Local Affairs Notes and Weather Damages in Carroll County
Local notices report a severe whirlwind near Florence station causing damaged corn stands and broken fruit trees, with a dwelling thrown off its foundation. Also listed are meetings of the Ladies Parish Aid Society and Steamer Hose Company for upcoming events, a wagon accident injuring Johnny Shrenkler, and reports on tall corn heights in Ohio dent corn fields. Nearby residents and visitors are noted, including B R Sixton, Packard, Rowley, Williams, Green, Jenkins, and Lena Star editors J W Newcomer. The Stevenson's county circuit court term will begin soon with hearings and grand jury work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Station
Benjamin R. Si¢idon
Co. Packard
Lanark
Freeport
W. BR. Rowley
Galéna
Hal. Williams
Dixon
Charles T. Green
A. T. Green
St. Scott
Kansas
Green
Mr. Jenkins
Stiles & Jenkins
J. W. Newcomer
The
Lena Star
Tragic Train Death Of Insane Passenger Near Nora
A Winslow resident, recently driven to insanity, was sent to an Albany asylum. Accompanied by a gentleman the woman rode a train toward Nora. Near fifty miles from destination she leapt from a moving car, dying. the body was recovered and returned for burial. A Nora resident reports these details.
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Winslow
Saylim‘ati Alpany
Nora
Lend Star
Calf Weight Rivalry At Summit Farm And Cranes Grove
A fragment notes Summit Farm near the city showing a calf at fourteen months weighing five hundred seventy seven pounds and Cranes Grove's Garner claims a five month old calf at six hundred fifty pounds. The items hint at prominent local cattle contests and boastful reports from Freeport Journal and Lanark Gazette.
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William L. Bebee
Summit Farm
Bebee
Freeport Journal
Stephenson Co. Butls
G. Garner
Cranes Grove
Lanark Gazette
Tobacco crop boom reshapes Stephenson prairie farming
Farmers in Stephenson county harvest a heavy tobacco crop with improvised curing houses visible for miles. Estimates place the crop value at about half a million dollars. The article notes soil, climate, and rotation practices support tobacco culture, contrasting with slave labor regions and predicting sustainable yields without exhausting the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson County
Virginia
Carolines
Freeport Public Schools Set to Open Sept 4 6
The Freeport Public Schools start on September 4 except the High School which opens September 6. Grammar schools Lincoln Avenue and First Ward consolidate and move to the First Ward building. Details list principal and staff for each ward, tuition rules, and a board meeting date for September.
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Freeport
Lincoln
Avenue
Firat Ward
Firat
Téachard
Alvord
Prin
Cipal
K. Ri. Beck
Flora E. Weed
Mary E. Hudeon
Sarah Hawkins
J. Wilson
M. Ross
Frahk
Frahk iA‘ ‘Rosebrugh; Grammar ;/ Miss B. M
Sawyer
S. Gin
Galloway
J.young
Cincoln Avenue
M.E. Hawkins
H. Ridley
A. 8. Brigham
Lydia
Lstouttot
Frick
Barnum
Wight
Zotclodk
PRY
Stearns
Bioweil
Board of Education
Tobacco cultivation and curing practices sought by Lancaster Farmer
Lancaster Farmer calls for practical guidance from experienced tobacco growers in the county. He notes widespread inexperience in growing tobacco and asks German and local growers to share soil, tillage, and harvesting methods plus fastest curing plans for market. August 25, 1871.
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Ita
Jupon
Freeport
Lancaster
Dentists G B Salter and M H Aspinwall Open New Practice
Joliet Til Signal notes Dr G B Salter and Dr M H Aspinwall have teamed at 83 Jefferson Street. The renovated rooms feature late dental inventions, a furnished waiting parlor, and artful decor, including bird displays, designed to ease the patient experience during procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet Til
Aspinwall
Jefferson Street
Deacon and Masonic Leader Laid to Rest After Long Service
A longtime member of the Baptist church and a deacon for forty years died after a life of service. He joined the Masonic lodge around age 80 and rose to Sir Knight, later passing through the degrees. Funeral attendance included Freeport Chapter and Revergreuh Lodge members, with a large procession to the Florence burying ground where his wife rests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Algo
Hvergreéh
Florence
Devastating Amboy fire destroys heavy business district
A destructive blaze in Amboy razed much of the business street within hours. The jail burned and one man died. Sufferers include Gale and Gardner dry goods and bakery, J Little banker, Sawyer and Badger drugs, Merrifield drugs and groceries, Briggs drugs, Vince frame grocery, Bliss and Lynn hardware, Winne grocery, and two new brick stores. Loss estimated around a hundred thousand dollars.
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Amboy
Gale & Gardner
J. Little
Sawyer
Badger
Merrifield
T. Briggs
New
Vince
New City
Vaughn
Bliss. & Lynn
Country girl visits fashion leader at a ball
A country girl travels to the city to visit an old friend who leads fashion. At a grand ball she is instructed to eat sparingly, but when urged for more she loudly declares she has evaporated insufficiently and more would go.
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Baginettee
Fireman Tournament at Freeport during County Fair
A grand Fireman’s Tournament will be held in Freeport on Wednesday and Thursday September 18 and 14 as part of the County Fair. Hand Engine and Hose Companies are invited. prizes total 800 dollars. The National Cornet Band of Lena and the Freeport German Band will play both days. Freeport firemen and equipment will join a parade but no prizes will be contested.
