Ford and Wise oldest jewelry house of Freeport
An extended portrait of Ford & Wise at 108 Stephenson street. A. W. Ford and E. B. Wise run a full stock jewelry department with watches clocks and spectacles. They feature Lazarus & Morris spectacles with periodic optician visits and Chickering pianos, Hall et Davis and Estey organs, plus other popular brands.
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Ford & Wise
A. W. Ford
E. EB. Wise
Stephenson Street
Lazarus & Morris
Chickering
Paris
Messrs. Ford & Wise
Hallett, Davis & Co
Estey
Chicago
Best & Morgan
Chase Favors Universal Amnesty in Fifteenth Amendment Letter
A remarkable letter from Chief Justice Chase to Cincinnati colored citizens urges universal amnesty and voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment. He recalls past statements on equality, praises the amendment as supreme law, and calls for removing political disabilities through universal suffrage and concord among races.
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Chase
Cincinnatia Commercial
Washrneron
Cincinnati
Congress
United States
Vote rights for colored citizens urged by committee
In a letter signed by CiAst and Peter H Clark among others the committee argues that religious culture and general improvement will advance if colored people gradually gain rights. They claim future cordial recognition of these rights by even opponents is likely, and assert that slavery cannot be restored if colored men exercise voting rights.
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CiAst
Messrs
Peter H, Clark
Sermon by memory at Woonsocket Armory Hall
A Rhode Island notice reports Rev. L. Holman will deliver a Beecher sermon titled The Rich Fool at Armory Hall Woonsocket at 5 p m Seats are free The event is noted alongside humorous editorials about a Nebraska ball and a satirical look at gender behavior in dentistry chewing tobacco and drinking under misfortune.
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Rhode Island
Armory Hall
Woonsocket
L. Holman
Henry Ward Beecher
City Council Proceedings Dates Ahead in Next Week’s Paper
City Council proceedings for March 7, April 6, and April 11 will be published next week in this paper, outlining meetings, agenda items, and decisions for the local governing body.
Cravat Collar Graces Stine's Elegant New Line
Elegant new paper collars called the Cravat Collar debut at Stine's Corner. The latest and handsomest accessory, praised for its refined look and modern style, awaits customers seeking a chic addition to attire.
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Stine
Cal
Oculum Machine Showcased by Drs Knapp at Howard House
Doctors Knapp and Son at the Howard House advertise a device called the Oculum. They claim it magnifies so intensely one can view the internal body through walls when the subject is energized by an attached battery. The article notes Starper's Weekly February 5 column reviewing the invention.
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Howard House
Starper's
Stine's Establishment Keeps Ahead With Low Prices
The Stine's establishment on the corner touts their tastefully gotten-up suits at prices lower than any in the city. They claim unbeatable facilities and refuse to be undersold, urging customers to visit their corner location.
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Stephenson and
Exchange Streets
Hent
Stephenson Street
Bardwell & McElwain
Galena and
van Buren
van Slooten & Collnann Bros
Stine
Stine’s
Trustees Elected For Town 27 Freeport Schools
On April 11 Jacob Mayer and Daniel Brewster were elected School Trustees of Town 27 Range 8 including Freeport. They will appoint a treasurer to handle school funds and manage several matters, though city school control remains with others. Mr Efrom Mayer, cashier of First National Bank, becomes Treasurer.
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Jacob Mayer
Daniel
Brewster
City
Freeport
Efrom Mayer
First National Bank
Court Wraps Week of Jury Trials in Freeport
Circuit Court completed a week of jury trials with several outcomes. Plotner vs The City of Freeport awarded $400 damages for personal injury from a sidewalk fall on Stephenson Street. Theory in case on the crime docket returned a verdict for plaintiff with $50 in damages. Andrew Conway et al. vs Noah Perrin ended in non suit. Lena warehouse suit and a partition petition for McCauley et al. await further action. Judge Sheldon presiding, court officers in good spirits.
