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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1906
Page
2
An issued label acknowledges the Freeport organization for recognizing employ union labor in its preclinical id departments. The ceremony or formal recognition highlights labor contributions within the research and development framework of the company.
Several residents announce candidacy for county treasurer and sheriff roles in Stephenson County, all subject to Republican primary decisions. Names include Thomas Shaffer M G Wirling W J Moann and J Mason Fox among others. Local notices indicate intent to seek nomination in upcoming primary races.
Several figures announce candidacies for state legislature in Illinois. W. H. Shonsa William W. Krape Shaffer declare runs in the Republican primaries for the Twelfth Senatorial district and general assembly seats.
Frank F. Pickard announces candidacy for tax collector of Freeport, pending Republican primaries. The county clerk also announces for reelection or election, subject to the same primary process, with notes of county and Stevenson county captions.
John Bauscher Jr announces his candidacy for the Democratic primary nomination for Freeport town supervisor. The statement frames his bid as subject to primary decision and emphasizes local governance.
The Stephenson County Republican County Convention is called to meet May 8, 1906, at 2 pm in Freeport to select delegates to the State and Congressional conventions and to nominate county officers including county judge, clerk, treasurer, sheriff, and superintendent of schools. Delegates total 244 with allocation by township and precinct based on 1904 presidential votes. primary election set for April 28, 1908 from noon to 7 pm.
A prominent Freeport resident presents two books on mushrooms to the Freeport Public Library. The donor, who declines naming, urges education on edible mushrooms wasted in Harrison County yearly and details volumes by Dr. Charles McIlvaine with Robert K. Macadam and George F. Atkinson.
The Rev Melville P Boynton preached strong sermons and a large collection was raised. Ladies of the congregation plan an evening banquet in the church parlors with a 25 cent admission. The article recounts the church's founding in 1845, historic buildings, and the 1906 sixtieth anniversary observance.
E M Cobb concluded the largest YMCA men’s meeting series to date with his six lectures on the Holy Land. About four hundred attended the final talk as Cobb’s stereopticon slides illustrated biblical life from Ireland to Palestine. Francis A Strough will start a new series next Sunday with free admission and modern colored slides.
Miss Marie Crotzer of Lena played the organ while Rev. Melville P. Boynton of Chicago preached on Malachi 3 10. He raised 2200 dollars for the church in a single afternoon, a record for the project. He spoke on Christian living and noted the cross in the church windows as a guiding emblem.
The article reviews Mr. Boynton’s talk on Christian truth focusing on ownership of one's life to God, spiritual attitude pleasing to God, and conditions for a true Christian life. It notes his discussions on human weaknesses, the Holy Spirit’s prompting, and the role of prayer in awakening public conscience and personal reform.
Local society calendars list the Culture club with Miss Swanzey at 7:80 this evening, Freeport Shay cencare society with Miss Knowlton, a Baptist banquet for Mrs. Pearl Skeel McNeil of Iowa, and a Eastern Star stated communication tonight. Tomorrow features the Martha Washington Thimble club at K G hall Fry's block, Y M C A Ladies Auxiliary business at 3 pm, and Elder William Brewster chapter D A R with Miss Chrisler on Mormonism in Tlinois. Also a sale of the three story building on lower Stephenson Street to Jacob Becker for 8060, Young People’s society of the English Lutheran church to meet with officer elections, a Freeport Council Knights of Columbus meeting at 8 pm for John H Ray funeral arrangements, and former Freeport attorney William Issenhuth visiting from Redfield S C. The Ladies’ Aid at Embury church meets Tuesday March 18 at Mrs M Dodds 290 Walnut. F C Rogers to referee the Company H versus Freeport Y M C A game at the Armory Wednesday evening. hailed as the area’s best official.
A note indicates the Canaries are coming to Freeport, but the exact date is not known at the time of writing.
