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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1905
Page
7
A correspent argues urban women neglect reading and self improvement due to thrift culture. He contrasts a rural wife who sacrifices study for savings with a larger world traveler, urging magazines, travel, and education. The piece touts health and mind refinement and promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy.
Tomorrow night at the First M E Church Harrison Wilding of Chicago renowned organist and Maude Fenton Bollman of Rockford soprano perform a recital. Reviews praise Wilding for thorough musicianship and tasteful selections while Bollman earns admiration for upper register purity and her Gli Angeli aria from the Magic Flute.
A Buffalo housewife attributes stomach trouble to nervous distress and credits Grape-Nuts with restoring health. The ad argues digestive food supports brain function and urges replacing prior foods with Grape-Nuts, highlighting its high phosphate content and ease of digestion as a remedy for nervous stomach and weak nerves.
The Deer Grove community mourns as Ralph Heerens, eighteen months old, died after drowning in an eight gallon water jar near Sterling on Saturday afternoon. His mother was left on the porch and became ill, while the father and neighbors searched the premises before finding the child submerged in six gallons of water. Physicians could not save him. the mother is critically ill, and the family grieves for the lost sole surviving child born in October 1903.
Bids will be received until 5 p m Saturday May 20 1905 for building the Lena hotel at Lena Illinois according to plans and specifications on file at Crotzer Seise hardware store Lena For details address B L Crotzer Lena IL Notice ends with baking and chocolate advertisement lines included.
At the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Rockford on May 23 the question arises whether flags captured from Southern states in the Civil War should be returned. Illinois posts push to keep the Second Tennessee Cavalry banner in Illinois custody, while others seek return to Tennessee in a heated, party split. Captain Swadles and Memorial Hall officials oppose returning the flags, arguing they belong in Illinois as trophies from battles fought in air of war.
Public urged to cooperate in city garbage care. Keep refuse in suitable containers and place for regular collection. Minimize water in vans. Flat owners must provide chutes to ground cans as collectors won’t haul from second floor. Signed Health Department.
Rockford High School coach Drake has finalized entries for the Freeport meet in Illinois. The roster includes Dowdakin Helm in sprints, Haines and Dowdakin in multiple events, Reddy and Craig in distance runs, King Strawbridge and Hopkins in field events, with declamation by Miss Mattie Bement. Hunter and Andrus return from Champaign. neither placed, though Hunter's effort earns praise. About fifty Rockford supporters will travel by interurban, one dollar round trip, per planned schedule.
Emil Haeni, formerly at a local firm, accepts a position at Edward Bengston's jewelry store and will resume duties next Monday. He is an expert with broad experience from Elgin to Columbus, Ohio, and has trained under his father, a watchmaker. Haeni plans Freeport as his future home and will be welcomed by friends.
An advertisement discusses deafness cures citing constitutional remedies and catarrh as causes. It promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Ely's Cream Balm, and Ayer’s products, with testimonials and doctor endorsements. Separate notices announce low-rate excursions to Toronto, Milwaukee, and Clinton for conventions, urging readers to contact local agents.
Drs Jackson invite Freeport and surrounding residents to consult their chronic disease program. They promote a systematic, thorough examination to identify the correct drug force for each patient and criticize quick, unscientific methods. The pamphlet notes their Pennsylvanian base and office hours, excluding sterile surgical cases but treating acute illness within limits.
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