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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1880
Page
3
Four million two hundred thousand tons of hot water, averaging 135 Fahrenheit, are annually pumped from the Comstock mines. Heating this mass would require over 50,000 tons of coal yearly. Water from shafts 3,000 feet deep reaches 157 Fahrenheit. A quip notes Adam might have altered history with a game of "fifteen" and Spring Blossom ads appear.
The council met in regular session with mayor absent. Aldermen Zartman Porter Waddell Wagner and Taylor present. Zartman moved Porter be called to chair. The meeting adjourned to Monday evening November 8 1880. Attest City Clerk W C Clark.
City Council adjourned meeting in the mayor's chair with Aldermen Zartman Taylor Waddell and Porter present. Readings approved from October meetings. Petitions, truces, and financial reports discussed. Bills reviewed with multiple payments approved including police, cemetery, scales, and miscellaneous vendors. City Treasurer October balance and receipts recorded.
Alderman Taylor moved referral of the Caswell Fire Department Supply Company bill to the Fire Department Committee. Alderman Waddell urged payment of Charles Winning’s bill. the motion passed. Brewster bill for costs in circuit court approved. The contagious disease ordinance, read at the Oct 1880 special meeting, was adopted. Waddell proposed distributing copies to local physicians. City Clerk Clark’s bond placed on file. A resolution to draw seven percent interest for year-end expenses was adopted. Council adjourned.
Sergeant O Keefe reports a discovered crater near Pike s Peak that shows active volcanic activity. The eruption on October 29 and a more violent blast on November 7 sent ash and lava, pushing lava flows toward Ruxton s Creek, threatening water supply and likening the scene to Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Wednesday eve November 17 1880 council met to buy coal for winter and adopt sidewalk ordinances. Aldermen Wagner's motion to adopt sidewalks carried. Plans list sidewalks on Stephenson Calena Scott Ann Walnut Bridge Winnesheik Adams Van Buren Clark Avenue Carroll streets across multiple blocks in Freeport.
A fragment notes risqué fashion of women with warnings about evening dress and promotes Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil. It also mentions Madrid preparing for Calderon de la Barca’s death bicentennial in 1851 with a Spanish art procession, speeches, poems, and a floating stage performance at Bu en Retiro pond.
Rt. Williamson of Elk Street Buffalo praises Mirabilu Dicta Your Spring Blossom for curing dyspeptic symptoms and facial blotches. He notes his wife suffered pimples and headaches but is now improved. A price of 1 dollar 50 cents is listed. Magistrate quips about a mistaken basin incident involving a husband.
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