Fine Lots on Finest Terms in Freeport Meyer Addition
The Chas. E. Meyer Addition between Carroll and Float streets with High street crossing. Since platting two years ago 42 lots sold and 17 houses erected. 29 lots remain at low prices with sewer gas water mains and cement walks included. Fifty dollars cash and ten dollars per month at five percent buys a lot. Inquire at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Chas. E. Meyer
Carroll and
Float
High Street
Auto Trip to Prophetstown Unearths Rural Reception
A six person party led by F. W. Hoefer recounts a Sunday trek in their Winton Model K from Freeport to Prophetstown, detailing confusing farm route guidance, close calls with rough roads, and a curious mob greeted by farmers. The piece ends with remarks on state hiring reforms and wage concerns for nurses and attendants in Illinois institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prophetstown
Freeport
West Street
Forreston
Prairieville
Dixon
Sterling
Brookville
Rock River
Rock Falls
Polo
PF. W. Hoefer
State Pays Miserly Wages Says Commission Leader
President Moulton of the commission condemns state pay for attendants in charitable institutions calling it miserly and inadequate. He argues the service cannot improve while wages remain low. He urges reforms to attract and retain staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Civil Service Commission
Ilinois
J. C. Mason
Billings
Swing
Moulton
Bute Moulton
Hat Burns From Her Head In Peculiar Fire Incident
Galena Wisconsin June 21 Fire sparked from a cigarette burned the hat on Mrs H A Magee as she walked Main street with her son The blaze shot up from her head and the hat was consumed leaving only the wire frame The woman was frightened but not injured They went to a millinery shop and bought a new hat.
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Galena
H. A. Magee
New Drpggings
Wis
Main Street
Practice Must Stop Bearers Scared Off by Police
Several youngsters who followed wagons to the Keene canning factory and pulled green peas from the load distributing them around the streets were caught by the police this morning and given a good scare. They promised to refrain from it in the future and were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keene Canning Factory
Infant Dead of Bowel Complaint in Arcade Addition
The four month old son of Mr and Mrs Howard Stahlecher of Sixth Street Arcade addition died at noon after a short illness of bowel complaint. The funeral will be from the residence tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Stahlecher
Sixth Street
Arcade
Business Men's Association Meeting Tonight at City Hall
The Business Men's association will hold a meeting at 8 o'clock tonight at the city hall to consider important business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men’s
Business Men's Association
Boots McConnell Arrested in Clinton Iowa Theft Charge
Boots McConnell, a former Freeport resident, was arrested in Clinton Iowa on a charge of stealing $75 from a Rockford saloon. The incident reportedly occurred earlier, with McConnell identified by local police. Authorities released few additional details pending investigation.
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Boots
McConnell
Clinton
Owa
Rockford
Thus W Kingston Madison Mabel Comstock
Names appear with minimal context as bare fragments Thus W Kingston and Madison share entries while Mabel J Comstock is listed with a short age. The OCR text provides few clues about roles or events connecting these individuals.
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W. Kingston
Madison
Mabel J. Comstock
Same
Dissipation of Elements and Energy in Radium
A report notes that disintegrating radium releases about one billion calories per gram as helium. Reconstructing dissipated elements would require four times the lost energy, making synthesis hopeless. The piece references German physicist W Meigen proposing irreversibility akin to heat dissipation.
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W. Meigen
Ant Eggs Enjoyed as Delicacy Worldwide
Ant eggs are a prized dish in some lands, spread on bread with butter and sauces. In Siam they are costly and accessible mainly to the well to do. They fuel an important trade in southern Europe where they are boiled to produce a vinegar like formic acid.
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Siam
Sorthern
Europe
Local Discount Drafts On Menswear Offerings
An advertisement notes stock lines for men including dress shirts and wash fabrics. It quotes a sale price of 1.50 for some items and a reduced 9.00 for others, with a special 1.15 price at a store identified by initials E. & W.
