Trinity Church Forms Men's Brotherhood
Yesterday at 3 o'clock the Trinity United Evangelical church organized a Men's Brotherhood adopting the constitution from the last annual conference. Officers include President George Albert, Vice president J L Bokemeier, Secretary H Kahler, and Treasurer C W Garman. A board with pastor and several members was named and a Bible class led by Rev L C Schmidt starts next Sunday.
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Trinity Church Brotherhood
Trinity United Evangelical Church
Trinity Church
Brotherhood
George Albert
J. L. Bokemeier
H. Kahler
Richards Bettridge Jones Wedding Plans
The wedding of Miss Annette Richards and Mr. Arthur Bettridge Jones will be solemnized Tuesday at 2 o'clock at the home of the bride's mother Mrs. Cornelia S Richards on West street. The ceremony will be read by Rev H A Moore. After July 11 they will be at home at Winnetka Tl.
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Annette Richards
Arthur Bettridge Jones
Cornelia S. Richards
West Street
Winnetka, Tl
Musical Entertainment by Daughters of the American Revolution
The Daughters of the American Revolution present a musical program at 180 Exchange Street the upcoming Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Mrs. W. H. Diffenbauch hosts the event with Mrs. Helen Brachvogel of Chicago and local talent performing. No admission, but a silver collection will be taken.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
W. H. Diffenbauch
Exchange Street
Helen Brachvogel
Chicago
Knights of Columbus Card and Dance Party Tonight
The Knights of Columbus will entertain members and their ladies at a card and dancing party this evening at the club rooms.
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The
Knights of Columbus
Local clubs and church groups schedule meetings and moves
Local organizations announce a busy week with Eastern Star, Knights of the Globe, St. Margaret's guild, AM and Y M C A activities, and church societies. Notables include Rockford tailor Paul F. Malle opening in Freeport, Em bury and Salem church Ladies Aids meeting, and W. W. Lewis selling half interest in the Greenville Advocate. Also Savanna news notes Olie Jacobson moving to Freeport and G A R plans for Memorial day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Paul F. Malle
Freeport
Ladies Auxiliary
Y. M.C
Brotherhood of the Second Presbyterian Church
W. W. Lewis
Greenville
The
Greenville Advocate
Will C. Carson
Lewis
Stephenson County
Lena Star
Train strikes cattle near Schultz injuring two heifers
Monroe May 1 The Illinois Central accommodation heading north yesterday struck cattle owned by John Geigel near Schultz. One yearling heifer had two legs cut off and another was shoved along the track fifteen rods and injured. The fence and weeds along the right of way were burned. Geigel will file a claim against the railroad for losses.
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Monroe
Thellinols Central
John Geigel
Schultz
Ffolstein
Cgelgel
Euterpeans to Elects Meet Tomorrow Evening
The Euterpean society will meet tomorrow evening with Migs Louise Morgan. Pie attendance of all members is desired, as the election of officers will take place at this meeting.
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Euterpean Society
Migs Louise Morgan
Wild West Show Passes Through Freeport Tonight
Miller Brothers' wild west show travels from Rockford to Dixon and will pass Freeport this evening, bringing a traveling spectacle to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Brothers
Freeport
Rockford
Dixon
Tandy Shoe Repair at Stephenson Street
Local shoe repair offer promises neat quick work with hand sewn or pegged stitching. Hest sole leather used. George H. Tandy & Co. at 509 Stephenson St.
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GEO. H. Tandy & CO
Stephenson St
Eloquence Acquits in High School Mock Trial
A high school mock trial and indoor picnic Saturday night was a hit. Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown was acquitted for stealing chickens thanks to an eloquent defense by Oscar Ennenga. William McCall played Rufus, with Theodore Janssen as a standout country squire. The six jurors, described as bayseeds, found him not guilty. The post-trial picnic in the gym resembled a forest, boxes supplied by the ladies. Proceeds benefit The Polaris, the school paper. The cast included Squire Haskins, Sheriff Perkins, and others. the Polaris will publish early next week as censors prepare this year’s Bachelor’s Romance play.
