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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1908
Page
5
Chicago forecast shows fair tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions in the west. Iowa expects fair skies tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Wisconsin also calls for fair weather tonight and Wednesday with warmer readings in the north and west regions.
At the Saratoga state convention on September 15 the Republicans endorsed Roosevelt’s and Hughes administration policies. James Wadsworth Jr led for governor before supporters shifted to Dr. David Jayne Hill, ambassador to Germany, as the anti Hughes slate. Hughes won on the first ballot.
A blaze starting from locomotive sparks swept Baileyville six miles south of Freeport, destroying the B. P. Hill Grain Co. elevator and adjacent warehouse. About 300 volunteers fought the fire as homes and a lodge paraphernalia were damaged. Estimated loss near ten thousand dollars with grain value around two thousand and insured amounts of fifteen hundred and thirty five hundred respectively. The Hill firm planned to resume business Wednesday in the old elevator.
Additional revised returns from yesterday's state election show Fernald leading Gardner by 7,029 votes for governor. Twenty six towns and twenty six precincts remain to report, but result remains essentially unchanged.
Closing board of trade quotations: Dec wheat 9 9 1. Dec corn 68. Dec oats 4954 3. Jan pork 1692. Jan lard 9 92. Jan ribs 8 90. Union Stock Yards: Cattle 8 000 weak to shade lower. Beeves 3.60 to 7.40. Stockers feeders 2.60 to 4.40. Hogs 10 000 higher. Light 6.70 to 7.3735. Mixed 6.70 to 7.47. Heavy 6.70 to 7.50. Sheep 32 000 weak 2.25 to 1.75.
Charles C Van Brocklin transfers lot 13 block 65 in Santiago addition to Philip Brickner for 600 dollars. Brickner then transfers lot 18 block 5 in Santiago to H Tobler for 600 dollars. McCaffrey sells lot 7 block 4 Winneshiek addition to Adam Nix for 3700 dollars. Siecke sells lots 8 block 4 and 11 block 5d Taylor's Park addition to James W Dunlap for 600 dollars. Edward V Wolf transfers lot 9 block 15 Dakota to Orin V Wolf for 400 dollars.
Mrs. Sadie Lebkich er displays a night blooming cereus at Wm. Koenig furniture store. The unusually large plant has twelve fully developed blossoms and was in full bloom between 8 and 12 last evening.
Anthony Hildebrant a carpenter at the Illinois Central shops injured his left hand yesterday while using a heavy hammer. He will be unable to work for several days.
Missouri Farms claim leadership in productive land, promising profits by investing here at half the price of Iowa or Illinois farms. They offer circulars describing desired properties and assure expenses paid to buyers with guidance from Hopson & Windle of Hamilton, Missouri.
One half price offer for a limited time on self filling fountain pens. A 82.50 pen for 1 26, others in proportion. Emerick Barrett & Company advertises the deal. 9 l7d1w Suite nicely pressed 50c at Mal le's in Galena and Van Buren abreote.
In Freeport the Pecatonica River Power Co began supplying electricity as A J Goddard turned the water into Brown's dam to start turbines. Mayor and council witnessed the moment with merchants bankers and media present. the plant will soon provide light and power to the city and local factories after delays from high water and rains.
Dr J A Poling was injured when his buggy overturned after his horse crashed into a sand pile obscured by a glare from an electric street lamp. He sustained bruises to the hips and shoulders from the fall.
Miss Clara Gearinger of Wadams Grove returned home after visiting Mrs Michael Redlinger and family.
A group of local musicians have arranged to travel to Rockford tonight to attend a concert by Ellery's band. The outing brings together artists from the area for a shared music event.
Local jeweler Emerick Barrett & Company announces an upcoming ad campaign next week offering exclusive savings and new jewelry lines. Watch for special promotions and limited time deals during the forthcoming advertisement rollout.
Freeport church welcomes Rev. F. B. Finch newly appointed after Rev. C W Willing left the charge. Finch, formerly of Kempton Illinois, noted for energy and success, will arrive next week and lead his inaugural sermon on September 27. Also announced were Rev. Henry Lenz's reappointment to Elgin and Rev. W G Hammer's return as presiding elder.
Testimony at the coroner's inquest into Elizabeth Herbig's death largely confirms the published account. Witnesses note ammonia fumes from a leaking gasket in Baier & Ohlendorf's refrigerating plant and state the deceased was on the brewery premises against orders with E Swift and Joseph Decoto. Funeral set for East Freeport home at 2 pm tomorrow.
Report states smoke over Freeport partly from burning Freeporters' timber in Ashland county. A 3000 acre tract once Cornell University property, now owned by Freeporters, suffered loss of logs about two hundred cords of pulp wood and 80 cords of tan bark. Firefighting relied on backfires and water, aided by creek drainage. heavy rains later ended danger.
A Cincinnati narrator recalls Mark Twain’s Bermuda speech to a group of little girls. The humorist ends with a quip about never warming a serpent in your bosom, noting it’s easier to warm it under an intimate friend’s pillow.
An advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Cure can restore kidney function and cure kidney and bladder diseases. It claims to strengthen the whole system and lists H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz as proponents.
The Daily Journal offers citywide delivery at 10 cents per week.
Affidavits on guardian ad litem for Stover estate children stir courtroom arguments as Burrell faces scrutiny. Divorces granted to Thayer, Koym, and Thorne. C Grobman pleads guilty to bigamy and is sentenced to Joliet. others to be brought to court tomorrow. Teeter gains Dixon attorney John Irvin.
Farmers northwest of the city near the Wallace yards of the Illinois Central fought a prairie fire that jumped fences and burned several hay fields. A spark from an engine ignited dry grass, and after about an hour a railroad crew arrived with a warload of men to extinguish the blaze, preventing greater timber loss.
Freeport resident Glad F. O. Keene received a telegram from RB N Fernald stating he has been elected Maine governor on the Republican ticket by about 10 000 votes. The Associated Press had pegged the margin at 7329 with 26 towns and 26 plantations yet to report. Fernald, married to Keene’s sister, is connected to Fernald Keene True a large canning firm at West Poland Maine, about twenty miles from Portland.
A brief rental notice offers a gay friendly unit in the city’s downtown area at 100 dollars per week. The ad lists a private room with shared facilities and emphasizes discretion and accessibility for prospective tenants.
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