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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1905
Page
2
The Freeport Journal notes recognition by the International Typographical Union of union labor in its mechanical departments, confirming agreement with labor standards and representation.
Winterloo resident Henry Glaw hosts relatives while numerous residents and visitors travel between Clinton Ta Rockford Chicago Savanna Forreston Lena Lena Dixon Dixon and other towns for family visits business trips and assembly events. Notables include Dr Rideout Misses Amanda Anderson Kitty Petrie Agnes Relman Grace Beat Florence Dorman Lillian Koym and Grace Knepper with church activities noting no preaching next Sunday and normal Sunday school sessions.
The board of education meets tonight with a cautious wording change noted for A L Wheeler. Next Sunday services are set at Third Presbyterian Church with Rev Luhmitt of Forreston officiating. First M K church ladies suspend home baking sales until further notice but plan a separate meeting for work. Freeport Tribunal No 9 meets tonight at 8 o clock in the hall above the State bank. Also advertised are Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea and Ten or Tab tablets, plus soda water at 101 Stephenson St.
After a devastating Saturday fire Freeport businessmen urge expanded fire protection. Residents and leaders push for a new Second ward department near St Francis Hospital, more firemen, a turn truck and mineral wool blankets to guard factories and homes. Mayors and executives contend cost but warn a future big blaze could devastate the city.
A.J. Goddard settles with insurers after the Freeport Railway Light & Power company fire destroying the old mill. Losses total about 35,000 with 19,500 adjusted. Settlement 15,000 for the power house lag, 4,600 full policy on mill, cars run on Rockford Interurban power, and new machinery sent. Charles E. Gregory leads insurance and reconstruction efforts. Extensions in Beebe and Brown’s mill to be funded with 85,000 and 82,000 appropriations.
The Hineigs Central Railroad issues a private limited edition book of 20 copies titled Abraham Lincoln as Attorney for the Kinvis Central Railroad Company. It features hand-made paper, Moroves binding, top typography, and includes a 1860s photograph of Mr. Gineoli and facsimiles of his handwriting.
A. G. Harper of profrie S is in the city today and awarded the contract for masonry work on two additional stories to the Henney plant middle wing. Fredk Kruse was the successful bidder, but his estimate was not announced. The other improvement work will be set by the day.
Generud de Santtar an Italian sanitor died recently after dressing in a general's uniform with medals. He called for champagne and, surrounded by relatives on his couch, drank to the king's health and the prosperity of Italy.
A brief sale notice advertises Dr Caldwell’s Laxative Syrup Pepsin in bottles costing pennies or dollars. It claims a guaranteed cure for constipation indigestion and malaria. The ad lists H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungung as sellers.
Yesterday Freeport suffered a 8 to 0 loss at Green Bay as Powersville’s Schneiberg dominated the mound while Beck’s batters struggled. Manager Malven promises changes after acknowledging weak hitting, noting one error per side in a lopsided contest. Kilian’s catching and Rosinski’s earlier form are contrasted with Freeport’s ongoing hitting woes.
A fragmentary 19th century piece describes a Teeland queen dining with a bishop in Vienmarkaree. The bishop overstates his flocks to the queen, prompting a tale of sheep and hundred children followed by notes on Moor life, governance, and a colonial Englishwoman marrying a foreigner.
John Harrett the United States minister to Columbia visited the city and gave a half hour address at the First Presbyterian church prayer meeting last evening. He spoke on his observations as a diplomat about missionary life abroad and defended American missionaries against charges of troublemaking while praising their work in religious and educational fields. He cited Japanese and Chinese public figures educated in Christian schools as evidence of missionaries’ impact and described ministers abroad as honest and fair in dealings. Garrett, a Presbyterian, is described as a forceful and entertaining speaker.
Last evening at the bride’s parents home in Clinton street Rev. A Landeck officiated the marriage of Miss Anna Siegmeier and Walter Uth. Attendants were Miss Anna Staben and Whi Alvin Utt. The bride wore blue silk with bride’s roses, and the maid of honor wore white. After August 16 the couple will reside at Garden street.
The Freeport division hosted a Rockford crowd who spent the day at Harlem park in Rockford. About seventy five attendees were treated lavishly by the hostesses from the O.R.G. party society.
The saloonkeepers of Freeport plan a August 6 picnic at Forest Park. Committees were appointed and instructed to spare no expense to make it one of the largest events of its kind in the area.
Pawnee Bill's Wild West and Great Far East Exhibition opens tomorrow at 10 AM with two grand street pageants. The show blends frontier life with international acts including Indians, cowboys, Mexicans, Arabs, Cossacks, Chinese and Japanese cavalry. The parade features prairie schooners, Rocky Mountain burros, overland mail coaches, and mounted heralds in period costumes, promising educational and thrilling tableaux for all ages.
Engineering corps led by G A Meade surveys a westward line from Shabbona toward Sterling to align with the Northwestern route and shorten the trip to St Paul by about 4.5 miles. The plan would bypass two steep grades and may require private right of way west of the Northwestern line if adopted for the St Paul connection. The West survey will begin soon with ground inspection prior to field work.
Dean Evi B suribut of the University of Chicago divinity school presided over ministers’ institute as students failed to start the hymn Rock of Ages. Bishop William F McDowell led the six-verse singing. A student noted mastery of Alma Mater, introduced seven months ago for chapel use.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway announces an industrial department to work with merchants and business groups along its lines. It aims to provide manufacturers with reliable location information and opportunities at Northwestern points, coordinating through local bodies and disseminating details via industrial agent George Bonnell in Chicago.
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters relieve and cure ague and malaria, praising a true curative effect without quinine’s after-effects. Testimonial from E. S. Munday of Henrietta, Texas, notes a brother's recovery from malaria and jaundice after taking the remedy at Joseph Emmert's drugstore, price five cents.
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