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Plotner
Freeport
Stephenson Street
Meacham
Turner and Goodhue
John H. Allen
Gabriel Manny
Crimeon
Bailey
Brawley
Neff
Andrew Conway
Noah Perrin
Lena
Thos
McCauley
Isabella McCauley
Wis
Sheldon
Illinois State Medical Society to Meet in Dixon
The Illinois State Medical Society plans its next annual meeting in Dixon starting on the third Tuesday in May with Dixon hotels offering half-rate rooms. The arrangements committee seeks railroad commutation tickets for attending members and expects the gathering to be the largest yet. Officials include Prof J V Z Buaney President, Dr T D Fir en Secretary, C Hun Assistant Secretary. The note mentions a misprint in a certificate for Hitchcock's Analysis and a railroad project from Rock Falls to Lockport via Amboy, under contract to be finished by January first. Doctors Cerbus of Amboy and Hunt of Dixon visited, exclaiming Eureka.
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Illinois State Medical Society
Dixon
State Medical Society
Rock Falls
Lockport
Joliet
Amboy
Easter Day at Zion Church Ends Debt Cancelation
Easter services at Zion church were held Sunday with news that at the rector Rev W J Johnstone’s call the congregation donated one thousand dollars to the vestry to cancel church indebtedness. Sunday school offerings included an altar cloth basins vases and a communion service as floral decorations accompanied the event.
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Zion Church
W. J. Johnstone
Johnstone
A Dickens Number in Every Saturday 16
The issue announces the first instalment of Dickens new story The Mystery of Edwin Drood in Every Saturday No 16. It is published from advance sheets with English edition illustrations by Fildes and Dickens supervision. The number includes a portrait of Dickens and views of Gad s Hill Place, plus a supplement Mr Pickwick s Reception by S Eytinge Jr featuring many Dickens characters.
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Dickens
Edwin Drood
England
Fildes
America
Avery
Mr. Dickens
Gad’s Hill Place
Mr. Pickwick
S. Eytinge, Jr
Fields, OsGoon ¢ Co., Publishers
Boston
Sechrist & Lemmon Full Stock for Spring in Freeport
The Merchant Tailoring and Clothing Store Sechrist & Lemmon in Freeport reports a complete spring and summer stock. Cutter Shawcroas returns from New York and Philadelphia, bringing the latest styles from fashionable centers. Located at City Block opposite the Opera House.
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Sechrist & Lemmon
Freeport
Meltons
E&c
Shawcroas
New York
Philadelphia
Notice to refrain from buying note by Yeager to Smock Co
A public notice warns all parties not to purchase a note for 175 dollars issued by William Yeager to Smock Pool and Co claiming no consideration. Dated April 20, 1870.
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Smock, Pool & Co
William Yeager
Old Man Watson Sentenced for Life in Wisconsin
An elderly man in Racine Wisconsin was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a woman whom he had planned to marry. He killed her and placed her body in a bag sewn shut, hiding the bag under a bridge. He reportedly carried the bag nearly a half mile.
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Watson
Racine
Wis
Large Stock of Children's Carriages at Low Prices
G M Clayton offers a large stock of children's carriages with very low prices. Bright displays and value deals aim to attract buyers seeking affordable quality. Local shoppers encouraged to visit and compare selections.
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G. M. Clayton's
Davenport Brothers at Wilcoxon Opera House in Wilcox
The Davenport Brothers, world famous for seventeen years of public appearances, perform at Wilcoxon's Opera House for two nights on April 25 and 26. They use no machinery, but a plainly built cabinet and audience scrutiny to produce feats that appear as invisible agencies. Hands and arms seem to appear and vanish, musical instruments play, while the audience witnesses the effects without concealed help and without demonology explanations.
