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Newspaper
Freeport Evening Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1866
Page
3
In a mixed 1867 era digest, advertisements note deadlines, gold prices slip as dull New York stock markets. Reports cover Austro Prussian tensions, French troop movements from Rome, papal remarks, a Belvidere fire, Spanish revolutionary rumors, Napoleon, and a fatality in Texas. Rebel Gen Pulear wounded near Maracaibo. land deed theft case in Jersey City. Seward dispatch status debated in Moniteur reports.
Special to Freeport Daily Journal reports Napoleon’s reply to Seward’s dispatch confirms support for restoring a Republican government in Mexico with US and French cooperation. He suggests an election in Mexico guided by both governments and notes the US would sustain the new regime. lieutenant Wilson of Massachusetts dies after being shot at Austin. Pulgar wounded and captured near Maracaibo as his forces disperse. Queen Christina’s Madrid appearance hints at revolutionary change. Fenian prisoners seek damages from Britain for six months’ deprivation of liberty. General Howard addresses Nashville freedmen praising thrift and urging piety. Rebel leaders attend the Congressional Banquet and speak of unity with the reconstructed Union. A separate case in New York charges Miller and Clark with fraud over a $25,000 deed.
Bask et al. Mills Co News Depot promotes Gold Pens and stationery at low prices. Advertises cheap albums, rule books, paper, envelopes, and new pen styles. Highlights address 7 Stephenson Street Grand Bay one and Mas-Laod Peareils for sale.
A damaged notice lists bounty payments and legal actions. Mitchell, Youngman & Co and Krohn Prouty Green Meachus Hatley are named as parties. Clergyman in South America advertises a nerve cure with a free mailed remedy request to Joseph Ut Ingham, Bible Ploss, New York City.
A historical notice lists numerous periodicals and monthlies available through Mills Co. It highlights fine English and American toy books for holidays and offers subscriptions for any paper, domestic or foreign, with order procurement services.
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