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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1881
Page
2
Focal Matters offers a time extension to January 1, 1882 and credits to January 1, 1888 for subscribers paying a year in advance. As a special arrangement, Freeport Journal and Weekly Inter Ocean are provided free for one year.
The Inter Ocean and Journal subscriptions cost 2.25 with advance payment. Subscribers receive Dr. Kendall's horse book. December Term Circuit Court opened under Judge Brown. Various local notices include a Germania Fair, Freeport Commandery election, and post details. Updates on illness, estate gifts, and community notices appear from Chicago to Winslow with several named individuals and organizations.
An advertisement announces Woodroffe's Bohemian Glass Blowers visiting Pattison store building next east of Barnes' warerooms on Stephenson Street this week. The First M E Church fairs and entertainments unfold December 20 and 21 at the Opera House, with tableaux, music, and scenic effects. The First Presbyterian Church hosts a supper and social Friday evening with a spelling school and a large drawing of The Temple in the time of Christ by Dr. Jenking, aiding the Abilene Kansas church damaged by a recent storm.
Notice of sales and holiday goods from Mr M W B Elson and G H Pixley. The Uncle Tom's Cabin Company delays Chicago engagement to January. Elgin audience packed the Saturday show. Tonight at the Opera House a striking Royal East India act and other sights draw buyers. Freeport Amateur Dramatic Society presents Above the Clouds at Wilcoxon's Opera House December 12 for Good Templar Lodge funds. Admission 25 cents, children 16 cents. reserved seats at Sanborn's.
The transcript shows Guiteau detailing his religious shifts including late 1850s influences by Beecher and the Young Men’s Christian Association. He discusses Oneida, newspaper schemes, Moody meetings, and his claim of acting as a deity's agent in Garfield’s murder, insisting the act was divinely inspired and necessary.
The notice touts late packed Winter Apples from Northwestern Michigan as the finest fruit of the season with choicest varieties packed for wholesale and retail by Burrell Bros. Also mentions Rio Santos and Java Coffees daily at Burrell Bros. The Eureka Springs population is about fifteen thousand, rising from a summer dip to twelve thousand, with brick chimneys and plastered rooms in fashion. A San Juan ranchers party burned an Apache Indian and the coroner’s jury found the cause as overcome by the heat.
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