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Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown
Oscar Ennenga
William McCall
Rufus
Theodore Janssen
Polaris
Squire Haskins
von Theodore Janssen
Perkins Onl Henger
Digging Postponed on Gunness Farm After Rain Storm
Associated Press reports in La Porte Indiana on May 11 that no digging occurred today at the Gunness farm due to a rain storm. No other details were provided.
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Associated Press
la Porte, Ind
Gunness Farm
Brook Trout Habitat And Feeding Habits
Brook trout prefer cold swift streams with gravel beds clear shallow water and rapids with deep pools and eddies. Fly fishing is best after rain when water clears and stones appear. bait fishing works as rain begins and water darkens. Trout feed poorly in colored water during rain but bite worms at the first drop.
Perry's Big Guns and a Distant Battle Sound
An 1813-era scene recalls Commodore Perry’s guns as the Battle of Lake Erie raged. Distant Cleveland settlers heard cannon fire sixty miles away and waited for news. A single listener, lifting from ground, cried out after hearing the final, “They are whipped.” The piece emphasizes Perry’s heavy artillery and the emotional reaction.
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Perry
Commodore Perry
Cleveland
Turning a Tight Screw Persuasion by Pinchers
The piece describes removing a very tight screw by using pinchers to grip the screwdriver blade just above the head. Press the blade and twist with the pinchers to yield the screw promptly, avoiding temper loss and damage from twisting alone.
Bird Dogs and the Gordon Setter Origin
Bird dogs have existed for centuries with early trainers like the Duke of Northumberland teaching birds to be set. Reliable records of a distinct breed emerge in the early 1800s, culminating in the Gordon setter founded by the Duke of Gordon around 1800 as noted in the New York American.
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Duke of Northumberland
Gordon
Duke of Gordon
New York American
Retort Discourteous in Leyden Globe notice
A terse verse from the Leyden Globe recounts a comic exchange about a horse hemorrhage. A young lady’s good deeds are contrasted with the cabby’s retort about the horse’s tongue being too large for its mouth and likened to some young ladies.
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Eus
Leyden Globe
Man in new neighborhood talks terms with grocer
A newly moved man, addressing a corner grocer, asserts cordial relations are assured, stressing that their terms are cash. The remark underscores skepticism about future goodwill and dependence on immediate payment.
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Sid
London Telegraph
Child Management and The Fear of a Judicious Mother
A short, admonitory note emphasizes that a sensible child fears a mother's judicious frown more than corporal punishment. It frames maternal discipline as effective without torture, contrasting it with harsher methods and scolding by school officials. The tone is cautionary and moralizing.
Parisians Lose Restful Sleep Amid Modern Fatigue
A quote from Echo du Paris laments Parisian sleep deprivation as a cause of colorless lips pale faces and feverish eyes among modern generations, criticizing the disruption of deep restorative sleep.
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Modara
Echo du Paris
New South Wales Faces No Work Houses And Global Notes
A varied roundup reports New South Wales has no work houses, tanbark production shifts since 1900, and Sweden’s Ignon berry being introduced. It notes New York Opera’s English grand opera plans, unclaimed city funds, art of cathedral fragments in museums, Winnipeg’s Carpenters union longevity, and consular trade findings in the Transvaal. It also covers a Mexican treasure tale, English prison treadmill use, Luther Burbank’s banana promise, European road finds, a gypsy frontier standoff, and socio-economic notes from Waycross to Valparaiso. Further items include royal deaths in Portugal, a Birch painting donation, a Morgan art claim, and conservation plans for Yosemite water. Rumors of royal engagements and Catholic conversions are touched, with a Roman Catholic marriage angle around Miss Florence Lister-Naye.
