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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1906
Page
2
Stop and Think Freeport grows fast with crowded older streets and rising taxes. The Meyer addition in the Third ward offers large building lots below actual value. Compared with older town parts, buyers get twice as much ground for half the money, a rare bargain in Freeport real estate.
An advertisement touts a self described Rosicrucian and East India adept claiming unrivaled life readings and the ability to influence others without their knowledge. It pledges to reveal the object of visits and proper courses, promising no charge if objects aren’t told and offering a $100 for teaching the East India art of control.
Sept 4 weather bulletin from W T Foster predicts a warm spell soon followed by a cool wave across the continent. Disturbances move east, with frost risk in late month. very little frost expected, corn matures if not killed by frost between 18 and 18. Saturn seen at sunset. author advocates minor spelling reform.
A bold notice offers a psychic reading that reveals every personal detail from past to future. It guarantees perfect satisfaction and asks readers to be their own judge, promising harmes, dates, frets, and ambitions will be disclosed without prior knowledge or identity required.
A promotional line asserts reliable guidance across business investments social changes love marriages separations and domestic troubles including divorce bad habits illness and life worries with emphasis on trusted counsel.
A city lives in unhappiness as domestic strains and separations trouble couples. Mr Frame Gan offers remedies to locate the cause, remove it, and reunite loved ones, promising renewed harmony for families long apart.
Mr Frame offers immediate guidance with confidential service in private reception rooms. Readiness and secrecy urged. delays could harm happiness and future prospects. Available from morning until evening in a discreet, quiet location.
Kim Kubelik, a young Bohemian violinist born in Michle, sept S, studied at Prague conservatory. He gained early promise, then public recitals at eighteen and rose to international fame with tours in the United States and Canada. He is an honorary member of London Philharmonic Society and has received papal and other decorations. Kubelik was married three years ago to Cvithess Uvata and is father to two children.
The Chicago Record Herald is portrayed as fearless and fair, serving the public over any interest. It boasts strong influence through independent reporting and inclusive coverage of city, state, and national affairs, earning reader trust in its battle for communal welfare.
An old advertises a healing salve promising quick improvement after fights. It claims DeWitt’s Hazel Salve makes the lad look better and feel better fast. The copy urges readers to buy DeWitt’s from any druggist.
Amusements note the play As Told in the Hills as a strong theatrical attraction arriving at the Grand Opera House tonight. The action centers on Pamnena the daughter of an Indian chief adopted by an emigrant couple and raised as their own child.
The passage describes a young woman embodying the best traits of her Indian father and mother. She blends inherited character with refined accomplishments gained from life in an American home and advanced education, presenting an ideal type of womanhood.
A blithe musical affair The Umpire delights audiences with sunny comedy haunting music and brisk drama. Presented by Manager Harry Askin in Freeport on September 1 featuring Fred Mace Guelma Baker Edith Yerrington Harry Hanlon and a chorus of sixty. The famed Umpire broilers will perform a realistic football game as part of the entertainment with a rivalry that left bruises among players. The show previously played nearly a year in Chicago.
Entries recall Harvard College founding in 1696 and Cherubini born in 1760 with death noted in 1842. Ann Lee, founder of Shakers, dies. 1804 Savannah storm toll. 1747 El Molino Del Rey battle. Holland adopts religious liberty with Psat. Ship Central America sinks with 151 lives off Cape May. 1873 Nelson Dingley becomes Maine governor. 1895 Trish home rule bill rejected by Lords. 1896 Bryan nominated for presidency.
Readable items show a fall schedule of church concerts lectures and league events. Note Pro E McKay subject Quaint Sayings and Queer Pictures of John Plowlman. Harvest supper and various Sept events in Mpworth Leagues, Belfast region notes, and a night school opening in October.
Letters advertised for pickup at the Pice port post office for the week ending Sept. s include numerous names such as Mrs Rose Martine Miss Helen edvel Mrs Anna Ropers Miss Gistre Roderiek and John Slothower. The list features many uncertain spellings and initials, with a note that all persons calling for above letters present state Advertised Sept. s. Postmaster Atkins signs the notice.
In hurried modern life small ills like indigestion are common. A quick remedy is Kodol For Dyspepsia which digests what you eat and restores stomach balance. Sold by all druggists.
The debate over a forfeited game centers on Malven and a purported circular letter defending Freeport. Malven accuses Eau Claire manager Moriarity and Eau Claire players of pressuring officials during heavy rain to forfeit, calling the act the dirtiest trick. He cites witnesses and threatens to inform La Crosse and Oshkosh papers, asserting Freeport was robbed of the pennant and Lacrosse benefited unfairly.
A brief local note states umbrellas were repaired and recovered, listing T. S. Ryan at 7 Galena Street as the contact. The entry provides a concise account of the incident without further details or context.
Harriet M. Burbank offers piano instruction at her Grove Street studio. This notice lists her as a local teacher providing private lessons with focus on keyboard skills and musical fundamentals.
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