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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1905
Page
2
This label issued to the Freeport Journal by the International Typographical Union notes that the paper employs union labor in its mechanical departments.
Mrs A E Hawke and son Donald depart for Newton Iowa. W H Foll and wife vacation at Pecatonica with Dr Latham family. J H Bannerman and Frank visit New York. C C Barber and G D Marshall of Moline Plow Co in the city. Numerous others travel or visit relatives in Iowa Wisconsin Illinois and Ohio.
Ladies of the G A R plan a 7:40 PM meeting at the G A R hall to arrange attendance at Sister Williams funeral. Rev J A Pierce of the Baptist church may address Sterling Rock Falls Labor congress. A vandal punched a hole in a Williams & Beckmire window but the plate remained intact. Martha Washington Thimble club meets tomorrow at K of G hall with refreshments. Janesville men donate 260 for summer band concerts. Kin bury M E Church Ladies Aid meet Tuesday at 2 PM. Traveling rep J F Fitzpatrick of Old Reliable Union Pacific Tea Co visits to scout a site for a branch. An extended architectural feature piece describes the Masonic temple exterior and interior, including rooms, ball room, commandery room, mezzanines, and plans. The building committee members are listed as R D Kuehner chairman, W Trem bor, J Z Fair, W O Cronkrite, and L H Borrell.
Article describes a proposed Freeport Masonic temple praised for beauty and civic ambition. It details the architectural plan by renowned craftsmen, with a 60 foot front, a 10 foot dome, 120 foot length, 55 foot height, buff brick and cut stone façade, mezzanine floors, and a grand entry on Stephenson Street leading to a marble finished vestibule.
The article outlines the Masonic temple project with five foot wide oak balconies along the west ball room, a lavish banquet hall in the basement, a 75 foot long armory, stained skylight, and an organ loft. It notes project leadership under HW Hanke and J H McNutt, plastering by Randall & Winn, and a planned September completion with a public viewing via a Masonic fair to raise funds.
The Freeport Masons report the completion of a large edifice, praising the labor and businesslike achievement involved. They note the city’s unique stature for a project of its scale and the public benefit it represents, anticipating lasting credit for the endeavor.
The text extols Mr. Muehner as a tireless laborer and leader among merchants and builders. It credits him with guiding the erection of a grand temple project and highlights the public spirit and capable nature of local men who back such enterprises. Credit is shared with fellow workers, who deflect praise onto their colleagues.
Mrs. Lottie J. Lee sues Arthur W. Lee in circuit court for divorce on statutory grounds. Married June 28 in Martintown Wisconsin, she left June 8 1905 after discovering infidelity. She seeks custody of their seven year old daughter and alimony, claims he earns about 20 per week and may be in Portland Oregon.
Claude Felts of Durand, a 22 year old freight brakeman on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line, was struck and killed by a passing freight in Milwaukee yards Friday afternoon. He left behind his mother and five sisters in Ottrand and a father serving life for another murder. Funeral was held in Durand Sunday.
A fragmented notice proclaims prompt scheduling for work deadlines. It invites clients to contact No 66 Stephenson Casement by phone 501 or in person to arrange tasks, praising electricity as essential for residence lighting and urging timely requests.
The Pennsylvania Special begins Sunday with a full business day in Chicago and a return to New York by 9 45 the next morning. It offers an outbound New York to Chicago leg at 3 54 PM and Chicago to New York early the next morning, with schedules and dining car service noted. For details contact Geo S Thompson G P A 87 Michigan St Milwaukee. Read the Journal’s want column.
Elaborate Children’s Day programs were held yesterday at Baptist, First M, Presbyterian Tanbury, Second Presbyterian and St. John’s churches. The events featured baptisms, a large First M. E. program with 160 children, organist Pau Stibgen, soprano Edna Baker Oyler, and a Mary F. Thomas led primary department planning with many teachers and volunteers.
Sunday morning services at First Presbyterian Church featured a well filled auditorium of proud parents and babies, with a lively chorus of girls leading the singing as part of a devotional Children’s Day observance.
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