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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1906
Page
4
Rock Grove and Dakota correspondents report a busy period with visits to relatives and neighbors, attendance at the state fair, and local changes. Notable items include farm work, repairs, and new purchases. Several residents travel for family health, reunions, and business, while church and school matters progress with new desks arriving and a pastor appointed.
Sunday evening church services were held at this place. J Klever of Ridott visited friends Saturday. Miss Bertha Mellnick returned home to Freeport after several days as a guest. G Burgher and family hosted company Tuesday evening. W Brubaker and wife visited friends Wednesday. R Daughenbaugh’s condition lags behind hopes. Mr Miller of Town visited W Brubaker for several days last week. F Daughenbaugh called on friends Thursday. Mrs Tincolin and daughter Nellie spent Wednesday evening with friends in Freeport. J Beal was at the county seat Saturday.
From Our Own Correspondent Centennial October reports Kohlstedt and family returning to Milwaukee after visiting relatives. Henry Winters spends a day in Chicago with his seriously ill brother Fred. Herman Carter of Freeport visits the Koerner home with Fred Kohlstedt of Town. About twenty five youths attend a Rohland Goethe home surprise party. Charles Geiser buys a horse last week. Rev W Vo Sehling returns from conference in Girard Iowa and will stay the coming year. Sadie Goethe works in Freeport. Mrs Chas Siekman visits relatives near Clinton Iowa. Will Brillhart is shingling his barn.
A large crowd attended the dance Friday night. Mrs. Charles Rohkar was called to Freeport Friday by her father Mr Shraeder’s illness. Rev Groff was unable to preach due to sickness. Miss Eleanor Lamb visits her sister in Spokane Wash. Rev Leahh and family returned to Fenton Wis. Mrs Stevens hosted a sister from Nebraska. The Mund funeral was held from the U B church Thursday at 2 pm. Win Wade and family of Dakota spent Sunday at the Brown home. J J Taggart Dr Hoag J L Swanzey and Karl Bowinkle attended the state fair at Springfield. Miss Sadie Jones of Freeport spent Sunday at Ridott.
A notable elopement left friends disappointed after the Omaha train departed without the bride and groom Al bert C. Weise. They had planned to leave on that train but instead rode to Taylor's Park in a cab, boarded an interurban car to Rockford, and caught the 5:45 am westbound train. The crowd at the Illinois Central depot faced cold snow and a pale display of surprise as they learned of the couple's departure.
Arthur Frederick Sheldon, author of the Science of Successful Salesmanship, will lecture at 9 30 p m next Sunday at the YMCA. The talk promises a practical philosophy of commerce and human nature, promoted by Freeport College of Commerce.
The Fire Ladies Aid Society of Embury Church will serve an oyster supper in the Rice store building on Saturday night October 18. Tickets cost 2½ vents.
The regular meeting of the United Workers of the Second Presbyterian Church will be held at the residence of Mrs S F Raines at 215 Walnut Street on Friday afternoon at o’clock. Tea will be served from 5 30 to 7. All are cordially invited.
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Fragmentary OCR text mentions rooms with board and blocks from Arends factors, plus names Adunssi and Weiwiur. Details are unreadable and entities are uncertain.
The Alameda in Mexico City is praised as a leading park amid global rivals, tracing its origins to Don Luis de Velasco and the 18th century Plaza del Quemadero. The piece notes its 22-acre expansion, gardens, birds, and children’s play areas, alongside brief items about Edison, Queen Victoria’s granddaughters, Francois Geromini, Champ Clark, and James F. Devlin's steam turbine patent award.
Exaggerated compliments highlight marital strain and aging’s consolation. Reflections mirror a mixed tone on self reliance, wealth critique, and discord among doctors and philosophers. The Atchison Globe quote on mothers, hens, and grown sons adds a rural proverb flavor.
The Chicago Daily News quotes an agent and a hat cleaner describing Brasser making a fortune in two weeks amid a belated San Francisco earthquake tale. It notes his brief bank hold up and selling photographs of the Russian duma in Kansas, highlighting the bizarre appeal of the long whiskers of the members.
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