Death of Dr Nathan F Prentice a respected Freeport physician
Dr Nathan F Prentice M D prominent Homoeopathic physician of Freeport dies at his Stephenson street home after illness described as pleurisy or lung congestion. He arrived in Freeport over twenty years ago and built a trusted practice with strong Mason ties. Funeral arrangements set for today at 2 pm at his residence with Masonic and church services led by Gen D Dustin and E A Guilbert.
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Nathan F. Prentice
Stephenson Street
Doctor Prentice
Masonic Hall
Prentice
Freeport
Dr. Prentice
Grand Lodge of the Universe
Robert Little
Krohn
Sir Knights
D. Dustin
State of
Illinois
Funeral for Nathan F. Prentice Noted by Lodge Members
Moses R. Thompson Lodge members are requested to meet at the Tall at 123 o'clock on Wednesday to attend the funeral of Past Master Nathan F. Prentice. By order of W. M. J. G. S. Best, Sec'y.
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Moses R. Thompson Lodge
A. F
A.M
the Tall
Nathan F. Prentice
W. M. J. G.S. Best
Sec’y
Rock Island Lawyer John McKibben in City Visit
John FE McKibben, Esq., of Rock Island, has spent several days in the city recently.
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John FE. McKibben, Esq
Rock Island
Local Livery Sales and Clergy Movements Reported
S I Taylor advertises Eastern buggies and carriages for sale with calls to contact him for bottom prices. Captain Alfred Hedberg, a former recruiting officer, visits the city as a guest of Major Lawyer. Rev. Wm. Aug. Smith departs east for four Sabbaths with substitutes preaching in his absence. his sermon left lasting impressions.
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S. I. Taylor
Alfred Hedberg
Wm. Aug. Smith
Becomes Beet Sugar Factory Chief for Sacramento Move
Mr Julius Kunze of this city resigns from Herzog & Co liquor dealers and rectifiers to take charge of the largest Beet Sugar Factory in the world in Sacramento California at a salary of 290 dollars per month. Herzog and Co will continue at the old stand under the same name. Kunze is described as a scientific gentleman and his new position is noted as a valuable acquisition for the Sacramento plant.
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Julius Kunze
Herzog & Co
Sacramento
Cal
Kanze
Salem Church Welcomes Pastor D I Byers Return
Rev D I Byers is returned as pastor of the Salem Church on Pleasant street after the Freeport district conference session at Forres ton Illinois. He commenced duties last sabbath the 20th with morning and evening services drawing a full audience and urging pastor and church duties toward a hopeful future.
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Evangelical Church
Forreston
Illinois
D. I. Byers
Salem
Pleasant Street
History note on young ladies facing social winds
A historic remark notes that young ladies who seek admiration from young men may not always find those winds favorable. The line playfully contrasts desires with reality, reflecting social expectations of courtship in the era.
Temperance Lectures Set For April Evenings at Embury Church
Mr Adams, renowned temperance lecturer, will speak Thursday and Friday evenings April 24 and 26 at Embury M E Church on Exchange Street. All are invited to attend and hear him.
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Adams
Embury M. E
Exchange Street
Buckeye Town Ship Sunday School Meet at Cedarville
The annual Buckeye Township Sunday School Association gathering will be held Sunday May 26 at the Evangelical Church in Cedarville, starting at 10 a.m. Friends of the Sabbath School cause are urged to attend and support the event.
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Buckeye Township Sunday School Association
Evangelical Church
Cedarville
Friends of the Sabbath School Cause
William Walton Announces Spring Stock in Freeport
William Walton of 104 Stephenson Street returns from New York with an immense stock and a large clerical staff. He is known for close buying and selling, and his spring assortment is carefully selected. Also note the dissolution of Huenkemeier & Bering and formation of Bering & Perking, with an April 21 1873 snow storm recorded in Freeport Stephenson County Illinois.
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William Walton
The
Blue Rent
Stephenson Street
New York
Walton
Northwest
Callon Walton
Freeport
Stephenson County
Ilinois
North America
Raspberry vine gift and shade trees offered by Ridott man
W R Fairbairn of Ridott sends a 19 foot 10 inch purple cane raspberry vine and offers away poplar trees to any school committee or church society that will come and dig them for shade by school houses or churches.
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W. R. Fairbairn
Ridott
Local Firm Offers Goods At 81 Stephenson Street
H P Bigelow & Co of 81 Stephenson street announce in a new advertisement that they continue to serve the public. The longtime dealers invite inquiries and emphasize their favorable patronage and readiness to assist customers.
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H. P. Bigelow & Co
Stephenson Street
Local brick business to run old Coltman stand
Grant Ellios and Goodhue, described as deserving young men, plan to operate the brick business at the old T Coltman stand. A complimentary notice from the Elkhart Observer praises J S Beard of Bloomington as a thorough and efficient Post Office Department special agent who is always courteous and diligent.
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Grant, Ellios’& Goodhue
T.coltman
J. S. Beard
Bloomington
Elkhart
Ind
Post Office Department
Emigration Report Describe Sherman Texas Growth and Agriculture
A letter dated April 14 notes Sherman Texas as a growing town of about three thousand with railroad junction status. It compares Sherman to Stephenson County, cites healthy climate and early crops, and highlights wheat yields of thirty to forty bushels per acre and cotton at five hundred pounds per acre. Land values range from five to thirty dollars per acre with money at three to four percent per month.
