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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1905
Page
7
A long editorial urges a sane Fourth of July with focus on tetanus risks from blank cartridges and fireworks. It cites past injury and death stats, praises improved medical treatment, and calls for continued public education by doctors and the press to prevent repeat tragedies. The piece cites regional injury totals and stresses proactive prevention.
Sixty deaths were caused ten persons made blind seventy five persons lost one eye fifty four lost hands arms or legs 174 lost one or more fingers and 3 670 received other injuries making a total of 3 988 persons injured Adding that deaths from tetanus and from other causes 4 449 persons were killed or injured.
A historical piece outlines office labor savers from ten years ago to the modern Freeport office. It highlights comptometers, electric adding machines with loose-leaf ledgers, electric book typewriters, electric lighting on ledger pages, automatic spacing adjustments, modern copying presses, envelope addressers, and overall system efficiency reducing time and cost.
G W Rand returns from Milwaukee as a Modern Woodmen delegate from Illinois. He notes enthusiastic gathering and key actions including admitting metal miners and railroaders at higher rates and brewers distillers employees not in liquor trade, banning officers and stockholders, adopting triennial head camps, next convention in Peoria, and a five dollar admission fee.
F Lewia McGovern sells part of lot 8 block 1 Wright & Purinton addition to Natalie Erfert for 1700 dollars. Win Conkrite buys part of lot 7 block 8 Winneshiek addition from Nora Froning for 2000 dollars. F W Siecke sells lots 8 and 9 in Charles E Meyer addition to Louis Biersach for 1600 dollars. An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Yeast tonic at 35 cents for summer health.
Advertisement for ripe cherries by J M Miner offering high quality fruit from well cared trees. Contact through news phone 214 day or evening. Listing shows date 6 24 tt.
Justice Cartwright delivers ruling saving Jocko Briggs from death, granting a supersedeas. Supreme Court will delay consideration until October term, case drawing wide state attention for murder of Hans Peterson and Briggs’s dramatic backstory and alibi dispute.
The Monticello News reports W H Shons, a contractor and bridge builder, completed abutment work on Railroad avenue ahead of schedule. County and village bridge committees praised the project and paid him promptly. A Epley of Orangeville led the crew. the work met high standards. A card party for members only is set for Ger mania hall Tuesday at 2 30 pm.
Rev O D Moore pastor of Harpersville Baptist Church describes agonies from a persistent cough after the grip. He says he slept sitting up and, after failed remedies, was cured by Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. Sold by Joseph Emmert’s druggist at 50 cents to 1 dollar with guaranteed results and a trial bottle free.
The St Josephs parochial school closes with a two day program at St Pins hall. It lists acts, scenes, instrumental duets, and student performances including Misses Therese Bales Florence Frane and Catherine Stonlek, with readings and an address. The program features comedys in three acts, various vaudeville style numbers, and a concluding reading of the drith warrant and the life of Mary Stuart.
Bible Institute in the Illinois Conference Freeport district United Evangelical Church Davis will host June 27 28 with Rev Landner of Freeport assisting. Officers include Rev C G Unangst president Rev J H Keagle vice president L C Rehyputt secretary treasurer and Rev D R Hedges pastor at Davis. Schedule lists prayer study training soul winning and worship services across two days with bishops and pastors leading sessions.
Scores of Freeport readers learn the kidney duty as Mrs. Clara Ziders of 257 Elk Street testifies to relief from kidney pain backache and insomnia after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She reports better sleep and renewed health after a full course and notes Emmert drugstore and Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo sell the pills for 50 cents.
Summer term at the Conservatory of Music opens next week for violin and piano lessons. Special inducements are offered to beginners during the summer term.
The report shows Illinois fourth with 7,878 Sunday schools 94 142 officers and teachers and 697,630 scholars, trailing Pennsylvania New York and Ohio. World totals reach 262 61 teachers and officers and 2 401 564 scholars. Justice J J MacLaren of Toronto was elected president of the eleventh international Sunday school convention.
The Chicago Sunday Chronicle reports Miss Carrie Wilson Miller to wed Charles M. Steffen on July 12. Miller is a popular pianist and Winds Central Railroad cashier Steffen is a well known local society figure The couple grew up in Freeport and count many friends among their circles.
Aldermen from the Second ward Geo W Brokhausen and H Dorman have returned from Moline with the latest design automobiles. They bought five passenger type cars and plan to have them in use before the end of the week.
Tomorrow morning about fifteen older Y M C A Boys depart for a week long walk to Galena Illinois for the camp opening July seventh. About twenty five report to camp July sixth through the tenth near Galena under the direction of the physical director. Hikers travel with a wagon for blankets and supplies and leave the Y M C A building around seven oclock. The camp is named Camp Runner in honor of Z I T F Runner who handles commencement exercises at St Marys School tonight with twelve graduates receiving diplomas.
The Palmer restaurant once at 136 Galena Street now operates as Hotel Freeport at 7 Galena Street. Patrons are invited to call for service as board and lodging are offered at $4 per week under Mrs. L. H. Pleaver.
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