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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1900
Page
5
March 6 Davis reports a steady flow of local visits and social events. Notables include Superintendent Burton of Freeport and W H Crotzer of Lena visiting here, plus Prof Grinnell and family delivering a well received concert.
From Our Own Correspondent Centennial March 5. Mrs Cyrus Winters and daughter Daisy attended Stanley Ditzler s birthday party in Freeport Tuesday. Byron Pickard down from Eleroy Wednesday interviewing farmers. March 1 moving day. Adam Decklar first with helpers including E Silverman and others. Mrs Alta Washburn with assistants moved to Freeport. C C and C S Stout aided James Conley moving from Freeport. Mrs M Carmody relocating to Freeport. G Gaum took possession of new farm. Burkhardt to farm vacated by Gaum. Joe Winters went to Lanark Saturday. storks early Friday brought to Henry Klaas a fine young farmer. Charley Winters delivering wood for Heitter school. Charles Beck in Pearl City Friday. Mrs Beck and Pearl spent Friday at a levoy with Lily Brady. Minnie Aspinwall returned from three weeks in Freeport. Mable Heitter visited from Freeport to see Miss Boyd Hogins. Gramophone entertainment at Centennial schoolhouse March 9 with ten cents admission to boost library fund. Van Brocklin talent to be heard in song and elocution. Everybody come and hear something good.
Local notes from Red Oak dated March 5 report ongoing revival meetings, a well attended oyster supper hosted by Mystic Workers, and several community updates. Milk paid to the creamery company at 85 cents per hundred for February’s first half.
Citizens eligible for town offices under the Republican primary are asked to send their names to B. H. Brundage by Monday evening March 12 to be printed on the primary election tickets.
Local notices report Brockville resident Harvey Waul on business in Shannon, a well attended sale of Mrs. C. Geiseman, strong prices for farm machinery and stock, and joins from West ern trip by C. Spatz. Marriages include Lester Lohman and Lulu Truckenmiller at Lanark and Harvey Byers with Minnie Hamann at Bethel. Political caucus chose regular Republican slate with delegates to Mt Carroll. list includes Whitmore, McNutt, Babb, Stewart, Cowen, Lutz, Healey. anti-Tanner slate secured 43 of 143 votes. Community notices cover hospital visits, theater entertainments by Kickapoo Medicine Co, and local social events at the Kable residence.
Rock Grove notices drift through March with travel plans and family news. Foster Barber and wife attend a funeral in Milledgeville for Howard Barber. Peter Small hears of brother Henry’s death in Livingston County Illinois. Mrs. R. H. Veach of Beloit visits friends. Charles Saucerman of Winslow visits Dr. Saucerman. M. S. Bolender ships household goods to Lincoln Nebraska and plans to move there. Henry Winchell moves to the Crawford house on Cherry street. March 6 saw J. S. Walker loading stock and machinery before moving to Greenville Iowa on a 200 acre farm. Auction men relocate to Monroe. locals mock old style goods. A Republican caucus in Moyer’s hall names delegates to the Freeport convention.
Martintown March 5 Mrs and Miss Kundert visited Mrs Clara Allen Tuesday John Lockman Cadiz called on E E Browne Tuesday Mrs Hannah McDaniel is under the weather Mr and Mrs Sam Harless moved into the old Tyler house now owned by C Haas they came from Ohio Mr and Mrs Frank Kiel called on Grandma Browne Tuesday evening W T Swartz seen in Martintown Tuesday Mrs Tyler Winslow passed through Martintown Tuesday to aid son Frank moving to farm bought from Aug Sutschlag August Zudschag moved to farm bought from Mr Foss between here and Warren Hi VanMatre moved to a farm above Browntown G W Young Lena did business in Martintown Wednesday The ladies aid society met with.
John Schoch offers 128 acre farm for sale near town. Loran township Republicans nominate a long ticket for local offices including Wm Labre for assessor and L W Reed for collector. A large community column reports marriages, visits, lectures by Hon H F Aspinwall, church activities, social events, and local travel notes across several nearby towns.
Friday in consultation with Dr. Clery. Tuesday evening the Masonic lodge will have a regular meeting and work. Wednesday morning Rev. H. Baker went to Coleta to perform a marriage ceremony. He formerly had charge of the M. E. church there, and still has a large circle of friends. Herbert Himes moved his family out from Freeport Monday.
In Becuiverr Illinois on March 5 Rev Tompkins of the Methodist church told a church gathering that Frances Willard erred by abandoning temperance and building a monument to herself in the temple. He said many WCTU shots at the saloon missed the target and struck the church instead.
Closing Board of Trade quotations show July wheat at 6.74, July corn 0.35, July oats 0.22, July pork 10.6574, July lard 5.95, and July ribs 5.8245. Chicago market notes cattle 3,000 steady to strong, hogs 22,000 down slightly, sheep 10,000 steady. Northwestern receipts listed for Minneapolis and Duluth. New York stock section reports Freeport data. local notices include a church missionary meeting and a public notice dissolving Bergman & Dorman firm in Freeport Illinois.
The Sporting World forecasts a busy rowing season with major regattas set from May 30 at Newark to July 21, including Harlem Philadelphia and national events. Cornell's Captain W C Dalzell leads a strong varsity crew with wide entry potential in both Hudson and New London regattas.
Promoters and fans push for Major Taylor to pay fines and resume racing in the United States as the Cycle Racers' Union considers a generous act. Taylor, barred after initial friction with the National Cycling Association and L A W fines, may be invited to rejoin if he settles dues. An international chess masters tournament in Paris offers six prizes totaling 13500 francs, with special gifts from the French president and gifts from Baron Albert de Rothschild.
The Carlisle Indians plan permanent entry into all athletics except rowing. Glenn S. Warner, Cornell alumnus and former Carlisle coach, is hired to manage track and baseball and oversee all teams. Warner faces training facility limits, with similar authority to University of Chicago’s coach.
The Johannesburg club employs several Dutch boys as caddies. When the new pew course opened, a vast number of balls lay among the rocks. One Dutch boy carried a market basket and half filled it, explaining his father would join the club and told him to find the balls.
One lot of Ladies Jackets sold for 10.81 and 12 14. Another lot for 5 and 15 with varied at prices. Children's and Misses jackets at 6c sale for 4. Ladies capes from 1.29 up. Blankets at sacrifice. Underwear sales include men and ladies at reduced prices. Shoes heavily discounted as stock bought at sacrifice.
Gronland, the socialistic writer who died in New York, is labeled a thorough pessimist. A friend compares modern industrialism with Russian despotism, noting the former is worse. The piece also glosses a Yoruba greeting used by the natt and its literal meaning, reflecting cultural manners described in the Philadelphia Record.
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