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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1908
Page
1
The Associated Press reports Chicago and Illinois predict rain with squalls, colder tonight and Thursday, with a chance of snow flurries. Wisconsin also expects rain tonight turning to snow, with much colder conditions Thursday.
In Malta on November 25 the Waterman line steamer Sardinia burned after sailing toward Alexandria. Aboard were 44 crew and about 70 passengers from Liverpool and others likely Maltese, Levantine, and Egyptian. By 3 pm fifty bodies had been recovered ashore as high winds hindered rescue efforts.
Morning Illinois Central No 2 and No 402 trains were delayed after a rear end collision on double tracks near Dubuque involving Chicago Burlington & Quincy trains. Several people were severely injured in the wreck between Portage East Dubuque and East Cabin near the west yards.
Manila telegram from Admiral Sperry reports the hospital ship Relief, five days overdue, reached Guam in bad shape after the typhoon on the 18th and is now proceeding to Manila under her own steam.
W T Rawleigh, president, urges a large turnout for tonight’s Freeport Business Men’s Association meeting at city hall at o o’clock. Vital subjects to be discussed. secretaryship applications now total six, with selection possibly deferred for several days.
Freeport observes Thanksgiving with religious services and a largely suspended business day. Events include union services at Trinity United Evangelical church led by Rev. P. H. R. Mullen, a 10 a.m. sermon, and collections for the Settlement Home. Amity Society baskets for the Settlement Home and multiple dances and social events fill Thanksgiving week. Civil notices note bank and office closures. Origin piece traces first American Thanksgiving to Bradford and Moses with historical reflections.
The funeral for the late L. L. Munn will be held Friday at 2 pm with Freeport Commandery in charge at the grave. Active pallbearers will be chosen from among the group, while honorary pallbearers will be business associates. Rev. H. L. Moore will deliver the sermon. George L. Munn is expected to arrive from Seattle Friday morning.
Chief Silk recovered the $100 that J. C. Connell of Freeport thought he had lost. Connell, in a dizzy state, handed the roll to Hiney Homan, a saloonkeeper, for safekeeping and then forgot its location. The full sum has been returned to its rightful owner.
Marriage notice lists Vern A. Lundberg of Rockford and Mary Haddorff as engaged to wed. The Troy Cafe advertises a Thanksgiving Turkey dinner for 25 cents and offers nightly Chop Suey.
Israel Miller an old soldier and retired farmer is seriously ill with kidney trouble and awaiting death. He has long lived in Stephenson county, including Orangeville and McConnell, and for the past fifteen years in Freeport. His son J W Miller, an incubator maker, and several daughters survive. A brother from Orangeville, William Miller, arrived yesterday as his children stay at his bedside. He served in the Civil War with the Forty sixth Illinois Volunteers.
The Daily Journal announces a new line of fancy work direct from New York at the gift shop. The newspaper is delivered to any part of the city for 10c a week.
Police under Chief Silk seized a roulette setup in the Dreyer building near Chicago and Galena streets. Charles Cowing, arrested on three gambling charges, failed to secure bonds and remained jailed overnight as investigators prepare for Monday hearing. Another man, Charles Shepherd, was held to the grand jury for stealing an overcoat, with a $500 bond unmet.
The ladies of Trinity church announce a home baking sale on Saturday November 28 at Delbauer's tea and coffee store. Sale starts at eleven o'clock. All church ladies are asked to contribute as solicitors cannot visit every member.
M H Hickey will hold an auction sale at his farm five miles east of Freeport and four and one half miles north of KRidott on Thursday December 3. Cattle horses and farm machinery to be sold. Miller and Snook auctioneers.
Thanksgiving sale offers hats formerly priced up to 5.00 now 1.00 and 2.50 for higher ranges. Imported patterns and Phipps models heavily reduced. White ostrich plumes discounted 26 percent through Christmas. Signed M Summers.
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