16 Apr 1867
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1867
Page
1
The Republican voters of Stephenson County will meet at the Court House in Freeport on Saturday April 27 at 1 pm to select three delegates to the Republican Judicial Convention in Mendota on May 7. Each town and Freeport ward receive two delegates. AJ T. Green, County Central Committee.
General Sherman kept calm as a wall failed beneath a crowded San Francisco theatre during July Fourth celebrations. An aid warned of the danger, but Sherman signaled to remain seated, refusing to panic and ensuring orderly exit as the peril loomed. The incident was cited as the greatest test of his moral courage. The remainder covers baseball’s rise in the South and West after the Civil War, its benefits to physical education, and notes on sugar manufacture and mining prospecting near Lingoli.
A captured Union soldier endures a brutal gauntlet and a near trampling before a locomotive passes over him, leaving him insensible. Rescued by blue coated soldiers, he reunites with Henry Selden and recounts four months in Andersonville, guerrilla capture, and a perilous return to Union lines.
Fragmented OCR lists county officers and committees including Geo Thompson P Hodge and William Young. Mentions Fire department safety and a death reference, with addresses of county officials in Illinois.
A fragmented listing from Preeport area directs readers to frequent meetings and members across lodges churches and groups. It names figures like Krohn Leagan and W. Cornelis among others with recurring meeting patterns on Mondays and Tuesdays, along with references to temperance and local fraternal societies.
Madame Remington the famed astrologist offers a marriage matching service using a device called the Paychomotrope. The process demands birth details eye color and other traits from the applicant, with a fee and stamped envelope for credentials. Public notice lists an address in New York for participation.
Fragmentary OCR text yields few readable facts about prizes and names. The remaining readable fragments mention Vitti Garedh and Sona with unclear roles. No coherent events or outcomes to summarize into a concrete news item.
Wager Shuts and Co chemists and printing firm announce opening of a new journal printing operation at their Troy New York location near College and Brine streets. Local officials and business peers attend the ribbon cutting and speak on modernization.
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