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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1881
Page
7
The narrator recalls a funeral in the Pueblo, noting ribbon decorations and a widow’s yardage contribution. He then travels with a Bohemian companion from Isleta down the Rio Grande valley, describing mud hamlets, subsistence flocks, and the river’s muddy waters. The climate is praised as balmy and semi tropical.
The January number of Ballon's Monthly Magazine is promoted for its wide range of content including articles on Pitcairn's Island The Crimson Trail and The Mystery of Shubael Wyer, poems, fashion cuts and two pages of music. Subscriptions are $1.50 per year postpaid with single copies at 15 cents. published by Thames & Talbot Boston.
Freeport market report dated January 4 1831 lists grain buyers Smith and Porter reporting 46 acres of grain at a Freeport sale or value event. The fragment mentions buyer activity and a measure section but few details remain legible.
The annual meeting will be held January 11 1881 at Grange Hall Freeport at 4 p.m. to elect two Directors for Ira Crippen and John Start and to transact other business. J M Chambers secretary. Anthony Trollope sits to write and rides four hours on a graye and prays afternoon whist at the Athensmum ub.
The Journal remains the county’s leading Republican family paper with broad circulation across towns and many states. Subscriptions are $1.50 paid in advance or $2 at year end. Those who settle all arrears and prepay for a year receive a handsome illustrated Journal Annual with a calendar, reading material, and statistical tables.
Notice advertises subscription rates for The Journal and Weekly New York Tribune and Chicago Weekly Journal. It lists prices of 250 dollars and 2250 dollars for the combined papers with location and itemized options.
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