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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1907
Page
4
A Cedar Grove Maine resident, Geo H Parris, is praised for Electric Bitters in a testimonial. After liver and kidney troubles and discouragement, he says one bottle helped and three cured him completely, with a 60 cent guarantee from Joseph Emmert druggist.
A dense list of Sunday schedules across Second Presbyterian Oak Street German Evangelical and more. Services include sermons on Unemployed Talent and John Baptist themes. Notables include Daisy Force Scott and Edwin Rotzler. Y M C A and youth groups meet. noon Bible studies and choir plans noted.
In Portland England region quarries long mined for stone produced lime. In 1824 Joseph Aspdin of Leeds patented a method to mix and burn lime and clay. The product resembled Portland limestone and he named it Portland cement, giving the term hydraulic cement its common usage.
Scott pitched for the Canners in a one run defeat of the Lumberjacks yesterday. La Crosse beat Oshkosh as Green Bay topped Eau Claire and Fond du Lac defeated Madison. Freeport opens at Eau Claire then La Crosse on a trip where rain marred three games.
OshkoshMay 31 LaCrosse completed the series in city with a 6 to 1 victory. Bubser allowed ten hits and three stolen bases as LaCrosse rolled to the win. Batteries Bubser Bourgeois Bailes Moore and Wian reported for the visitors while Green Bay Fond du Lac and Madison results follow in a congested box of scores from Wisconsin games.
The article sketches eccentricities in testament drafting by lords such as Davey Mansfield Fitz James Stephen and Russell of Killowen, noting brief or idiosyncratic wills. It also recounts curious tales of a South American man who died from scent addiction and a Russian noble who never left bed, plus a remarkable memory of over fifty operas.
June events include a ball and card party at Lexington hall and social dances at Joe Fifer's school. Recitals at First Methodist Church and organ concerts, junior play Revenge of Short-Hot-Su, and a high school class play. Graduation and commencement at county and high schools, plus a baccalaureate sermon for graduates.
A listing for the Grand Opera House on June 2 features Lyman E. H. Howes Moving Pictures show. The program promises early cinema entertainment and novelty attractions at the downtown venue.
The regular committee on Poor and Poor Fanm of the Board of Supervisors of Stephenson County Illinois will meet at the Court House in Freeport on Saturday June 1 1907 at 10 o clock. Sealed bids from practicing physicians residents of the county are invited for lump sum county wide medical service through July 1 1908 including drugs nursing and contagious disease care for Freeport territory jail and poor farm patients. Separate bids for pauper service and per case bids for smallpox and contagious diseases will be opened at the meeting. Bids due with Clerk of County Court Freeport. J W NIELSON Chairman. 5-28d1lw
Galeamas wanted to sell retail trade in your locality for 65 dollars per month plus start up expenses or commission. Experience unnecessary. Hermingsen Olgar Co. Bilbo Nes t ANTED An experienced moulder for foreman of moulders sand pit. Address this office H ld2t ANTED AT ONCE A first Class barber good wires F A Raubenhelimer H-ldLw
Real estate note from E. L. Burchard at 316 Lincoln Ave promotes a property on Lincoln Avenue with a five mile view and close access to Stephenson Street cars and the Court House, urging buyers to act now to save middleman's profit. References to phones and the Water Tower area appear.
Color options include Black Brown and Gray in lace embroidered or plain styles. Regular price up to 25c per pair, Saturday special 15c per pair. One lot of Women’s White Shirt Waists features embroidery trimming and is offered as a Saturday special.
An advertisement lists Plain and Fancy merchandise priced up to 25c, with a daily run of special items from 7 to 9 o’clock offering selections at special reduced rates.
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