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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
4
The Freeport Journal is awarded a label by the International Typo graphical Union recognizing its use of Union labor in its mechanical departments.
State's Attorney candidate Louis H. Burrel announces for nomination in Stephenson County with primaries set for August 8. Roscoe J. Garnattan, Circuit Clerk, and A H Wieman also announce candidacies for county offices, all subject to Republican primaries.
JG McKenzie of Freeport announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for state senator in the Twelfth District which includes Stephenson Jo Daviess and Carroll counties. The primary election is set for August with voters to decide the nomination.
Stephen Rigney of Red Oak announces his candidacy for representative in the Iowa General Assembly subject to Republican voters in the Twelfth senatorial district at the August 8 primary.
Masonic listings show fxcelior Lodge No 7 AF and AM holds stated communications the 1st and 3rd Friday each month with work in FC degree May Wand It. Evergreen Lodge No 170 AF and AM meets 1st and 3rd Monday. Freeport Chapter No 23 RAM holds stated convocation 1st and 3rd Tuesday. Freeport Council No 38 R and I M meets 3rd Tuesday. Freeport Commandery No 7 KT holds stated conclave 1st and 3rd Wednesday.
Rockford visitors J A Johnson and J S La Forge call on Freeport friends while W J McNulty Janesville calls on locals. Annis Jewett Chicago attends the Gadski recital with Miss Votaw Mt Carroll brings a group of 25. Carrie Sullivan Palmer Monroe Wis and party of 380 arrive for the recital. Nurse Margaret Saenger visits her sister. Mrs E L Storms Minneapolis visits E P Hill. Edwin Rotzler returns from a thirteen weeks Chicago Symphony tour.
Special meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary at the YMCA parlors Saturday at 4 o clock. The Degree staff of Illinois Lodge No. 200 I C O F meets tonight at 7:30 in the K of G hall for practice. Stephenson Street car will wait at Stephenson and Walnut after the Gadski concert to serve attendees.
Mrs Jette Collimann transfers to Oscar II Madden the part of lot 3 block 1 in Gue t eau's addition for 1760 dollars. O D Emerick transfers to Joseph S Wells lot 8 block 8 Knowlton's second addition for 3000 dollars. O D Emerick transfers to Joseph S Wells part lot 26 block 8 Knowlton's second addition for 100 dollars.
W. L. Phillips of Jacksonville was in Freeport last evening promoting Mr. Yates. He departed this morning for Dixon, returning to join prominent Yates supporters in the city.
Charles Budahn of Tracy California says a box of Bucklen s Agnica Salve cured years of itching piles that resisted other treatments. He purchased the salve for 23 cents a box at Joseph Emmert s drug store and calls it the luckiest day of his life for this cure.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions numbers such as 2 460 and 9 00 with terms gallery and dl t. No coherent event or entities emerge beyond isolated monetary figures and a gallery reference.
HW V Speelman former commander in chief of the Sons of Veterans and patriotic instructor urges members to observe Memorial Day in concert with the Grand Army of the Republic and other groups. He highlights Civil War battles costs and the duty of every SON to be at his post, 1908 record year.
Fragmentary OCR lists dates and places from Civil War campaigns and battles across multiple states including Maryland Georgia Mississippi Virginia and Kentucky. The text references actions near Antietam Petersburg Five Forks Wilderness Port Hudson and Vicksburg with dates in 1864 and 1865 and notes on units and command as well as various river crossings and movements.
A well known Freeport couple secretly wed in Joliet on Tuesday, ending a courtship under a year. Groom Emmet Altenbern works as a transfer clerk for American Express at the Illinois Central depot, bride Laura Gregory Altenbern is a popular young woman, and they planned to keep the nuptials private before a press despatch announced the event. The couple may reside with the groom on Clark Avenue as they map their future. The piece also notes a Knights of Columbus card party at their club rooms with several prize winners.
Washington May 14 The call of Mother Earth draws settlers to public lands in the west with wide stretches still held by Uncle Sam. Debating in the house Howland Ohio cited land office records showing original entries in eleven states rising from 21 057 entries for 3 045 846 acres in 1904 to 45 041 entries for 6 850 872 acres by 1907 and similar rates in the first nine months of the current year. A second item describes a postal scam to overweight parcels by adding salt. Courth Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw bans sending substances to overweight a parcel and allows no carrier hire for such packages.
Mime Johanna Gadski, the prima donna, arrived this afternoon and is registered at the Brewster house ahead of her concert at the Grand Opera House tonight.
Ce dar View Mississippi merchant G Stewart asserts customers receive gold weight value from a box of Dr King’s New Life Pills. The pills are sold under guarantee at Joseph Emmert’s drug store, addressing constipation malaria and biliousness.
Advertises low round trip rates to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo via Chicago and the Union Pacific North Western line. Daily sales from June 1 to September with return limit October. Two fast through trains to Colorado daily, featuring the famous Colorado Special. Booklets and full information from any North Western Line ticket agent.
Washington May 14 Jas Wilson secretary of agriculture told friends he has decided to resign He holds two cabinet records the longest serving since the foundation and the only member to serve through four administrations He entered McKinley’s cabinet March 5 1897 and has remained in government He may be replaced by Gifford Pinchot forester if he leaves
Andrew Nelson of Durand was examined in Janesville by Mrs. Chas. Sutherland and W. H. Palmer and found insane after terrorizing Avon residents with threats of dynamite. He has feared execution since confinement and has attempted to shoot an empty revolver. He was committed to Mendota asylum by Judge Sale and Sheriff Fisher.
Our Own Correspondent reports numerous visits and gatherings. Families including Johnsons, Borger, Wardlow, Deery, Wolfe, Niblo, Wises, Stemin, and Spade hosted or visited friends and relatives Sunday and Saturday in the county. A baby girl arrived to Mr and Mrs A Marshino.
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