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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
3
A brief reader notice from The Daily Journal indicating daily production with exceptions and location details. The fragment mentions Chicago Street and a single Sunday exception, implying a standard schedule and address for the newspaper.
The Freeport Journal receives an official label from the International Typo graphical Union acknowledging the use of Union labor in its mechanical departments. The designation signals support for organized labor standards and fair employment practices within the newspaper's production areas.
A stream of brief personal mentions notes F % Campbell at Belvidere and many locals visiting or traveling to cities such as Addison Chicago Peoria Monroe and Ottawa. People include C P Taylor from Rockford Fred Wagner in Polo J B Fuller in Freeport and Misses Knapp visiting Forreston amid social and business trips.
Dr W B Peck former coroner of Stephenson county writes from Vienna Austria on a post graduate course in surgery and materia medicine. He says he is homesick for Freeport though he does not indicate a return date. He works twelve to fourteen hours daily in hospital duties and study.
Jack Warhop of Freeport pitched left field for Beloit as they faced the Chicago White Sox. The Sox won 9 to 2 in a game noted for position changes and a largely farcical atmosphere. Merle Adkins, a familiar figure to Freeport fans, also played.
Fayette New York veteran of the Civil War David Parker who lost a foot at Gettysburg credits Electric Bitters with curing his stomach trouble and keeping him strong. He says the tonic is worth more than five hundred dollars. Available for 50 cents at Jos. Mumert's drug store.
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A leading Freeport clothing merchant George Bunenga will marry Geneseo native Miss Alice Ott in the coming weeks. The engagement is confirmed amid social notices, with details on the ceremony and surrounding plans circulating locally.
A ceremony and dinner were served at the home in honor of the bridal couple. Both Mr. and Mrs. Harrison are strangers in Freeport and will establish their home in Minneapolis.
Mr and Mrs R J McKee and daughters Ocean and Martha have gone to Chienan to attend the wedding of Miss Bessie Hesser to red Baethow. The bride is a former Freeporter and the groom is a South Dakota resident. The ceremony is at the bride's parents home this evening.
The Elk s Hall hosts a social event with a no n art night of cards and dancing planned for tomorrow evening. Members and friends are invited to attend the Elks organized gathering with music and fellowship.
The twenty-first annual session of the Northernlinois Dental Society opened in the city hall with many dentists in attendance and about a hundred expected by evening. A Thursday morning clinic will be held on the Cosmopolitan building third floor inviting all to receive dental work by visiting specialists.
Fans and directors rally to support Freeport league baseball amid financial shortfall. Measures include reorganizing committees, reducing salaries and expenses, and boosting attendance through a forthcoming fair and strong community backing for next season.
The circulated report names Mr Ennenga as a key figure though absent from Freeport and his confirmation could not be secured. Miss Ott, a well known Freeport figure, has led camp meetings with the Freeport District Evangelical association and is regarded as highly educated. Ennenga owns the E W clothing store and leads a chain including Rockford Sterling Springfield and Sioux City. he is among Freeport’s wealthiest residents with a notable Stephenson street home.
A wedding solemnized at 8 o'clock today at the bride's parents home united Miss Cora E. Groff and Samuel A. Plowman. Rev J Groff officiated. The bride wore white chiffon and is described as a skilled musician and refined. The groom, eldest son of Alfred and Mrs Plowman, works at the shoe factory. They plan a honeymoon in Chicago and will reside with the bride's parents on South Street after November 1. Gifts included a piano and other household articles.
The Euterpean Club met with Miss Isabel Fry last night as three new members joined the society. The program featured performances including works by Moussorgsky and other composers with Miss Fry leading the event and several members contributing selections.
Mrs. Rose Lutiger Gannon of Chicago will assist Mr. Charles Lawyer in a concert on November 17 at the First Presbyterian church. A noted contralto, she studied with top teachers in the U.S. and Europe and recently returned from study with a renowned artist. Press notices praise her sweet powerful contralto voice and frequent encores.
Miss Nellie Galpin and Clif M. Harrison were married at 12:80 o clock noon at 150 South Galena Avenue home of the bride’s uncle E G Prince. Rev Kay J Harker of Embury church officiated in a quiet ceremony attended only by relatives.
