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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1905
Page
7
Miss Hoefer and Miss O Con nor read class history and mantle addresses for the Freeport High School class of 1905 recounting four years of growth. The narrative traces freshman to senior years with parties, sports, and a grand senior toast, ending with reflections on harmony and the future.
A fragment from a 1905 era senior speech evening features a rhetoric volley on words and power, praising the class speakers and noting the audience’s ceremonial role while hinting at the struggles of eloquence and representation.
The senior class of 145 presents a reflective address to teachers and friends, describing progress in learning and the forthcoming transition from school life. The speech invokes knightly imagery, propriety, and gratitude while acknowledging growth and farewell as students become graduates.
A humorous mock sermon addresses junior students as knights in training. It lampoons rivalries and boasts of devotion to duty, praising freshmen turned sophomores and seniors while urging continued diligence, courtesy, and unity among the student body.
A ceremonial address to the Freeport High School seniors urging grit in study and growth. It invokes knights and the owl symbol of Minerva, urging youth to pursue noble ideals, enduring exams, and pride in class colors as a badge of learning and progress.
A major afternoon game pits Freeport and Rockford High School nines at Taylor's Park. The rivalry draws thousands who await the result as tension runs high and local interest surges.
Freeport Elks lodge entertainment chairman W. FE. Fry will set picnic plans once he identifies the warmest day in the coming weeks. Local members await details as arrangements begin.
A sack of women’s clothing was found on the riverbank and turned in at the police station by Officer Brown for safekeeping until the owner claims it. Police deem no special significance. Harry Burkhart will travel to Chicago tomorrow as a representative from the local Central shop machinists for a conference with Superintendent of Machinery Renshaw, with attendees from across the system.
An Illinois druggist boasts that Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pensiy is the best selling patent remedy in stock, claiming high sales and satisfactory results. He cites local retailers H J Moogk and Wm Jungkunz and promotes the Danny Journal delivery and a weekly want column.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a person at 40 Stephenson Street and a board related context. Details are unclear, with references to Caldwell and Kia’s Daughters and a figure at night shifts. No verifiable events or identities can be confirmed.
Historical account notes a mosquito surge in Freeport, linking Anopheles bites to malaria and yellow fever. Physicians explain that climate and riverbank swarms spread disease, while Elixir-like remedies and myths are debunked. The piece urges precautionary measures to curb the insect population.
The Harpersville Baptist pastor Rev O D Moore describes suffering from a persistent cough tied to grip and sleep difficulties. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with curing his cough and preventing consumption. Available at Joseph Emmert's druggist. Trial bottle free.
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