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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
4
Personal Record Highlights Local Courtship and Travels
Freeport area notices list Mrs McDonald of Hollandale as a caller, Miss Hutmacher visiting Polo, and numerous travelers including George Graham to Peoria, B Goldman to Green Bay, and the Finkenbinder party to Rockford. Several visitors, guests, and trips unfold from Freeport to La Salle, Chicago, Joliet, and beyond, with mentions of civic figures like Congressman Fuller and racing driver B F Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. McDonald
Hollandale
Freeport
Anna Hutmacher
Polo
Mias Della Tice
George Graham
Peoria
B. Goldman
Green Bay
O. C. Finkenbinder
Rockord
Miss Stroh Weds Lynch D West In Social Circles
On July 9 in Freeport at Rev. Thrall's residence Lynch D West and Miss Stroh were united in marriage with Lutheran rites. West, a local businessman with ties to Kansas and Oklahoma, plans a western honeymoon and potential home in Moline Kansas. The couple will visit the middle west before settling, and will spend time at the Dixon assembly before their departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroh
W. Gardner Thrall
Weat Street
Fifth Avenues
Lynch D. Weat
Lutheran Church
West
Illinois
Kansas
Oklahoma
Freeport
Moline
Kan
Middle West
Dixon Assembly
Gigantic Seaweed With 800 Foot Stem Found Near Alaska
The neteocystis seaweed is reported as the largest marine plant, with a stem up to 800 feet long. Discovered near the Alaskan coast, it now appears along Pacific coasts. It grows from shallow loamy bottoms, forms meadowlike beds near shore, and features a balloon at the top that extends to the surface. Natives of the Aleutian Islands use dried stems for ropes and balloons for sails, while leaves are cut for wicker work and baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaskan
Pacific Ocean
Aleutian Islands
Card party honors at St Marys hall by Foresters women
The Womania Catholic Order of Foresters held a card party yesterday afternoon at St Marys hall. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Robert Casey, Mrs. J. B. J. DuFour, Mrs. Anna Carey and Mrs. Nelson Backus. A follow up party is planned two weeks from yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womania Catholic Order of Foresters
St. Mary's Hall
Robert Casey
J. B. J. DuFour
Anna Carey
Nelson Backus
Garden Party Hosted by Mrs Hill and Daughters
Mrs B P Hill and her daughters will entertain guests at a garden party tomorrow morning from 10 to 12 at their West Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. Hill
West Street
Social events at St Pius hall and Odd Fellows hall announced
A card and sewing party for St Vincent's orphanage is set for tomorrow afternoon at St Pius hall. Tonight the Fraternal Tribunes No 99 hosts a social at Odd Fellows hall with a lively program, dancing, and amusements. Invitations previously issued are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pius’ Hall
St. Vincent’s Orphanage
Fraternal Tribunes
No.99
Odd Fellow's Hall
LAPP WOLF HUNTERS Swift Runners On Snowshoes
The Swedish Lapps depend on swift runners on snowshoes to drive wolves from deer herds. A thousand deer makes a rich owner but taxes reflect deer numbers. Hunts begin when wolf tracks appear. the lead hunter closes, strikes with a spiked snowshoe staff, and the group finishes the kill or disables the wolf before arriving for the death stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowshoes
Enouggh
Stoskopf Improves After Illness Report
Leonard Stoskopf’s condition was reported much better today than Tuesday or Wednesday, signaling a notable improvement in his health. The bulletin notes the progress and reassures friends and family about his recovery trajectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Me. Stoskopf
Leonard Stoskopf
Farwell Household Welcomes Baby Girl
The Farwells announce the arrival of a nine pound baby girl on Tuesday night adding joy to the household. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Farwell and the birth marks a population increase in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. Farwell
Smedleys Return From Lake Geneva Outing
Mr and Mrs R C Smedley returned last evening from Lake Geneva where they had spent ten days on an outing trip. While there Mr Smedley attended a course in the Y M C A summer school now in session. They came back to Freeport almost entirely by trolley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Smedley
Lake Geneva
Lake
Cement contract awarded for Rawleigh building foundation
The Contractors' Supply Co and Hamlyn Bros offices have been awarded the cement supply contract for the Rawleigh building. Five cars will complete the foundation. They also supply cement for the Woodmanse building and three car loads for 18,000 feet of sidewalk in Bailey's park addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawleigh
Contractors’ Supply Co
Hamlyn Bros
Woodmanse
Bailey’s Park
Sunday school picnic at Forest Park Aug 4
The First Baptist church Sunday school plans a picnic at Forest Park next Tuesday August 4 with transportation tickets to be distributed on Sunday. Mrs Buchanan visiting her niece Mrs J G Limerick in Rock Falls has left for Chaney Iowa. lives in Freeport. Congressman Foss, Republican Senate candidate, campaigned in town with J Mason Fox. John Arthur remains in a critical condition after a renewed illness period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park
Sterling Standard
Buchanan
J. G. Limerick
Rock Falls
Chauncey
Iowa
Freeport
Foss
United States
J. Mason Fox
John Arthur
Arthur
Were Married in Freeport Desertion Claim Split Couple
