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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1906
Page
2
Freeport Water Co informs that semi annual water rents are due at the company office. Payment by the due date earns a 10 percent discount for bills paid in advance. Office hours extended from June 26 to the due date to accommodate customers.
Fireworks commerce surges as Americans plan a loud Fourth of July. The Freeport celebration at Taylor's Park features Henney-Globe band, baseball games, and predicted heavy fireworks sales exceeding last year’s 12 million dollar nationwide spend. Public sentiment mixed on noise with counterpoints about late-night racket. Brooklyn hosts a massive forty-acre factory employing hundreds in a capital of fireworks production.
The Forepaugh and Sells Circus units perform Friday July 6 with two shows at 2 PM and 8 PM. European clowns and a host of acrobats, gymnasts, dancers, and animal acts headline this lavish entertainment with tickets available at a downtown office and same prices as on grounds.
Rev William A Sunday writes of enduring love for baseball, praising the sport as manly and clean, recalling players like Buck Ewing and Dan Brouthers, and lamenting Sabbath conflicts and gambling tainting the game while hoping Chicago wins the flag.
The Republicans of the Thirteenth Illinois district will meet at the Republican County Club rooms in Freeport on Thursday August 16 1906 at 1 30 pm to nominate a candidate for Congress name members of the Congressional committee and conduct other business. Delegates are apportioned by Roosevelt 1904 vote totals with one for each 3800 votes and fractions over 150. Counties and delegates listed include DeKalb Carroll Daviess Lee Ogle Stephenson Whiteside and others. Chairman J W Clinton is active in Freeport.
J. and Ryan on 87 Galena Street report umbrellas repaired and recovered. The note lists address and dates for service.
The Illinois state board of health launches a broad educational drive to reduce infant deaths tied to ignorance and poor feeding. Pamphlets urge mothers to favor breast milk, proper weaning, careful preparation of cow's milk, and avoidance of dangerous drugs, with detailed feeding schedules and hygiene tips to battle hot weather and malnutrition.
An advertisement promotes Kodol for dyspepsia claiming it digests what you eat and rests a tired stomach. It says the remedy relieves indigestion heart palpitations flatulence and sour stomach and will restore a young healthy stomach while removing worry about stomach issues. Sold by all druggists.
Chronology of notable years with births, deaths, battles and disasters. IncludesLouis XII born 1462 Charles IX birth 1550 Jean Rotron death 1650 Charles XII born 1682 Mississippi bubble burst 1720 Dr William Todd executed 1777 Cholera arrives New York 1832 Joseph Smith killed 1844 Lee defeats McClellan 1862 Meade takes command 1863 Confederates win Kenesaw 1864 Beecher inquiry 1874 Fish bank defaulter 1885 Samoa burial victims 1891 Norge disaster 1904 Kniaz Potemkin mutiny 1905.
Thousands annually bear witness to the efficiency of Early Risers pills. They are reliable laxatives and cathartics, staple in millions of homes. Pleasant but effective, they promptly relieve constipation without griping and are sold by all druggists.
I S Ryan advertises as agent for New Home and Standard sewing machines at 87 Galena Street offering sales service and lines for home stitching needs.
An advertisement claims bad breath stems from various dyspepsia forms and offers Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a single reliable cure. It says the laxative clears impurities from the body and leaves breath sweet, with a money back guarantee and prices of 60 cents and 1 dollar at all druggists.
A physician informs a patient of an incurable disease and the patient responds with relief. He jokes that the diagnosis will free him from an Insurance man pursuing him, a notion the doctor acknowledges with a hearty fee.
A Freeport resident testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured backache and kidney troubles in 1897 and urges others with kidney symptoms to use the remedy before developing serious diseases. Sold by Wester Milburn Co. in Buffalo. price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
For sale ripe fresh picked cherries in Freeport. Will deliver anywhere. Price right. Limited supply. Order quickly. New phone 214 or 209 old phone 279. J. W. Miller.
Vacation excursions to Canadian, Northern New York and New England points at greatly reduced rates via Michigan Central The Niagara Falls Route. For complete information call or address L D Heusner General Western Passenger Agent 236 Clark St Chicago Ill. 6-2ideod-7-14.
For sale a well equipped home at 286 North Galena Avenue with steam heat bath rooms city water sewer and gas and a barn. Can sell with part or entire lot. Grand bargain if taken at once. Inquiry GEO J Dehn 412dtf 44 Stephenson St.
Odd OCR fragment shows prices and items with $1.50 $3.00 mentions and a date 6-22t. No clear event or names available.
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