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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1872
Page
7
A contested letter about General Grant and drinking habits surfaces after being quoted in the Spring Republican. Senator Wilson denies remarks attributed to him and defends public figures against false statements, recalling his own observations of Grant in camp and at meals.
A jumble of prices and characters appears as OCR text with multiple numeric values and unreadable segments. The readable items include small decimals and dollar figures interspersed with garbled letters, suggesting a damaged ledger or catalog fragment.
I I and L Gronkrite mayor of Freeport Stephenson County Illinois orders a special election for September 2 1872 from 8 am to 6 pm at city polling places to obtain voter consent to renew bonds due by April 1 1873 totaling 15100. By order of the City Council. August 7 1872. I G Cronkrite mayor Attest 4 B Malburn city clerk.
Public notice announces a special election in Freeport for Tuesday September 3 1872 per Mayor Cronkrite. Voting will take place in Tremont House Pennsylvania House and New York House with standard registration and precinct rules. City Clerk Fr Malburn notes the details in the Aug 13 1972 report.
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