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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
4
A fortunate purchase allows a sale of new jumper suits offered at 1.98. The stock is described as desirable and worth at least 50 percent more than the sale price. Ships a sense of bargain pricing and limited availability for shoppers.
Kansas voters face a decisive general primary with two hot contests. Senator Chester Long battles Joseph Bristow for the U S Senate while governor hopefuls W R Stubbs and Cyrus Lel and contend for the Republican nomination. Bristow criticizes Long over Roosevelt ties and rail interests. Stubbs denounces the machine system, pledging reform. Lel and his formidable statewide organization promise a strong showing.
Amity Day torchlight: On Tuesday August 4 at Highland park members of Amity Society, Freeport, plan a major charity event. Highland park association lends the park and 60 percent of that day’s proceeds to the society. Coffee, sandwiches and doughnuts will be served to boost revenue for charitable work.
Members of the Elder William Brewater chapter of the D A R depart for Starved Rock along the Illinois river. The La Salle Ottawa route crosses the river near the Rock with participants including Mrs C C Wolf Mrs J L Van Dyke Mrs H D Bentley Mrs M J Jewell Mrs Clark Miss Sarah Stevens Miss Esther Dana Miss Gertrude Converse and Mrs H W Rowley.
Mr and Mrs William Neese hosted a porch party at their Union street home last evening honoring guests Miss Lillian Weber and Mrs CGeb hart of Chicago. The gathering featured refreshments and various contests enjoyed by the young attendees.
Names and brief movements of residents and visitors in Freeport list calls on relatives, travels to Lake Geneva and Portland Me, social events, and church activities. Notables include J W Miller, Theodora Haney, S A Bullard, Rev Gardner Thrall, and O L Williams with details of their plans and destinations.
Mrs C 8S Hill and daughters entertained many friends at a garden party this morning at their Prospect Terrace home. Mr and Mrs Edwin Rotzler provided the music for the event.
The Fraternal Tribunes hosted many friends for a warm evening with a good program and dancing to finish late. Performers included Marie Barnist, Fay Feathering, Ruby Smith, Mary and Margaret Flanagan, Margaret Faubel, Florence Merck, and Mildred Peterson of Pecatonica. An ice cream social at Eleroy Church was announced for Wednesday evening August 5 with everyone invited.
County Superintendent Grove and City Superintendent Raines returned from Calgary Alberta after a week away. They report a pleasant trip and say they encountered abundant sunshine and other noted features of the Great Northwest during their journey.
Mr and Mrs S A Rothermel of 488 Kenilworth avenue Oak Park announce the engagement of their daughter Edith to Carl Tracy Sch leder of Ontario California. The bride to be is a niece of Arthur Rotearmel of Freeport.
John Cotton, a car repairer at Illinois Central shops, was severely injured when a rusty nail pierced his right hand yesterday. He will be incapacitated from work for several days.
Robert L. Taylor, born July 31 1850 in Carter County Tennessee, rose from lawyer and congressman to governor and finally United States senator succeeding Edward W Carmack. Known for entertaining mountain audiences with fiddle play during early campaigns he became known as Piddler Bob across the nation.
Report from Rockford describes rowdy behavior at yesterday's Rockford versus Champs game. Umpire Conneley faced harsh criticism as many Rockford fans left early amid vulgar remarks aimed at Freeport players. Rumors of Doc Cummings quitting were denied as he planned to join the team in Rockford.
The cupey or the attorney, a striking parasite in West Indian forests, grows on nurse trees by windborne seeds. Roots descend and strangle the host, then rise as ropelike cords supporting the dying tree, forming a dramatic aerial spectacle of a once-large plant.
In the eighties Dr. Thomas K. Beecher of El Whra was nominated for congress. His church and personal friends joined a vigorous campaign to defeat him, voting solidly for his opponent. He lost by a narrow margin as the church could not afford to lose their minister.
Francis C. Grobman who served a jail term in Freeport for beating the Brewater house out of his board bill and who is in the Rockford jail awaiting grand jury action for jumping a board bill at the Nelson was visited by his father yesterday. The parent deeply regrets the plight of his son and is making an effort to obtain his freedom.
