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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1881
Page
2
The readers are asked to subscribe as the Journal will publish a full weekly history of Stephenson county. The plan includes establishing correspondents in every town and neighboring counties to keep readers fully informed of local news and happenings, making the Journal a premier Northwestern Illinois family newspaper.
The piece argues against attacks on public officials and urges journalists to preserve respect for officeholders. It criticizes partisan excess and libel strictness, arguing leaders deserve reverence while in office and condemns a rival paper for misrepresenting editorial intent during a national crisis.
An editorial denounces a Chicago Journal piece calling for Garfield’s assassination and argues that elevating Chester A. Arthur to the presidency would expose the dangers of the vice presidency. It warns that convention choices must not place an unworthy or unsafe man in the line of succession.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Andrew Shuman of Illinois responds to a critique in the Chicago Journal, denying a personal attack and stating he has never sought or harmed the editor. He recalls his own public duties and contends the criticism was unworthy and unfounded, challenging the editor to answer if he can stand the defense.
A. V. Richards sends a forceful letter defending Republican principles and condemning editor Shuman. He denounces the July 2 editorial as despicable and urges support for Arthur if Garfield dies, recalling past party loyalties to Grant and Garfield. Richards asserts local Republicans remain united and ready to back Arthur against incendiary press tactics.
Telegrams from Freeport and Lena denounce a personal attack on the Chicago Evening Journal editor as malicious and politically motivated. Citizens in Freeport and Lena express support for the Journal in its stance against bossism, noting the likely involvement of political machines and questioning the postmaster’s role.
The President continues to decline after his fifth week since the assassination. His pulse and temperature rose again on Saturday, and a new pus cavity formed. A medical consultation led to another operation near the broken rib to access the bullet track. The doctors remain reticent, warning a long, painful recovery and a critical state.
Orville L. Grant, brother of Gen A S Grant, died August 5 at the Norristown Asylum in New Jersey from softening of the brain. A native of Ohio, he lived in Galena as a leather and saddlery clerk and later partner Grant & Perkins. After selling out circa 1866 he moved to Chicago where the Great Fire ruined his stock. Mental illness worsened, with two visits to Norristown asylum. He leaves a wife and three children.
Citizens acting as city correspondents for Chicago papers note with disdain the printing of anonymous telegrams by dead beats in the same columns as legitimate letters. The general reader credits the city for all that appears, regardless of authorship or intent.
The Executive Committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland Northwest has cancelled the Chicago reunion for this fall and adopted a single gathering in Chattanooga on September 20 and 21. Attendees will be invited to visit Nashville and the battlefields of Stone River Missionary Ridge Lookout Mountain and Chickamauga.
A Freeport Journal reader from Ogle County Illinois thanks the editor for condemning a Chicago Journal slander. The correspondent asks for copies of the offending issue as a sample of the article to share with others, closing with respectful regards.
The first Premium List of the year for the Mt Carroll fair runs September 5 through 9. The book is criticized as the cheapest and dirtiest job seen, likely due to being printed by a distant printer rather than local home offices. The Sterling Standard notes the Bulletin office in town printed it and questions the Carroll County Agricultural Society’s choice of sending the list out of county.
In Lena the community notes add that Qualiles White has a large stock in White House Block and a growing business. Ella Pascoe runs a dress making establishment as do Mrs. J P Fleming, Mr. Charles Dolenmeyer, and D McCarty who operate barber shops. H J Stearns runs a touring establishment as does HW Miller.
A compact feature discusses how greatness is perceived, quoting Shakespeare and examining whether some are born with prominence while others achieve it through effort and circumstance. The piece reflects on societal views of talent and destiny.
A newspaper piece honors the surgeons attending President Lincoln, naming Dr. Willard Bliss and a distinguished staff. It chronicles Bliss on the Bull Run hospital, board roles, and cancer cure controversy, plus brief bios of Woodward Barnes Reyburn Hamilton Agnew. The article closes praising their devotion and the President’s robust state.
Cedarville lists churches, schools, and doctors while naming prominent local businesses and manufacturers. Henry Richart, postmaster and JP, leads J Richart & Son with hardware, drugs, and general merchandise. Industries include a large sorghum syrup factory, Rees & Seyler Champion Middlings Purifier, and wagon makers Shaffer, McCammon, and Epley.
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