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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1906
Page
4
The millinery department reports record sales as many stylish hats attract customers. Hats are well made, affordable, and feature a broad trimmed range from four dollars to seven dollars, drawing strong shopper interest and establishing the shop as a city leader.
The Y M C A announces the bowing alleys will open tomorrow evening from 7 to 10. Senior members pay five counts per game. non members and boys barred. A Sunday meeting features J F Sheldon on salesmanship, hosted by the Freeport Business Science Club. Reserved seats for Dr Wendling’s Star Lecture Course go on sale at 9 am tomorrow.
Mrs. Fletcher of Preston and George Be Carter of Roscommon Michigan reunite after decades. Carter, who enlisted in an Illinois regiment during the Civil War, was believed lost. searches led by Congressman A P Dawson traced pension records and partial loyalties. A Roscommon contact confirmed the match after a long hunt.
A man confirms two twins were born to his mother but both died. An urgent letter from Afis mother's father asks the long separated daughter to visit Roscommon. Mrs Fletcher rejoices at the discovery, hoping a reunification after forty two years.
In social circles Mr and Mrs Otto Kieckhaefer were surprised by friends last evening at their home 8538 Adam Street after moving from Elk Street. The gathering included cards and a cold supper. Ladies enjoyed a Knights of Columbus event with a dance. prizes went to Mrs Martino Kelley and Myra G I McCarthy.
Special from October notes a volcanic disturbance with dense ash and unusual activity. The report compares the intensity to Mt Pelee’s worst eruptions, stating the volcano is strongly disturbed and producing fine ash.
Directors of the farmers institutes in Stephenson Jo Daviess and Carroll counties will convene here tomorrow to arrange the schedules and programs for the respective institutes.
A Metropolitan club figure in Washington accompanied the first assistant secretary of state in a ride behind a recently purchased spirited horse. The horse proved restive and nervousness arose. The assistant urged calm handling and then urged the assistant to manage the horse, signaling a shift in control as they returned.
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers including Washington Star New York Weekly and Boston Transcript. Topics range from food adulteration and digestion to animal wit and a kitten’s oil can mishap. Contains humorous dialogue and translated lines.
A fragmented note cites the New York American and American Spectator remarks on a boxing postponement. It mentions a boxer named Jimie unable to make weight, a wife entering the room, and a tense, apprehensive atmosphere surrounding the event and its postponement.
Dialogues unveil playful lines about a child’s teeth and a character named Reg Van Zile. Dottie responds with wide eyes claiming a place in Who’s Who. The passage mixes quirky phrases and accidental misprints as it threads through names like Baid Pegsy and Lippincotts Magazine.
Fragmented OCR text mentions sales items and notices about properties, streets and individuals. Readable names include John Wares and Foley street references. Content is garbled with incomplete phrases and lacks a clear single event or outcome.
Oct events include Prof RoE Dawson opening dances with Harris orchestra Oct 12 and Dr Gen Wendling feature of star course Oct 1. Also St Margaret’s Lexington dances Oct 1 and 15, Capernaem Shrine at Magonle temple Oct 14, St Margarets guild dance Oct 15, and Joe Fifer’s dancing school opening Oct 1 at Lexington hall. Other items: Epworth League harvest supper Oct 22, Foresters card party Oct 2, Thanksgiving/november events and annual meetings across Northern Wis teachers’ association and Molders union at Masonic temple.
Fragmented OCR item lists events including four buntings and dates October 18 through October 20 plus a minister, a band, and district leader references. Names and places are unclear, but references to October dates and local entertainments appear.
A discussion on tonics noting their therapeutic value and risks. Tonics are two-edged, capable of benefit or harm depending on proper use and understanding. The piece contrasts tonics with stimulants, defining each and stressing permanent strength gains versus temporary excitation.
The article examines how policy and polity derive from Creek palis and Latin politicum. It traces linguistic roots to polyptychum and parallels the word diploma to the concept of a folded document. Chicago News.
The Welsh counties swear by sowbeer a drink from fourteen field herbs harmless aside from sleepy effects. Villagers smoke a thin dried sage cigarette with sowbeer while larger towns rely on fire dealers to make it. London Telegraph.
In a misty London setting, Minister reproaches a Ish after he exits a public house and promises retraction. Home ish laments the deception of the fog as Ton don Tit- Bits hints at a misperceived scene and a mistaken trip to the butcher's shop.
A relative recalls the wedding where confusion led to an awkward moment. The speaker pretends to offer sympathy instead of congratulations, noting mixed feelings and quirky metaphors about leaves dancing and faith.
A filtration expert extols copper as a disease preventive claiming copper coins show no germs under a microscope and that copper vessels in Chinese towns help immune water supplies. He cites diphtheria and cholera cultures dying on copper. The Philadelphia Bulletin note and Vatican catalog revision followed.
October enrollment begins with classes on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, urging sooner registration for the best choice. Night school now open with sessions starting early evenings.
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