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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1868
Page
7
James M. Whitmon details a heated court scene accusing U D Meacham of perjury and manipulation. He describes alibis about a mother’s illness and a daughter’s knowledge, a demanded public retraction, a physical confrontation, and a Baltimore crowd applauding Jeff Davis’s departure for Mississippi.
A batch of marriage notices from Stephenson County Illinois. Entries cite couples married on various dates in 1867 1868 and 1888 by local ministers including Rev M B Patterson Rev F A Read Rev J K Bloom and Rev J K Bloom. Names include Joan T Lee NeEtTig Snyder ALSERT M REep Ange Line Laura John M Polusck Sarah J Swartz Michatu Bolander Ea mtaA Bons Brapshaw Mary E Capwest.
January 7 market notes list prices for wheat oats corn barley rye and other staples. Pork and hog figures, wool, eggs, lard, potatoes and wood show varied values with receipts mixed and markets dull.
A catalog of remaining unclaimed advertisements and names in JANU state includes Agney Winfield Andrus W P Brier and numerous individuals such as Bentley Jane Byington Iras Brace Laura C Burnham LG Boordner Loyina Baker Little Brown Uncle Bill Buckinan Guy J Courtney and others listed in Freeport Illinois office records from 1863. The document compiles names across multiple entries with handwritten clerk notes and initials.
I I Mayer cashier of the 1st National Bank of Freeport affirms the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. This Illinois Stephenson County notice records the bank official's sworn testimony regarding the financial declaration.
Foreman B S presents Foremanizing a timber preservation process claiming to prevent decay in cottonwood and poplar fence posts and railroad ties. He describes boring holes in posts, filling with a white saltlike compound, and asserts low cost. Grosebeck at Lena Hotel offers explanations and material for sale.
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