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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
1
The Associated Press reports from Chicago that Illinois will be fair tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures tonight. Iowa will be fair tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions tonight. Wisconsin will be fair tonight and Thursday with warmer weather tonight.
Cubs take a 1-0 lead in the first inning and again in the fifth as the championship game opens in Detroit. Donovan and Schmidt battery for Chicago, Overall and Ksing for Detroit. No runs in other frames through nine innings.
Closing quotations show: Wheat and corn mixed, hogs down about ten cents, cattle steady to firm, cows and bulls mixed. Union Stock Yards reports cattle 22,000 steady, hogs 25,000 down. beef and stockers varied, sheep 23,000 steady. figures provided by OC D Anderson in Rice Building.
Springfield reports Governor Deneen drew delegates from Knox county at a Monday gathering in Galesburg. Former Yates forces leader Wilfred Arnold and numerous former Yates men pledged backing. A. F. Tomlinson introduced the governor as he spoke to railroad workers and laborers. Deneen then addressed crowds in Geneseo Cambridge and Galva during a day long swing through Henry county.
Charles Cramer, longtime Freeport fire department member until his service ended a month ago, returns to clerking at his father’s store. He has recently worked several weeks at the Franz Bros. ice plant.
A sacrifice sale offers the modern eight room house at 209 West St. in good condition with easy terms over the next ten days. Inquiries to Chas. FB Sechrist or phone Blue Ti. 10-ld tw.
Republicans urge voters to participate with marching clubs and a torchlight parade ending at the Grand Opera House where F F O Lowden will speak. Democrats counter with all day meetings, horsemen parade and speeches by Atwood Stringer Lee Sheppard Childs and others. Deneen set to speak in Galena. Rockford to host a big Republican demonstration with Taft literature misrouted to Democrats.
Last evening a Democratic meeting at the club Thee drew a large attendance with speeches by Mayor Dunmar and W. H. Wagner. A committee was formed to finalize plans for a gathering in Freeport next Saturday amid a charge of tainted lit erature supporting Taft and Sherman. The Chicago Tribune notes the Democratic literature carried the imprint of the National Committee, with both parties distributing multilingual literature from a west side shop.
Freeport business leaders discuss rewriting the association by laws and constitution. Changes aim to specify duties and committees, improve secretary role selection, and align rules with ongoing policy shifts. The board plans future meetings to finalize the structure and governance.
A YMCA Woman's Auxiliary meeting discussed a busy season with lectures by Dr. David Beaton of Chicago on Scottish authors and their writing. A Saturday afternoon entertainment series for children is planned with low prices to encourage attendance, along with renewed membership drives to mobilize old and new members.
Frank A. Rydblom of Rockford filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S circuit court at Freeport alleging liabilities of 5450 with no assets. The filing is through his Rockford attorney B A Knight.
Obituary or notice stating Harriet M. Burbank, a piano teacher, operated a Grove Street studio. The item notes her teaching work and residence, with dates missing but location and profession clearly identified.
Northern Illinois Dental Society holds Oct 21 22 sessions at county hall Freeport with papers by noted dentists from state and region. Officers listed include President A M Harrison Rockford Vice C J Underwood Migin Treasurer T G Logan Aurora and Secretary C L Smith St Charles.
Daniel Kelly of Isu Liberty street, a long time Illinois Central bridge crewman, fell three miles west of Rockford while inspecting a bridge. He suffered a sprained ankle and side injury, was taken to the Rockford depot, then to the hospital by ambulance. He is about 50 years old.
David Parker of Fayette New York, a Civil War veteran who lost a foot at Gettysburg, says Electric Bitters cured his stomach trouble after costly doctoring. He now uses them as a tonic and remains strong. Available for 50 cents at Jos Emmert's drug store.
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