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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1869
Page
5
The annual meeting at the City Council Rooms on December 25 1869 will elect officers for the coming year for the Stephenson County Agricultural Society.
In the Circuit Court now setting, John McPhillips was tried and acquitted on an indictment of an assault with intent to kill. The note suggests he should join the Good Templars.
Judge Hinds of the County Court subscribed for Best & Morgan's JourNaAL and paid in advance. He is a good Democrat who does not agree with everything in the political columns, but he found some things to his liking. We hope he will learn to like it all.
From the Lena Star we learn Best and Morgan announce a great reduction in prices. A new banking house in Lena forms Fall Corning & Co with Mr Rising as business manager. all debts of Rising Co will be cashed by the new firm. The Star advises against visitors to Freeport for Christmas shopping and urges subscribers to settle accounts at the Captain's office. The new Catholic church in Lena will be dedicated on New Years Day. Dr Naramore, not a partner in the old Lena bank, is a partner in the new firm.
Farmers near Freeport complain of attacking dogs killing sheep. A hunter’s dog was found with a farmer’s flock and was executed under martial law. The Young Men’s Christian Institute near Orangeville will debate Freeport Lyceum in a public forum.
At a December 16 1859 meeting in Freeport Dexter A Knowlton was named chairman and a social reunion planned for January 1. A three from each Freeport ward and two from each county town formed a committee to organize an Old Settlers Society for those settling by 1850 or earlier. The panel and officers were to publish proceedings and a second meeting set for December 18 1899.
A. A. Crary, late school superintendent of this county, has moved to Middletown Missouri and is welcomed by Missourians.
Citizens of District 3 in Harlem met December 16 to form a Lyceum with Josiah Fowler as President and M M Eshelman as Secretary. Debates set on art versus nature and summer versus winter, judged results favoring the negative in the first meeting.
Forreston in Ogle County prohibits animals from running at large in the streets, establishing a municipal rule to curb roaming livestock and pets and regulate public safety.
The Chicago Republican urges readers to sustain the home paper as a measure of a town’s vitality and progress. It likens a newspaper to a church needing fostering, emphasizes local news and rights, and stresses the payoff of generous, liberal support for steady community journalism.
The Bulletin notes General Shaffer is slowly recovering from a recent illness and is expected to be seen on the streets again within a few days.
A note promotes a large assortment of ladies furs at Chamberlin’s No 99 Fry’s Block with gloves and mittens for men. The item mentions Chamberlin the Hatter and urges vaccination after smallpox cases in Silver Creek township. An article on legal tender bank notes is teased in another column.
The piece contrasts Dixon and Freeport, noting Freeport’s 12,000 population, booming wholesale trade, and marble front stores while Dixon, with 8,000 people, trails. It credits Freeport’s aggressive advertising and business-minded leaders, suggesting Dixon can rise with similar effort and use of printer’s ink.
Professor Lyon will be in Freeport on January 17 and 18, visiting the city without fail.
The hall, praised as the handsomest in the western country, features frescoing and scenery by the Weidling Brothers of Chicago. It will open on Tuesday evening, December 28, 1869, and citizens are urged to attend. Hon. James M. Webb, Judge of the County Court of Ogle County, died at his Mt Morris residence on Sunday night, December 12, 1869.
Over sixty families have used the Basket Colony sold by C Best at 151 Stephenson street and declare it the best tea in the market. Priced at $1.25 per pound.
In a laconic telegraph near the war's end Grant urged to "Press things." Our merchants, alert and active, keep the steam calendar printing press busy with hand bills posters and dodgers and grow richer by pressing things.
Last week the Durand Teachers Institute met with about twenty teachers taking part in the exercises. The next meeting is set for Saturday January fifteenth eighteen seventy. Bright Annie daughter of Walter P Hunt Esq died suddenly last week. Reg Charles Squires named General Agent for the old Continental Insurance Company New York in Illinois to oversee agencies. City residents cheer any good fortune for Charlie.
Photographer Mack McHenry promotes holiday portrait sessions for Christmas and New Year gifts. He emphasizes natural results and fast turnaround to capture familiar faces in festive images.
A colossal Terra Cotta Victory sculpture by Sig. Giovanni Meli reaches thirteen feet high, merging Grecian and American features to express imperial justice and forgiving mercy. A private viewing at Terra-Cotta Company in Chicago showcased the model, ahead of its Freeport monument installation.
Neff and Babcock unveil a handsome holiday display featuring luxury toilet items such as combs brushes soaps and colognes. The shop also advertises fine brandies and whiskies for medicinal use and a selection of fresh pure medicines offered wholesale and retail.
Stine and Brother on the corner advertise a complete stock of winter clothing at cost with bold claims of astonishing bargains, urging shoppers to visit for strong value.
Mrs Ferris of the millinery and ladies fur fishing shop on Stephenson street has stocked a fine assortment for Christmas and New Years. She has long experience in the trade and buys to suit the market, offering low prices.
A for sale notice offers groceries described as good new and cheap at OG Best's located at 151 Stephenson Street.
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