Theodore F. Ellis of Winslow is notified as a corn judge for the Illinois Corn Exposition in Springfield from November 1 to 21. He says Stephenson County farmers should exhibit, noting local corn greatly surpasses central Illinois. He urges entries and corn delivery to Springfield by the 16th.
Henry W Hinsdale of Chicago died at 830 pm yesterday in a Freeport sanatorium from softening of the brain. A native of Bennington Vermont born 83 years ago, he moved to Chicago in 1846 and later ran a wholesale grocery firm. Funeral set for his son’s home on Thursday. Burial planned in Grace Land. Mary Rose died at three months from stomach trouble, funeral at 9:80 tomorrow. David Bacon died suddenly in Westfield New York. Mrs. Bailey travels there.
City delegates head to the Y M C A convention in Springfield to influence hosting duties for Freeport next year. D F Club plans a banquet in the association parlors with Professor Fulwider of the High School as principal speaker on College Life.
Revival services continue at Oak Street Church with daily 7 40 p m sermons and a song service. Tonight presiding elder Rev J G Schwab preaches, tomorrow Rev F Huber of Baileyville and formerly of South Germany conference is expected to speak. Friday also planned. German speaking attendees urged to attend.
The Mothers' Club holds its regular meeting at Settlement Home on Thursday at 3 PM with Miss Eulalie Thomas performing vocal solos. The club will begin reading its new book The Unfolding Life. Work committee members should meet at 2:30 PM.
M D Sheetz teacher at Mill Grove school in Loran township has procured a fine library for the school. Over the past year many country schools enlarged their libraries with useful and interesting books, improving access to reading material.
At the Brewster last night 47 traveling men from the middle west gathered for dinner. No straw vote was taken but two fifths of the group supported Taft and Bryan.
Edward Smith, a timer at the Illinois Central shops, cut his hand this morning. The wound was deep and required a physician to sew it up.
The Northern United Lutheran Synod session begins in Dixon with delegates Rev. W Gardner Thrath and Rev. P H Mutlen traveling from the city to attend.
The Busy Temple P O KK will hold a meeting this evening in the batr rooms of Freeport lodge to approve bills incurred at the fast ceremony.
Theodore F. Eis of Winslow, a Prohibition candidate for the legislature, has returned from a Carroll county campaign tour. He will be joined by John S. Hall, a chalk talker from Mr. Carroll, for the remainder of the canvass with listed dates at McConnell Cedarville Davis Rack Grove Dakota Pearl City and Ward's Grove.
Shamway home at olo was sold to Fred Seelenmeyer for 4400. The sale price is described as a big bargain, reflecting favorable terms for the purchaser.
The Woman's Home Missionary society of Embury church holds its regular meeting this evening at six o'clock with Mrs. Carl Becker on South Galena Avenue.
A final pair of nurse's shoes with turned soles and rubber heels is offered at $1.50. The item is advertised by the 1 & W Clothing House in this brief newspaper notice.
A notice urges readers who do not receive their paper regularly to inform the office of the delivery issue. The advisory emphasizes prompt reporting to ensure timely resolution.
Four hunters Led Held Clayton Mogel Al Lamb and Thomas Shaffer returned yesterday with a large rabbit tally. Thomas Shaffer led in accurate marksmanship bagging one of the seventy five rabbits.
Mrs Ada L Croom Vaughn Miss reports sickness with fever cough and consumption fears then uses Dr King s New Discovery and claims a complete cure after three bottles The remedy touted as world wide lung and throat healer available at Jos Emmerts drug store 50c and 1 00 Trial bottle free
Harriet M. Burbank performs piano pieces at Studio 36 located on Grove Street. The brief notice highlights a public recital or session showing Burbank at the keyboard in a small studio venue.
Three Rockford residents Gust Johnson Arthur Stanley and Joseph Bell were fined eight dollars plus costs for trapping thirteen muskrats before the November first season opener. State authorities noted others trap illegally and warned enforcement will tighten on persistent violators. Sheriff Milner filed the complaint and escorted the men to Freeport.
L A Bartlet of Rural Route 1 Guilford Maine says his family has enjoyed good health since using Dr King s New Life Pills for three years They cleanse and tone the system gently and cost 25 cents at Jos Emmert s drug store.
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