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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1886
Page
4
Long list of city visitors and locals arriving for a busy week in Freeport including Miss Jonnie Foraman from Lona and J Emery Paul’s wife from LaCrosse. Notes on church events, a tax sale, school board race, and a county reunion fill the page with social and civic bustle.
Fred Witthgren dies after losing his legs in a locomotive accident on the Central road Friday night. He suffered greatly and died Saturday evening after doctors attempted an operation. Funeral services Sunday were well attended. Rev. M. Otto officiated. A saloon confession allegedly links Wittbecker to the incident, but Burk denies the statements.
A Clifton house in Mt Carroll resumes operation as a first class hotel under proprietor Eph Tostetter who is known for hotel experience. A Saturday group from Mt Carroll arrived, bringing husbands, while ladies aided in preparations. Sunday dinners drew many including Freeport visitors and a refined collation was served.
The Rockford Shoot drew representatives from Beloit Sycamore DeKalb Hinesville Freeport and beyond with top prizes including a diamond badge and cash to multiple competitors. Judd Ellison Cahoon and Stanard led the championship shoot as a new German lodge of the Independent Order Mutant Aid was formed in Rockford with Brader Lodge No 49 and a slate of officers.
The Shannon Illinois commencement drew a large crowd as seven young women and one young man earned diplomas. Speakers praised Principal J. A. Grossman and the Lanark Orchestra contributed fine music.
A front page item notes Children’s Day to be observed next Sabbath with special exercises at Embury Church and Zion Church where Rev J B Draper preached his farewell discourse. Rev W O Dewitt to conduct service at Zion Church and Rev O F Mattison spoke on the Lord’s Deliverances and Freedmen aid. Other local notices mention sermons, schooling, and residents visiting.
The Spring meeting at Taylor's Driving Park begins tomorrow and runs four days with large fields of horses. Start judge Col West returns, track conditions good, entries closed, and notes on notable horses, officials, and expected attendance dominate the scene.
Roy Farwell will finish his studies at the college in Andover Massachusetts and return home after the 22nd. Rev Emil Christ and others left for Culens to attend German English exercises. Miss Venalie Crain at Wellsley College expects to finish in about three weeks. A concert at First Presbyterian Church features Miss Margaret Fry Mr Crane and Mr McKinley before McKinley departs for study in New York or Boston on Tuesday June 15.
From Our Own Correspondent Luna June 7 1886. Frank Reber sold his saloon to John Shields who takes possession this morning. Many residents plan to attend the races at Freeport this week. Schools close Friday for the year with graduation at the Baptist church. Balcomb family visited Lena last week. Johnny Prindle to be featured at Oakes entertainment. Will Fall's friend from Rockford spent Sunday with him. Daws and Son sold their brown team to Sanderson for 300 dollars. Underwool Diggs and Partridge to ship another carload of horses this afternoon. Grass in streets is very rank. Maiscle returned from New York with a German wife. They will stay at the White House for now.
A fragment from a 19th century household handbook offers tips for cleaning and whitening finishes. Instructions cover window glazes with vinegar, linseed oil for wood, stain removal on furniture, lime and carbolic wash for damp or impure areas, moth and roach control with cloves and powders, carpet beating, stain removal with hyposulphite and tartaric acid, and polishing with oil, rotton-stone, and chamois. It also includes methods for cleaning marble with soda paste and pumice.
Fenner and Brown at Grangs bu Lling advertise Robinson Spring Wagon Standart gulf jumper hay rakes and red ler, plus largest stock of buggies in Northern Minors. Milwaukee binder and six foot mower by Emerson and Talat. Rockford machinery praised. Also cultivators and more. June meeting of Knights of the Golden Rule and ditching machine trial announced. University farms trial under State Board of Agriculture. Tickets at Champaign and Burlington offices. Large attendance anticipated.
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