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Freeport
Lena
Old Recipe for Choosing a Wife Quoted in Letter
A fragment from a letter extols a traditional method for selecting a wife. It praises modest confidence, docile obedience, and a mind guided by reason and affection. The advice warns that such a temperament will keep a wife from excessive passion and ensure lasting harmony.
Freeport Foundry and Machine Shop Set to Boost City Industry
Stiles and Jinkens with the Stover brothers plan a large stone single story foundry and two story woodwork shop on the river bank east of Rhodes and Webster's flouring mill. The project aims to advance Freeport manufacturing, with Stover’s Farmers Steamers to be largely built and touted as among the best steamers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Stiles & Jinkens
Stover Brothers
Fourdry
Rhodes & Webster
Stover
Tilitois Central Railroad Deal Nears Final Settlement
The Dubuque Times reports ongoing negotiations among the Tilitois Central Railroad and the Dubuque and Sioux City Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroads for a perpetual lease. Agreement now awaits stockholder votes, with expected approval. Illinois Central Company poised for a permanent foothold in Iowa.
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Dubuque “Times
Tilitois: Central Railroad Company
Dubuque & Siouxity
Iowa Falls
Sioux City
Illinois Central Company
Towa
Rail line sale anticipated to Illinois Central
Report notes strong belief among railroad men and informed observers that the Chicago and Town railroad will be sold to the Illinois Central. The line is expected not to cross the IC track, but to terminate at Forreston as the route is completed.
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Chicago and Town Railroad
Illinois Central
Forreston
Lena Star
Olders Museum and Menagerie Exhibition Draws Crowd
An exhibition by Older's Museum and Menagerie attracted a large audience in the city last Saturday afternoon and evening. It was not a grand circus or animal show, yet the organizers advertised heavily and benefited from extensive printer's ink usage.
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Big City
Fo .A
State Fair gains praise for OlQuoin event start date
Hy Rosen tiel, Esq., notes indebtedness to Pe Wei'ard for complimentary attendance at the Til lingis State Fair to be held at Ol'Quoin from September 26 to 29. He predicts it will be the largest and most successful fair ever held in the state.
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Pe Wei
Hy Rosentiel
Tillingis
Ol‘Quoin
Fruit Basket Display Sparks Local Pride in Rose Hills
In this city Mr. Taylor of Rose Hills presents a basket of pears and apples, the finest Bartlett pears and other varieties. The basket is praised as the best in Western New York and contrasts with local fruit prices, apples abundant and selling at forty cents per bushel on the street.
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Taylor Begu
Bartlett
Taylor
Rose Hills
Kew
York
Wisconsin City of 1841 Map Tells a Town That Wasn’t
The torn 1841 map shows Wisconsin City on Rock River with docks and planned streets, churches and schools. It recalls rival speculative towns Monerey Rockport and Janesville, their fierce bids, and how Wisconsin City vanished, leaving only pasturage and trees where a thriving town once appeared.
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Tepiater’s
Wisc Consin
Wisconint
Payne, Hastings
Wooledi
Rock River
Wisconsin
Tanesville
Rock County
Monerey
Rockport
Janesville
Register
Wisconsin City
New England
Janceville
Beloit
Best Route Host Promotes Travel By Safe Rail Lines
A Rochester era note extols rail travel in autumn urging citizens to take trips before cold weather. It lauds Michigan Southern and Lakeshore as safest and best, praising telegraph-directed trains, civil conductors, comfortable coaches, and reliable connections with punctual meals and scenic routes, encouraging accident insurance tickets as profitable.
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Michigan Southern and Lakeshore
Michigan
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TC. Achingson
Beas
Ara
Gorhi Grow Creek
Ladies’ Parish Aid Society
Vion Parish
Steamer Hose Company
Johnny Shrenkler
Henry Shrenkler
Johnny
Hoe
Mr. Miidleditche
W. L. Beebee
Ohio
Sthéphenson County
Cepmadecy
Cnestehese
Monroe Street
Lombard
Hlinoig
Holdera
A. Briggs
Pernando Jones
H. G. Teed
T. J. Cozine
Wilt Pede
Ireclor
Benj. Lombard
Real Estate Loan and Trust.Co
Chicago
Oo Fernando Jones
Joseph ‘A. Grinwold
J. A
Hk. Griswold
J. Lo Gen
L. Mann
Henry W. Fuller
Fuller, Finch & Fuller
S. A. Briggs
Gates
Eagle “Works Manufacturing Co
O Hlc
Ghilda
Childs
Verdier & Co
Cate
Becreise Yi Ee
One Roofing Co
Peat
Boc
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wis
Indiana
Mich
Missouri
Poratinraaiaras
Nationa.Js
Buckman
Stephenson Street
Ee Paar de Freepost, Xt, Til Foskopf
Avms
Medical Examiner
Louis
Wes Joel
Belontini Am Enty
Hartman
On Bien
Best
Frederick ‘Hartman
J.P. Byerly
Freéport
Eth
Sreyras
Rey
Cary Ta de
Joan
Furniture Manufactory
D. Kuehner
Galena and
Exchange Streets
Freeport Furniture Manufactory
D, Dent
TC. Gatliff, Freeport
Lila
Bend Ain Et Ee
Yipich
Sparks
Daley
Stephenson St
Westo
Imayl Petersty
Tae Avin
Ely
M. HH
Eshelman, Yueh
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