A notice indicates a license granted for marriage between William Stoller of Belleville and Blanche E Story of the same locality. The brief item records the names and civil action without additional context.
Judy St Roberts Sievier editor of the Winning Post was found not guilty of attempting to blackmail Jack Joel nephew of Barney Bar Mato by threatening to publish a defamatory article unless Joel paid $25,000. Verdict greeted with loud cheering.
Fragment discusses advertising value and the need for products to back promotions. It notes that ads alone fail without goods and goods alone fail without ads, stressing a balance between promotion and supply. The brief reflects business marketing logic from a historical commerce context.
Burlington turmoil over local liquor laws forces more than twenty saloons to close. Proprietors across the city mobilize to comply with strict consent regulations from adjoining property owners as authorities tighten enforcement.
A clipped reminiscence traces pink lemonade to 1857 circus vendor Old Peter Conklin in Texas. While touring Jere Mabie’s show he improvises lemonade from a tub of dyed water, tartaric acid, and fruit, turning it into a crowd favorite. The tale notes later changes exclude the original method and occasional use of strawberries.
A Richmond Times excerpt details the origins of Brunswick stew tied to Brunswick County Virginia with rival claims by Haskins and Stith. It notes the dish’s fame, Paris introduction by Judge John T. Mason, and provides a recipe using chicken lamb or squirrel, with onions, corn, tomatoes, butter, and heavy pepper and salt, served as a thick seasoned soup.
A discussion notes that fired out, an Americanism, traces to Shakespeare via a sonnet line about a bad angel fire my good one out. It adds that the exclamation Say is common yet not elegant, citing The Star Spangled Banner line Oh say can you see and asks why not spell Saye in the hymn.
A New York Press note argues bow legged men bear great weight with straight outward legs, while knock kneed men brace against each other yet are weaker, typically succumbing to consumption and weakness compared to bow legged brothers.
A fragment notes a person named Newberry-Is Sanford with an optimistic temperament. It recalls an anecdote about entering a restaurant without money, ordering twelve oysters, and feeling sure he could pay later with a pearl. The text suggests Baldwin-T asserts this trait.
A municipal boss declares plans to retire from politics yet vows not to sleep so soundly that he cannot be awakened. The remark, framed as parting words, signals ongoing vigilance and possible future actions. Variables in tone suggest cautious political strategy.
A brief line attributed to the speaker, stating that men ought not to study concepts from words but derive words from things, reflecting a parental admonition about reasoning and learning.
The Lobster club holds a picnic at Globe Park this afternoon and again this evening. Members gather for a casual outing with food and social time in the park setting.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the potent, invig orating remedy for weak and overworked women and mothers. It claims to relieve headaches, abdominal distress, irregular menses, pelvic issues, and related symptoms with a glyceric extract formula and no alcohol, inviting readers to request a booklet for proof and composition details.
Aug. 9 Sixtieth anniversary at St John s church Aug. 12 Soldiers and Sailors reunion Inslow Aug. 18 23 Campmeeting Oakdale park Aug. 13 28 Methodist campmeeting Lenn Aug. 26 Biennial reunion Forty sixth Tilmots regiment Aug. 26 80 Lincoln temperance chantu Sr Aug. 26 Old settlers reunion Cedar ville Aug. 27 Fiftieth anniversary Lincoln Douglas debate
Messrs and Mesdames F. G. Llewelyn J. A. Richardson Henry Meierkort Paul Haight Miss Tilhe Serf and Mrs M Gregory depart tomorrow to spend two weeks camping at Lake Waubesa.
The Associated Press lists closing Board of Trade prices for Sept wheat at 01q and Sept corn at 7454 with other grains. Union Stock Yards figures show cattle 1,100 steady with various beef and hog classes priced. hogs up to 10,000 with mix of light to heavy classes, and sheep at 2.60 to 1.70. Rice building quotations accompany the day’s market data. The Daily Journal offers city delivery at 10 cents weekly.
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