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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1908
Page
7
Rouse pitched well and the game stayed tied into the eighth inning but a late hit failed to come through. Canner and the Pinks edged the Champs 4 to 3 as opportunities slipped away.
Freeport fell 8 to 4 in eleven innings to La Crosse yesterday in a hard fought series game. Rouse pitched well despite the loss as Baillies held Freeport in check with strong support from La Crosse fielders. Stark starred with three hits while Lannon added two sacrifice hits and two bags as Freeport showed better hitting despite the defeat.
Oshkosh defeated Wausau in Oshkosh Wisconsin continuing the three game series, Batterys Burwell Dunbar and Erickson contributing to the win as the teams posted a low scoring affair. Green Bay beat Fond du Lac 6 to 1 behind Stremmel who struck out thirteen and allowed five hits. Madison edged Rockford 1 to 0 on a Mee single and Cook double with Batteries Shaw Smith Rogers and Moore in the mix.
In last night’s Twilight League action the Episcopalians defeated the Second Presbyterian ball club by 18 runs. Tonight the English Lutheran and St. John’s teams are scheduled to play.
President Moll lists Madison first in attendance followed by Rockford Fond du Lac Wausau and Oshkosh with Freeport in sixth place based on current tallies. The report covers multiple cities and ranks within the region's public event attendance.
Daily baseball standings show New York leading with 30 wins, Chicago 28, Philadelphia 20, Brooklyn 25, and Cincinnati 22. Multiple late-night games include Brooklyn at Chicago a 6 to 9 loss for Chicago, and a 2 to 1 victory for Philadelphia over St Louis in eleven innings. Other results include Cincinnati over Boston 9 to 8, and a tense New York vs Pittsburgh sixteen-inning tilt ending in a 2 to 2 draw after darkness.
In Constantinople the sultan swore allegiance to the constitution and the Koran before the sheik ul Islam, with the oath later logged at his offices. A ministerial shakeup followed, Hamdy Bey dismissed as police minister while Hehmed Att became governor of Pera, and other changes were noted. Izzet Pasha, the secretary, fled to Syria after reformers pressed for dismissal.
In Dallas Texas on July 20 a Black man named Smith aged eighteen was seized in Greenville public square after an alleged link to a Clinton Hunt county incident. He was captured before identification, then surrounded by a mob who doused him with fuel and set him ablaze as about a thousand spectators watched.
C M Harden of Silver City North Carolina praises Electric Bitters for stomach liver and kidney troubles saying it cannot be beat. He notes it helps weakness lame back and run down conditions and suits chills and malaria. Sold under guarantee at Jos Primert’s dry store 60c.
Rockford barber William Herbig of 133 South Water Street is credited with saving five people from drowning and recovering six bodies in water rescues along the Pecatonica and Rock River. His first rescue came in Freeport as a boy, and he has aided in rescues near Pecatonica, the Milwaukee Bridge in Freeport, and in Rockford where he retrieved the body of William Hoagland with Officer Sandberg.
The famed Chicago Record-Herald correspondent William E. Curtis writes a daily two column letter for his paper. He has traveled the world and produced travel letters later printed as books. Curtis began as a Chicago reporter in 1872 rising to managing editor and later led the Bureau of American Republics.
July 20 reports visitors from Chicago and Kan kakee visiting Lena residents plus a day trip to Burlington Ia. Cooking club picnic at the Rocks tomorrow. List of Freeport and Lena real estate transfers with prices. Also an ad for Father William's Indian Herb Tablets from C P Guenther & Co. druggists.
The town board will hold a regular meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m to audit bills. Citizens with town bills should present them at once at the city drug store corner Galena and Van Buren streets. Patrons not receiving their paper regularly should notify the office.
Bloomington merchants report the directoire gown will appear this fall with the slit concealed by fabric. The trend includes modified sheath gowns, directoire collars, and a shift toward fur imitation coats, broadcloths, and open weave fabrics for fall outfits.
Mrs BE R Pierson of Auburn Centre Pa praises Dr Kings New Discovery as a lasting remedy for long standing threat and lung trouble saying it restores health with continued use. The remedy is sold at Jos Emmerts drug store for 50c and 1.00 with a trial bottle free.
Readable text shows names Galeng and Van Buren alongside a phrase about suits being pressed at a location similar to Mal l e s. The fragment mentions 60a but lacks a clear event, date, or organized context.
A proverb stresses balance between supply and promotion, warning that promotion alone without quality goods fails, while quality goods without marketing loses reach. It underscores practical business strategy.
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