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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1906
Page
2
Aes longhand notice shows G. Cooper seeking county treasurer, HENRY RITZMAN running for county clerk, and M. Malnix entering the race for county clerk of Stephenson, all subject to Republican primary decisions.
Voters are urged to assemble at the County club rooms Freeport on Thursday May 28 1908 at 2 PM to elect delegates to the State and Congressional conventions and to nominate county officers including town County judge clerk treasurer sheriff and superintendent of schools Delegates allocated by township voting precincts based on votes for Republican presidential electors and fractions of ten or more delegates per precinct
Pattison Kryder promote framed pictures sale and ad. First M E church quarterly conference set in church parlors. Production We Were Twenty One at Grand Opera House tonight. Sterling reports show big boy group gatherings and illustrated talk The Modern Prodigal. About 176 boys ages 12 to 14 heard the talk, with winter meetings ongoing and attendance around sixty to sixty eight.
The United Evangelical conference in Trinity church hears Rev C G Anangst to remain presiding elder of the Freeport district and notes renewed church growth, new missions in Spring Grove Illinois, and a strong focus on pulpit power. Bishop Heil delivers a key lecture on character as the preacher s asset highlighting the need for strong, trustworthy ministry and Holy Ghost power.
A reflection on the Christian ministry as a high calling and the pulpit's role in lifting troubled souls. It highlights the minister's weekly duty to expound God's word, alleviate doubt, and shape lives for eternity, likening preaching to Peter’s impact in Jerusalem.
The spring ceremonial session of Tebala temple Nobles of the Mystic Shine will be held in Rockford on Thursday April 26. Officers of the shrine Arab patrol and past potentates planned the date at a meeting. Breepart chapter Eastern Star members attended a Rockford school of instruction with Worthy Grand Matron Helen B. McGrath and Worthy Grand Lecturer Lottie J. Wiley. Excelsior lodge Masons will hold a special communication tonight at 7 for work in the F C degree.
An article argues that high quality baking powder preserves strength, yields proper leavening with less quantity, and avoids Rochelle salts, alum, lime, and ammonia. It promotes Calumet as a physician and chemist approved option that is pure, wholesome, and economical for daily baking.
The presiding elder submitted the Freeport district report detailing a year of cheerful Sabbath services, frequent home prayers, and 300 conversions from revival meetings. Seventy six new members joined by certificates, 252 by confession of faith, net gain 176, plus 60 new subscribers to church papers. James W. Davis credited for 25 new Evangelical subscribers. faith and prayer life emphasized. camp meeting and Bible Institute aided evangelistic efforts. Stockton church moving toward a parsonage. two pastors lost to illness and death noted.
District reports emphasize inspiration from Oakdale camp meetings and Bible Institute, noting doubled ministerial effectiveness. Funds raised for churches and parsonages totaled 2133 dollars, with parsonage payments near completion in Cedarville and Polo. Jubilee services boosted districtwide fund totals. Baracas classes organized in Dixon and Polo. junior Baracas formed in Shannon. calls to engage more men in Bible study. Reverend Berge struggles with rheumatism. five year old Dorothy May, daughter of Rev. Marshall, mentioned.
Sick and afflicted residents report Agnes Schadler is on the sick list. Miss Cora Selke is very ill. Miss Cora Wallahan remains seriously ill. Miss Seral Iykes, ill for some time, is slowly improving.
A transport of Canaries ships has departed the eastern region and is expected to reach Freeport around the 28th, according to a brief naval dispatch. The note cites timing but provides no further details on vessel names or origin port.
An old advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Yo a product as life enhancing. It promises warming effects and circulation benefits with a price listing of 86 cents for Tag or Tablets by Joseph Emmert.
Yesterday night at Jane NYiNS, HT, the Grand Opera House hosted the engagement of the Beautiful Nine. The event drew local crowds and featured a performance described with vivid, period-appropriate reporting.
Mr and Mrs Charles Adleman of Brodhead Wisconsin are visiting friends and relatives in the city. Mr Adleman attends the Trinity Church convention as a delegate from Brodhead.
Mrs Mary H Walters of St Clair street Columbus Ohio suffered from a weak stomach and nerves due to drugs and could not eat or sleep. She credits Electric Bitters with immediate improvement and a full cure describing it as the best health tonic on earth. Joseph Emmert, druggist, guarantees it for 50 cents.
Readable text shows a Rockford shoe repair shop at 89 Stephenson offering repairs at reasonable prices and inviting customers to call. The fragment hints at a contact number or code 3-28d4w without a valid phone format.
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