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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1907
Page
4
The Freeport Journal is issued a label by the International Typographical Union in recognition of employing union labor in its mechanical departments.
A busy day as residents and guests arrive and depart. Chicago merchants B. W. Dean and James P. Younger conduct business. Henry Spangler and Frank J. Delaney return from or move to nearby cities. Visitors include Harry Sullivan from Warren, Mrs. Fanny Davis from Orangeville, and Mrs. J J Dale from Janesville.
The board of education adjourns for Friday evening. Church groups meet at Trinity and St Catherine s Guilds with Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Zipf. Knights of Columbus host ladies day and card games. Court of Honor and Freeport divisions hold events with 10 cent admission. Mothers club and King s Daughters Settlement host a 2 30 pm gathering. Stage and lodge meetings for IOOF and Rebekah. Commencement address set for Winslow on June 10. Pastor s Bible class plans after prayer meeting. Red Cross degree work to be followed by banquet. Presbyterian supper and W C C F meeting set. Pastor Thrall travels to Dakota. Rev Barnett to speak at English Lutheran church and sing. Service at 7 30 pm.
A terse quotation by Joseph Emmert privileging Rocky Mountain Tea over all fruits that grow on bushes or trees, declaring a willingness to give up the choicest fruits for the tea and noting the plant’s value to him.
Brown and Doll hosts Prof Frische a pastel artist in a listing noting his appearance or signing event around June 22. The notice is brief and omits broader details.
A Philadelphia based bank, the Standard Title & Trust company, was placed into receivership after stockholders alleged defrauding. The affair involves over 1 million dollars from stock sales across Chicago New York and Philadelphia with officers and directors tied to misrepresentation. Hon H F Aspinwall listed as treasurer. investigations note nonresident officers and alleged fraud by Cohen and associates.
Peter Lenhardt a longtime Galena merchant made a failed self harm attempt at his upper Main street home at two this afternoon. He used a razor but did not fatally injure himself. his son prevented a deeper cut and was lightly cut. The patient is alive and recovering with the physician noting temporary mental instability. Lenhardt had recently retired from the grocery business and turned it over to his two sons.
George J. Leslie a Clinton painter aged about 82 fired a bullet from a 82 caliber revolver into his brain after urging his wife to unbend it all in a doorway on Second Street just after midnight Sunday. The woman ran away screaming as police took the body to an undertaker and she was held for investigation before release when facts emerged.
The Presbytery of Freeport convenes at Second Presbyterian Church tomorrow. At 3 o'clock Rev. H. M. Markley will be received from Rock River Presbytery and at 7:30 the installation service will install him as pastor. The event features special music and sermons by Rev. S. S. Cryer of Dixon and comments by Rev. B. L. Brittin and Rev. H. L. Moore.
Alexander Benton of Fort Edward N Yu extols Dr King's New Discovery as his best earthly friend curing asthma six years ago and helping his son's wife recover from incipient consumption. He lauds the remedy for coughs and colds, notes a full guarantee by Jos Smimert, and offers trial bottles free with prices 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Notables from jurists writers diplomats and educators gather at Lake Mohonk New Jersey for the thirteenth Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration presided by President Butler of Columbia University. The gathering focuses on arbitration treaties an international court and advisory international congress.
In Dubuque Iowa on May 22 Tibey Brothers report a large lead deposit found in an open cut at Slater crevice near Yibey's Quarry on South Dodge Street. Four thousand pounds mined Monday after three thousand pounds sold last Saturday. A chunk weighed eight hundred pounds. Prospecting will continue farther down the crevice.
The Illinois State Register hails Douglas Pattison of Rockford as a capable minority leader and a major influence in the legislature. It praises his parliamentary skill, discipline, and effective leadership while noting his political stance may limit higher office. The Rockford Star likewise commends Pattison as a strong Democratic leader and warns Republicans he kept the minority united.
A brief notice invites readers to view pastel pictures crafted at Brown and Dollmeyer's shop. The item notes the date 5 22 and highlights the artistry on display for interested patrons.
The La Belle collection of ladies Oxfords priced at $3.00 across all leathers and styles is advertised at the E. and W. store on 5th Avenue.
Between six and seven thousand strangers, mostly G A R members, gathered in Decatur Illinois. The event featured a camp fire at the opera house, addresses by officials, and plans to amend the department constitution to grant life membership for senior and junior vice commanders. The year saw 800 veteran deaths, 18 211 total members, and a 2000.67 balance on May 15 1907. A lively contest for department president centered on Mrs Fazabeth Morse and Anna Buuck. Four posts were lost and 622 remain.
An important meeting of the Mohawk I O F lodge will be held this evening in their hall over the State bank. A number of candidates will be initiated. All members are urged to attend.
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