Freeport Salesmen Gather for Meeting and Lesson
Members of Freeport Freeport Health? U. C. G. T. meet tonight to elect officers and discuss sales strategy. A tale of a logician salesman illustrates how thorough product knowledge and a logical selling talk drive customer buy-in, with emphasis on preparation before hitting the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fie
Freeport Heath7
U. CG. T
Maker
Barton
Fiverybody
Brown
Marton
Smith
Meg
Scissors and razors ground and sewing machines repaired
F Jiyan operates at 8 Galena Street offering grinding services for scissors and razors and repair of sewing machines. The notice appears as a concise business card entry with location and service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Jiyan
Galena St
Reciprocity boosts Freeport merchants and traveling men
Freeport merchants join the Citizens' Commercial association and settle misunderstandings. Traveling salesmen hope for better reception in Freeport as their families are customers, affirming reciprocity as a practical business principle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport U. C. T
Citizens’ Commercial Association
Freeport
Freeport Notables and Moves Reported in Local Notes
Freeport area residents and former locals are noted for recent moves and travels. F A Rotzler now resides in Spokane. J E Eichelberger will tour with spring samples. O J Runkle moved to Michigan with family. J Ray Guyer enters wholesale business in Brown building Galena. F E Brown remains Freeport Council member now in California. J A Clark returns from Denver trip. J G Finkenbiner shows automobile interest. F A Little now in Chicago visited Freeport. George Bruin back from Northern Illinois trip. John W Rowe partners with Eby Lazer in Aurora. John E Adamson travels in the Dakotas. BE Grossman home for Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Rotzler
Freeport U. GC. T
Spokane
Freeport
J. E. Eichelberger
O. J. Runkle
Michigan
J. Ray Guyer
Brown
Galena Street
F. E. Brown
Freeport Council
California
J. A. Clark
Denver
J. G. Finkenbiner
F. A. Little
Chicago
George Bruin
Illinois
John W. Rowe
Burdett Schedules Tuning Service at Ae Browns
J Burdett, a piano tuner, places an order with Ae Browns and Dollmeyer's for peene tuning work. He seeks prompt service and notes availability for upcoming events.
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J. Burdett
Ae Brown
Dollmeyer
Peene
Weather and market warnings urge farmers to hold crops
Washington March 6 A 1909 forecast warns of a string of disturbances March 3 to 16 altering to balmy spring conditions for a few days. Prof Foster cautions farmers to hold crops for high prices and to beware speculators. Prices are forecast: corn not below 65 cents, wheat not below a dollar, cotton at New Orleans not below 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Foster
Washington, D. C
Pacific Coast
Pacific Slope
Great Central Valleys
Eastern States
Eastern State
Chicago
New Orleans
The Magnetic Spiral and Electric Current Interaction
The text describes a world where straight tricity movement contrasts with spiral magnetism. It claims magnetic spirals form around electric currents, causing matter to condense or expand and earth to contract or expand. It presents a universal force from atomic magnetic currents orbiting larger currents.
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Earth
Flammarion
This Date in History 1482 to 1908 compendium
A compact retrospective lists notable events and births from 1482 to 1908. It marks Francesco Guicciardini born, Sir George Peacock born, 1805 Michigan territory shift, 1820 Missouri constitution move, Gen Philip Sheridan born, John Stevens death, Isaac Toucey navy secretary, Fort Brown surrender, Louisa May Alcott death, and Minnesota Democratic committee endorsement in 1908.
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Francesco Giucciardini
Florence
George Peacock
Havana
Minnesota
Mississippi River
Michigan Territory
Congress
Missouri
Philip HH. Sheridan
John Stevens
New York
Isaac Toucey
Connecticut
Fort Brown
Rio Grande River
Louisa May Alcott
Boston
Germantown
Democratic Committee
John A. Johnson
Birthday of Dr Schuyler Colfax Graves
Schuyler Colfax Graves a noted physician and surgeon was born in Kalamazoo Michigan on March 6 1858 He was raised in Grand Rapids and earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1881 He served as chief surgeon of the First Brigade Third Division Fourth Army Corps during the Spanish American War and later traveled in Europe and Africa contributing to major medical journals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuyler Colfax Graves
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Grand Rapids
University of Michigan
McKinley
Fourth Army Corps
Tampa
Florida
Huntsville
Alabama
Europe
Africa
Foley’s Honey and Tar Cure Ad
Cures coughs quickly strengthens the lungs and expels colds. Genuine in a yellow package. H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Circuit Court Trial Schedule Opens Monday
Trial of criminal cases in cir cit court starts Monday with petit jurors called for 10 o clock. Stilson Courtney and James Miller, accused of robbing Joseph Dreibelbis of $100 while jailed, will be tried separately. Several civil cases are listed for next week with delays due to a death in the Wieman family. The petit jurors named include Freeport Frank Botdorf and others from several towns.
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Circit Court
Stilson Courtney
James Miller
Joseph Dreibelbis
Courtney
R. R. Tiffany
Joseph Vincent
Miller
Wieman
Mayer & Parsons
Mr. Wieman
Musser
Keister
Hettinger
Brokhausen
Piles Cured at Home by New Absorption Method
An advertisement offers a home cure for piles using a new absorption method. It claims immediate relief and permanent care and invites readers to send their address to Mrs. M. Summers in Notre Dame Indiana, with free treatment samples and local references on request.