Lieutenant John H. Baker says his wife Anna K. Baker deserted him when she did not join him in the Philippines. The couple wed in Freeport September 5, 1899, per Father A. X. Dufur. Baker, a former private, later served in Fort Sheridan and Texas before the Philippines assignment. The alleged desertion dates to December 1, 1904. Attorney General Frank L. Gilbert represents Mrs. Baker. Lieut. Baker is brother to Racine Police Chief Henry C. Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Baker
Fas
Milwaukee
Freeport
A. X. Dufur
Madison
Philippines
Halsey
Baker
Anna K. Baker
Fort Sheridan
Texas
Lieut. Baker
Henry C. Baker
Racine
Frank L. Gilbert
Licensed to Wed Gyach West and Idy Strohm
A marriage license was issued to Gyach D. West of Moline Kansas and Idy B. Strohm of Freeport. The record notes the couple sought a license to wed in the local jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gyach D. West
Moline
Kan
B. Strohm
Freeport
Hosmer couple head to Minneapolis for vacation finale
The Rev. Frank A. Hosmer and his wife, after several days with old friends in Freeport, left last night to spend the remainder of their vacation in Minneapolis. Since leaving the Second Presbyterian church, Hosmer has served as pastor of the Central Park Presbyterian church in Chicago, and Freeport friends eagerly welcome the Hosmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Hosmer
Minneapolis
Second Presbyterian Church
Hosmer
Chicago
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Hosmer
Hotel Jullien Changes in Dubuque July 29
Turpin and Neal of Macon Georgia near completion of a hotel deal to take over the Julien hotel property from long time manager William Keeley of Chicago’s Victoria. Transfer includes business furnishings equipment and a long lease with an implied price of 45000 dollars. Change effective August 1. The Julien stands among Iowa’s oldest best appointed hostels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Turpin and Neal
Macon
Julien Hotel
William Keeley
Victoria
Chicago
Julien
Iowa
Market Report From Chicago and Union Stock Yards
Closing board of trade quotations show Sept wheat and corn at varying bids, Sept oats at 7, Sept pork 16.77, lard 89.50, ribs 9.00. Union Stock Yards quotes list cattle at 3,500 steady with Beeves 3.30 to 7.80, hogs at 12,000 up 610, various classes of hogs and sheep at 2.60 to 4.70, market mixed but largely steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Board of Trade
Ally Ly
Union Stock
Chicago Board of Trade
F.J. Miner & Co
Hice
Anderson
Br Rae
Bodb
Cece
Tipping the Hat Customs in New York Society
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes New Yorkers still tip their hats when greeting male acquaintances, even among solitary men and after social events. The gesture occurs at farewells and introductions, and observers wonder why the custom persists while it is less common in Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Stenographer’s Exchange Over Smoking Fails to Halt Work
In a New Orleans Times-Democrat vignette a stenographer with yellow hair confronts Duke the bookkeeper about smoking. He ignores her, instructing only to quit if it makes her sick, and continues to work as she sternly insists on none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Irish Gentleman Praises Officer Then Jokes About Aging
An Irish gentleman asks an English officer if he knows Mr X of a certain place. The officer denies knowing him. The Irishman calls Mr X a fine man and friend, but notes he has been “good these six years.” The officer replies he has been compared to many things, but never to a six year old corpse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shure
London Spectator
Latter Day Breesiness Dust Question Quip
A Louisville Courier Journal column cites slang by Mrs Nu wedd asking how often housemaids dust. The quip questions two readings of the phrase and plays on domestic service language.
Poverty as Mother of Crimes and Lack of Sense as Father
Quote reflects a view that poverty drives crime while lack of judgment or sense underpins it. Attributed to Bruyere, the saying links economic hardship to wrongdoing and emphasizes moral oversight as preventive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruyere
Hindipo Nerve Tonic Ad From Co P Guenther Co
Co P Guenther and Co advertise Hindipo Nerve Tonic at their corner store promising relief from nervous debility insomnia and lost vitality with a money back guarantee if it does not benefit the user. The copy emphasizes no cost if ineffective and urges trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. P. Guenther & Co
Galena Avenue
Galena Street
Cheerray
Parson Warns Against Satanic Temptation in Colloquial Sermon
A mock sermon by Parson Bagster, quoted by Tom P. Morgan in Puck, warns friends to avoid engaging with the devil. It ridicules underestimation of temptation and urges immediate decisive action against vice, ending with a brisk call to resist and confront danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagster
Satan
Dess
Tom P. Morgan
Puck
Unlucky For the Umpire Unnamed remark sparks superstition joke
In a Chicago News item a quip about Browning carrying a horseshoe to throw at the umpire if he made a biased call surfaces. Greening notes the superstition, Browning denies belief, amid a playful exchange at the ball park yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greening
Browning
Chicago News
Rum sales halted in town? Catholic Standard and Times says no
A conversation quotes a cautious clarification about alcohol policy. The Catholic Standard and Times notes that while prohibition is strict, it does not claim a total stop to all rum selling, suggesting enforcement rather than universal cessation.
