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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1905
Page
2
A Jayeta issued to the Freeport Journal Rane International Tynoraphical Union recognizes the act and confirms it employs union labor in its mechanical department.
Movements of Freeport people and friends fill this column with many names and trips. H Tt Davis goes to Polo, A G Matter to Denver, Bert Stephenson to Oregon, Miss Minnie Osten visiting Davis, Jubilee chorus rehearsal tonight, Dr A B Smith to Chicago, Mrs George Linsley to Chicago, Mrs H D Bentley returns from Bel Cedar Lake, Wis, Edward Franen and Edward Boslter visit Rockton, Wis. Others travel to Madison, Rockton, Beloit, Aurora, Neb., Cincinnati, and Chicago. Several locals plan visits, studies, and business trips, with long lists of journeys and greetings.
Contractors began interior removal at the old High School to install a new hard wood floor in the YMCA auditorium. The renovation aims to improve the interior and provide a fine gymnasium and basketball floor.
The Sinoia display in the Winois building is complete and now ranks as a premier Lewis and Clark exposition exhibit. It features a large collection of Abraham Lincoln souvenirs and a major exhibit on early Illinois history, drawing visitors to Port Tnuango Oregon.
A Champaign Illinois druggist asserts Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is the best medicine and has the largest sales among patent remedies. The letter praises its satisfactory results and notes local retailers H J Moogh and Wm Jyungkups carry the product. it appears in a period news item with endorsements from C Tucker.
Reading reports show wide interest in Freeport Saenger band golden jubilee. The celebration will be held next Monday and Tuesday at the river park with visiting singing societies and the Mixed Chorus in attendance.
Membership lists over a hundred voices richly trained under Prof Theo Troast. Notables include Clara Steffen and Walter Burkhart with a festival program set for July Fourth. The day features a Germania hall parade to the court house where Con Smith Atkins will speak, a Taylor’s Park ball game, afternoon concert, and a grand evening fireworks display with Bach’s Milwaukee band and visitors from Freeport.
Churches reported solid attendance yesterday as a heat wave did not significantly curb services. The text notes the season is turning toward vacation time and several churches will host upcoming events or changes in schedules.
Yesterday's results show Freeport and Oshkosh locked in a thriller with Oshkosh taking a late lead before Beebe silenced the rally. Malven struggled on the mound while Pease and Dolan sparked Oshkosh with timely hits. Beebe held the line for Freeport until the ninth inning collapse.
Invitations issued as hundreds of guests including nearly two hundred from Chicago and delegations from Dubuque Davenport Monroe Madison travel to Freeport for a jubilee. Singing societies will be entertained by Freeport Sagngerbund with meals and headquarters arranged. Crowds from towns within two hundred miles expected. extensive advertisement. A long list of attendees names many people and groups. Children’s day celebrated at Satem church with a fine program. Cemetery decoration committee named Rev F G Neitz Mrs Lubbers Mrs Lenz and Miss Beloit. Fans and spectators anticipate a garden finish and a scrappy baseball finish with fifteen hundred voices heard.
Freeport readies for a large arriving audience with elaborate decorations and banners. Visiting Chicago and Dubuque societies travel by train to Germania Hall, with Mrs. Bertha Lincoln Heustis set to perform. The Freeport Saengerbund lists its members and voices as the program progresses at St. John’s church.
In a dramatic Wisconsin league match the center fielder Corson delivers a two-base hit that sparks a late rally. Householder and Sullivan score as Corson’s hit triggers a sequence ending with Beebe on the mound and a 4 to 3 victory margin after a tense ninth inning.
The report recalls misplays by Ducky and Schneiberg, Beebe and Dolan’s quick double, and Malven’s sharp second inning as the Beloit series opens in Wisconsin. Contention with Hassman is noted as LaCrosse protests and the umpire’s impartial stance is emphasized amid a busy week of games and office duties.
Oshkosh players tried to use a diamond as trump in a progressive euchre event on Saturday. Batsmen from Oshkosh balked at crucial moments and, before prize distribution, the Pretzels claimed clubs as trump and then awarded rights to opponents, ending with a note of Concluded on pages.
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