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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1905
Page
6
An Inbel notice recognizes the Freeport Journal for employing Union Inbel in its mechanical departments in acknowledgment of union labor participation.
A cascade of short moves and visits dominates the day book: A J Goddard conducts business in Chicago while H B Fry returns from Wantoma. Hedy Dorman and David Byers are at Polo. G W Wright calls at Lena. Shoemaker travels to Chicago, and P Altavell of Stevens Point visits Circuit Clerk Boyington. Rev L C Lehmidt and family visit Henry Kahley in South Carroll street. Mrs O B Bidwell heads to Prington to visit Capron household. Dr T H Matter attends a Foresters convention in East St Louis. Mrs J R Hawkins leaves Sioux Falls after visiting Mrs R W Barnes. Mrs A C Brown and Eva B Stearns travel to Montreal for summer. Mrs Otis Connor returns to Chicago. Edward Bickenbach markets Northwestern Mutual Life in Winston. Mrs J A Clark addresses King’s Daughters assemblies in Ottawa and Streator. Mr and Mrs Wm Everett Swift depart for the east. sails June 1 for Panama where Swift serves as civil engineer. Mrs Swift is daughter of Z T F Runner.
Freeport M W A holds important meeting Thursday evening. The 02 class of Freeport High School meets with Miss Kate Palmer tonight. Saengerbund jubilee chorus rehearses at Germania hall this evening. Mrs Otto Krehl entertained the German club yesterday afternoon with a six o'clock dinner. Dr K F Snyder resumes practice after successful operation at Mayo Hospital Rochester Minn. Ridgway Electric Co awarded contract to wire New York house for light and telephones with a veterinary in each room. United Workers of the Second Presbyterian church meet Friday afternoon at church parlors to review Presbytery report. tea served 5:30 to 7 o'clock. all choir members invited.
Donald Callahan deputy clerk of the United States court will reside in Freeport after marrying Miss Kelley in Galena this morning.
Professor Fulwider and the high school track team plus the oratorical contest members will depart for Champaign on Saturday morning at 6:55 o'clock.
Marriage license records show Henry Diestelmeier and Nellie Herrmann of Freeport as applicants, with Arthur F Hille and Mabel F Hird of Freeport listed in the same entry. The notation 004 .18 appears as part of the docket or filing code.
Arthur Hille and Miss Mabel Hird wed this morning under Magistrate Bentley. The notice mentions a baby sleeping and growing while mother rests, praising Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea as a top baby remedy at 8 cents a bottle.
Walter M Palmer Sr forbids any person from trusting his son on any account and states he will not be responsible for any debts contracted after May 4. The notice is signed by Palmer.
Fine pianos available in many styles delivered anytime. Choose from reliable makers and pay without interest. Call on or write DEYORB Piano Co., 78 Bipphenson Street, Freeport, Illinois.
A Freeport committee urged residents to back a $20,000 preferred stock issue to fund new factory buildings for the Hobart M Cable organ plant. The group sought to keep the plant in Freeport, noting needs for two more buildings a power house and a box factory, with board approval expected after further financial review.
The First M E church announces a May 17 piano organ recital by Harrison M Wild of Chicago with assistance from Mrs Maude Feolon Bollman of Rockford. Wild, born Hoboken March 6 1861, studied in Leipsic and Chicago and has long high profile as organist at several churches. Bollman is praised for her singing and has performed with multiple clubs and societies in New York New Haven Woodstock Brooklyn Alton and Chicago venues.
Cottage prayer meetings were held at several homes led by ministers including Rev. Carman Rev. Meads and Rev. J Meads. A large children's meeting yesterday featured a rostrum filled with dolls and a noted address by Rev. Ed Meads. Two seekers prayed for pardon as Rev. J Meads preached last night. Tonight offers services with a large choir and Rev. Meads leading processional. Also advertised are tonics Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea and Father Taylor’s medicine with prices listed.
Freeport wins 4 to 1 at home as Green Bay suffers weather drenched contest. Sullivan Carson Holmes and Schneiberg star with two base hits. Koal makes notable left field catch. Schneiberg wins on the mound, Karnell behind the plate, while Green Bay signs Conners after release. Weather and strong league play frame a tense afternoon.
A review details that league expenses exceed 2,000,000 per year with travel costs around 2,600 per team and overall outlays near 40,000 per league member. It notes American league salaries totaling 106,000 yearly versus 336,000 in the National, and claims over 10,000 men earn a living from the national game. A lighthearted aside mentions a home team losing streak tied to a missing fan, and a prank note ridicules Freeport fan absence as a mascot claim.
The rise of electric interurban systems in Indiana and Illinois expands rapidly from Freeport to Chicago. Indianapolis acts as a major hub with nearly 300 miles of tracks while routes extend toward Zanesville Ohio and beyond. Proposals connect St Louis to Chicago and New York, promising reduced urban congestion and broader access to rural areas benefiting health and costs.
The Beloit Free Press notes the Freeport pennant claim amid a rough start, noting the team showed resilience after losing two of the first three games. The spirit reflected signals a determined comeback and positive outlook for the season.
The Grand Opera House leases for summer under Jake Rosenthal opening May 15 with six headline acts. Gay the handcuff king and Marie Laurens lead a strong bill including Kippy the juggler and Durabella sisters. Prices set at ten fifteen and twenty cents. Matinees daily from Tuesday with a china souvenir for ladies. Seats on sale Saturday at the box office and by phone.
A decimated crowd attended Germania hall for the 100th anniversary of Friedrich Schiller's death. The event featured floral decor, a bust near the footlights, English and German recitations from Schiller, music by Edward Rowler, Oscar Wagner, and Miss Kunz, and addresses by Hon. W. H. Wagner and Roscoe J. Curnalian.
Austin, manager of the Republican of Leavenworth Indiana, refused doctors to operate on his wife for female trouble. They tried Electric Bitters, and she improved after five physicians failed. She can now perform all household duties. Guaranteed by Joseph Emmrt, druggist. The C M & St J road offers daily excursion tickets May 16 to Sept to Delagan, Waukesha, Madison at reduced rates. Sididwid J B Swear, Agent.
President Nelson called a meeting of the Thetical Improvement association in the Star office on May 22 to discuss continuing the organization. The group formed to fund and plan a new hotel, with plans completed and money subscribed, and supporters argue the association should stay active to attract business and advise village leaders on development. Local residents, railway matters, and ongoing community concerns are noted, including workers returning from Iowa and a dental meeting in Moline.
Changeable spring weather boosts catarrh cases and promotes Hyomei as a home remedy. It touts inhaled air therapy with a pocket inhaler and bottle price, claiming fast relief and cures without stomach dosing. Additional bottles available at extra cost. article includes garbled text and publisher references.
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