arrange paving before winter. The village board will meet tonight to finalize and set the work schedule. Harlem avenue and Burchard Place to be macadamized while Stephenson street from the brick paving to the Gobblendorf property will be brick paved.
Abstract shows transfers since last report including Shoemaker heirs to C C Shoemaker for lots 9 10 block 3 Gunds add Freeport 5000 Elfeld from Fay 600 Kinley to Asche lots 1 2 block 7 Loos add Freeport 8400 Prall to Dickes part outlet 8 Winneshiek add Freeport Muhr to Rinderran lot 7 Campbell add Freeport unknown Hineline to J M Hineline five lots Park Heights add Freeport 1776 Snapp to Janssen 160 acres 28 84 26 6 Loran 13120 Delhauer to Bonini only 28 ft lot 4 blk 71 Freeport 500 Hoxsie to Schiller lots 6 18 Schiller add Freeport 550 Abstracts of title furnished on short notice Deeds mortgages and other legal instruments accurately drawn money to loan O Payton FRIOCK Conveyancers.
Mrs Agnes Springer wife of William Springer of this city was declared insane by a county court jury this morning. She had been housed at Higin asylum but released two years ago as cured. In the past six months her condition returned and the trial concluded with commitment to the Watertown asylum for the insane.
Freeport Chapter No 808 Eastern Star holds its annual basket picnic on Monday afternoon and evening at Highland Park West Freeport. All Star members families and visiting members in the city are cordially invited to attend.
Worldwide pharmacists promote Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea made from select medicinal roots and herbs. Available as Tea or Tablets at 36 cents. Sold by Joseph Emmert.
Bargains tempt shoppers with trousers priced at 2.98 in the Golden Gleam Clearing Sale. Advertised as worth 4.00 to 5.00, the sale promises strong value and quick turnover for wardrobe upgrades.
Springfield July 23. The Sixth Infantry at Camp Lincoln endures extreme heat and a long inspection by Col Fieldhouse of Chicago. Evening religious services led by Chaplain Ferris followed dress parade. General Foster reviewed the regiment in the evening. A strict liquor ban is ordered this week as Col Kittilsen plans drill and rifle-range work, with no prostrations reported. Seven companies and the regiment’s band joined Spanish War veterans in Galesburg, returning Saturday.
The Freeport market shows healthy real estate demand with the Meyer Addition, south Freeport, producing fifteen new residences since January 1904 after KF. W. Steckebotte acquired it from Mrs. Porter. The lot area along Jefferson Carroll High and Float streets is praised for beauty and height. Hildreth agency touts special attention with evening viewings to aid buyers as remaining lots dwindle.
Social circles report a surprise 6th birthday gathering for Aunt Sarah Clow at Benjamin Clow’s Bolton home on July 23 with about ninety guests. Later, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Petrie celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary at 214 Chicago Street with euchre and a light luncheon. Gordon Bennett and Miss Mabel Miller wed and departed for Sheldon Iowa, after a ceremony attended by many local friends.
A meeting of the social committee of the First M. I. Epworth league planned a mysterious sociable in the church parlors on Wednesday evening August 1. Also a card party was announced by the Court of Honor for Thursday night in Seitz hall with admission set at 10 cents.
Miss Florence Whiteside hosts a party of young ladies this afternoon at her home on upper Stephenson street. Mrs. P. S. Stibgen entertained several lady friends yesterday afternoon in honor of her mother Mrs. Chinachilles of Whittemore Ia.
Chicago medium Madame Brunswick will begin sessions at 30 Chicago Street on Monday July 23rd, drawing crowds with claimed psychic demonstrations and spiritual guidance in a city venue.
Outing suits priced at 8 and 10 dollars are offered for 4.35 at the BE and W Clearing Sale. Telephone number 7-2308 is listed for inquiries.
The Journal notes a sale on boys' knee pants priced at 26 and 35 cents. The item highlights are presented as part of the store's advertisement and want column.
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