Freeport March Entertainment and Meeting Schedule
Coming events list for Freeport features high school senior play March 9 and teacher’s institute March 10 at the high school. Other entries include Faust at the Grand opera house March 10, musteale at the Y March 14, Coon Hollow at the Grand March 16, I O G T district lodge March 16-17, St Patrick’s Day by Columbus club March 17, social at Blunt's hall March 17, Warren Academy Glee club March 20, Woman's Auxiliary event March 20-Next Door March 23, Cy Perkins at the Grand March 26, and Freeport consistory events March 29-30 plus Beneh & Bower’s Minstrels March 30.
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Freeport
Stephenson County Teacher's Institute
Morrison
Faust
Grand Opera House
Prof
Aronson
Musteale
Coon Hollow
District Lodge I. O. G. T
Good Templar's Hall
Beneh & Bower
Republican Meeting Sets Call for Township Nominations
Freeport Republican County Central committee members will meet Saturday evening at 7 30 at the county club rooms to issue a call for primaries for township tickets. All Republican voters in the city are invited and prospective candidates urged to attend. Committee men to convene with the county club political action committee.
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Freeport
Republican County Central Committee
County Club
Political Action Committee
Orver
Martha Washington Garrison and Thimble Club Meeting Recap
The Martha Washington Garrison and Thimble Club held a two to five pm session with high attendance and three new members. Mrs. E T Morrison performed a piano solo, and Miss Blanche Knipschild delivered a popular recitation. Proceeds benefit the Knights of the Globe Home. a supper is planned for Thursday March 29 at Knights of Globe hall from 6 to 8 pm.
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Martha Washington Garrison and
Thimble Club
E. T. Morrison
Blanche Knipschild
Knights of the Globe Home
Knights of Globe Hall
Tax Deadlines Warn Citizens On Delinquent Notices
The article cautions residents about tax payment timelines. Personal taxes are due by March 10. Delinquent real estate is advertised after April 1 with advertising costs per tract or lot. Penalties of 1 percent accrue after May 1 and again after June 1, with a tax sale likely on June 18.
Winter term closes at Fairview School Harlem Township
Miss Helen Miller taught the winter term at Fairview School and the program by pupils featured dialogues recitations and songs. A neat sum was raised to buy books for the school library and the directors reappointed Miss Miller to teach the spring and fall terms.
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Fairview
Harlem Township
Helen Miller
Chicago Congested District At Risk Totals Highlight Traders Lead
The Chicago congested district bounded by the Chicago River Lake Michigan and Harrison Street shows rising at risk totals. The Traders of Chicago head the state companies with 1 412 050 up from 1 852 650 last year. The German of Freeport increased by 200 000 and now has 856 538 at risk. The Western Underwriters rose from 282 050 to 536 129.
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Chicago
Chicago River
Lake Michigan
Harrison Street
Freeport
Hunter Appointed Industrial Agent for DL&W Railway
W B Hunter has been named industrial agent for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railway reporting to the traffic manager in addition to his advertising duties. The appointment takes effect April 1. The funeral of Patrick Carney was held from St Marys church at 9 30 with pallbearers Michael Kennedy Patrick Finn J McGraw Philip Sheridan John Lane and John OBrien.
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W. B. Hunter
Delaware, Lackawana and Western Railway
Patrick Carney
St. Mary’s Church
Father DuFour
Michael Kennedy
Patrick Finn
J. McGraw
Philip Sheridan
John Lane
John O’brien
Class in Vocal Culture Held Tomorrow at 10 A.M.
Mrs. J. G. Oyler will conduct a vocal culture class tomorrow at 10 a.m. She is delayed by a family illness. James McDonald, an Illinois Central brakeman, fell from a car in the yards last night, escaping with a sprained wrist and a few bruises. Dr. Fair attended him.
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J. G. Oyler
James McDonald
Illinois Central
Deficiency of Horses Drains Country of Good Stock
The horse trade reports an unprecedented scarcity of good draft and farm horses for eastern markets. Prices have risen from post 1890 lows yet remain below earlier highs, with buyers exporting top animals to Chicago and the East, depleting national herds. Breeding is expected to resume as demand increases, potentially lifting prices to former levels.
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Chicago
Self Healed From Rectal Fistula With Arnica Salve
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio faced death after 18 months with a rectal fistula. Doctors warned a costly operation was needed, but he cured himself using Bucklen's Arnica Salve, claiming five boxes cured him. 25 cents per box sold by Joseph Emmert.
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Renick Hamilton
West Jefferson
Joseph Emmert
Emmert & Burrell
Mystic Workers Face Bid War for Head Office Site
The Mystic Workers of the World plan their annual Fulton convention to decide the permanent location of head offices on March 13 to 15. Moline declines bidding while Sterling Dixon and Chillicothe push, Fulton pledges strong efforts and incentives. Local delegate Alex C. Peterson will vote Fulton. a relocation committee tours bid cities. National membership tops 13,000 with over 100 members in Moline.
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Mystic Supreme Office
Moline Dispatch
Mystic Workers of the World
Fulton
Moline
Sterling
Dixon
Chillicothe
iMlaine
Alex C. Peterson
Mystic Workers
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
When Baby Put on Pants
Poetic reminiscence from the Atlanta Constitution on a day marked by a baby’s first pants wearing. The piece recalls with warmth how this milestone ends babyhood as a doorway to adulthood and shapes family memory and the child’s future.