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Daguerre
Weld
Stephenson
Stephenson County
Court House
India
Wright, Cavanagh & CO
Stephenson Street
Wilcoxon’s Block
Lynn
Mass
Tyons
Worcester
Philadelphia
Gray Bros
Syracuse
N. Y
Cardiff
Davenport Brothers
Wilcoxon
Opera House
Europe
Plunket's Star Dramatic Company Ends Week at Opera House
Plunket's Star Dramatic Company closed a week's engagement at the Opera House in Freeport last Saturday night. The troupe, including Mr. Plunket, Mr. Couldock, and Miss Eliza Couldock, delivered top rank entertainment with full attendance at the benefit for Mr. Plunket. The article hints at another engagement soon and mentions a list of letters held for postage due.
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Plunket
Star Dramatic Company
Opera House
German Saengerfest Set With Foreign Choirs in Freeport
The German Saengerfest planned for June in Freeport gathers twelve societies from across Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin including Maennerchor Davenport Harmonia Mineral Point Lena Germania Rockford and others. Events run June 14 to 16 feature receptions meetings rehearsals a grand concert at Wilcoxon's Opera House a noon procession and a grand ball at Turner Hall concluding with escorts to depots.
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Freeport
Ssengerbund
Maennerchor
Davenport
Towa
Dubuque Iowa
Harmonia
Mineral Oint
Wiscounty
Souinger
Union Cornet Band
Travelers Beware of Patent Note Swindlers
Farmers warned about traveling agents soliciting notes for alleged patent arrangements. They aim to obtain notes and sell them to a banker at a discount, forcing payment by indorsed innocent purchasers before due. The warning urges farmers to look out for these swindlers traveling the country.
New Goods New Prices at Ford Wisz Stephenson Street
Spring stock of Roger's Smith & Co. silverware offered 25 percent below what the same goods cost six months ago. Teasetts berry and fruit dishes cake-baskets porcelain ice pitchers goblets castors pie-knives and forks advertised. Monu ment work resumed after weather delays and near completion led by Mr Perkins. praised as enduring and fitting for loyal memory while provoking remorse in traitors.
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Packard
Wilcoxon
Roger
Smith & Co
C. Ford & Wisz
Stephenson Street
Perkins
Baptists Rehear Rev N F Ravelin for Freeport Pastoral Return
The Rev N F Ravelin preached at the Baptist church last Sabbath and announced plans to return to Freeport on June 1 to assume the pastoral charge. The denomination recently has had its debt paid off and aims for renewed prosperity. Also notes a fish market boom, a proposed chowder party with Mr Rhorer as president, and rapid excavating for a new courthouse with foundation work soon to begin.
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N. F. Ravelin
Baptist Church
Freeport
Ravelin
Baptist
Pahatonica
Mississippi
Rhorer
Errors of Youth Cure Advertisement
A man named John B. Ogden offers a free receipt and directions for a syrup remedy claimed to cure nervous debility premature decay and youthful indiscretion. He requests sufferers to write with full confidence to his Cedar Street address for guidance and to profit from his experience.
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Edward A. Wilson
Williansburg
Kings Co
John B. Ogden
Cedar-St., N
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L. F. Burrell
Burrell
United States Tea Company
Haskell’s
Briggs & Bro.’s
D.T. Weld
Mr. Weld
Cavanagh, Wright & CO
Wisconsin
Ilinois
G. HM. Clayton
Clayton
Clayton Sar
Rowell & Sanford
Bard of
Avon
A.J. Bardwell
J. J. McElwain
Nebraska
Jtews
Drs. Knapp & Son
Walton’s
Circuit Court
Medical
J. V. Z. Buaney
T. D. Firen
C. Hun
Jaf
Hitchcock
N. FP
Karlin
Rayvelin
Doctor , Cerbus
The
Amboy Journal
Doctor Hunt
City Clothing Store
Geo. Boyer
Shannen
A. Armstrong
Germania
Davis Germania
Rockford
Liedekranz
Saengerbund
Sterling
Mendota
Ulinois
Ogramme
Nathaniel Maypair
Brouoklyn
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