Jottings From The Note Books In Freeport News
A collage of city notes, fair plans, Barnum shows, local ads, and social quips. Reports on floods of items from Orangeville schools to Rockford engines, and a call for fair attendance and subscriptions.
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1874
Page
4
Local Gossip Notes Rev J B Carey and Town Visitants
Personal gossip from Freeport recounts Rev J B Carey of Waterloo leaving for the Rast on Monday. Rev Mr Ruston preached in Kimbury church Sunday evening. W B White, formerly of Freeport, sold his Rochelle photograph gallery. Rev R A Proctor returned to the city from Colorado last Friday and reports friends in good condition. Mentions of Miss Butler visiting from Princeton and Eugene Brown in town from Davenport. Agricultural Society sale committee named and sale procedures outlined with September 11 as sale day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Carey
Waterloo
Mart Mayer
Tom
R. A. Proctor
Colorado
Staver
Snyder
Hickory Grove
Miss Butler
Princeton
Ill
Miss B
Freeport
Eugene Brown
McHenry
Davenport
Brown
Aaron
S. L. Gray
Rockford Journal
One More Loss: Joseph Cavanagh Dies of Consumption
Joseph Cavanagh a long time sufferer from consumption died yesterday morning around 2 o'clock He was a fair dealing tradesman noted for his willingness to aid others He left for Colorado recently but returned as the disease worsened Funeral services will be held today at three o'clock at his home on Stephenson Street with burial to follow He leaves a wife and child and many friends who remember him as an honest and helpful neighbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cavanagh
Cavanaugh
Colorado
Cavanagh
Stephenson Street
Boys circulate paper for fair purse prizes
Street calling for subscriptions to a purse to be played for at the coming fair by area baseball clubs. The Agricultural Society offers a prize for the best club and the boys aim to raise a second prize to attract more clubs. They hope $75 for first and $50 for second, with promising progress so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Society
Fire threatens stack-yard at Welty farm near Waddams
Saturday evening a stack-yard belonging to Charles BE Welty of Waddams was set ablaze. Neighbors fought the flames with water brine and dirt while a favorable breeze saved nearby stacks. The next day a passing footstep was found, traced through two cornfields and stubble fields to a man who has threatened the stacks owner and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Be, Welty
Waddams
Ice cream festival at Baptist church a pleasant success
The ice cream festival at the Baptist church Friday evening drew a sultry crowd but proved very satisfactory financially, adding about $50 to the society treasury. Ladies ran the event with zeal, grounds were lit, and an array of ice cream and cake tempted attendees. Sunday sermons by Mr. Jenkins and Mr. Noyes offered reflections on scripture and belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeville
Lutheran Church
Kent
Freeport
Stephenson County
Baptist Chuch
Eveline H. Knowlton Dies After Long Illness at Freeport
Mrs Eveline H Knowlton widow of D A Knowlton died while visiting Waukesha Wisconsin on August 19 after years of illness. She lived in Freeport since early days and her devoted love for husband and six children marked a life of charity and strong convictions. Her final rest is with the Rock of Ages as she departed peacefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Eveline H. Knowlton
D. A. Knowlton
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Frontier letter on Indian presence and grasshopper plague near Kansas
W J Van Eman reports quiet on the Kansas frontier though Indians distribute power to Texas and New Mexico ranches. A vast grasshopper swarm devastates crops, especially corn, prompting questions about subsistence and local relief while settlers brace for hardship. The writer and others express hope despite adversity and reflect on migration, self-reliance, and frontier dangers. Also included is a long advisory defending Northwestern Illinois as a superior dairy region, praising its prairies water, farms, fences, roads, and rail access, while noting the need for time and capital to develop internal improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Nast
Salt River
W. J. van Eman
Eprrons Foxeront Journal
Albany
Iowa
Illlinois
Mississippi River
Illinois
Mississippi
Chicago
East
Stephenson
Ogle
Carroll
W. B. Derick
Balleyville
Ibu
Loneliness and Solace Highlighted in Public Tone
A reflective piece notes how feeling isolated can still coexist with a sense of companionship. It explores emotional states, urges connection, and uses quiet, thoughtful language to acknowledge solitude while hinting at shared humanity.
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