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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
4
The Freeport Journal is honored by the International Typographical Union for employing Tinion Tabor in its mechanical departments, acknowledging quality work by the newsroom staff.
The Journal will be mailed upon request to readers leaving the city in summer. Changes of address must include old and new locations and may be made as often as desired. Send notices to The Journal at 97 Chicago Street by mail or telephone.
Announcements from Louis H. Burrell and Roscoe J. Oarnahan seek Republican nomination for State's Attorney of Stephenson County. Primary voters will decide at the August election. Burrell appeals for GOP support and notes candidacy details for 1908.
W A Stevens and A H Wibman enter the race for Stephenson county circuit clerk subject to Republican primaries on August 1908. Voters will decide among candidates in the primary.
Republican primary announcements from multiple candidates for the Illinois Twelfth Senate District covering Stephenson Jo Daviess and Carroll counties. William W. Krape from Freeport JC McKenzie and Reuben R. Tiffany announce their bids for the Republican nomination, subject to the August 8 1908 primary election.
Several candidates announce for the 12th Senatorial district representation in the Illinois General Assembly. Stephen Rigney of Red Oak joins the race for representative subject to Republican voters August primaries. T H Hollister of Freeport and J Jas haffer also seek party support for the 12th district with August 1908 primaries. William Ehrler of Warren notes his Republican nomination bid for the legislature in the same district.
A column of short notices lists residents and visitors in Freeport and nearby areas. Names include Charles Demeter, Nellie Keator, Mrs J Wilson, Vilas Heckman, Louis Schumm, L Butler, Montague, Frank Heisler, J M Connolly, Mrs Emma B Schulte, Wm Emmert, J L Van Dyke, Annis Jewett, Anna Mills, Fred Sheldon, F O Keene, Mrs Kunz, Margaret Fry, Curtis Wagner, Mrs J R Wagner, Florence Angle, Susan Rosenstiel, Agnes Shannon, and others. It mentions trips to Milwaukee Portland Me Belvidere Hot Springs Ark Waco Texas and Chicago, plus a corner stone ceremony for the First English Bnd church.
The Freeport High School commencement week opens with Rev. F. Emerson delivering the baccalaureate sermon at the First Presbyterian Church. He urges graduates to use their capital of will, habit, and character to achieve success, warning against excuses and urging personal effort.
The high school begins commencement week with the first exercises tonight following Sundays baccalaureate. Alfred Wagner serves as toast master while Fritz Kunz Miss Jairy Mallory Earl Bokemeier Eunice Smith Oscar Ennenga Alpheus Dresser Charles Sullivan present toasts. The Senior Class Play A Bakers Romance will be staged tomorrow and Wednesday in the high school auditorium with Eunice Smith Carl Schoeffel Fritz Kunz delivering mantle speech and class prophecy respectively.
Graduation ceremonies Thursday at the Grand Opera house with diplomas handed by A Bergman president of the board of education. Alumni banquet Friday evening at the High school gym. Speakers span five professions: L H Burrell lawyer SM State's Attorney, Dr W J Rideout physician, W B Lillis artisan, L L Munn Jr manufacturer, A A Stukenberg merchant. Music by Treble Clef club and Gibler's orchestra.
MV B Elson, president of Second National Bank, returns from a family trip to Rockwell Connecticut and other New England points. Mrs Elson and Miss Maude Elson stay with relatives in Rockwell for weeks. Elizabeth Barnes, niece of Mr. Elson, plans to teach English in Bombay at the English College of India. Elson says New York banks have ample money and New England mills to return to full capacity after July 1. textile mills across woolen, cotton and silk lines to resume full time. He predicts general business conditions to improve and an upward trend nationwide.
Freeport born Dr A T Webb, longtime dentist to Italian royalty, has traveled from Rome to Montenegro to treat the royal family, starting with Crown Prince and ending with the grandchildren. Queen Pleina arranged care through Montenegrin doctors amid strained royal ties. Webb’s rise parallels earlier visits by other specialists, with royal sponsorship continuing as events unfold.
Lester M. Nelson of Naples states two letters from Al claim Dr King’s New Discovery saved his life. The remedy has long led throat and lung cures for nearly forty years and is sold with guarantee at Jos. Emmert’s drug store for 50 cents and 1.00 dollars. Trial bottle free.
