Local Batters and City Notices on Decoration Day
Gen Atking of this city will deliver the Decoration Day oration on May 20 in Oregon Ogle County. Picnics and ice cream festivals are planned. Miles Saxby, current Court House janitor, is performing well. First Methodist sociable at A K K Stibgen on Stephenson. Excelsior Lodge No 97 meets May 17 with F C degree work. Strawberry beds bloom. southern fruit enters market. Ben Merrill and fishing party head for Buena Vista. 46 lb catfish hauled from Pecatonica by C N Bentley of Harlem. Rev Dr Jewett preaches science sermons next Sunday eve. E C Fitch wounded burglars’ fight recovering. The Leaf, tobacco journal, debuts in Chicago by Collings & Hoffman. Lena Village Board elects E Stamm President, O T P Steinmetz Clerk, A S Crotzer Treasurer, Thomas Fleming Street Commissioner, John S Young Constable.
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Village Board of
Lena
E. Stamm
O. T. P. Steinmetz
Crotzer
Thomas. Fleming
Trains Draped in Mourning for Death of W TI Franklin
Western Union By trains are covered in mourning for several days in respect to Assistant Superintendent W. TI. Franklin who died suddenly of heart disease in Canada.
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Western Union
W. TI. Franklin
Canada
Mayer wagons and buggies offered at low prices
Advertisement for C. Fred Mayer promoting a line of wagons and buggies at very low prices. Dr F. A. Dietrich has returned to practice in Stoneman's Block at Stephenson and Exchange Streets, Webster Street address noted. Prominent Sir Knights of Rockford Commandery attended a meeting, including LI. T. Munn, 4. T. Lemon, H. C. Hutchison, J. W. Childs, H. Broadie, who described the visit as very pleasant. An unidentified observer recounts a witty verse about loving a girl vs. making a dove.
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F. A. Dietrich
Eleroy
Stoneman’s Block
Stephenson and
Exchange Streets
Tis
Webster St
Cherry
Rockford Commandery
LI. T. Munn
T. Lemon
H. C. Hutchison
J. W. Childs and II
HH. Broadie
A. Dietrich
Webster Street
Cherry Street
May marriage licenses issued by County Clerk Kleckner
The May issuance list shows couples Willian Johnson and Lillie Dowling, Nicholas P Mishler and Lettie Arm strong, and Chas Schwartz and Mary Anders.
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Kleckner
Willian Johnson
Lillie Dowling
Nicholas P. Mishler
Lettie Armstrong
Chas, Schwartz
Mary Anders
Heaven begins below not up in the sky, speaker says
A speaker contends that people mistake heaven as distant, arguing true happiness starts on earth. If one can find joy in tough times, they are prepared for lasting happiness. negativity cannot be cured by heaven’s distant promise.
Witnais State Sabbath School Convention at Peoria
The nineteenth annual convention of the Witnais State Sabbath School Association is in session at Peoria. It began yesterday and will continue through tomorrow in a tabernacle seating about three thousand. An extended notice will appear in a future issue.
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Witnais State Sabbath School Association
Peoria
Decoration Day Observance Suggested by Journal
The Journal urges proper observance for Decoration Day in the city. It notes no preparations have been made and recalls last year’s Juvenile Temperance Association wreaths. It calls for a public meeting to plan ceremonies to honor fallen soldiers and reflect Civil War sacrifices.
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Juvenile Temperance. Association
New Enterprise Opens Subscriptions For Freeport Company
A new enterprise in the city invites subscriptions to the capital stock of the Freeport Fruit and Vegetable Preserving Company. Judge John Coates office hosts the stock sale as commissioners Coates McAfee and Long organize the company. Factory site chosen. part of stock subscribed. Prof McAfee’s experiments support anticipated profits and promise year round supply of perishable foods.
