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Newspaper
Freeport Evening Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1866
Page
4
An Evening Journal notice offers Mille & Co News Depot subscribers a home delivery option at 25 cents per month with convenient payment and service details.
Local ad details a promotional plan by Mr. Crocker of Finkle and Lyon to supply sixty dollar sewing machines from Chicago at reduced rates for each set number of subscribers. Incentives include free machines with twenty, ten, five, or other subscriber lists, with freight paid to Chicago and a stated aim to spread the machines widely.
A fragmentary column blends a melancholic verse about the dying year with scattered local notes. It mentions a new hall carpet review, an Alibi accident involving four children and a frightened horse, complaints about gas prices, and poetic jibes at gas rates. The piece also covers a subscription petition to create a new Freeport court house and jail, plus comments on sleighing, trade, and New Year plans.
The article recounts Thomas A Becket's rise under Henry II, his clash with royal authority, and his murder by four knights at Canterbury on December 2, nearly seven centuries ago. It notes Becket's early favor with the king, subsequent banishment, reinstatement, and the king's near collapse in anger before the fatal assault on the cathedral altar.
The Jeetyrar, guest in the city yesterday, stayed at the Howard House and left for Beat this morning. Daniel Thomas, buyer of Ketchwum’s interest in the ice business, has begun supplying and expanding the Nonse trade with a refitted facility. Local patrons are urged to visit and hear his weekly address, as the Meteor Journal prepares a special illustrated feature.
Local mentions include numerous individuals and places such as Racine Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and several surnames like Varlequer Harmon Williams Wisner and Meyers. The garbled OCR reads as a list of people and locales without a clear event or action.
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