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M. Summers
Box P
Notre Dame
Ind
Beloit and Rockford Architect Designs Freeport Residence
T H Kemp of Beloit and Rockford spent yesterday in Freeport. He completed plans for a residence for Dr Ruch at Stephenson Street and Merritz Avenue. The bungalow style home will be among the hand somest in the city with A L Babcock as contractor.
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T. H. Kemp
Beloit
Rockford
Freeport
Kemp
Dc. Ruch
Stephenson Street
Merritz Avenue
A. L. Babcock
Foley's Kidney Remedy Claim Cures Kidney and Bladder Troubles
A Cleveland ad proclaims Foley's Kidney Remedy cures for kidney and bladder troubles not beyond medicine. It promises relief for backache and irregularities that could lead to Bright's disease or diabetes. Vendors H. J. Moogh and Wm. F. Jungkunz endorse the remedy.
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Foley
Bright
H. J. Moogh
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Otis Harlan staged a Broken Idol at Grand Opera House
Amusements note Otis Harlan and company presenting A Broken Idol with comic songs Big Night To Night and Politics. Miss York delivers China Doll and ascends in a balloon finale. The Three Girls, four stationary shrubbery figures and a long second act hideaway intrigue audiences. March 18 at Grand Opera House.
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Otis Harlan and Company
Mr. Harlan
Miss York
Grand Opera House
Taft at Panama Feature Shown At Majestic Sunday
Taft’s visit to the Canal Zone is depicted in a moving picture showing the Culebra cut Gatun dam and steam shovels in operation. Photographers secured a comprehensive view with Taft as a central figure, presenting an engineering feat to the public for education and profit.
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Taft
Panama
Majestic
Canal Zone
Culebra
Gatun Dam
the Majestic
Fortunate early securing noted in source fragment
The fragment notes the subject's good fortune in securing the item at an unusually early date, underscoring an advantage gained through prompt action.
Lavera of good clean wrestling at Grand opera house
On Thursday evening March 11 Grand opera house presents a best two out of three falls wrestling match between Yousiff Mahmout The Terrible Turk and Frank Johnson Swedish champion. The bout starts at 8 30 PM in Freeport and is expected to draw a large crowd. Mahmout is noted for his unbroken record and is slated to wrestle Frank Gouth for the world title in Chicago on April 14.
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Grand Opera House
Lavera
Yousiff Mahmout
Turk
Frank Johnson
Mahmout
Frank Gouth
Chicago
Freeport
Tickets for A Broken Idol at Grand Opera House
Tickets for the musical success A Broken Idol arrive after a nine month run in Chicago and will visit New York Madison Square Theatre. An exclusive local agent will collect orders starting March 8, with tickets delivered via Gunther's drug store. Regular sale begins March 11, all orders due by 9 p.m. March 13 or released.
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Grand Opera House
Whitney Theatre
Chicago
Madison Square Theatre
New York
Freeport
Simple Remedy for La Grippe Cough
La grippe coughs are dangerous as they often develop into pneumonia. Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough and helps heal the lungs so serious results are unlikely. The genuine product contains no harmful drugs and comes in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
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H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Bick and Afflicted. Robert L. Cummings at Globe hospital
Robert L. Cummings is at Globe hospital receiving treatment for a sore foot.
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Robert L. Cummings
Globe Hospital
Foley's Honey and Tar Ad Claim
An advertisement argues against trying unknown cough remedies, praising Foley's Honey and Tar as safe, drug free, and effective for stubborn coughs and colds. It urges consumers to insist on the genuine product from H. J. Moog and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
Suite nicely pressed fifty cents at Mal le s Galena and Van Buren
A brief local item notes a neatly pressed suit for fifty cents available at Mal le s on the corner of Galena and Van Buren, reflecting a small shopper note from the era.
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Malle’s
Galena
van Buren
Local Fruit Sale Promises Low Priced Oranges
A Mississippi market advertises unusually low prices on the "cious Oranges ever grown" with a call to action not to miss the deal. The fragment suggests a promotional notices style urging buyers to visit soon for fresh fruit at bargain rates.
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Freeport Journal
Professor Foster
Petit Jury
Frank Botdorf
Phillip Schrenkler
John Bricker
Peter Bennetham
Gustavus A. Weaver
Samuel 8. Torey
Fred Boedeker
William Bear
Edward Pfeil
John Gitz
Rock Run
Peter A. Peterson
William Holste
Clayton Meinzer
J. W. Vore
Frank Spellman
Waddams
Joshua Sission
Oneco
B. F. Taft
Wesley Gift
Lancaster
Roy Nesbit
Loran
A. M. Garnhardt
George Schuman
Alfred Ditzler
William G. Schoch
Rock Grove
Jacob Geider
Buckeye
Snyder
G. F. Gastman
W. W. Spangler
Frank Rockey
Dakota
David Messman
Mitchell Haya
West Point
George Howard
H. BE. Buss
the Grand
H. J. Moog
Sunkist
California Fruit Grower's Exchange
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