Social Circles Highlight Ladies Auxiliary Party and Burrs Gathering
A large crowd attended the Globe hall event by the Ladies Auxiliary No. 182 to the B of L E with progressive euchre and prizes for Mrs. J B Lillie Mrs Wm Bucker Mrs George Schaefer and Mrs Henry Warner Miss Lillian Lyons. Miss Blanche Irvin hosted about twenty young ladies for a work party in Lincoln Avenue in honor of Mile Bessie Munn of Des Moines Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Hall
Ladies Auxiliary
B. of L. E
J. B. Lillie
Wm. Bucker
George Schaefer
Henry Warner
Lillian Lyons
Blanche Irvin
Mile Bessie Munn
Des Moines
Towa
Happenings at Lera de Hendy and area news
Mrs Stelis Hamsley of Rockford visits this city and G Kreider shows a new Wayne fourteen horsepower automobile. The primary department of the English Lutheran church plans a picnic on the church lawn this afternoon. Ja W Patridge and son Charles arrived from Jennings La visiting Mrs OC A Taylor and daughters G S Roush and Lucy Wilson attended the soldiers reunion at Rockford yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendy
Stélis Hamsley
Rockford
Oo Ts. G. Kreider
English Utheran Church
Patridge
Charles
Jennings
OC. A. Taylor
G. 8. Roush
Lucy Wilsson
Rev Dr Edgar P Hill Honored In Seminary
The Chicago Record-Herald notes Rev Dr Edgar P Hill former Freeport pastor now in Portland has accepted the chair of homiletics at McCormick Seminary. He previously led the First Presbyterian Church on Chicago’s West Side and spent his boyhood in the area. He is recognized as a leading minister in the western states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Edgar P. Hill
First Presbyterian Church of
Freeport
Portland
Ore
McCormick Seminary
West Side
Chicago
First Presbyterian Church
Fill
Western States
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Severe Neck Sore
Chas. Oswald of Rensselaersville N Y reports Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured Seth Burch of a notoriously ugly neck sore. The antiseptic healing prevents blood poisoning and treats cuts wounds burns and sores. Sold for 25 cents at Jos. Emmert’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Chas. Oswald
Rensselaersville
N. Y
Seth Burch
Jos
Sugar Sale by Union Pacific Tea Co
Special offer for a few days only features twenty two pounds of fine cane granulated sugar for one dollar. Union Pacific Tea Co, leading dealers in teas coffees spices and baking powder, located at 79 Stephenson Street, phone 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Tea Co
New
Stephenson Street
Mercerized Soft Negligee Collars at E W 226
Readable catalog snippet notes mercerized soft negligee collars priced at 25 cents. Item appears under E and W listing with catalog cross reference G 226. No additional details about material composition or sizes provided.
Death of 116-year-old Trudo patriarch near Montreal
Anthony Trudo of East Fifth street received news of his father’s death in Canada at age 116. The elder Trudo died June 14 near Montreal after a long Canadian residence following migration from Holland. His mother had died years earlier at 100. The son here is 68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Anthony Trudo
East Fifth Street
Montreal
Canada
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F. A. Read
Williams
Beckmire
Dapuayiogt AP
Suva Lal
A.C. Wanner
Galekasst
Hermsmeier
Swift
Boston
Minnesota
Daily Journal
Roc
Union Loan & Building Association
ATE Aug Wei HE Ees
F. W. Hoefer
Burrs
Lera
Rev. Hill
Wright & Go's
Geo. A. Rogers
Stephenson St
Fice
Pattison
Pattison Kryder
Iddenly
Brown & Dollmeyer
Spalding
Typewriter
Card Index
Ottowagner
Galena St
Mason & Hamlin
Conover, Cable
Kingsbury
Wellington
Albertson & Stemm
New York Hotel
Cable Company Pianos
Win.d. Wright & Co. Clothing and Shoes
Fry’s Block
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