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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1906
Page
4
May 14 society notes from Lena list visits by residents to relatives in the county seat and surrounding towns. A noted Epworth League program at the M E church drew praise for choir music. Several Lena residents traveled to Freeport Rockford Warren and Rockford for visits and church events.
The funeral for the late Dr. Livingston was held at the family residence on Clark Avenue at 10 o'clock this morning with Rev. H L Moore of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Joseph Ermimert led the service. pallbearers were John Burrell W E Sibley Geo Andrus H Zartman E L Cronkrite and A W Ford. Interment followed in the city cemetery where the remains were placed in a vault awaiting further arrangements.
One of the three balloons released at the Woodmen Picnic ad event was recovered. Balloon No 3 was found on Ezrom Pfile’s farm seven miles east of town and he received an order for five hundred cards donated by the Straub Printing company.
Wausau won again beating LaCrosse 6 to 4. Pony and Tuesday are the last home games this season. Wednesday is an off day for travel to Oshkosh for a return series ending the 20th. From the 22nd to 25th they play Green Bay, 26th to 29th at Milwaukee, May 30th to June 1st at Wausau, then June 2nd opens in Oshkosh against LaCrosse. Fans urged to send off Morey and team with strong support.
Wausau Wisconsin May 12 The visitors showed the locals how to play the national game with only one error while Wausau made many errors. Score LaCrosse 24 Wausau 8 Batteries Garlic Livingston Karnell Schnetberg Killian
Eau Claire beat Green Bay 2 to 1 to extend its lead in the league. Bailey belted a home run in the eighth to break the tie as Freitag and Amey held Green Bay to two runs. Final: Eau Claire 2 Green Bay 1. Batteries: Freitag Amey Schulkoski Connors.
Wausau defeated La Crosse in a high speed nine inning game at Wausau Wisconsin on May 13. Strawbridge scored Householder on a hit and Pappenfuss allowed Bande lin home with a single to seal the 5 to 4 victory. Final line shows Wausau 28 La Crosse 4 with errors cited for La Crosse and contributions from Karnell Jones and Uta in the lineup.
Green Bay defeated Eau Claire Chippewa Falls in the second game of the series by seven to one in Wisconsin. The box score lists Green Bay with 18 hits and 2 errors, Eau Claire Chippewa Falls with 6 hits and 5 errors. Batteries were Stremmel and Connors for Green Bay, Aiken and Amey for Eau Claire Chippewa Falls.
Hodson, a pitcher from Galena who joined this club from the Springfield Three Eye league, was released Saturday evening. He had a decent record in other cities but failed to reach good condition here, leading to his release.
Deacon Lohr formerly of Freeport and a favorite with the public has been sold by the Waterloo baseball club to Charleston South Carolina. One hundred dollars was paid for his release.
The Paul Wagner bindery workers walked out this morning but by noon the dispute was settled. All employees returned except one man who left town. Men asked for Saturday afternoons off with full pay. management required making up time by earlier hours. Agreement reached and work resumed.
Christ Yordy is able to be out after ten days with pneumonia. Fred Grey, a well known Illinois Central engineer, remains ill with tonsillitis and not improving.
Real estate transfer records show Frank E. Bangasser selling lot 1, block 4 in Burchard's subdivision to D. C. Van Brocklin for $500. The transaction documents the transfer of property rights and ownership in a mid century property exchange.
A Stevenson County Medical Society meeting was held today to discuss post graduate work arrangements. Miss Anna Rosenquist and Clarence Hanson of Rockford were married at noon today by Rev. W Gardner Thrall at his residence. Baptist church ladies plan a Tuesday afternoon meeting at 1 80 at Mrs Will Myers home 206 Spring street.
A New Swede servant named Tilda trains under Mrs Brown to wait at table. The dinner goes smoothly until dessert when Hilda slips and presents a finger, asking loudly for wine, shocking the guest of honor.
Advert reads cleaning service for carpets using a Hoover machine with contact number 808. The fragment suggests a small local ad from a newspaper page listing services and a phone contact for booking.
A compact survey of global notes including suffrage funding, Peruvian tomb finds, longevity trivia, amber discoveries, fashion curiosities, wages for engineers in China and Japan, Japan’s textile dominance, a Kipling anecdote, Odense’s Andersen house, Lee’s sword recaptured in Virginia, Beloit College Aboriginal collection, European Morocco liquor influence, and Vermont wells and English estate design. It also notes signature sizes of Charlies J. Bonaparte, congressional biographies, Norway’s independence cultural tensions, and Secretary Wilson’s long tenure.
The inquest into the death of a woman concluded she died from taking carbolic acid between 7 and 10 this morning. The jury found the act was self administered but unknown to the jurors, with evidence suggesting it may have been a tragic mistake. Surviving relatives include H. W. Dreher of Philadelphia and several Dreher family members in Chicago and this city. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Mrs Lucia Wilke of Caroline Wisconsin found relief after using Bucklen's Arnica Salve a 25 cent box completely cured a running sore on her leg that had troubled her for twenty three years. The product billed as the greatest antiseptic healer for piles wounds and sores was available for 26 cents at Jos Emmert's drug store.
A fragmentary notice lists names including Hay Harke Milwaukee age 29 Josephine Atchison Freeport age 19 Clarence Hanson Rockford age 21 Anna Rosenquist same age 21. The text questions who are the sweetest things painters paint or poets sing and mentions Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea or Tablets priced 85 cents. Joseph Em mert.
The Union Electric Co has opened an office at 163 Galena Street and is prepared to do general electrical contracting. Repairs will be done properly. For inquiries, call the new telephone number.
A large line of express wagons pictures and hammocks offered at prices that cannot be matched at this selling price. Come in and see us at Riley and Wheat Racket store.
Readers are invited to a string of social events from May 16 to May 24. Highlights include a Cherry Camp gathering, a May 17 benefit concert for relief funds in San Francisco, and a Memorial or Masonic temple ceremony at the Capurnaum Shrine.
Fortunate Missourians recounts experiences from Livonia and Graysville where three customers were cured of consumption by Dr. King's New Discovery. One nearly moved to Arizona but stayed after using the remedy. The drug is described as the best cough and cold cure and throat and lung healer. Joss Emmett, druggist, guarantees it and offers 60 cents and 1 dollar prices with a free trial bottle.
Ladies heavy black cotton hose priced at ten cents per pair or eight pairs for twenty six cents. Also offering two thousand yards of all silk ribbon at half price. Riley & Wheat advertise at the Racket Store.
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