Freeport Daily Journal political notices 1886 fares
Freeport Daily Journal dated June 5 1886 prints political endorsements and opinions. Includes names of candidates Joseph W. Fifer Lyman B. Ray Isaac N Pearson Charles Becker George Hunt James Neff and Daniel B Brewster. Also carries Democratic and Republican lines with quotes from Harper’s Weekly and Andrew Jackson on tariffs and protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sel Leone Nickel
Josep. W. Fifer
Lyman B. Ray
Isaag N
Mrs Grundy Says on Society and Style Lose Luster
A verbose critique notes vanity and social foibles from marriage to books to outdoor sport. It observes delicate jokes in songs and calls for restraint in fashion and amusements. The column mentions a Louisville exhibit of a remarkable mare named Oregon Beauty with sorrel color and striking features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Louisville
Musical Melange of Opera and Festivals in London
Implicit notes on Karl Formes appearing in Italian opera in London ahead of an aragon festival. Mrs. Alice J Shaw travels to Europe to boost her whistling fame. Creditors of Colonel Mapolson settle debt for 2600 with the operatic manager reappearing. Bayreuth plans for Parsifal and Die Meistersinger from July 12 to August 19 with a five year guaranteed fund. Arnold and Morgan with new comic opera Yereva tease first production details. Verdi pressed to work after Otello rumors, plus an eminent one act operetta rumored in development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Formes
London
Aragon
Alice J. Shaw
Europe
Colonel Mapolson
Bayreuth
Ion Arnold
Morgan
Yereva
Rt. James
Otello
Shieh
Sehan Dow
F Lea
Municipal Council Proceedings May 7 1888 at Freeport
The May seventh regular session approved minutes from April meetings and referred petitions to committees. Petitions sought public park land purchase from Ballay, crossing at Van Buren, liquor license transfers, cemetery remains care, guttering at Galena-Chicago, and street improvements. Treasury and finance reports were received, with payrolls for fire department, police, and city staff totaling funds allocated.
City finances and sanitary conference actions in Freeport May 1888
The council approved payments totaling 2708 60 for labor and street work, ordered funds drawn, and heard reports from the treasurer, magistrate, sexton, fire marshal, weighmaster, and committees. Ald McCoy led finance actions. A Sanitary Conference in Springfield May 17–18 was authorized. Ald Buckley to represent Freeport. Committee reports and petitions on extending water mains and chamber use were acted on. various adoptions and adjournments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald McCoy
Linoia
Ald Buckley
Ald
Cowley Emel
Treasury
Raub
Ald Meloy
Committee On Finance
Poliga
Ald Ptersol
Com
Finance
P.M
Ald Pleraol
Ayoa
McCoy
Mallory
Locust St
Wire Road
Merchants Retail Commercia Agency
Freaport
Council Chamber
Business Men's Association
Ald Galloway
Ald Cowley
Alinda Central R
Aiemnen
Woodmanse & Iewitt
Ass Ainda
Molen
Barkley
Sete
Ligueurs
Stoneman Hospital Ordinance Adopted in Freeport Meeting
City council approved establishment of The Stoneman Hospital in the Northerly end of Lot 10, Block 64, with a three member Committee on Stoneman Hospital to govern. Ald Buckley moved to adopt the ordinance after all aldermen voted aye. Additional actions included stone provision for Mr Dickes, a street committee report, and a plan for a Third Ward fire station. Mayor appointed Jerre Wright as special policeman to enforce dog tax. A committee to study power along the alley between Galena and Spring Streets was formed with Ald Piersol, Galloway, and Wright. The council adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatr
Buckley
Pieraol
Wright
Galloway
Cowley
Foley
Reigard
Kodhgmeier
McCoy
Ald McCoy
Sanford
M Trettinger
TM Ballay
Nand Jaying
O V. Munn
J J Brockmeier
van Buren
Staphenson
Galena
Ald Kochameier
Carriad
Buckman and
Cadwell Preyityell
Messrs
Cadwall and
Merck
Mesara Buckman
Cadwall
Buckman
Ald Molgard
Wit Baird
Galena Street
Ald Belgard
Freeport Buainveas Man’s Association
Freeport Camatory
Clark
Wil Wagner
Chicago Strees
Akl McCoy
Streete
Connell
Piersol
Belgard
Kochymoler
Breasurer
Wetacatyoor
Heanse
T. Steffan
Ter
Wel Baird
M J Foley
Ald Piersol
Mr Baird
Ald Piersal
WT Baird
Piersal
Wright, Galloway
Stoneman Hospital
Beit
Freeport
Storion i
Lot Noton
Stephenson
Llinois
Hoapitil
Stone-man’ Hospital
Guy Clerk
Ald
Alleyn
Bridges
Dickes
Gounell
Grommnd
Anc
Stroata
Ald. Kachsmeier
Committee On Finance
Committee On Fire
Third Ward
JN Galloway
T J Foury
Ruinarp
A J McCoy
Ald Buckley
Ald McCoy Council
York tenement life at East Fifty Ninth Street
A reporter visits a crowded East Fifty Ninth Street tenement revealing how families cope on the top and back floors. Cries, a dying resident, and a grieving wife mix with a distraught building, while coal thieves derail the scene. The article paints grim urban life with vivid, unnamed neighbors and a physician tending a sick woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oraeges
Aepee
East Pifty-Ninth Street
Chidren
Tia
Answers to Inquirers Five A Carthage Ohio Tariff Not a Play
A reader questions the meaning of Tariff and various inquiries from multiple locales. Entries include advice on marriage or selling beer, Fourth of July timing, naturalization, cures for tropical ailments, and pronunciation of weather in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Ohio
C. D
Cynthiana
Hoolboy
Little Rock
Ark
Della
Col
Greensburg
Ind
Alfordavilla
Doretha
John P
Olean
Constant
Maude
W. BE
Munele
London
Women of funny Landa and European peasant types
The fragment contrasts Italian and French women with Anglo comparisons, noting ruddy bronze complexions and flower girls on the Rhine, then shifts to ads about finance, groceries, hats, flour, millinery, and cures for catarrh. A newspaper ad tone runs through business pitches and herbal remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Italy
Rhine
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Kad Gund
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