Freeport 10 Keep Big Organ Factory Freeport 10
Dated narrative on Freeport factory leadership and management legacy. Details include subordinate roles held by D. Se. Swan and others, history of contracts in Mendota and Freeport, ownership changes, and the rise of the Hobart M. Cable company. Mentions Excelsior lodge Masons and Freevert consistory affiliations.
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Freeport 10
Mr. Swan
Mendota
Angnat
Chicago Cottage Ocean Company
The
Cable Company
Kingsbury
Freeport
Swan
Hobart M. Cable Company
Kreepoert
Excelsior Lodge of Masons and
Freevert Consistory
Freeport firm formed by S N Swan for organ and piano making
The Swan brothers form a new Freeport company to expand organ and piano manufacturing. S N Swan, born 1844 in Sweden, will lead with sons David and Gustave as managers and officers. The move promises steady employment for about two hundred workers and inward growth, with industry already a local vitality. Foremen and key staff, including Wells Colson and Samuel Sweeney, will remain. real estate transferred to Swan for 25,000 dollars.
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Sweden
S. N. Swan
Gerds Kopinge
Chavistianstad
Malmo
Christianstad i
Iil
Mendota
Western Cottage Organ Company
Princeton
Swan
David I. Swan
Burdett
Freeport
Wyanet
Tie
David Swan
Blue Lodge
Pebala Temple
Mystic Shrine
Freeport Club
Kiks
Royal League
Modern Woodwen O of America
Columbian Waights
Ife
Gustave I. Swan
Gustave Swan
Ato Mendota
Uhd
Furen
Compris
America
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S. No Swat
Cahie
Aoe
Preepart
Cagk Caare
Att
Colson
Samuel Sweeney
Sweeney
Oardett
Alfred Johnson
Messrs
Abe
Dlobart M. Cable Company
Loil
Johnson’s Wheel Company
One Mistake In A Quaint Persian Tale
A brief parable from Persia recounts Abdullah marrying Aly Khan’s daughter and weathering her temper. The bride’s stern manner triggers a dramatic, sword wielding demonstration that astonishes onlookers and clarifies Abdullah’s control. The tale blends wealth, social pressure, and clever resolve.
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Persia
Abdullah
Atich
Aly Khan
Ispahan
Housseyn
Tragic Domestic Scene Ends In Sudden Violence
A violent scene unfolds as a husband returns home, confronts the domestic pet, and is struck by his wife. In a swift exchange he beheads the pet, then receives a blow to the face from the wife who reveals a chilling motive tied to past actions. The confrontation escalates with a second and third clash as the wife asserts timing and intent.
Perfectly Charming Character Exchange In Odd Dialogue
A fragmentary exchange features a character praising a book as perfectly charming and charmingly free in life. The dialogue includes quirky names like Miss Maidstone and Chicasa Stecord-Werald, suggesting a playful or stylized period piece.
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Maidstone
Ikodol offered on guaranteed plan for stomach relief
Ikodol is offered on a guaranteed plan for relief of heart burn sour stomach belching nausea and stomach troubles. It digests what you eat and will make you healthy. Sold by Whi Jongkunz druggist 85 Stephenson street.
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Whi
Jongkunz
Stephenson Street
Harriet M. Burbank Piano Teacher at Grove Street Studio
Harriet M. Burbank is listed as a piano teacher at her Grove Street studio with available hours from 9 to 4. The entry notes her teaching focus and location for prospective students seeking piano lessons.
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Harriet M. Burbank
Grove St
He Set a Date in a Curious Wisconsin Tale
A Wisconsin town cler k recounts a strange exchange with a Swedish clerk who planned to collect money. The story includes mentions of payments tied to selling houses and wheat, with January as a possible payment month. The quirky dialogue resembles a Sharpers Weekly style and echoes Beatrice gossip.
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Wisconsin
Bill Pack
Siarper
Hidalgo and the death of the Mexican independence hero
The article recounts Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla as an octogenarian rebel who ignited the Mexican independence movement, led a vast army from Guanajuato toward Mexico City, and was ultimately defeated and executed in 1811. It notes his humane motives, the mob's lack of discipline, and the later display of his head at Granaditas fortress. The piece then shifts to a short vaudeville pun attributed to a former convict about pardons.
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Iidalgo
Mexico
Hidalgo
Tie
Guanajuato
Las Cruces
Valley of
Alidalgo
Calderon
Norias de
Grand Cathedral
Pete
Gov'nor
Gov’nor
Slarper's
Not In His Line: Who discovered steam debate
A Washington Star quip questions who first found steam, then humorously exclaims it was probably not the apartment building janitor, reflecting a playful misdirection about invention and discovery.
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Washington Star
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C. J. Berg
S .N. Swan
A. E. Anderson
Chicago
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Aly. Berg
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Chitago
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Columbia Organ Company
Grand Crossing
Ermened
David J. Swan
J. Berg
Swan Company
Gustave E. Swan
A. H. Anderson
Journal
Beatrice
Scumler
BE. O. Furen
Doarenew
Lucratere
Peserestt
Perfection
Japan
Don Miguel
Arbuckle Bros
New York City
Northwest
Alcock
F. A. Schulz
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