British General Sweeps Burghersdorp Amid War Reports
Lonvoy March 8 Special A British force under Gen Roberts occupies Burghersdorp unopposed. He reports capturing a Krupp gun tents and wagons. Gen Clements takes Norvals Pont. Queen Victoria's London visit sparks unmatched jubilation with fifty thousand cheering as her carriage arrives. Pretoria March 8 War bulletin says Boers will fight to the death. Marexina Feb 19 Heat strains ration. typhoid malaria in women’s laager. dysentery among garrison. two hundred ninety two casualties. garrison remains small and publicity avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonvoy
Molteno
Burghersdorp
Roberts
Clements
Norvals Pont
London
Metropolis
Buckingham Palace
Pretoria
Reitz
Marexina
Porto Rican Tariff Bill Debate Moves Ahead
In Washington March 8 the senate postponed further action on a Boers sympathy resolution as Mason Illinois moved to discharge the foreign relations committee. Pettus Alabama denounced the Porto Rican tariff bill as illegal and hardly decent, while Foraker supported it. In the House Overstreet Indiana announced plans to call up a conference report on the financial bill next Tuesday amid continued Aldrich Robbins election contest arguments and a Merchant Marine and Fisheries panel vote to report the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mason
Committee On Foreign Relations
Pettus
Ala
Foraker
House
Overstreet
Indiana
Aldrich
Robbins
Alabama
Hamilton
Michigan
Roberts
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Obsequies Held For First Archbishop John Hennessy
In Dubuque Iowa on March 8 special obsequies were held for the late John Hennessy the first archbishop of Dubuque. A pontifical mass was conducted by Bishop Cosgrove of Davenport Iowa with Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia delivering the eulogy. Interment followed immediately after the mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Iowa
John Hennessy
Cosgrove
Davenport
Ryan
Philadelphia
Amalgamation Vote At National Social Democratic Meet
At the opening session of the National Social Democratic convention the conference committee of socialistic labor and social Democratic representatives urged an amalgamation of the two parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inprannapolis
National Social Democratic Convention
Socialistic Labor
Social Democratic
Contractors resume work under guard after union strike
Cubano March 8 Special Under a police guard three hundred non union workmen were today given work by contractors. This is the first serious attempt on the part of the contractors to resume the work interrupted by the strike of the unions affiliated with the Building Trades council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cubcano
Building Trades Council
Three Ziegler Brothers Die in Ice Creek Tragedy
In Cuampatan Illinois on March 8 three sons of farmer Jacob Ziegler, all under nine, fell through a creek ice and drowned. The bodies have not been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuampatan, Ill
Jacob Ziegler
Fire destroys Paris theatre near Palais Royal
Paris dispatch reports the famed Francais Comedie theatre near the Palais Royal was destroyed by a blaze today. The fire left the building a total loss with no immediate report of casualties. Local fire brigades battled the flames through the morning, and authorities inspected the site for causes and safety violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Theatre Francais Comedie
Palais Royal
Building's 1782 origins and later alterations noted
The structure dates to 1782 and has undergone substantial later changes. The article highlights its original construction year and indicates significant modifications over subsequent decades or centuries.
Keane Likely to Succeed Hennessy as Sioux City Archbishop
In Des Moines a gathering of clergy at the funeral of Archbishop Hennessy predicts Archbishop John J. Keane will succeed the late prelate in Sioux City. They deem the Rome decision final but believe Keane is highly regarded in church circles and likely to be recommended by the archbishops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr. Hennessy
Dusuque
Iowa
John J. Keane
Catholic University
Archbishop Hennessy
Sioux City
Rome
Keane
Order of Mutual Aid Society Officers Elected in Ill.
Sprinketo March 7 The biennial session of the Independent Order of Mutual Aid elected Grand president T J Schofield Chicago grand vice president George B Doying Jacksonville grand secretary A McLean Macomb grand treasurer A F Mosher Sandwich and C T Axt Odell and C E Petit Ottawa as trustees Peoria chosen for the next biennial session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Mutual Aid Society
Sprinaketo
Ill
Independent
Order of Mutual Aid
T. J. Schofield
Chicago
George B. Doying
Jacksonville
A. McLean
Macomb
A. F. Mosher
Sandwich
Charles T. Axt
Odell
C. E. Petit
Ottawa
Board of
Peoria
A South Dakota Blaze Claims Forty Buildings
Leaps South Dakota March 8 Special Fire this morning destroyed forty buildings. The loss is estimated at five hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaps
S. D
Social Life Highlights From Community Gatherings
A busy social page notes a Knights of the Globe card party with prizes for A. C. Kennedy and Will Irvin, a First M E B church supper, U N C Whist prizes to Grace Held and Samuel Wagner, and Gertrude Berryman's marriage to Parker Neuman at the First M E parsonage. Other events include Topsy Thimble club hosting, Lexington club dancing, Embury M E W S tea, and a sleighride social at Mr Hartman with broad attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of the Globe Hall
Abraham Lincoln Garrison
Daughters of the Globe
Mr. A. C. Kennedy
Will Irvin
Parker Neuman
Juda
Wis
Gertrude Berryman
Monroe
M. E
N. H. Axtell
Lexington Club
Embury Church
Hartman
Grand School Dramatic and Musical Night at High School
The senior class presents a full program Friday evening at the High School with piano solos recitations and a farce The main event is Lewis Morrison's Faust with elaborate scenery electrical effects and new costumes The production promises a grand farewell performance in this city with proceeds toward class day expenses and a memorial gift Grand Opera House Saturday night March 10th.
