16 Jan 1872
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Newspaper
Dundee Weekly
Location
Dundee, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1872
Page
1
Gifford and Larkin publish a local notice devoted to Dundee and vicinity. The item states a Tuesday morning publication schedule and a rate of 150 dollars per year in advance.
The Dundee township election on a $25,000 school house appropriation ended with 44 in favor and 144 against. The editor notes the result diverges from hoped for outcomes but supports a liberal education system, acknowledging the need for competent teachers and suitable facilities.
Citizens discuss securing more railroad facilities by enticing the Air Line Road from Chicago to the Mississippi to run direct through Dundee. Proponents argue Dundee’s freight volume, including Carpenterville, could justify a cheaper route, urging immediate action and public funding to attract the line.
The article urges Dundee citizens to pursue bringing water power from Carpenterville to foster local manufacturing. It cites Elgin Watch Factory paying about $25,000 monthly, Aurora car shops, and the C B & Q A R paying over $100,000 for December labor, noting post fire capital seeks country towns and suggesting unified action could attract a plant for Dundee.
A reflective editorial laments rising crime from murder to arson and burglary, arguing morality has laxed across society. It asserts crime affects all classes, noting rich and educated as well as poor, and criticizes behavior by both genders amid a climate of public fear. The piece urges accountability for national virtue.
In this era of rising enlightenment crime persists and public duties falter. The writer urges reform of social and political systems, denounces press cowardice, and calls parents and teachers to instill virtue in the rising generation to avert a bleak future.
A fragmentary love note, found on a street, mocks sentimental epistles with florid, humorous imagery. It ridicules the author’s gush and urges caution in leaving such effusions loose, while preserving the quirky, exaggerated metaphors and earnest longing expressed in the letter.
Weather shifts with snow and sunny winter days. Ottawa hosts the State Fair while Cigar maker moves to Chicago. John Vickers leaves for Chicago, wood and hay dot streets, ice harvests thrive. School House vote tally begins, Brinkerhoff improves, surveyors map Elgin railroad route, depot rising. Geneva merchants favor Chicago freight over rail costs. W J Pease becomes First National Bank president. Rutland township wary of mad dogs and smallpox. a planned Hunt's Hall dance teased. Elgin Academy attendance rises. Dempster noted in death list. Methodist meeting draws crowds. Dairymen's Convention in Elgin planned. Barnabee Concert Troupe to perform. New Year party funds shared after injuries. Knights of the Blade dance at Hoagland's Hall a success with 25 couples.
In this place on December 29 1871 Miss Sarah Kibby died of consumption at age 21. The unabridged Webster’s Dictionary is praised as a marvel with 8000 illustrations and 115000 words. The Children’s Hour for January is lauded, priced at 1.25 yearly with a five copy deal. The Little Corporal’s January issue features the Prize Story first chapter and fine illustrations. A sale advertises two northern Elgin lots on Lovell and Prospect with a new four-room house and modern improvements, offered cheap.
Wheat No 1 Spring bu 1 16 1 18 3 Corn Meal oats barley Flour white Cooking Cheese Eggs Potatoes Porterhouse Sirloin Chickens per dozen Quotations from H Hunt Engel Hodgess Borden and others listed for the Dunore market item by item with prices and product names in a condensed historical commodity price sheet.
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