Mrs Gordon Demonstrates Adjustable Waist Buckle Item
Mrs. Gordon demonstrates a new adjustable buckle for waist, skirt, and belt support and invites interested viewers to see how it holds garments in place.
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
8
Mrs. Gordon demonstrates a new adjustable buckle for waist, skirt, and belt support and invites interested viewers to see how it holds garments in place.
The text notes patterns from The Ladies Home Journal are reliable and satisfactory and asserts we are the agents for their sale without further elaboration. It presents a promotional claim about agency status for selling patterns by the magazine.
In a heated discussion among baseball officials and writers, a dispute over sacrifice hits erupts as they consult records. Tim Hurst and others argue their value, while Murray Somers and Connolly tussle over credited at bats. Harry Pulliam settles it, confirming sacrifice hit as a credited statistic.
The Burlin Sunday school class baseball team travels to Warren tomorrow to face a local peers squad on the fair grounds. The club declares a sweeping challenge to any state team with players not over 16 years old, asserting strong belief in their own abilities.
Berlin May 8 Prince Philip zu Eulenburg was placed under arrest on a perjury charge. The move signals the apparent ruin of a once trusted confidant of Emperor Wilhelm II as authorities avanz toward the case.
Today's market report lists closing board of trade quotes for July wheat corn oats pork lard rice and ribas with values varying from 93 y to 7 3h. It also covers Union Stock Yards cattle beeves stockers and feeders cows heifers hogs and sheep with prices ranging from 2 50 to 7 25 and totals for numbers traded. Additional quotes from the Chicago Board of Trade are provided by F J Miner Co and D Anderson Rice Building rooms 204 and 206 Chicago.
Grace Episcopal church hosts a Monday evening concert by the Temple quartet assisted by Elizabeth Porman and Oscar Wagner. The free program offers a classical variety and marks three years since the group formed to provide music for Masonic SContributors. Wilma Jekes, age 9, celebrated with a party at 197 Benton Street and friends. Mr and Mrs DeMonte at 260 West Street observed their wooden anniversary with about sixteen guests and wooden gifts.
One of the largest and most enjoyable parties by the Germania society was held last evening with cards and dancing. A fine lunch was served and prizes were awarded to Mrs Henry Rotaler and Mrs Heevan for the ladies and Edward Emerich and Pred Sehu ta Aver for the gentlemen.
Mrs J and J Youngrove and Miss Mac Stewart hosted a bridge afternoon in honor of Miss Annette Richards. About twenty young ladies attended, with favors awarded to Mrs Thomas of South McAlester Oklahoma, guest of Miss Richards.
The church work department of the First Presbyterian Church hosted a supper last evening attended by many despite bad weather. It was praised as one of the best yet. The event cleared over $22 for its funds.
The Galena district annual ministerial gathering of the Northwest German Methodist conference meets next week at the German M E church. The program features lectures on Protestantism, Romans, sanctification, language preservation, and the relation of reason to faith. Evening sermons and Sunday communion services led by Rev. B C Brandenburg are announced.
A tall practical Englishman travels to a small American village and clashes over the term servant. The innkeeper’s correction sparks a morning mix up as water and shaving needs are misinterpreted. Separate vignettes follow, including a humorous artist scene and a chaotic civil command sequence.
The Huclid Avenue Trust Company assigned its assets and liabilities to the Cleveland Trust Company today. The latest statement showed assets of 1 and liabilities of the same amount.
Charles F Budahn of Tracy California recalls the luckiest day of his life after buying Bucklen's Arriva Salve from Joseph Emmert's drug store. Two boxes cured years of itching piles that resisted all other treatments under a guarantee.
Property and rental notices show land described as 1 tove feet deep with gravel underlay and varied soil, priced at 390 per acre cash. Opportunity notes a seven room rental on Lincoln Ave with inquiries encouraged.
A local event features Seat Simidas with the association Winntebago and embers of docal Yoo Mo presenting a program titled The Country Boy and the City Association. AW Mowrs A Business Man's Views and Bert duaakonan among others will speak. RoC Smedley and Mir. Smmedley are slated to address morning at the Presbyterian church and afternoon at the Methodist church.
WM. O. Wright 10 seeks readers to check the Journal's want column. The message implies a sale or ad offering boys shoes at 1.50, hinting at a local business listing or notice in the newspaper.
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