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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1886
Page
3
Beautiful cambrios 36 inches wide abaap 12 1 20 price Saturday 6 1 2c yard wool challies best styles sold daily at 20 and 26 0 special sale price 12 1 2c yard good prints Ons Casa same price as last sale AGN this sale and prices are for one day only come early.
Freeport Daily Journal reports on local events including races, meetings, elections, and social notices. Mentions individuals such as A Reifsnyder Wenker Reiger, J A Uebel, J D Difenbaugh, and W W Lowldeaf, plus groups like Knights of the Golden Rite and Excelsior Lodge. Notes parade and religious services, divorce granted, and upcoming meetings at the driving park and Masonry hall.
Arrangements for the Fourth of July celebration near Buannon are nearly complete with Prof Ely of Savanna as speaker. Local clubs face prize money and contests. Graduation exercises at Mt Carroll Seminary, temperance pledges, and various community notices follow, including new shop completion, road work, bridge contracts, and a barn-lumber project.
A Wednesday council session considered committee reports on streets, offices, water, and liquor licenses. William Koehler's license was approved amid debate over past alleged sales, with Wright abstaining and others watching the establishment for compliance.
The second day of Freeport Driving Park Association spring meeting drew a large audience as Toledo Girl and Mabel A. won major divisions. Heat results show Toledo Girl leading the pacing races with 2:27 fastest time, while Mabel A. captured subsequent heats despite rivals like Chief Travilla and Magna Wilkes. A special $1000 purse was announced for tomorrow with Longfellow Whip, Georginia, and Willy Dayton among contenders.
The article notes upcoming Illinois horse racing circuit meetings at La Salle Ottawa Joliet Streator with purses of 3800 dollars and July August dates. It mentions local figures like ex Alderman Boyington of Waukegan and praise for Taylor's park. Also includes funeral details for Mrs. William Popp and a coroner's inquiry into a death, plus society notes on marriages illnesses and a charity mission.
The Minols Ceneal Railroad will return at one third fare for attendees of a Ditching Machines trial under the State Board of Agriculture at the University farms in Champaign on June 10 and 11. Certificates signed by Prof. G. J. Morrow will be required at Champaign or Bloomington ticket offices. Witalite leading machines have entries, and officials expect a large attendance at the event.
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