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Atlanta Constitution
Dr King’s New Discovery Praised by Thornville Bank Cashier
J R Garrison, cashier of the Thornville Ohio bank, credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing a severe lung trouble and cold. He says it is the best medicine he has used and keeps a bottle on hand. Trial bottles are offered at Joseph Emmert’s store.
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J. R. Garrison
Bank of
Thornville
Ohio
Dr. King
Joseph Emmert’s
Emmert & Burrell
Harriet M. Burbank Piano Teacher
Harriet M. Burbank teaches piano at studio 149 West Street. Contact details or schedule not specified in the fragment.
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Harriet M. Burbank
West Street
Beodtf
Harlem Township Tax Collection at Freeport Bank
Harlem Township Collector will be at the State Bank in Freeport every Wednesday and Saturday to receive taxes. Ezra Sandmeier, clerk. 3-6 days a week within law.
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Harlem
State Bank
Freeport
Ezra Sandmeier
Dixon City Council Fixes Saloon Licenses at 700
Notes from around Dixon Mt Carroll and Janesville. Dixon sets saloon license at 700 for the year while Mt Carroll mayor gets 375 and aldermen 50 each. Rebecca Reynolds of Dixon dies at 31 from heart diseaseEntering a drug store. Odd Fellows plan 81st anniversary April 26 with a Mt Morris picnic in June. Martin vs Sterling stone pile case settled for 300 plus trial costs. Milwaukee shops water supply from Plum River with fish clogged screen needs cleanup.
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Dixon
Mt. Carroll
Rebecca Reynolds
Janesville
Wis
Odd Fellows
Lee
Whiteside
Ogle
Mt. Morris
Grove
Polo
Martin
City of
Sterling
Depot Street
C. B. & Q. Railway Company
Milwaukee Company
Plum River
Savanna Times
Generous act frees widow from mortgage burden
Assistant Claim Agent Paulson of the C. and N. W. Ry bought the unpaid portion of a $1,600 contract lien on Mrs. E J Fiske widow of engineer Fiske and presented the home free of encumbrance with the company’s compliments The widow who has $2,000 in insurance now owns a good farm in South Dakota and can educate her large family.
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Boone News
Paulson
E. J. Fiske
Fiske
Northwestern
South Dakota
Arranged Institute Program for Stephenson County Teachers
The Stephenson County Teachers Institute will meet at the high school on Saturday March 10 with opening exercises led by H JF Smith Ida Galloway and S E Raines. Sessions cover The Study of the Child and Physical Aspects of School Management with discussions by Katherine Porter Mrs Lizzie Flanagan Geo Snapp S A Diehl and others. Teachers urged to be prompt and have attendance noted. An advertisement for Rocky Mountain Tea by Joseph Emmert is included.
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Stephenson County
Teachers’ Institute
H. JF. Smith
Lena
Ida Galloway
Freeport
Newell D. Gilbert
DeKalb
Geo
N. Snapp
S. A. Diehl
Davis
AlterationOffers Handsome Dress Skirts at Sale Price
Handsome dress skirts in homespuns cheviots plaids black crepon serges with silk trim and braid applique in new box plaited and watteau back styles, lined, tai lor-made. Originally six to seven fifty, now five dollars.
Electric Bitters Relieve Cherokee Man After Kidneys Attack
C F Collier of Cherokee Iowa suffered a severe kidney attack leaving him unable to stoop or sit without pain. After trying Electric Bitters he reports a dramatic recovery and credits the medicine with curing back ache kidney trouble and purifying the blood. Sold for 50c at Joseph Emmert's. Also notes a Dutch family reunion in Brooklyn urging descendants to revert to the surname Van Woggelum.
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C. F. Collier
Cherokee
Iowa
Joseph Emmert’s
Emmert & Burrell
Jan van Woggelum
Woggelum
Holland
Brooklyn
van Woggelum
Ladies Silk Waists Offered In Spring Styles At Discount
Advertised waists include china silk models in red pink cerise and cream with new backs small sleeves and stock collars priced at 3. 00. Silk waists with front and back corded priced at 4. 00. A $500 display of the best taffeta silk waists in black and colors corded hemstitched and satin taffeta options in fresh colors valued at 6. 00 to 7. 00.
What Your Face Worth After Liver Trouble
An advertisement argues poor skin signals liver trouble and promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills for clear skin and rosy cheeks. Claims show up in a sale listing by Joseph Emmert and successors Tommert and Burrell offering 25 cents a bottle.
Wall Paper Sale to Clear Stock at Deep Discounts
Store offers room clearance on wall paper and related services at steep cuts. Prices drop from 20 cents to 0 cents for certain rolls, with a mix of 20 cents to 12 and 4 cents, 10 to 6 and 8 to 5 cents. Engraining and paper hanging also advertised at low rates. estimates provided. Joan E. Apauson, 56 Stephenson St.
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Ingvrains
Joan E. Apauson
Stephenson St
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Dimities
Foujardines
Piques
Galeta
F. A. Read
FICO
Reece
A. Huenkemeier
Aring
New York
John. Harpsten
County Club Rooms
Beecham
T . Ae
Baby
Northwestern Company
County Teachers’ Institute
Lamp of Reason
Rocky Mountain Tea
Whitely
Brown & Dollmeyer
Stephenson Street
Stats Bank
F. A. Schulz
Bluefield
Rutabagoes
Hoffman
Maynard
Maynard's
Court House
S. Hermsmeier & Son
Galena ST
Swift
Plymouth Rock
Braun & Fitts
van Camp
California
Renee Arth
Ees
Schulte
Siecke
Vaaata-Tir
Qalena Street
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