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Aidthea
Wilfred Barton
Theron Goddard
Sylvia Gordon
Thas
Clara Merckudge
Ruth Hughes
Dee Soto Beans
Ursa Rodenbough
Frederick Lorington
Walter Pfender
Lewis Morrison
Faust
Morrison
Grand Opera House
Rocky Mountain Tea Lubricant Sought by Emmert and Burrell
A curious historical note claims birth begins a journey and a long life can be aided by greasing the main spring with Rocky Mountain Tea promoted as a great lubricator by Emmert and Burrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmert & Burrell
Lena items frail a week. Mrs Royer injured in sleigh crash
Lena March 8 Mrs Harry Royer was thrown from a sleigh after hitting a solid snow bank and fractured a bone in her left wrist. Lewis Brickner of Brickner and Roe is seriously ill at the Lena hotel. J H Babcock unloaded a car of farm machinery yesterday. Others visit, travel or move: Mrs T A Weber to Rockford. Mrs W H Geeting and Mrs J Mench guests of local families. locals travel to Freeport. Major Kiplinger of Howardsville at Eleroy. G F Wales to Freeport to work with a buggy company.
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Lena
Harry Royer
Rockford
Ira Meyers
W. H. Geeting
Dubuque
J. Mench
W. H. H. Miller
W. H. Kaufman
L. E. Root
Ida Dana
A. J. Clarity
F. P. Foll
Noah L. Coleman
To Cure Cold in One Day Ad
An old advertisement promising a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It notes a money back guarantee if it fails and includes E. W. Grove’s signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Baby Prays Through Telephone at Warren NL
A three year old girl in Warren Newfoundland climbs to a chair and uses a telephone receiver to call for heaven and say her prayers after her mother is delayed. Her mother hears the little girl’s prayers through the unopened line and the child goes happily to bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Cass Davis
Methodist- Episcopal Church
Warren
Little Louise
Central
Will Sell Books of Stamps Across Nation
The post office department announced that on May 1 postmasters nationwide will receive small books of 2 cent stamps interleaved with perforated paper to prevent adhesion. The books come in three styles: twelve, twenty four, or forty eight stamps, with a one cent charge added to each book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Plasch Announces Candidacy for Supervisor
Journey's want column notes Dr. Plasch declares himself a candidate for supervisor. Weiss & Co ship a bicycle today to a resident of the Argentine Republic. The Red Light Sporting club forms with ten members. officers elected and committees named. Delegates attend a Farmers' County Institute conference tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the supervisor's room. E. C. Romer of New York Life Insurance moves his family to 204 Douglas Avenue. Miss Katharine Stevens hosts U. N. C. whist club. prizes awarded to Miss Held and Mr. Wagner for head prizes and Miss Whitlock and Mr. Huenkemeier for foot prizes. Pleasant View school pupils present every day in February: Lavina Laible, Willie Glasser, Joseph Hutchison, Fred Wachlin, Frank Wachlin. Miss Ella Lohr, daughter of Frank Lohr, graduates from Harlow Business College as stenographer and bookkeeper. praised for ability by teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Stevens
U.N. C. Whist Club
Grace Held
Samuel Wagner
Florence Whitlock
Will Huenkemeier
Red Light Sporting Club
Farmers’ County Institute
U. N. C. Whist Club
Miss Held
Mr. Wagner
Miss Whitlock
Mr. Huenkemeier
Pleasant View School
Lavina Laible
Willie Glasser
Joseph Hutchison
Fred Wachlin
Frank Wachlin
Ella Lohr
Frank Lohr
Harlow Business College
Lohr
Freeport High School
Building Lots in Knowlton Additions for Sale
Building lots west of the Z Hospital in Knowlton's Third Addition to Freeport offered for sale on easy terms to buyers likely to build quality homes. Several lots already sold to desirable purchasers planning to erect houses. Many desirable lots remain for sale in Knowlton's Second Addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z Hospital
Knowlton
Freeport
E Z Cold Cure advertised by Hoag and firms
An advertisement touts Dr Hoag’s E Z Cold Cure as a one day remedy for colds grippe pneumonia and similar illnesses. It promises a full refund if not as represented and lists C P Guenther Co and W F Jungkuns Co as sellers with 24 tablets for 24 cents.
Eyesight warning urges early screening for schoolchildren
A physician warns that crowded classrooms and poor posture foster eyestrain in children. He offers free eye testing for kids brought by parents and available glasses at reasonable prices, advising to consult a family physician for guidance.
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Wilbur Lumber CO
Brewater House
Rand PA Gaeviclins Bom Knorr
Hollister & Fargher
Emmert & Burrell’s
Stephenson Street
Freeport, Ill
Masonic Temple
Murine
P. Kent
John Reising
Aurora
Gen. Atkins
Famous Theatre
Bishop Keane
South Dakota
K. of G. Hall
the Home and Foreign Missionary Societies
First M. EB. Church
A. Meyers
Liberty Street
Embury Methodist Church
Matic Entertainment
Bart I
Rags Rewariss
Cccceccressseeeseerssees
Wwi
Richard Harding Davis
Jessie Brine
Kyle
Dr. Plasch
Weiss & Co
Argentine Republic
South America
E. C. Romer
The
New York Life Insurance Company
Sanderson
Douglas Avenue
Beecham
Bankers
E. Bengston
Jewelry Store
Cuba
Harden & Tice Distributors
C. S. Barrett
Bengston
Freeport, IL
Carrom
Archerina Boards
C. H. Little
Galena Street
Blust
T. H. Hollister
CT Stephenson Streat
New England
Wyeee Stephenson St
Freeport, Lk
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