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Freeport Fruit and Vegetable Preserving Company
John Coates
Coates
McAfee
Long
Personal notes tell of actors and artists visiting town
Mr Luke Martin the well known actor spends a few weeks in the city. General W R Rowley of Galena was in town Tuesday and called at the JOURNAL. Miss Kate DeForest and Miss May Ferris visit friends out of town with DeForest in Dubuque and Ferris in Jacksonville. C F Tuttle the popular artist returned last week and will stay through the month to complete portraits already begun.
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Luke Martin
Gen
W. R. Rowley
Galena
Journal
Kate DeForest
May Ferris
City
Dubuque
Jacksonville
C. F. Tuttle
English Sparrows Enter Town Amid Warnings of Invasion
Town reports several pairs of English Sparrows arriving in the last week. A pair nests on Munn's Block cornice after a Silver Creek farmer imported about twenty pairs last summer. Introduced in 1862, they now infest cities, purporting to eat canker worms but driving away native songbirds. Citizens call for an extermination war to protect robin and thrush.
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Munn
Silver Creek
Contract to remove jail and build stone barn and fence
Building Committee of Board of Supervisors hires Charles L. Seifert for 3490 to tear down the old stone jail, erect a stone barn per plan by F. E. Josel, County Surveyor, build a picket fence, and construct a stone wall foundation on the jail lot, to be completed in a workmanlike manner by the specified date.
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Building Committee of Board of Supervisors
Charles L. Seifert
F. E. Josel
Ma. Seifert
County Gift Proceedings and Estate Notices
Monday April 20 entries list Wm sting estate bond 18000 and creditors petition. Tuesday April 24 Wm Paul estate bond. Wednesday April 25 Wickwire Taft estates reported approved. Transpay April 26 Eliza Schlutman admin bond 300. Knowlton estate admins reported. April 27 Louis Lautenbach admin bond 1000. Solomon Hay executrix appointed without bond. Mary E Phelps guardian report approved. Clara Carter estate admin report approved. May 2 Paulina Clement guardian Cheney heirs corrected report recorded. Patrick Fitzgerald sale report absolute. May 3 J A Whitcomb estate report approved. May 5 Isaac Zimmerman estate Geo Zimmerman executor bond 10200. appraisers Kleckner Gift Felts. Cowley conservator report. W W Hall guardian report approved and recorded. May 7 John A Phillips estate report approved administrator discharged. Lucy A Delate guardian bonds. Louis Lautenbach estate appraisals recorded. T B Gemmill guardian report approved. Wm Glasser guardian bonds approved. John Henderson estate distribution per docket. May 11 A J Crull estate report approved. settled and administrator discharged. May 14 Clara Long appointed guardian of Ella Ida Ada Long. bond 6800. Herman Bower claim allowed 30.85. damages 221.68 and costs against Cyrus Runkle.
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D A. Knowlton
Faipay
Louis Anutenbach
Pierson
Solomon Hay
Caroline. Ifaq
Mary E. Pheads
Effie D. Phelps
Clara.Carter
Paulina
Clement
Cheney
Patrick Fitzgerald
J. A. Whitcom
Isaac ‘Zimmerman
Geo, Zimmer
C. F. Kleckner
Chas
Gift
John Felts
Michael Cowley
Margaret Kinney
W. W. Hall
Albert W. Hall
Guardian
John A. Phillips
Lucy A. Delate
Wilbur
Louis Lautenbach
Gemmill
Laura M. Gemmill
Wm. Glasser
Brown
John Henderson
Frimpay
A. J. Crull
Clara Long
Long
Ella
Ida
Ada Long
Herman Bower
John Shaffer
Joseph Baumgartner
Cyrus Runkle
Summer Vacation and the Pittsburgh Ft Wayne Chicago Line
A historical piece argues for summer recreation and discusses vacation value and cost. It endorses rail travel and extols the Pittsburgh Ft Wayne and Chicago line, praising scenery and service and noting its appeal for travelers heading east in summer.
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Long Branch
Newport
Saratoga E
Gome
Jake
Toad
Pittsburgh
Ft. Wayne
Chicago
Great Union Band Promenade Concert Opens May 18
The Great Union Band presents a Friday evening concert at its rooms, formerly Commercial Hall, under Prof. McCosh. Proceeds support room upgrades including nearly 400 dollars for new uniforms. Young city ladies assist guests as doors open at seven, admission ten cents.