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Metropolitan Opera House
New York City
Treasury
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
the Carpenters’ Union of
Winnipeg
John H. Snodgrass
Pretoria
Transvaal
Orange River Colony
Rhodestta
Manzanillo
Luther Burbank
Talons-les- Vignes
Conde-sur-Marne
France
Waycross
Valparaiso
Portugal
House of Braganza
Caroline
Furbush
West Newton
Mass
Navy Department
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Thomas Birch
Birch
United States
Philadelphia
Emperor William
Pierpont Morgin
Berlin
Elizabeth Farren
Countess of Derby
Siir Thomas Lawrence
Spain
Turin
Aosta
Italy
Florence Lister-Naye
Captain Vaughan
Berhard Vaughan
Cevil Lister-Kaye
Beatrice Adeline
Duke of Newcastle
Miss Lister-Naye
Duchess of Manchester
Father William's Indian Tablets Tonic for Women
Promotes relief for pale weak nervous delicate women with female-specific ailments. Claims to quiet nerves, build flesh, restore strength and vitality, brighten eyes, improve complexion. Tea or tablets sold at 20 cents by C. P. Guenther & Co. druggists.
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Father William
C. P. Guenther & Co
Classified ads fragment from Ottawa and Freeport
Telegraphing a mixed page seven column of ads shows several short notices including a girl for general house work in Ottawa Hi and a request to photograph 80 babies under two for a prize at Jenks Bros with Majestic covering costs Also a rent listing for a seven room house and barn on Elk Street with inquiry at 38 Locust Street by H Keck Hi fictiw
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Ottawa
Lec Street
Freeport
Jenks Bros
The
Majestic
Elk Street
Locust Street
H.&. Keck
Upcoming Recitals and Social Dances This May
May 11 a quartet recital at Grace Church. May 16 Prof Dawson hosts a social dance at Lexington Hall followed by another on May 22. May 1 März Madante Gadakt and Frank Ta Forge Inwong give a recital at Grand Opera House. May 2 Germania dance and card party invite attendees.
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Templ
Grace Church
Madante Gadakt
Frank Ta Forge
Grand Opera House
Dawson
Lexington Hall
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Proves Fortunate Buy for Tracy Man
Charles F. Budahn of Tracy California credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing years of itch piles after two 25 cent boxes. He trusted the product and found relief. The remedy is sold under a guarantee at Joseph Emmert's drug store.
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Bucklen
Charles F. Budahn
Tracy
California
Guranatee
Joseph Emmert
Proposals Wanted for City Sewers 1908 Bids
Sealed bids will be received until 2 p m May 18 by the committee on sewers at the City Engineer's Office for construction of all sewer connections for the 1908 season. A bond of $2,000 is required. Signed 5-liditw Committee on Sewers.
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F. A. Read
Mrs. Gordon
the Ladies Home
Journal Patterns
Mer
W.j.young & Co
Opp
Credi
Nane
Freeport Loan CO
Itephenson Street
Phove New Sv
Eetoe
Wm Walton
K. of
Eastern Star
Knights of the Globe Hall
St. Margaret's Guild
R. J. Carnahan
Freeport Shakespeare Society
G. A. Crowden
G. A. R. Hall
Mrs
Elmer Matter
South Carroll Street
F.C. Wenthe
Son Frederick
Carlisle
Evansville
Ind
St. Agnes’ Guild of the Episcopal Church
Lruesdell
Beaver Street
Amity Society
W. H. Foll
Cherry Street
Savanna
Olie Jacobson
Milwaukee
Ladies’ Aid Society
Embury Church
G. W. Hall
Carroll Street
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Salem Church
Charles Lenz
Float Street
Demeter & Seitz
Stephenson Street
Wis
W.h.brandt & Co
Galena St
the Daily Journal
Vrain Wis Heifer
Euterpeans
Paris
New South Wales
Peoples
Antehd
Mra. F. C. Keene
West St
Iidin
Cirtena Ave
Texchange St
Lidiwe
Callas Grove St
Largo Tot
C.C. van Brocklin
Fiat
KF. A. Dietrich
B. F. Brubaker
Cwised
Spring Street
Medusa Portland
Sandusky Portland Cement Co
Medusa
Wisconsin
Hamlyn Brothers
Lidle
Spring St
Freeport, Ili
Raymond S.wise
Raymond S. Wise, Hettinger
Co. S. Barrett
Optician -With
Emerick, Barrett & CO
Lilineis
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