Sleep in Bathtub Death Story Not in Paper
A reader notes the Philadelphia Press had no discussion of a man who slept in a bathtub and drowned, labeling the claim as a fabrication and criticizing the remark as improper commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilyfield
Philadelphia Press
Yeast fish hooks retain same design for two millennia
A Yonkers Statesman note reflects on how yeast fish hooks have persisted in the same basic form for about 2,000 years while many other bait types have evolved through the ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimsonbeak
Mrs Gabbles and neighbors stir talk in Detroit Tribune
Dialog from the Detroit Tribune shows Mrs Gabbles accused of truth bending, while Mrs Nextdoor contends she reveals facts only if they harm neighbors. The exchange hints at local-press bias and social tensions in a neighborhood context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Wall Flower Trade Sparks Family Request
A Baltimore American snippet shows an old customer and florist banter about a house plant with a wall flower label. The exchange hints at a personal line about two plain middle aged daughters, implying an ironic or domestic joke rather than a horticultural note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Purely a Matter of Choice Gas Billing Quip
A Chicago Tribune quotation presents a blunt view on unpaid gas bills. The remark dismisses any legal compulsion to pay for unused gas, noting the utility would simply shut off service if the bill remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Diggs Beg pardon on living costs per year
In a Detroit Tribune style exchange Diggs questions Biggs about paying ten thousand dollars annually to live with a blunt admission and a terse reply. The fragment reflects a satirical urban debate on living expenses and choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diggs
Biggs
Detroit
The Past Tense Quote From New York See
A line from the New York see literature notes a character asked how one knows another has wealth. The reply mentions two automobiles as a sign, implying the person once held significant riches. No further context or events are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
August events mark anniversaries and reunions nationwide
The coming events list covers Aug. dates for multiple observances. St John’s church marks a sixtieth anniversary, Winslow hosts a Soldiers and Sailors reunion, Oakdale park hosts a campmeeting, Lena hosts a Methodist campmeeting, the Forty-sixth Illinois regiment holds a bilennial reunion, a Lincoln-Douglas debate anniversary celebration is planned, and old settlers’ gatherings and temperance gatherings are on the calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Church
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Winslow
Oakdale Park
Lena
Forty-sixth Illinois Regiment
Lincoln Temperance Chau
Tauqua
Old Settlers
Ccedarville
Coal Dealers in Kane County Form Compact
Elgin July 29. A combination of coal dealers in Kane county is reported to have formed. The county board’s courthouse committee opened bids for about 2,500 tons of coal for the almshouse courthouse and jail for the coming fall and winter, but all bids were too high. The committee deferred action to allow Chairman E F Goodell to confer with dealers on a cheaper arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Kane County
Court House
County Board of Supervisors
E. F. Goodell
Rockford Canners Return From La Crosse Trip
The Freeport baseball team arrived home from La Crosse after an all night ride and rested briefly before a scheduled 11:35 car trip back to Rockford for an afternoon game. Balliet fell ill at La Crosse and remained there. Scott was set to pitch for the Canners today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
la Crosse
Rockford
Balliet
Scott
Canners
White Sox Schedule Moves to Genoa and De Alb
The Freeport White Sox travel this weekend to Genoa for a game with the Genoa team and then play at De Alb on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sox
Genoa
Freeport
Sox
Dealb
Republican Meeting in Waddams at McConnell Saturday
Republican voters in the town of Waddams are requested to meet at McConnell on Saturday evening at eight oclock. J F Hardel, Committeeman. 7-28d wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waddams
McConnell
J. F. Hardel
Daily Journal Delivers Citywide for Ten Cents a Week
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery at a rate of 10 cents weekly, offering residents affordable access to local news and updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Daily Journal
Real Estate Transfer From Burns to Stokes
Joseph Burns transfers lot 10 block 8 in Freeport to Kate Stokes for $2,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Burns
Kate Stokes
Freeport
Game wardens press crackdown on selling wild birds and animals
Game wardens rally to curb trapping and confinement of wildlife driven by advertisements urging sale of birds and squirrels. The campaign cites fish and game law prohibitions on selling or possessing wild animals after the open season and during the first days of the season, enforcing strict limits on trade.
Advertising and Goods Must Both Be Shown
A maxim on business practice stressing that effective advertising requires real products and real products require promotion. The saying links advertising to substance and cautions against empty promotion without tangible goods.
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J. M. Trevinnick
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Rock River Assembly
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Mechanic Street
Congressman Fuller
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Merchants’ Association
Wright Burrell
Ted Byerly
Cotherman’s Dam
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Florence Musser
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Matthias Hettinger
Stephenson Street
William Patten and Son
Patten
B. F. Green
Omaha
Neb
Barney Oldfield
Red Devil
Pana
W. C. O. F. Party
Lapp Wolf Hunters
Freeport Loan Co
New Phene
Hotel Jullien
Hie Wiss
Amiong
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Kane County Board of Supervisors
Grand Opera House
Night
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Alfred Metzdorf
C. P. Guenther’s
Hotel Metropole
P. Hildreth
Ses
Columyn
J. Vv. Stewart
Peene
Hallo
Allington, Jr
Til
Phonograhs Records
Needles Sheet Music
the Cable Co
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