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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
2
The Freeport Journal was issued the Mila labels by the International Typo Guild for recognizing its use of union labor in its mechanical departments and its support of organized workers through employment practices.
The column lists numerous local residents and visitors in Freeport and nearby towns. Individuals such as En Kline from Winslow, Uriah Heckman from Orangeville, and Miss Mabel Sechrist returning from Warren are noted along with travel to Chicago and Fort Madison style trips. The interior of Hollister Barrett jewelry store is being redecorated and several locals attended funerals or visited friends in Forshtbi, Madison, and Joliet.
Alfred Schunneman improves after both legs crushed while boarding a freight train last Monday. EK Bolender, formerly of this city, burned in Chicago destroying his household goods. O N Bull Remedy Co reports wheat harvesting under way in Oklahoma. Chas F Wright opens barber shop at 103 Adams Street with two chairs soon. He rents East Freeport shop to Joseph Meyer of Galena. Rag analysis scholarship exam at Ings State University Cham paign set for Saturday at 9 o clock. Violet Ruble loses gold watch between tabernacle and 161 Wilbur Street. monogram inside case. reward offered. Frank McCall, Illinois Central conductor, injured by steel splinter in eye on Dubuque bridge. expects to recover in days. Masons to meet at Masonic Temple 1:30 PM Friday June 1 for Julius Schaetzel funeral at 2 PM at his mother’s home 8 Hincata Avenue.
A garbled note reports a big footwear sale triggering public concern and potential legal action. The text mentions a sale event and unease but lacks clear details on dates, organizers, or outcomes.
Fifty hundred people attended the game as Warhop was replaced by Mansager Moriarity with Holmes and Mal yen praised for their work. Yesterday’s results show Freeport 0 Wansan 7 and Eau Claire 4 Oshkosh 3 morning. Eau Claire 1 Oshkosh 9 afternoon. La Crosse 4 Green Bay 1.
Wausau defeated locally by 7 to 0 as wet grounds delayed morning game. Warhop pitched for the locals, with Moriarity and Lang in relief. Wausau collected 13 hits while every batter found a hit. Duckey Holmes and Malven led with three, new signing Lang twirled for Wausau.
The White Sox defeated the Independents 15 to 4. Schmelgie pitched three innings for the Independents, yielding many two and three base hits as the Sox tallied twelve runs early. Best relieved in the fourth, allowing no hits, while Grant pitched for the Sox and remained dominant.
Fortunate Missourians recounts a Livonia Missouri pharmacist testimonial praising Dr King s New Discovery as a cure for consumption and general coughs colds and throat and lung ailments. A Jos Emmert druggist guarantee offers 50c 1 and trial bottles free.
Judge James Shaw longtime northern Illinois legal and political figure dies at his Mt Carroll home after years of ill health. Born in Ireland May 3 1832 he served as circuit judge and Speaker of the Illinois House in 30th Assembly. Survived by widow Jennie Harvey and children Undine Hoyt Effie.
Miss Byra Allinson of Scales Mound and Mrs. M. T. Dodds visited Lena. Freeport guests included Miss Ethel Barber and Mrs. Fannie Scott. A Memorial Day program at the tabernacle featured a flag drill, gun drill, and remarks by Judge W. N. Cronkrite. Cemetary services and a cannon dedication followed. Lena residents traveled to Freeport and Chicago for events, with school members presenting remarks.
Members of the Elder William Brewster Chapter D A R held exercises at the grave of Aaron Chamberlin, a War of 1812 veteran and great great grandfather of Mrs. Harry H. Hineline. Mrs. C. D. Knowlton read the ritual as members offered responses, decorated the grave with flowers, and erected a bronze marker before singing America.
The remains will be brought to Freeport tomorrow morning and taken to his mother Mrs. Jacob Schaetzel at 18 Lincoln Avenue. Services at 2 PM under Excelsior Lodge Ma sons with Rev F J Bate officiating. Magons to meet at Masonic Temple at 1 20 PM. Pallbearers: J B Munn H B Hartman C F Kuehner Will Huenkemeier A Schulte G Burkhart.
J. L. Rogers formerly Y.M.C.A. secretary of this city now in Moline visits old friends before leaving this afternoon for Indianapolis to attend the international convention of Y.M.C.A. officers starting tomorrow. R. C. Smedley, secretary of the Freeport organization, also departs this afternoon to attend.
Sterling plans a grand August 28 celebration by the Knights of the Globe of Northern Illinois Eastern Iowa and Southern Wisconsin. Committees organize parades bands uniforms and attractions for thousands of visitors with decorated streets, meals, and transport options including electric railway service and interurban trips.
Gust Mueler former Freeport yardmaster is reported dead after a fatal incident in the railroad yards at Laramie. He was born in Freeport 45 years ago, son of Christian and a deceased mother, and leaves a wife Miss Custer, a daughter Vera visiting New York, a son, and several Freeport relatives. He once worked in the Freeport machine shop run by Casper Knecht.
In beauty town a lass dwelt with a fair face and a secret. The tale names Rocky Mountain Tea as her charm while Joseph Emmert is noted in the fragment.
A stray line notes the need for good fitting shoes that provide comfort for the wearer, mentioning a Gaetan gale context as part of the fragment.
A lengthy May period is described as cold and wet with a heavy frost on May ninth, forming ice in many areas. A temperature comparison table follows, contrasting May of this year with 1906, showing scattered data and notes on daily conditions.
Social notes recount a White Front Dry Goods party chaperoned by Cornelius Aykens and George Derby to Forreston, with two elder women aiding in supervision. The group returned to Freeport under bright moonlight. It also notes Inez Carroll and W. Edward Sibley Jr. engagement and May 12 wedding plans, Rae Boyington hosting a D A club gathering, and invitations for Maude Altenburn and Henry Court’s June 12 Lena ceremony. The St. Margarets Guild plans a June 6 dancing party in Lexington Hall with Gibler’s Orchestra.
The Young Ladies sodality of St Marys church held a well attended dancing and card party last evening in St Marys hall. Music was furnished by Harris orchestra.
The Literary and Dramatic Society of the Episcopal church presents a one act comedy tonight in the K P hall over the State Bank. Admission is 15 cents with tickets at the door. Cast includes Steve Hudson Walton Schulte Jack Randolph Al Fleck Ned Burleigh KR Foster Bhreedy Carnahan Margaret Strong Leila Bowers and Miss Hudson with a fete honoring Miss Hudson.
The German Insurance baseball team defeated Pearl City by 4 to 38 yesterday in a close and creditable game. Both sides played splendidly and the Freeport visitors praised Pearl City for their reception and treatment.
Simon Kuhlemeyer of Pearl City and Nannie Fennell of the same are listed with ages or initials 19 Ernest EB Cole Beloit and Georgia L Gove Janesville with ages 25 and 26 in a grouped item. The text records individuals and locations without narrative context.
Mrs Lucia Wilke of Caroline Wis found a 25c box of Bucklen Arnica Salve more effective than any wealth in curing a tunning sore that had tormented her for twenty three years. The salve touted as the greatest antiseptic healer of piles wounds and sores is sold at Jos Rupmert's drug store.
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