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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
2
The Freeport Journal receives a label from the International Typo graphical Union recognizing the paper’s use of union labor in its mechanical departments.
Louis H. Burrell announces candidacy for Republican nomination for State's Attorney of Stephenson County subject to primary on August 8 1908 Roscoe J. Carnahan also urges Republican support in the primary with a similar notice from Roscoe J Carnahan The two notices appear in a local announcements column detailing the upcoming state attorney race in Stephenson County Illinois.
A. H. Wieman announces candidacy for circuit clerk of Stephenson County subject to the Republican primaries in August.
Three figures, William W Krabe, J O Mckenzie and Reuben R Tiffany, announce Republican bids for the Twelfth Senate District encompassing Stephenson Jo Daviess and Carroll counties with primaries set for August eighth 1908 in Freeport and surrounding area.
A series of self announced candidacies for the Illinois 12th senatorial district legislature appear in the bid for Republican primaries to be held August 8 1908. Names include Stephen Rigney J Iashafef er William Ehrler Geo R Morris W W Gillespie and C A Hammond with cities Freeport Warren Lanark and Jo Daviess Carroll Stephenson counties listed.
The journal will be mailed on request to subscribers leaving the city in summer. Notices should include both the old and new addresses. Send changes to THE JOURNAL at 97 Chicago Street.
F C Wagner of Dixon transacting business in the city today. Mrs W F Goddard visits Polo relatives. W J Geiger of Baileyville runs business in the city. Mr and Mrs W C Rice of Peoria spent yesterday in Freeport. Maurice Utter of Cedar Rapids was a business caller. Harry McCulloch went to Sterling for the week. Mrs Pinnell of Monroe visits Freeport relatives. Walter Pfender returns from Lake Waubesa. Mr and Mrs C F McDowell of Rockford visit Freeport friends. Col W C Glasgow and wife of Warren spend the day with friends. Mr and Mrs Benjamin Foss of Woodford Wis visit Freeport. Miss Sadie Quinn and Miss Mary Tyghe of Chicago guests at Thomas McMahon’s home. Mrs M Kelly and daughter Marie of Clarno spend the day here. Mr and Mrs John Vaupel depart for Ashton Ill to visit his brother Henry. Mrs S H Metcalf and baby daughter of Menominee Ill visit Dr D C L Mease. Mr and Mrs Frank H Carpenter return from three weeks with relatives in Colorado Springs. Arthur A Seybold returns to Quincy after three weeks with Freeport relatives. No 18 guest of Mrs Ian of the St Francis. C Hamlin of St ae charmed.
Striking Belvidere and Elgin railway workers win full recognition of the Amalgamated Association and arbitration of wage demands. The agreement, signed by General Manager W L Arnold, returns workers to former positions, sets wage scales, and requires union membership after 30 days. Strike-breakers discharged. injunctions dropped. franchise talks to begin.
An advertisement touts Father Williams Indian Herb Tablets as a cure for liver kidney stomach and bowel ailments. It promises digestive help, cleansed kidneys, purified blood, and a return to wellness with a 20 cent trial, refundable if not satisfied, sold by C P Guenthe & Co at the Galena corner store.
A fragment notes the tension between advertising and actual goods, suggesting advertising alone fails without quality and value. It hints that paying for goods without effective advertising yields little benefit, reflecting commerce priorities and reader skepticism.
A nostalgic portrait recalls plain western folk of the 1850s era who found healthful fun in barn parties on the Galena road social center. A resurrected country poem evokes moonlit dances, fiddling by Charley Pratt, calls by Abe Manney, and joyful memories of Linsey-woolsey frocks and barefoot shoe stomps amid a fading rural life.
Elgin July 380. Honorable discharge and a pension for the remainder of his life are the reward which F B Watson of this city will receive from the Chicago and North Western Railroad company in recognition of fifty years of conscientious service He began as a telegraph operator at 17 and later served as cashier at West Chicago Elgin station east side for twenty years Carpentersville ten years and two years in the railroad regiment during the war He will continue to reside in Elgin.
The entry lists events such as the death of Andrew Jackson the seventeenth president and the 1899 death of Sir James David Edgar. It also notes 1905 Saghalin island capture by Japan and 1907 Casablanca attack by Moroccan tribesmen, with scattered references to patents and federation conferences.
The Sausage Factory advertises home cured ham at 12 cents per pound and home cured bacon at 2 1/2 cents per pound. Sliced ham is priced at 18 cents per pound.
A letter from Martin Davis describes a travel group from Freeport: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davis, Jacob Pfender, and Simon Hermsmeier. They tour Bonn, Rhine palaces, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Strassburg, Paris, and then Switzerland, noting ruins, the Louvre, Napoleon era sights, Lake Como, and the Jungfrau area. Highlights include the Bernese Oberland, the Gotthard tunnel voyage, and views of the Matterhorn from Zermatt. The group enjoys Alps scenery, Italian lakes, Milan monuments, and a fond mention of macaroni on the return trip.
Henry Feltman of Monticello accompanied by his father Jacob Feltman went to Freeport this morning and was taken to St Francis hospital where he will undergo an appendicitis operation.
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The town board will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday evening August 4 at 7 50 p.m. to audit bills. Citizens holding claims should present them at once to Mike Steffen Town Clerk at Cit Drug Store corner Galena and Van Buren streets.
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery extending across the entire area for a period of 100 weeks, offering regular newspaper access to residents and businesses.
Local notes from Lena dated July 8 report Mrs H B Sullivan and daughter visiting Miss Mary Ferguson, Rev Nicholls to preach at Damascus, Mrs J R Aikey hosting friends, and a Cooking club picnic moved to Mrs G M Holley’s due to heat. Campsites staked at Lena grounds with tenting by Rev W K Loofbourrow. several families and townsfolk visiting relatives and Dixon assembly ahead.
Freeport laboring men will not lack work next year if conditions stay improving. Illinois Central repair shops seek 20 more workers to total 125, with potential further increases. Shops produce about sixty cars daily and numerous cars await repair, mainly one day jobs. Finished cars head to southern Illinois as fall soft coal traffic begins.
A divorced Rockford couple Michell Ahammer and Anna Ahammer remarried in Jefferson Wisconsin and tied the knot in Rockford under Justice B W Norton with a ten child family. The bride recalled seeking a better husband but chose to return to her former spouse. Both are German with hopeful goodwill for the second marriage.
July temperatures show a cooler trend this year with average 68.1 degrees at 7 a.m. Unlike 1907 at 70 degrees and 1906 at 66 degrees, 1905 recorded 66.3 degrees. The four-year record highlights cooler mornings this July.
Miss Bertha Ashford held a breakfast this morning in honor of her cousins Miss Elizabeth Smith of Denver and Miss Mabel Smiley of Freeport.
A brief winter forecast notes leaves falling early as trees shed foliage ahead of a shortened autumn. Observers describe windy days revealing showers of dry leaves and the dimming black bark of winter, with signs pointing to a quick move to bare trees and bleak winds.
Low round trip rates from points on The North Western Line for the Prohibition National Convention in Columbus Ohio July 9 to 18 B P A in Cleveland July 6 to 8 National Educational Association Sacraton Ohio June 26 to July st G A R Encampment Toledo August 27 to 80 and Knights of Pythias Conclave Boston July 81 to August 3rd For full particulars apply to agents Chicago North Western Ry 6 200 W7 80
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