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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
3
The Freeport Journal earns a label from the International Typo Graphic Union recognizing its use of union labor in mechanical departments. The award highlights fair labor practices and industrial partnership within the publication.
Sterling and Freeport locales appear with a string of visits and business trips. Notable names include H B Smith Willian Lyon Robert D Martin Fr C North Albert Eisenhauer Eli Klein Myrtle Hawks Anna Stapela and many others visiting or transacting business in Dixon Polo Cedarville Chicago Amboy Musk atine Waukesha Forreston Rockford St Louis Dayton and Brown's Lake. Several residents plan summer travel to Spokane and Alabama.
Excelsior lodge Masons to confer M M degree tonight. Frank Ridgway working on Frances Shimer academy electrical wiring at Mt Carroll. Lena to celebrate upcoming Fourth. Judge Hodson of Galena to give address. Dittmar livery adds surrey and buggy from Henney factory. F M Davis Bible class meets 745 p m at J B Fenton 248 Lincoln Ave. all members urged. Yordy Brothers host dance in new Walnut Street barn with Allington’s orchestra. public invited. Embury Bible class seeks 100 new attendees at Embury M E church 12 m Sundays. rally day on first Sunday monthly. University dates for Dr Willett lectures announced. begin Nov 18 on Life and Work of the Apostle Paul.
A number of Freeport residents will travel to Shannon tomorrow morning to attend the funeral of the late Mrs A Ji Miller. The community gathers to honor her memory and pay respects to the family in this quiet interment notice.
The Ordy Brothers will perform in their new barn Friday evening. Details are scarce in the fragment, but readers can expect a local music event at a new venue with community interest and hopeful attendance.
White ladies oxford style shoes labeled CEPROLE with size or model code 2902t appear in the listing. The entry lists a single product item without additional details such as price or supplier.
In a lengthy contest Freeport defeated Green Bay 8 to 4 after fifteen innings. Pitchers Scott and Stremmel endured tough workloads with Scott close to collapse. Other scores: La Crosse 5 Oshkosh 4, Eau Claire 4 Wausau 2.
In 98 degree heat at Taylors Park Freeport and Green Bay staged a furious 15 inning game that ended 4 to 3. Both sides produced relentless defense and power with Scott and Stremmel handling the mound duties while Canners and their rivals traded timely hits including a dramatic squeeze by Gwin and Moriarity. The marathon contest featured 146 chances, 88 putouts, 61 assists and only 7 errors, underscoring remarkable fielding amid the heat.
A long, high scoring Wisconsin league contest stretched to the 15th inning. Moriarity starred with seven putouts and two hits, Pap Gwin drove in the decisive run on a clutch hit and scored. Schulkowski’s fielding error and repeated sharp play kept Green Bay’s bats at bay as the locals finally sealed the win.
Yesterday’s game featured tight control at bases and in the box with Stremmel guiding his team. Sun glare and lingering rain halted play on an ace count, and Burke sat on the bench as the Champs look to a double header Sunday and stronger patronage for Green Bay.
In La Crosse on June 28 Schneiberg allowed one hit through eight and Oshkosh tied it in the ninth on three safeties. Kilian singled Bond tripled to win. Oshkosh scored in the first on two walks and an error. In Eau Claire June 28 the tail enders beat Wausau 4 to 2 as Eberle and Asmussen kept Garlick and Karnell at bay.
The Illinois blue book of 1905 is announced as the most complete state reference, bound in blue cloth with extensive illustrations. It details elections, legislative and judicial successions, maps of counties and district boundaries, portraits of officials, and exhaustive data on state boards, departments, laws, demographics, and political statistics.
Mr. St Clair of the La Salle independent team spoke about a proposed Northern Illinois league. He cited nine players who abstain from tobacco and alcohol, with one occasional pipe smoker. Plans target eight teams from Streator Muscatine Joliet LaSalle Aurora Elgin Clinton Beloit Janesville Rockford and possibly Freeport, with July set for organizing ahead of next season.
A record opening day at McPherson and Service Boston Store with over 2900 customers shopping Thursday. Seventy five clerks kept busy and the sale drew heavy crowds due to aggressive advertising. S J Steinhart of Chicago via Harry Landauer assisted in managing the event.
Jacob Shaefer transfers to William C. Stover Lot 9 Block 1 Waddell’s Addition. Transfer records indicate parcel description and ownership change within the city real estate ledger.
Carrol Street property offered for sale by DeJongh. Seller willing to meet Shawnee or any shape to suit the purchaser. Contact details not clearly provided.
It is wonderful what a little careful grooming will do for a woman. Its inspiration and sweetness. It's delightful and bewitching. The effects of Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 85 cents. Tea or Tablets, Joseph Emmert.
The Canary heel hug oxfords are available exclusively at BE and W with item code 6290. Limited to the BE and W store selection, this shoe line emphasizes a secure heel fit and classic oxford styling.
Don’t fail to call up. We carry everything kept in a first class market. Home made sausage and a specialty laid. Lichtenberger & Son, 125 Galeda St. Mercerized soft Negligee collars 25c at the H. GW. 6-22tf.
Freeport will host the state's Young People's Christian Union meeting in June 1907 after the Astoria session chose Freeport. About 209 delegates from across the state will attend over three days. Miss Mabel Ferguson and Miss Mae Hawke helped secure the bid, with Freeport’s annual report praised before bids from other cities.
Local notes report visitors arriving from Lepere and Chicago. The Reynolds child improving after illness. Art Schleder leaves Metz drug store for Red Cross pharmacy in Rockford. Quarterly meetings scheduled at Methodist church. Cooking club picnic held at W H Kauffman’s. Jessie Beadle of Chicago arrives from Galena. Freeport trips and Rockford visits noted.
A historic ad promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure for complexion woes. It touts Tea or Tablets at 86 cents and credits Joseph Emmert as advertiser, reflecting early 20th century mercantile marketing.
Bids are invited by the committee on buildings and grounds of school district No 145 in Freeport Illinois for tearing down and removing the frame school building known as the annex to the Third ward school. Bids may cover the building and foundation or each separately. The committee may reject any or all bids. Chairman W Ede Te ARAL Ly signs the notice. June 26 1906.
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