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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1870
Page
5
Eighteen pictures for £1.50 and nine for £21.00 are offered at White’s near the Opera House opposite Freeport. The Weld studio boasts extensive experience and superior photography with low prices, located at Stephen Low street, corner of Exchance, upstairs.
A compilation of local business notices promotes Strictly Reliable Insurance through Mesure Porter Wright and the North American of New York, urges Hardware purchases at Lawyer Burchard, and announces Dr D F Swengel’s dentistry practice relocation to Freeport. Also advertised are an excursion to Rockford for a Chicago White Stockings game with round trip fare, ticket outlets, and a boot and shoe sale at Stevens and Co. plus Staver Snyder.
A collage of shop ads and notices from Stephenson Street including Krohn tobacco and cigars, Stevens lawn goods, Stine's and Rhodes Brothers groceries, and a local market stance. Also features a Stevenson County notice about a Freeport Zouaves drill, a humorous verse about a lovesick guitarist, cattle theft notice, and various local classifieds and calls to attend church and school events.
Various regions push to challenge bond issues for railroads not authorized before Aug 8. The question may reach the Supreme Court. Local notes touch on hops sales, a public figure in a European context, emigration, and temperance advocacy. The piece also notes agricultural fairs, census-driven town population shifts, and local market activity including Dry Goods in Freeport.
In Freeport Germans unite under a German Patriotic Aid Society to aid Germany while respecting American neutrality laws. Subscriptions for wounded, widows, and orphans are opened, with a program to follow. William Wagner elected delegate, who attended the Chicago National Convention seeking concerted action nationwide.
A Victorian note discusses a fine portrait of King William of Prussia by White the Photographer and a satirical anecdote from a southern Scotland church about posture in prayer. It reflects on cultural decline in literature and art, and quotes Bayard Taylor on twenty year changes in the United States.
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