Forgotten Wife Reunites With Freeport Groom In Chicago Flight
Jake Cohen, a Freeport resident employed at the Tinney Central roundhouse, elopes with a Chicago wife who funds his venture. After weeks apart and missed letters, Cohen returns with his wife to Chicago following a police-arranged meeting. The couple settled matters and departed early for Chicago.
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Jake Cohen
Cohen
Freeport
Tiineis Central Roundhouse
Stephenson Street
Chicago
Chicaggo
Croesus
Mr. Cohen
Silk
Sweeney
Sik
Police
FOUND HIS WIFE Wisconsin man hunts wife in Chicago hotel
Janesville Wisconsin man arrives in town and reports his wife has left him. Detective Silk traces her to positions at Colvin house Hotel Metropole and a Jackson Street corner merry go round before she vanishes again. The husband pursues across town and finally finds her in Chicago.
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Wisconsin
Janesville
Wis
Wilkinson
Sweeney
Silk
Freeport
Wie Wworman
Colvin House
Jackson
Walnut Streets
Cicero
Togo
Hiccago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Commencement Exercises at Grand Opera House Tomorrow
The High School will hold commencement exercises tomorrow evening at the Grand Opera House in town. The lower floor will be reserved for the class friends due to a large graduating group. tickets available at Guenther's drug store from 6:80 tomorrow morning. The rest of the opera house opens to the public and requires no tickets.
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Friends of
Guenther's
Opera House
Merchants Told to Clear Sidewalk Rubbish by Rodemeyer
Chief Rodemeyer orders all merchants to remove rubbish from beneath sidewalks and keep cellar windows closed from now until after the Fourth of July to maintain city cleanliness and safety.
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Rodemeyer
Journey Through Western States On Freeporters Visit
In June a Freeport writer chronicles a cross country trip from Freeport to California via Omaha Denver and Salt Lake City describing deserts mountains the Great Salt Lake and Los Angeles with stops at the M E church temple and Long Beach and noting local orchards and gardens including peppers oranges plums peaches pears and cherries.
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Los Avenntas
Cal
Colorado
Rockies
Denver
State House
Pike's Peak
M. E
Colorado Springs
Puescay Mornte
Pueblo
Arkansas Valley
Colorado River
Utah
Salt Lake City
Great Temple
Great Salt Lake
F. Watson
Los Angeles
Nevada
America
John M. Becker
Freeport
Burbank
Jewell
Watson
David Stocks Watson
Ilinois
Long Beach
Pacific
China
California
San Francisco
J.W. Locks
Porch Climbers Alert For Ridgway Electric Co.
A local notice warns that burglars known as Porch Climbers operate in neighboring cities and may soon target porches. The Ridgway Electric Co. at 66 Stephenson St. basemen t offers burglar alarms and general electric wiring services. Emergency repairs are prompt. charges are described as high enough to ensure top work. Contact by call, phone, or mail.
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Ridgway Electric Co
Stephenson St
Wright
Win. O. Wright & Co
Stephenson St.Sidwim
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Children’s Sailors
Vader Shades
F. A. Read
Hermemeier
Hermsmeier
Marken
W.uj. Young & Co
C. H. Little & Co
Sadwly
Stephneson
Freeport, Il
Panama
the Golden Gate
J. W. Stocks
Fred Watson
Mer Freeporters
da Ho. Pickard
Harlan
Jesse Leigh
Joseph Emmert
F. J. Burdutt
Brown & Dollmeyers
Brown & Dollmeyer
Chickering & Sons, Kurtzman, Emerson, Ivers & Pond
Benning, Sterling, Schiller, Crown, Capen, Cable
Lake Side
Merrisfield
Wellington
Warner, Meister, Singer and Bachman
John Hea
Mann Building
Soo
The
Freeport Hardware Company
Galena Street
Illinois
Santos
Java
Cocoa Hyler’s
van Houren’s
Lowney’s
Menier’s
Bensport’s
Bakker’s
Ralston’s
Runkle Brothers
Japan
Madeira
Burrell Brothers
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