Installment tale with names of local merchants and figures
Fragmentary item lists figures such as Ha. Joun Addams and J.R. Lemon of Freeport, Ill. along with notes of banks, senators, farmers, and a Farmers Insurance reference. Vague togetherness suggests a local business or political notice lacking coherent narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Wilcoxon
Freeport
Ith
Michael Sawyer
John R&r
LEMON
Ill
James M. Smith
Buena Vista
T.D. Wilcoxon
Iszent Farmers Insurance Company
The Homeward Return of Harry Chester and Mary Moore
Harry Chester returns from India to find his childhood love Mary Moore married to Frank Chester. After a reunion with his family and a poignant encounter with Mary, he discovers she remains the center of his heart as they renew hope for a shared future.
Experience of a Man Who Was in the Great Tornado at Cave City Ky
An account from Louisville Courier Journal describes a tornado disaster at Cave City Kentucky. Professor A I Williams witnesses hail then sees the house lifted and torn apart within minutes. Debris from clothing to buggy parts is scattered miles away as the storm leaves a wreckage scene and scattered belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cave City
Louisville Courier-Journal
A. I. Williams
Professor Williams
Bardon Vorata
Anginaw
Michigan
Bay City
Lia Mountain
Esculapius
Miss M
Freeport City Council Proceedings January 1870
The Freeport council adjourns and reconvenes through Jan 25 1870. Petitions seek extending fire limits blocks 63 64 and 61 64. licenses transfer cases. ordinance amendments to fire department. bridge and street repairs discussed. December 1869 tax and city orders topics noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Propstanling
Cornell
C.J. Fry
Mofléh
Ald
Rodearmel
Rodoarmel
James Durst
Monnay liv
Goddard
Jacob Kiein
Horace Tarbox
A. Bergman
John Wirth
Rufus Kirk
William Kirk
E. J. Streater
YT. Wilcoxon
Reeport
Freeport
Jacob Klein
I. .C. Stoneman
J. O. Kean
F. Taylor
Henry Screnkler
O. S. Ferris
W. Huber
George Merrits
J. Effert
John Strohm
E. E. Streater
John F. Smith
City of
Xa. Rodearmel
Ald. Buckley
Buckley
Yras
Boyer
Hunkemeier
Nors
McCoy
James Durit
Alds
Hunkenmeier
Rodearme
L.I
Goodhue
Yeas
Yuas
Turspay Nvening
Helena Beck
Henry Boyer
Charles Seyfarth
Brocka
Ald. McCoy
Liberty Street
Preeport
Exchabge Street
Galeng Street
Four Great Men End in Tragedy and Decline
An essay recounts Alexander, Hannibal, Ceaser, and Bonaparte as rulers who rose to power but ended in ruin. It notes their violent ends and questions the worth of earthly greatness. The piece also mentions 1884 Boston newspaper compositor wages and a fatal church incident involving a praying woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Hannibal
Rome
Alps
Ceaser
Bonaparte
Europe
California Paper Attacks Man Over Split Backout
A California newspaper targets a man who backed out of a split after socializing with Voth. The piece portrays him harshly, linking the refusal to a breach of trust and public embarrassment. Sources imply a personal quarrel escalated into a public rebuke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Petting Voth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fartners
Prebport, Illinois
WAL
Actors and Stockholders
Joun HH
Addams
Jzizeond National Bank
A. H. Wise
William Young
Rand
Stephenson Co
C. Burchard
Ember
Congress
Walter P. Hunt
Second National Bank
L. T. Lemon
Farmers Insurance Company
Alter P. Hunt
AM Young
J. T. Lemon
Buckman
LD Wilcoxon
Wmbickman & CO
Ikman's Billiard Room
Stephenson Street
Freeport, Illinois
Bry
Han
Will
Faber
Taye
C, Ey, Leveridge, Jr
Fom
Ber Havin
Nor John
Freerey
C.D. Blanchard
Lamily Cirele
Tom
Nen
The
Harvard Advocate
Ned
Ahe
Brigit
Mary Moore
Harry Church
Mary
India
Lizzie
Pretty
Mary Moore Chester
Frank Chester
Harry
Lizzie Moore
Frank
Mary—Mary Moore
Tourturixa
Gineta Dratii
Manchester
Conn
New York Sun
Mars
Atlantic
Fort Adams
Fortress
Monroy
West Point
Cincinnati
Henry Ward Beacher
Council Proceedings
Calh
Rodeammel
Lunkemeier
John Montelius
Chouse
Committee On Finance
Jamnus Durst
Tennessee
Atkins
Chicago
Ors Dindbet Ifia
Boston Daily
Traveler
Transcript
Evansville
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