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Great Union Band
Commercial Hall
McCosh
West
Clergy to Attend Deanery Meeting Names Revealed
Among the clergymen expected at the Deanery meeting next week are Rev Dr Chase Rev Dr Tocke Rev Harris Rev Cushman Rev Spaulding Rev Lloyd and Revs Jones Downing Goodhue and Toll. The meeting promises to be very interesting and a general invitation is extended to all to be present.
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Chase
Tocke
Harris
Cushman
Spaulding
Lloyd
Jones
Downing
Goodhue
Toll
Perk the Happiness Editor and the Ongoing Misfortune
A satirical tale describes a failingly cheerful editor named Perk who mars his start with a harsher reception from officers and a costly fine. After two weeks, an ominous discovery near a lumber yard hints at his downfall, as the Evening Herald announces his dismissal and assignment of management to others. A Presbyterian social yields praise, while a marriage license saga ends with a crumbling note from the bride-to-be.
Swarts Leaves Freeport for Grundy Centre Drug Store
Mr. Marcius Swarts of Swarts & Stocking druggists departs Freeport this afternoon to take charge of a newly purchased drug store in Grundy Centre Iowa. Local friends wish him abundant success in his new enterprise.
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Marcius Swarts
Swarts & Stocking
Grundy Centre
Iowa
Swarts
Freeport
Lansing mayor Hemenway dies from trench accident
Tfon G W Hemenway mayor of Lansing Iowa died Sunday May 6 from injuries after a trench collapse while supervising Artesian Well Co main pipe work. He lived in Lancaster in youth and was remembered as a large hearted noble man who died beloved and respected.
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Tfon
G. W. Temenway
Lansing
Towa
Tle
Artesian Well Company
Sninks
Hemenway
Lancaster
Military academy candidates chosen for West Point Annapolis
The notice reports a competitive examination held on the 10th at Barton & Barrum office for military and naval academy appointments. Sixteen district candidates attended. The Board of Examiners included Dr. B. T. Buckley Prof. G. C. Snyder N. A. Mix and others. Some candidates were physically incapacitated. Mr. Burchard nominated Benjamin F. Swab of Landick Ils to West Point and Byron G. Pierce of Warren Ills to Annapolis.
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Naveal
Barton & Barrum
B. T. Buckley
G. C. Snyder
N. A. Mix
Oregon
Criswold
Fulton
E.T. E. Becker
Mount Carroll
M. R. Kelly
Morrison
Burchard
Benj. F. Swab
Landick
Ils
West Point
Byron G. Pierce
Warren, Ills
Annapolis
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Atking
Ogle County
Court House
Miles Saxby
First Methodist Church
A. KK. Stib‘gen
Stephenson Street
Excelsior Lodge No. 97
A. F
A. M
Ben. Merrill
Messrs
T. B. Waldron
I. I
Miller
J. H. Porter
Buena Vista
C. N. Bentley
Harlem
Pecatonica
Dr. Jewett
M. FE
E. C. Fitch
Messrs. Collings & Hoffman
Wm.sting
Creditora
Wm. Paul
J. II
Wickwire
Tydia Taft
Eliza Schlutman
Peter Weaver
the Great Union Band
Evening Herald
Perkins
The
Herald
First “Presbyterian Church
Oscar Taylor
D.A. Knowlton
Ilinois
Stephenson County
Circuit Court
Joseph Lehman
A. B. Landis
A.B. Landis
Bens Ih
Joseph S. Lehman
A. 8. Landis
Samuel F. Taylor
Isaac Haas
A. . Landis
S Brewster
Illinois
Lathrop
Iyo
Priogg
Finnel Jess
G. FH. Seeley
F. A. Lehmann
American A Foreign Patents
Washington, D. C
Patent
Snyder
Taver
Nyder
Lyon
One Staver & Snyder
Elwood & Utter Ai Co
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