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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1905
Page
4
If you seek bargains, a silk sale offers supple fou lards moire plain taffeta and fancy silks once $1.00 a yard now 49 cents. Rich novelty silks plaids and stripes, worth up to $1.25 a yard, discounted to 69 cents per yard. This clearance promises unprecedented value.
Governor's Day activities unfold at Camp Lincoln with social events and rifle range scores. Sixth regiment from Moline white band draws praise while officers honor Governor Deneen and Adjutant General Scott. Third battalion takes the range as Regiments Shand and Kittilsen prep for later events and visits.
An evening near the end of the sixteenth century in London saw a Swedish traveler buy a sixpence copy of Titus Andronicus at the Rose theatre to follow the play in his language. The book, preserved for three centuries, was found in a countrywoman’s home and moved to Lund University, being the only known copy of its kind. A collage of brief notes and anecdotes covers matchmaking in France, a quip about an Irish lawyer and Chief Justice Whiteside, a comic moment on a line slipping into mud, and a joke about a man calling on his sister’s suitor with changing gibes.
Theatre goers await the return of the Winningers and their eighteen member company. The season offers all new plays and vaudeville far superior to recent offerings, opening at the Grand.
A beautiful comedy drama titled Clover Dale is set for Monday evening at the opera house. Tickets cost 10 20 and 30 cents with one lady free and a one paid 40 cent ticket for accompanying patrons, reserved before 6 30 p.m. at the usual place.
A Mutual Improvement club member complains of being corrected by a Potter woman during a dinner party. The exchange highlights social snubs and misstatements about language, plus a quip about revenge by staring at a pudgy daughter. The piece shifts to a mock council scene on gang rule and corruption at a New England school board meeting, then lists marriage age laws in several countries.
July 20 Pawnes Bills Wild West Show and Card party at Lexing ton. August 1 Camp meeting at Ridott and social at Minbury. August 2 County old soldiers reunion and ice cream social on Washington streets. August 10 Oakdite camp meeting. August 24 September 1 camp meeting at River aide park and Old Betlers’ restaurant at Oredat. September 8 Our New Minister. Plus a list of shows and events by various troupes and venues throughout the period.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal treatment that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It claims physicians approved it, lists testimonials, and offers samples. Also includes a local music teacher seeking scholars at 280 Douglas avenue and a Mrs Starkwable note.
A scrambled OCR note lists various ads and notices including kitchen work, housework, a rectory, a beagle pups inquiry, and a reward offer. Contact A G Gilbert at 25 South Ciilens Avenue for details and return to the office for reward.
Real estate notice by O. F. Hildreth offering a fast sale of the Ziegler property. Frontage 11214 feet on Carroll Street and 210 feet deep with matching frontage on State Street. Modern house with hardwood floors, steam heat, private windmill water supply, cement walks, AML in excellent condition, east front. Price far below cost, sale to be made immediately.
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