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Newspaper
Freeport Evening Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1866
Page
4
Mills & Co.'s News Depot advertises home delivery for seventy five cents per month. It promotes subscribing to the Daily Journal for home or business delivery.
A publisher promotes a consumer scheme run through Finkle and Prone Sewing Machine Co. Agents in Chicago offer sixty dollar machines free or discounted in exchange for subscriber lists from five to twenty at set prices. Freight paid from Chicago. aims to boost subscribers for the Dany Journal with liberal inducements.
The city enjoyed a lively Christmas season with dances at Ten Mile House and Christmas Tree celebrations at First Methodist, Second Presbyterian, and German churches. Local markets reported slight gains in barley and wheat. a Christmas Eve program at the Methodist Church featured Santa Claus and a well filled tree, while a German organization hosted a ball to benefit their treasury and a temperance lodge elected officers for the division.
Participants recall a festive event at the Ghurah with lingering memories of shared fun. After the program, spectators and scholars exited together and were given refreshments as they left, marking a warm communal sendoff.
The Journal Office staff presented James S. McCall with a gold headed cane in gratitude for his service. The rosewood cane bore an engraved inscription noting the gift date December 25, 1866 and was from Neff & Swartz, Des Moines. The event followed a surprising morning in McCall’s sanctum as employees surprised him with the tribute.
In Finnport Illinois on December 25 166 the Journal employees present MCCALL with a cane as a merry Christmas offering and token of esteem for him as their employer. They announce the cane and board will be deposited for examination for a few days at Emmert and Burrells bookstore on Stephenson Street inviting others to view.
Andrew Lynd, a Swede living at the North and Chamber streets corner, was found under a horse after visiting his stable to feed his horses. He was carried home in a dying condition and it is unclear whether he fainted or was trampled. Ele Ways teamster and much respected. Gatesburg Register.
White Howell and Co Wiscon and Michigan Lumber Yard publish a corrected weekly lumber market list. The notes reference the Brewster House back of the Freeport Tina area and outline updated pricing and supplier listings for Wisconsin and Michigan yards.
The notice outlines train arrivals and departures for Chicago through various Western routes including Du Buque Galena Sabula and Mt Carroll to Cedarville Orangeville Oneco Monrove with times such as 4.05 am 9.20 am and 6.00 pm. It notes service to Elizabeth Waterman’s and Amascis Buena Vista and special Allyver Creek operations with office hours 7.48 am to 7.00 pm and Sunday hours 5.00 to 9.60 am. Signed Smith D Atkins P M Per GzuMille Clerk.
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