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen held its first annual memorial service for deceased members, with RE. B. Carr lodge No. 115 hosting in the city. John Mathews delivered the scholarly address praising members for duty and brotherhood, reflecting on memory, sacrifice, and the lasting value of their work in peaceful industry.
The speaker envisions a future when the organization dissolves in joy, the living reunite with the dead, and the Brotherhood is perfected in an afterlife unity.
Memorial services honoring deceased Modern Woodmen members were held Sunday evening at First Baptist Church. Rev W H Beynon preached a sermon that impressed attendees. Cherry and Freeport camps attended along with Royal Neighbors. Beynon praised the fraternal orders and paid tribute to Woodmen leaders.
There is a misunderstanding about who may attend the Alumni banquet at the High school Friday night. Any alumnus or alumna may bring a spouse to the banquet. The committee requests immediate notification of reservations to prepare plates.
The Lobster club held the last in a series of complimentary parties for Miss Irene Trues dell on Saturday night. Gibler's orchestra played while a frappe was served. Tomorrow at 8 pm the marriage of Miss Trues dell to Mr. Boyd Sawyer will take place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Trues dell on Beaver Street.
Miss Magdalene Eberle and Frank Anderson will be married Wednesday morning at 7:30 at St Marys church. They plan a two week trip to Milwaukee leaving at 11 o'clock and will reside on Chicago street in this city.
The Comforting Circle of King's Daughters holds its regular monthly afternoon social at the home of Mrs. Chas. Seyfarth 157 Adams street tomorrow afternoon.
Mr and Mrs C W Wheeler announce the engagement of their daughter Ruby P to M Hugh Flannery Jr The couple plan a fall wedding as the season’s event according to Rockford Star.
Children’s Day programs across several churches were warmly celebrated with vivid floral decorations. Embury and Second Presbyterian churches featured extensive arrangements as youngsters performed the flag drill and other activities learned in public schools, delighting both children and adults.
At the request of the many patrons she will return Monday afternoon for one more week ending June 18, 6 9dlw.
Marshall's Best Flour offered at 1.40 per sack on Friday and Saturday June 12 and 13. SERF and HAIGHT advertise the sale to convince customers there is no better flour for any price.
The Up-to-Date Tailor offers sack suits at 30 dollars to clear spring and summer stock. Owner Joan S Harvester advertises sale at 189 Stevenson St Glidein.
Special report from Washington on June 16 describes Flag Day activities praised by the American Flag Association and patriotic groups. The observance marks 131 years of the flag, noting origins in Philadelphia and John Paul Jones’s use aboard the Ranger, with early issues of stars and British costs.
About eighty people attended the barn raising at Ernest Noltemeijer’s home on June 9. Will Righey and crew put up the building while dinner was served on the lawn.
Tom Moore of Cochran Georgia reports a bad instep sore healed after using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. He says less than half a 25 cent box produced a perfect cure. Sold under guarantee at Jos Emmert’s drug store.
Proposals will be received by the purchasing agent of Stephenson county until 12 o clock noon Saturday June 20 1908 for 140 tons of autharactie coal to be delivered at the court house and jail in Freeport. The purchasing agent reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. JOONN BAMBERGER Purchasing Agent. $3800 and $40.00 sack suits at $30.00 stock. Joan S HARVSTHR The Up-to-Date Tailor 1389 Stephenson St. 6-11lw
A Battle Creek letter invites Ann Arbor graduates and other readers to spot a supposed grade- reading error on Indian Corn Flakes packaging. It promises cash prizes for correct replies and for the best letters praising the product, with entries due by June 20 and to be mailed to the Indian Corn Flake Co. in Battle Creek, Michigan.
June events include a Junior reception for seniors, a park project special election, a senior class play Phe: Bachelor’s Romance, and high school commencement at Grand Opera House. Also Cape Shrine summer ceremony, alumni supper, Odd Fellows memorial service, Damascus farmers picnic, Sons of Veterans social, St Margaret’s guild dance, Freeport Good Roads meeting, and Knights of Columbus initiation for a large class.
After fifteen years of chronic indigestion and spending over two hundred dollars, B. F. Ayscue of Ingleside North Carolina reports Dr King’s New Life Pills as the best pills ever sold. Sold under guarantee at Jos Emmert's drug store for 26 cents.
F J Burdett, piano tuner, has orders from Brown and Dollmeyer and a contact by phone 39. The brief notice lists Burdett’s service and the business connection.
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