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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1870
Page
5
For sale groceries in good used condition at low prices. C C Best's shop located at 151 Stephenson Street offers bargain items and practical purchases for budget shoppers.
Visitors recount a trip to Freeport with Prairie Citys and Union Club, a Dr. Wilson lecture on calomel, and a display by Freeport Zoo Zoogs. The article notes school tours, a Durand baseball game, a steam fire engine, the Soldier's Monument, and upcoming Old Settlers Pic-Nic on September 5 1870.
A new stock of enamelled kettles arrives with warranties at Lawvest & BURCHARD'S. W S Lamb’s White and Pure Wine Vinegar is advertised as free from mineral acids and highly pure. Reminders of prices for Lamb’s Vinegar appear at White’s opposite the Opera House, Freeport. Also noted: Gold Medal Sewing Machine agent at G M Clayton’s, old machines repaired. Tandy boots and shoes marked down. Weld photography expert promises high quality portraits at Stephen on Street.
Smythe and Singhe promote deep discounts on boots shoes slippers and gaiters at their block corner stores while Fry’s Block and Staver Snyder offer heavy markdowns cash only. Lawyer Burdann advertises farm tools and a possible Clay Street house and lot sale with a $500 reward for arsonists in the city. Oak Street opening finished. city council seeks street jobs.
A Davis Louisiana picnic of Union School history drew many attendees via train and wagons. The event featured a procession, a Davis Glee Club concert, an oration by J M Batley, toasts, and student performances with praise for teachers and organizers.
The Damascus Farmers Club will hold a dinner in Damascus on Thursday September 23, 1870. All farmers in Stephenson County are urged to attend the picnic meal to promote sociability and practical farm knowledge. The piece thanks UH. HW. McAfro for a handsome bouquet of flowers.
The Lena Ta camp meeting progresses well with large Sabbath crowds. Speakers delivered powerful sermons in the grove amid shady woods, praised for softening hearts and guiding them heavenward. Stephenson County apples noted. Martem township grower A. Pivdel Bay crops praised as producing fine fruit.
A Blondin style rope walker stretched a line from Het tinger's Block to the opposite building on Stephenson Street and gave a free exhibition Friday evening. A large crowd watched as the performer and rope were gathered after the display and the collected funds were distributed, while the crowd jeered the stunt as reckless exposure of human life.
A string of city visitors and locals fills Freeport notices. Hon JF Ankeny, ex-legislator and Gen Ankeny’s brother, now residing in New York, spends days in town. Maj Woodenck, clerk of Ogie County Court, hosts friends. Gen John J Smith visits en route to LeSbeans for Soldiers Reunion, health improved. Public Schools begin Monday Sept 5. Stine and Bro advertise fall stock with Isaac Symes managing. Local merchants tout squashes from Gable and Woodrull. Boots and Shoes import surge. Baseball Club event at Hottinger’s Hall tomorrow.
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