Mr. G. S. Krape advertises dental parlors located in the Wilcoxon Building at 403. Hours run from morning to 12 a.m. and 1 to… (text incomplete)
A vintage ad notes a life giving sensation from Hollister's Rocky Fountain Tea priced at 85 cents, offering tea or tablets. Joseph Emmert promotes the soothing beverage with a gentle warmth claimed to flow through nerves and blood.
Freeport Building and Loan Association announces availability of its Fiftieth series stock. Monthly payments are fifty cents per share with no membership fee. Demand for loans is unusually strong as the building season begins, ensuring profitable investment of the association’s funds.
In Stephenson county, a state court decision reverses a verdict in the case of a deceased Mrs Kerr. The Illinois Central was found not responsible for her death after she was carried by a station. her husband sued claiming the railroad caused the fatal nervous shock. The appellate court also sustains the Stephenson county ruling in MacDaniels vs Basswood school, upholding the school board in a forcible detainer action over property claimed by McDaniel.
Chicago marchers advocate a union cemetery to bury members at cost, arguing current grave prices are excessive. About 2,000 union men die in Chicago yearly, and planners envision a dedicated site with union-made funeral items, urging Decoration Day processions to honor the dead.
A military post recounts a woman who quit coffee after twenty years of headaches and fatigue. She switched to Postum Food Coffee, gained energy, and reports no headaches since, attributing her recovery to the coffee substitute promoted by Postum Co. The ad ends with a plug for the book The Road to Wellville.
In Mattoon Illinois on March 11 the Sullivan Ministers Association condemned marbles played for keeps as incipient gambling. Each minister will preach on the dangers, urging fathers and mothers to curb this pastime and its potential slide into worse habits. Rev Dr Wheat of First Methodist Episcopal cautions parents to oversee children’s parlor games.
A handsome gold leaf sign was mounted above the doorway of Schmidt Wachling Pfeffer's store, marking a notable exterior display in the streetscape.
Horace A. Taylor, retiring deputy secretary of the treasury, is celebrated as a major national figure in a Washington dispatch. The piece recounts his interim presidency during Roosevelt’s absence, his deft handling of foreign visitors and a luncheon crisis, and the early push for Robert R. Hitt as a vice presidential candidate sparked by a Boston Transcript correspondent.
Transients and visitors populate a local personal column with names and movements. F R Rice: transacting business in Chicago today. Porter Stover: morning passenger for Chicago. H J Johnson: went to Polo on business. Edgar C Eells of Winslow: Freeport visitor today. Wm A Schwarze: from Springfield over Sunday. Miss Irene Schillinger: spent Sunday at Amboy with friends. O R Miller: guest of relatives at Forreston yesterday. Miss Elizabeth Confer of Lena: guest of Freeport friends. F A Gochnaur: visited Rock Grove on Sunday. Walter Schrader of Rock City: Sunday with relatives here. Dr and Mrs A C Schadle of Warren: guests of friends. H F Dorman and Jamie: Sunday with relatives at Polo. Miss Bertha Bokemeier of Lancaster: Sunday with friends here. Mr and Mrs P B R Thompson: gone to Chicago to visit friends. Mr and Mrs W C Jencks: visited friends at Argyle Wisconsin Sunday. Mrs Oscar Wickert of Rising City Nebraska: guest of J M Musser and family. Miss Etta Norton and Miss Bessie Welte of Warren: visited friends here Saturday. Miss Jessie Flick of Dixon: visiting sister Mrs Homer Prescott. Mrs H F Miller: returned from visit to Martintown Wisconsin. Mrs G D Bukley: went to Chicago to visit brother Cleveland Bukley. Mr and Mrs J S Collman: left for Hot Springs Arkansas to remain several weeks. Mrs H J Thompson of Whitemore Iowa: visiting sister Mrs P S Stibgen here. Mrs F A Gochnaur: returned from Chicago after inspecting spring millinery styles. Mrs George Ford: returned from Orangeville after Sunday with friends.
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