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N. C
Stephenson County
Ilinois
Fair and Pantomime Postponed to April 28
The Fair and Pantomime, announced to come off last evening, was postponed to Monday evening, April 28, on account of the death of Dr. Prentice.
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Prentice
Village elects License Board by small majority
The village election on Tuesday April 15 resulted in a narrow win for the License Board of Trustees. The board elected includes If G Fowler Levi Sherman P H Kaufman D W Hayes I O Balcom. Temperance supporters might have formed a larger victory if they had united.
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G. Fowler
Levi Sherman
P. H. Kaufman
D. W. Hayes
Balcom
Friends of Temperance
Poor Neighbor Loses Suit Over Money and Counsel
A judge-like exchange reveals one man boasting of wealth and counsel giving him an edge in a lawsuit against a neighbor. The other speaker counters, noting Brown’s decency and suggesting the advantage lies with the neighbor. The dialogue hints at ongoing tensions and shifting moral points in a local dispute.
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Brown
Railway rights and public duty in railroad case
The Supreme Court ruling in The Peoria and Rock Island Railroad Company vs The Coal Valley Mining Company asserts railroads, while public corporations, must serve the public without allowing contracts to override duties. It emphasizes that railways owe transport for coal and all freight on similar terms, upheld by charter-implied public service obligations. The piece notes harsher winter weather, agricultural notes, and the death of longtime resident J. C. Vandelinder with funeral at Morseville.
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Supreme Court
Peoria and
Rock Island Railroad Company
Coal Valley Mining Company
Coal Valley Company
Roc Island Road
Court of Equity
J. C.vandelinder
Morseville
Hee Eee
Miss Anna E Dickinson Lecture Promise in Suit
The St Louis Democrat notes Anna E Dickinson, famed advocate for women, will sue for breach of promise after failing to lecture in St Louis. It says she caused nearly 300 dollars in rent and printing costs, with plaintiffs seeking recovery for the delay and loss. The piece casts the incident as a political and social embarrassment for the speaker.
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St. Louis
the Sun
Anna E. Dickinson
Anna
Gentle Anna
Snowbound Valley notes on Grange role and politics
From Pleasant Valley a reader critiques Grange movement and farm organization, argues for clarity of Grange aims, and responds to slander about Freeport Journal. The piece discusses monopolies, taxes, farm prices, and transportation ideas while recounting local political loyalties and past voting actions in Stephenson County Illinois.
Remedy to guard apple trees from canker worms
Farmer J. Larsoaw advocates a simple home remedy to save orchards from canker worms. He proposes tin plates cut funnel shaped and wrapped around trunks below the limbs, secured with rope to prevent worms from climbing. He also suggests sheep skin funnels as an alternative, urging fruit growers to try and report results next season.
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Tour Epiron
Freeport
Jougnau
J. Larsoaw
City voters split as writer rails against Democrats
A political screed recounts a Freeport ballot decision voting against the Democratic ticket while praising several Republicans for city offices including Greeley and Henry C. Hyde. The piece vows to resist Democratic influence and hints at potential vigilante sentiment amid national and local tensions.
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Greeley
Henry C. Hyde
Adolph Boedeker
Far Street
Nicholas C. Baker
City Marshall
D. C
Charles Baumgarten
Charlie
Isaac C. Stoneman
Ike
Freeport
Notice of Delinquent Lands in Stephenson County 1873
Public notice from County Treasurer ROBERT T. COOPER and publisher SMITH J. ATKINS regarding delinquent taxes for 1872 on lands and town lots in Stephenson County Illinois, Freeport. It states tax amounts due, dates for court judgment on May 1873 and public sale starting June 1873, with explanations of abbreviations and certification of publication in the Freeport Journal.
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Stephenson County
Illinois
Freeport
Robert T. Cooper
States OF Illinois
Bss
Stephenson
State of
Pecatonica River
Western Union
Linois Central
Smith J. Atkins
Freeport Journal
Illnois
Smite D. Atkins
Guardian's Sale of Real Estate in Stephenson County
Guardian Elias Bamberger will sell at public auction on May 14 1873 at Freeport the undivided five ninths of several parcels in Stephenson County Illinois including lands in Sections 83 12 and 82 Township 27 and 28 North Range East and West. Terms require at least one third cash and balance in four annual installments with 10 percent interest secured by mortgage.
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UBLIC
Stephenson County
Illinois
Elias Bamberger
Henry Miller
Samuel Miller
Catharine Miller
Franklin Miller
Jennie Miller
Samuel I. Miller
Court House
Freeport
Samuel L. Miller
Ranga
Begginninata Post
Bainning
Jinois
Jessy
Ditas Baxberger, Guardtag
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First Presbyterian Church
E. A. Guilbert
Iowa
Salem Church
Huenkemeier & Bering
Bering & Perking
Lena
Pleasant Valley
Horror Journal
Bulwer
Richard
Scaat
Noah Webster
Scotland
Chicago Tribune
J. Speer
Galena
Republican Central Committee
Thomas F. Goodhue
Req
C.C. Shuler
Thomas S. Goodhue
Shuler
Goodhue
Democrats
Bulletin
Bourbon Straight Democracy
Michael Lawver
Lawver
Cincinnatti
John K. Malburn
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