Robert
Bike
Licensed
Massage Therapy #5473
Eugene, Oregon
EFT-CC, EFT-ADV
Teaching Reiki Master
Life Coach
541-465-9486
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Reiki
Private classes. |
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Member
OMTA & ABMP President of the Oregon Massage Therapists Association 2008-2010 & 2012-2013 |
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I
graduated from Freeport (Illinois) High School. |
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Please
help keep
this site free. Buy one of my books, on sale below. All sales go to help support this website. |
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Remarkable
Stories,
Remarkable
events have happened in Freeport and Stephenson County, Illinois,
and remarkable people have lived there. These are stories gathered
about people and events from 1835 through World War II. |
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Biblical
Aromatherapy
by Robert Bike 
The Bible mentions about 232 plants by name, or closely enough to figure out what plant is meant. Of these, 24 are aromatic plants; that is, parts of the plants can be pressed or distilled to get an essential oil. Essential oils are the lifeblood of plants and have tremendous healing capabilities. The
healing power of plants is the basis for modern medicines.
Originally published in manuscript form in 1999, I completely revised the book and added illustrations. To order
Biblical Aromatherapy in paperback, List price $24.99; introductory offer $19.99 To order the pdf version and download to your computer or phone, The electronic version is only $2.99! |
Publicity!
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Olga
Carlile, columnist for the Freeport (Illinois) Journal Standard,
featured this website in her column on January 19, 2007. |
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Harriet
Gustason, another columnist for the Freeport Journal Standard,
has featured this website twice. Click to see pdf of articles:
June 29, 2012 November 3, 2012 |
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"My
Life Purpose is to inspire my friends |
Robert Bike, LMT, LLC
The Class of 1873
Addison Bidwell, Cashier, First National Bank, Freeport.
Lillian Burrell married D. C. Miller, Meckling & Vermillian, South Dakota.
Kate DeForest, journalist, Paris, France. Correspondent for Harper's Bazaar.
Clara S. Hawes, teacher, Freeport, and later librarian, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Anna Murphy, teacher, Chicago.
Elida Pattison married H. D. Bentley, Freeport.
Lizzie Prentice married F. A. Read Jr., Freeport.
William H. Taggart,
dentist, Chicago.
Graduation was held at Wilcoxon's Opera House on the evening of June 25. There was a frightful thunderstorm that evening. C. C. Snyder was principal and chemistry instructor. Dr. O. E. Stearns presented the diplomas. Clara Hawes was salutatorian. William Taggart was valedictorian.
Finished in November of 1872, dedicated on February 22, 1873, Stephenson County's second courthouse was built without issuing bonds for a cost of $130,413.56. An iron fence surrounding it was removed in 1900. It was heated with stoves and lit with gas lights. While the outer portion was Joliet marble, the lower structure of the building was built with arches and metal, and the upper portion was wood.
The clock in the dome was built by Seth Thomas. The 1850-pound bell struck the hours. The clock wore out in 1913, and it was rebuilt. In 1915, one of the 500-pound weights that kept the 8.5-foot pendulum moving came loose and fell through two floors. By 1923, it no longer could keep the correct time. In 1927 the clock was dismantled and stored, and the dome was removed.
The second court house was torn down in 1974, and replaced with the "modern" courthouse on the same site. Many wish that the magnificent old building had been updated.
