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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1906
Page
2
The Freeport Journal is awarded a label by the International Typographical Union in recognition of employing union labor in its mechanical departments. The badge honors fair labor practices and union standards within the publication.
Orangeville resident Pearl Mahaney is in the city while Dubuque’s Arthur Adamson and Lena’s Mrs. Peter Jerodot visit. Various locals and visitors travel for business, visits, and events across Warren Lena Freeport Madison Cedar Rapids and DeKalb with a Chicago stop for clergy meetings and a teacher institute address.
Local notices list meetings for Freeport consistory G A R ladies W R C sewing club and Lutheran church women with times and places. A F A O auxiliary to B L E division 290 and Woman's Home Missionary Society also scheduled. Also details on hospital care at the chautauqua and a German club gathering. John A Davis post 98 G A R to attend a funeral.
Alumni of Freeport High school must submit names to Wal ter Pfender at the State bank by Friday afternoon to count guests for the Masonic Temple banquet on June 22. Eastern Star ladies will cater, with Attorney Douglas Pattison as toastmaster.
The Misses Rae Boyington Irma Biersach Cora Flachtemeier and Mrs Charles Baumgarten visited Savanna today as guests of Mrs Rollin Breyman at a house party hosted by her.
An organ recital at Grace church last evening featuring Mr Reginald Martin drew hearty praise from a wide audience. The program opened with Mendelssohn's Ruy Blas overture and included Dethier Andante, Guilmant Morceau de Concert, Seebeck Minuet, with solos by Reeve Burton and Bert Mann. The rector announced future master recital series with requested titles and life sketches.
The American Society of Equity opens in Chicago with farmers from the Midwest predicting the group will reshape pricing. Delegates say they will hold wheat at $1 a bushel and potatoes at 40 cents, build own grain elevators, and store surplus to smooth seasonal prices. Uniform, moderate prices could boost consumption and curb middlemen.
Real estate transfer records show John M Waldecker selling lot 4 in block 6 Knowltons addition to Carrie G Niles for 2000 dollars. The transaction documents convey full ownership of the specified parcel. Names and location are drawn from the public notice.
Krehl and Winter, a well known barbers, received a shipment of new fixtures for their tensorial parlors. When in place the mirrored space will be 35 feet long and provide seating for seven chairs.
Advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a health product that helps people feel youthful and run their business while sleeping. Mentions 85 pal es Tea or Tablets and attributes to Joseph Em mere.
Fragmentary report notes Umeda repaired and recovered. Mentions Ryan and an unclear Galbeg deck reference with odd phrasing. Further context unavailable to confirm specifics or dates.
An advertisement cites Electric Bitters as a universal restorative for stomach and liver troubles in India and America. S. A. Brown of Bennettsville claims wife regained health after dyspepsia and torpid liver. Sold at 50 cents with guarantee by Jos. Emmert, druggist.
Oshkosh paper says Freeport team looks like pennant winners and has the largest attendance of any town in the circuit. The Freeport baseball club travels to Pecatonica this afternoon to face the Maroons, a club with strong semi pro reputation in Wisconsin league play.
The Oshkosh Northwestern reviews the Wisconsin league week noting high quality play and growing interest. Freeport La Crosse and Green Bay lead, with Freeport favored for the pennant. Oshkosh shows weakness in pitching consistency and team spirit, needing strengthening and more wins at home amid rain cancellations.
Detroit manager Armour discusses the informal signals feud in the American League. He recalls a Philadelphia NL bureau that used glass, a buzzer, and a catcher to relay opposing signals to batters, claiming it led to "terrible slaughter," while noting ethical tensions and vaunted past methods.
The excerpt recalls how teams battled for signals during games, with catchers, sign readers, and a famed “man with the glass” trying to outwit rivals. It notes the Philadelphia club’s signaling plots, including observers in the grandstand, and clever decoys like a barn fence setup to relay signs.
Miss Maud Altenbern daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis Altenbern of Lena will wed Herman Court a New Orleans grain merchant this evening at 8 at the Altenbern home. The couple will reside in New Orleans after a weeklong stay with the bride’s parents. Fred Altenbern attended the wedding.
Freeport assessor Charles Franz and assistants finished valuing assessable property showing eleven hogs at 160 dollars total and thirty-five cows in town. The report lists counts and values for horses, mules, steam engines, safes, pianos, billiards, carriages, sewing machines, watches, pianofortes, tools, jewelry, bank money and credits, stocks, pawn property, and household items. Total cash value of personal property is 3,100,645 with assessed value 620,129.
Tampico Illinois June 11 Mayor Kemp is expected to return this week after $800 was sent to him, a $176 raise. Charles Burden, license faction leader and Kemp campaign manager, says Kemp will come home soon and assume office, reopening city gates.
The funeral of the late Peter Stein Metz will take place Wednesday afternoon at 2:80 from the home of his daughter Mrs. W G Plumb, 70 Iroquois Street. Rev W Gardner Thrall of the English Lutheran Church will officiate.
The jury heard the case of Dr B Av against Theresa Staas and two young boys. They awarded 900 dollars to the plaintiff amid lengthy deliberations. Trial adjourned to Monday at 1 80 o clock for further hearing. Bonds of 800 dollars were set for William A Gerings Han and Walter Severing amid charges of larceny from the Boston store backing the suspects.
The Social Amenity Club held a Sunday picnic at Dryer's Grove north of the city with about forty five members attending. They traveled by steam launch owned by Nampel and Baldechmidt, John Hoebel served as chef and prepared lunch. An afternoon baseball game, 88 to 18, featured captain Louis Balles and Handsome Joey Brown's team. speeches by Charles Long Stephen Bering and others followed, with Thomas Beihler reciting verses before the group returned home around 7 p.m.
Rev William Sunday preached to about 1,000 in Prophetstown Saturday evening. The meeting drew growing interest and less opposition, though only around $100 was raised through Friday. Sunday attacked Spiritualism as fraud while a section of seats collapsed briefly, causing alarm but no injuries. Officials planned fortifications to prevent a repeat.
Chicago health officials urge workingmen in the sun to wear heavy flannel underwear and add a cotton batting seam to cover the backbone. The bulletin notes flannels can prevent sunstroke and heat exhaustion, with steps for heat exhaustion and heat stroke including cooling measures and medical help.
An alarming situation arises from neglected bowels and torpid liver leading to chronic constipation. The ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as the best and gentlest regulators of stomach and bowels. Jos Emmert, druggist guarantees the product at 25 cents.
Miss Summers showcases new automobile veils and face ceiling designs at 108 Stephenson Street. Event highlights the latest colors and styling options available to customers during a six day display.
Staver and Co offers boys and youths oxfords in Krel and Patent Colt styles priced for school and daily wear. The durable shoes target growing feet with comfortable lasts and a sturdy sole.
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