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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
8
Rugs are the most sanitary fast covering you can buy. They can be lifted for thorough cleaning, unlike carpets which require only sweeping and stay dirty beneath the surface. We carry rugs for all room sizes.
Large stock of rugs advertised with prices for Brussels and Wilton Velvet rugs. Sizes include 4x7 and extra large options such as 10x10 10x12 10x13 11x12 and 11x15. Store urges customers to view stock before buying.
A long list assigns tag day assistants by surname and station with specific hours from 1:20 to 9 p.m. at various corners and venues including Superba Bijou First National Bank and Mendacity stations, naming numerous individuals and shops like Bengston corner, Knowlton’s bank, Ryli Wheat, Stover’s Mfg Co and more. The document also lists a final canvass of volunteers by names such as Laura Lies, Miss Edna Best, Mrs W G Barnes, and others.
An advertisement extols the gentler approach to women’s diseases and urges seeking Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It claims non alcoholic, openly listed ingredients with professional endorsements and promises cures for weakness, irregularity, and related ailments. It also offers Dr. Pierce’s Medical Adviser, Pellets for digestion, and free confidential letters to the doctor in Buffalo New York.
Amusements note Brown's in Town at the Grand Opera House tomorrow with matinee and night shows. It blends humor, pretty dances, catchy music, and original songs and satirizes a son hiding his marriage from his father the Devil. A Majestic film today replays a Chicago hit about Karl and Olga.
Robert Hopper manager of the Lyric theatre opposite the court house announces opening tomorrow night. Exhibits feature photographs of the famed play The Devil which has created much furor and interest locally.
Delegates from the Women’s Relief corps of the Thirteenth district attended Dixon for the fourteenth annual convention with about four hundred members present. Officers elected: President Mrs. Marie Green Dixon Senior Vice President Mrs. Mae Brennan Freeport Junior Vice President Mrs. Stella Stiteley Mr Carroll Peety Mrs Anna Weed Lanark Press Correspondent Mrs Helen L Middlekauff Lanark. Freeport was unanimously chosen as next year’s convention site.
Miss Clara Scheidt hosted a linen shower at 94 South Galena Avenue honoring Miss Clara Sauer who will marry Perry Sanders of Iowa Falls. Red and white bells and hearts decorated the room. Sauer won the peanut contest and Theresa Sauer won the guessing contest. The bride-to-be received many handsome presents.
About fifty boys heard Miss Ruth Hughes discuss how to use the city library yesterday. The next talk will be by Rev. F W Emerson on Thursday afternoon with the subject Uncle Sam and His People. Talks are open to all boys.
Freeport Commandery will depart Monday afternoon for the annual conclave in Rock Island. Special coaches will be provided by the C. M. & St. Paul for the 4 34 train. A number of Freeport ladies will accompany the delegation.
Jack Warhop has come home to Freeport and will spend the winter there. He finished the baseball season with the New York club of the American League.
David Parker of Fayette New York Civil War veteran who lost a foot at Gettysburg endorses Electric Bitters. He says the remedy cured his stomach trouble after costly doctor visits and now serves as a tonic keeping him strong. Available at Jos Emmert's drug store for 50 cents.
The record lists dates and figures such as Yale College charter in 1701, Count Pulaski mortally wounded in Savannah 1779, Yorktown batteries opened 1781, Lewis Cass born, Sir James Saumarez death in 1836, Slavery abolition in Swedish dominions 1847, Leonard Wood born 1860, Geary elected Pennsylvania governor 1866, and Italian Union established 1870.
The Daily Journal announces delivery to every city sector for the week ahead, extending service to all neighborhoods. Residents are urged to check Tuesday schedules for route adjustments and new carrier assignments.
Multiple small ads note rooms to rent near Staver Co shoe store and former Dr Hayes location. Job listings invite help at a baby shop run by Mrs A C Phonias at Stephenson Street. Additional notices seek after school and weekend work, and opportunities for automobile and carriage body builders at Racine firm Rache Manufacturing Company.
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