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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
4
We offer 31 pieces of Mohair Dress Goods in stripes plaids checks and mixed patterns in blue brown tan and green. These dust defying light weight lustrous fabrics were priced up to 60c and are now on sale at 35c to 69c and as low as 1.35 per yard. Invest now as value is exceptional and buyers should inspect promptly.
Upcoming events include a June 8 celebration at St Mary's Court in Letdington Hall hosted by Bt Margaret's Guild, a June 7 annual picnic by the Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin association, and a June 2 three-ring circus by Hahgenbeck on Taylor Avenue grounds.
Misses Meta and Lydia Harms Meyer hosted a granite shower at their Pleasant Street home for Miss Armanda Hollie. About twenty guests enjoyed music and social games with prizes awarded to Miss Elizabeth Dorman and Miss Edna Resh. Miss Hollie, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. F. J. Holke, will marry Edward Brauhäus of Chicago on Wednesday June 6 at St John’s Church at 7:30 PM, followed by a reception at the bride’s parents’ Union Street home.
An advertisement from Schmidt Wachlin & Pfeiffer promotes a shoe sale on Saturday June 2 offering $3.00 shoes for $2.87 and an earlier May 29 sale at $2.26. The modest pricing highlights bargain footwear with limited duration.
An evangelist sermon at the Tabernacle urged followers to shun beer guzzlers and infidels, warning Freeport against free thinkers. He warned that such crowds threaten salvation and urged devotion to God and His word, ending with a song by Prof. Fischer.
A list of calendar entries with various times and dates from May and April, including multiple evening and afternoon meetings, services, and gatherings labeled by day and time. The items appear as OCR fragments with inconsistent punctuation and some garbled numbers.
Illinois remodels its Pure Food Commission to publish a monthly bulletin for housewives and grocers on getting pure food. Assistant Commissioner H B Schuknecht and state analyst Dr T J Bryan will edit it with plain warnings, detection tips, and quick guides to identify adulteration. The bulletin targets boarding houses, small grocers, and delicatessen dealers, plus questions on coloring, preservatives, and labeling.
Chas. Oswald, merchant of Rensselaersville, N Y, writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured Seth Bureh of the ugliest neck sore seen, noting its antiseptic healing prevents lockjaw and blood poisoning. Cures cuts wounds burns and sores. 26¢ at Jos Emmert's drug store.
On June 1 readers can get a ten percent discount on shoes trunks and valises at 78 Galena Street. William Q Wright advertises the sale and notes musical instruments for 200 available for listening on June 2 with calls to hear them played.
Railroads have record steel rail orders for 1906 and 1907 delivery totaling about 4.42 million tons, enough to lay a 65,860 mile track at 90 pound rail. Official contracts list dozens of roads with hundreds of thousands of tons, while unofficial totals add 215,000 tons. Some rails may miss delivery before April 1907.
Members of German Baptist Brethren committees elected F Sanger of South Bend Indiana as moderator to replace Elder John Zuck of Clarence Indiana. H C Harry was chosen reading clerk and T B Trout of Elgin writing clerk. A $30000 annex to the Gospel Messenger publishing plant in Flinn Illinois was planned.
The remains of Julius Schaetzel arrived this morning and were taken to his mother Mrs. Jacob Schaetzel on Lincoln Avenue for funeral services conducted this afternoon by Rev. F. J. Bate. The late I F Lichtenberger’s funeral was held in Chicago this morning with Freeport relatives in attendance.
Car Repairer Cool of the Illinois Central says the order to recruit twenty five men for Freeport shops was a bad move. Despite days of searching and hard work he has only secured five men willing to go to Freeport for work.
An election for judge of the supreme court from this district will be held next Monday. There is no opposition to Judge J. H. Cartwright.
The Freeport band, which performed on Decoration Day, is hailed as one of the state's finest musical organizations by Carroll Democrat reporters.
A marriage license is issued for Marvin M. Price and Jennie C. Bechtold, McConnell, indicating a pending wedding in the local county records. The notice confirms both parties consent to wed on the same date.
Buyer seeks late New York hit offers at 78 Galena Street on June 2. W E Bestor, pianist and composer, advertises engagement and piano works. Winslow & Co promotes New Relief ladies shoe designed for tender joints, signaling a fashion and music venue context.
Rockford resident M Kendall is in the city while B Beard from Polo visits Freeport. J B Jenks heads to Argyle on business. Fred Kencke travels to Sioux Falls South Dakota to visit friends and relatives for several weeks. Conductor George Farnum returns to resume the Illinois Central passenger run between Freeport and Madison. Rev Sanford B Kurtz Y M C A secretary and his cousins Lillie Kurtz and Irene Jones visit the Markel home this week.
Hale's Fire Fighters delivered meritorious performances yesterday afternoon and evening at the Freeport circus grounds. Large attendance and a life like fire scene drew strong appreciation from the crowd.
A proofreader notes how removing a single letter makes everyday lines absurd. Examples include a deadly conflict turned ridiculous by a missing letter and a president's wife offered a chair in a mine.
Weather permitting, the Industrial school picnic will be held Saturday afternoon at Bailey's park. All the children are requested to meet at the First Presbyterian church at one o'clock sharp.
Ad copy asserts the Fat Woman faced mobility issues in public spaces and promotes Hollister's Rock Mountain Tea priced at 385 cents, credited to Joseph Emmert, as a remedy.
A promo promises shoppers who buy shoes during the novelty sale will become regular patrons. The message cites SCHMIDY and WACHLING PERIEEER with a May date, suggesting an advertising partnership or showroom event.
A brief item notes the Danty Journal being delivered to parts of the city for the upcoming week. This distribution update outlines limited circulation areas and delivery timing.
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