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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
8
Excelsior's Masonic Lodge announces that the Excelsior Judge of Masons will confer the Master Mason degree this Friday night. The event invites members and interested masons to attend at the lodge hall.
A party honored the couple on their fifth anniversary with wooden themed decorations and refreshments on wooden plates. Guests presented a parlor furniture piece to Mr and Mrs Effinger as a keepsake.
Gustave Heintz of Freeport and Miss Florence Burdick were married today at the bride’s parents’ home in Dixon. He is a molder at the Stover shops and recently moved from Portage, Wisconsin. The couple will return to Freeport this evening.
Roy Denure visits friends in Palo and Miss Helen Holderby visits friends in Dixon. Miss Pauline Smoyer goes to Elgin to visit relatives. Mrs. Frank Beebe travels to Chicago for a few days. Flora Davis returns to Palo after Freeport visit. Helen M. Atkinson departs for a Chicago stay. Alice Hopper returns to Mendota from Freeport. Horace Tarbox in Freeport on estate business. William O. Wright and J. Manley Clark at bankers’ convention in Rockford. Prof. C. K. Slade returns from Grand Rapids. Mrs. Frank Leonardo leaves for Decatur for several days. F. M. Ryan returns east after visiting his mother-in-law Mrs. Catherine Egan. J. H. Ryan and family go to Seward for T. D. Ryan funeral.
Dr Pengelly of Chicago arrives in Freeport to assume care of Dr Peck's practice during Europe trip and will remain permanently. He takes over as local physician after the absence and will oversee ongoing patient care and operations.
A Washington Star excerpt recounts Vian Eeden on reform and a comic student tale about a dog named Wilhelm. The plan hinges on the dog’s appetite for sausage to decide whether the reform proceeds, blending poverty discourse with a lighthearted parable.
Charles Landseer, brother of Sir Edwin, endured a bizarre obsession by a love-struck woman who sent extravagant letters, staged dramatic acts, and even invited him to a fake wedding with a grand carriage and cake. Friends eventually removed her, leaving Landseer a lifelong bachelor.
An odd forest lies six miles wide between 800 and 400 feet above sea level near Afrien, where trunks reach four feet across yet rise only one foot high, each tree bearing at most two leaves two feet wide. Flowers glow crimson, described in a fragmentary aviation of old period commentary and literary musings.
Fragmentary dialogue suggests a focus on legal statutes governing assault, slaughter, and murder as a means to curb impulsive actions, with references to speaking to a father and potential accusations or warnings.
A survey of eclectic facts covers bridges costs, savings banks in Glasgow, tin mines in Bolivia, Siberian resources, and peat deposits in Mexico. It notes a Perthes of public figures, a grafted cornea case, crime conviction rates in New York, Maine berry farming, and a baroque letter-writing bore in England.
A comic exchange riffs on press attention as an eminent statesman complains about newspapers ignoring him while a private secretary notes the lack of citations. The dialogue includes a playful misprint and a humorous misquote about compliments in love.
Miss Helen Chambers returns to Chicago after visiting Dr Daly and wife. Infant son of Fred Dorn dies and is buried. Local clergy and residents, with many from Freeport and Rockford, visit, marry, attend Decoration Day events, and host picnics. Dem list includes A H Wieman’s Democratic circuit clerk candidacy. Large crowd reports and social notices from Warren and nearby towns.
From Our Own Correspondent Shannon June 2 reports visits by Mrs H L Kuter to Freeport and B F Shiley to Lanark, high school class play What Next enjoyed, graduates from Freeport and Lanark attend, and various locals hosting and visiting relatives plus a Bethel U S picnic planned June 11 at the park.
Rock City events include W F Wehmeier and wife visiting Durand relatives, Thoren family from Freeport stopping by, and Durand beating Rock City 3 to 2 on Saturday. August Miller moves into Liesmeier house, Permilla Mitchell visits Chas Pflake, Elta Bokhof visits home, and Miss Florence Germain visits Freeport. City board approves cement walk from Main to Washington. Decoration day saw local veterans in Durand.
Our Own Correspondent reports a Saturday night benefit in the auditorium by local talent for the Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian church, described as a pleasing affair with satisfying results. Washington travelers, Mrs. Fred Burmaster, and Harold Dobler are noted visitors, with garden news closing the item.
The O W Kerr Co from Minneapolis will show a moving picture and give an illustrated lecture on Sunny Southern Alberta at Neubergett hall on Monday June 8, starting at 8. The event promotes Cameron Ranch near Lethbridge, six miles away in Alberta Canada. Admission is 10 cents. An excursion train leaves Freeport weekly. Farmers are invited. Memorial services by the Modern Woodmen will be held at U B church Sunday June 7 at 2 pm with a 1 30 gathering at the hall. Reverend J B Frye will preach. The service ends at the cemetery.
Centennial school picnic postponed indefinitely. Bubb's Grove school closed for Friday picnic. Miss Wictester closed a successful term with a good scholar program. John Rosenstiel and family visited Fred Marble and wife Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sandmeier of Freeport spent days with Theo Koerner and family. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Hart of Freeport visited Miche home Tuesday. Grover Aurand and Harry Ploeger visited Clarence Aurand Sunday. Mrs. Theo Koerner and son Harold spent Friday in Chicago.
In Waddams Center correspondence dated June 1 the cool start to the month as a backdrop for corn. Edna and Alice Hardel spent Sunday at home. Mr and Mrs John Phillips did business at Freeport Friday. Mr and Mrs August Schultz transacted business at the county seat Wednesday. Prof Oliver W Hohner returned from Champaign after an agriculture course and will summer on the Byer green stock farm. Ty M Phillips of Oneco called on friends Saturday. J F and Lillie Hardel did business in Freeport Saturday.
The W B C sewing school meets tomorrow afternoon at G A R hall. Freeport Tribune No 89 holds regular session Thursday evening with a social for members only. English Woman's Missionary Society at Oak Street Church meets Thursday at 2 40 pm. U P S of St Johns Church holds monthly meeting this evening with important discussions planned.
Bijou manager Hupner closes one act and unveils Unique Musical Wolfs a high close performance pleasing audiences widely noted for energy and polish ensuring strong nightly attendance and favorable reviews from patrons during the current run.
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