Local Affairs Notes From December County Records
The report lists forty one marriage licenses issued at the County Clerk’s office in December. It notes the death of Mr Daniel D Mack’s daughter and her burial yesterday. County Clerk George Thompson is ill but improves. A benefit ball at Fry’s Hall for the Rhine German School House drew a small audience. A German Catholic church ceremony of matrimony took place yesterday afternoon with unnamed participants.
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County Clerks Office
Fry’s Hall
Wanted two or three loads of RATIA from Rockford Register
Notices recount local events and people including leaving staff member James W. Newcomer for Nayanna, police and social happenings, an election at 2d M Church naming officers, a wagon crushed by rail cars, a trio’s drunken brewery trip, and editorials on Thanksgiving humor and local announcements.
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Rockford Register
Reilery
Shy
Former associate J J Fox Eisq continues at Rockford Register
The Rockford Register notes the return of J J Fox Eisq as a valued contributor and former Printing Department foreman. It lauds his talent and experience in news gathering and composition, praising his graceful writing and long service toRockford journalism. The item cites prior leadership at the paper and expresses confidence in his continued aid to the publication.
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J. J. Fox
Eisq
The
Register
Rockford Register
Fox
Ife
Rockford
Public meeting sets ticket plan for Howard benefit supper
A Freeport gathering chaired by Jerre Pattison and with Sidney Smith as secretary discussed a January eighth benefit for Mr. Howard at the Elotel. Officers formed committees on tickets invitations and arrangements while debating price: ten dollars for a gentleman and one lady, plus three dollars per additional lady, or alternate ticketing options. The group agreed to adjourn after assigning duties and circulating a subscription list.
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Howard
Jerre Pattison
Sidney Smith
Mr. Pattison
C. J. Fry
Mills
Moulton
Brawley
Purinton
Mr. Rowell
C.J. Fry
Mr. Howard
Fry
Ife
Rowell
Freeport
J. Wry
Cowles
J. Pattison
M. D. Chamberlin
Mr. Moulton
W. S. Brawley
W. W. Bigelow
Frank Malburn
FY Taylor
Wright
Jesse Burchard
I. P. Hodges
Jacob Johan
Howard Mouse
Mes sage of Acting Governor Amy reaches New Mexico
General J W Shatter has returned from Washington and will stay only a few days in this city. Hon John A Clark supplied a copy of the Second Annual Message to the Legislative Assembly. Taxes are due and should be paid. Dr E G DePuy, collector, may be found at Hicka and Tercat’s store. Geo W Bungay, noted lecturer and poet, was in the city yesterday en route to Wisconsin and promised to keep in touch. Merchants Union Express Co has installed a new counter. office neat, central, and ready to assist the public.
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John A. Clark
Amy
Legislative Assembly of
New Mexico
E.G. DePuy
Hicka
Geo. W. Bungay
Wisconsin
Union Express Company
New Church to Be Dedicated in Van Brooklin Settlement
Lanark December 31 1846 notice requests in next issue to state that the new M 1 church in the Van Brooklin settlement on Yellow Creek will be dedicated Sunday January 13 Rev J E B Yates of Rockford to conduct the dedicatory services.
Brown School Holiday Budget
The Chicago publication Brown School Holiday Budget showcases notable typography and solid editorial content. Editors include S. P. Rounds Jr. and Thomas Lincoln, the latter famed as President Lincoln's Tad. The Budget releases intermittently to fit editor schedules.
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Chicago
West
Messrs
Temperature Readings From December 1866 to January 1867
The record from Messrs Neff and Swartz provides a regular daily thermometric log. Readings show temperatures varying around seven above zero at several listed times including December 1866 and January 1867, with times such as 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. noted and the page indicating a 1 pp. om. 109 above.
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Messrs. Neff & Swartz
Public documents and oil well report in local notices
Indebted to Lyniay Trumbull for public records including the 1862 Coast Survey superintendent report and the 1864 Commissioner of Patents report noting 4047 patents issued that year. Coast Survey adds fifty charts valuable for navigation. Oil well on Rockey farm reaches over 550 feet with prospects favorable as drill advances through sandstone and soapstone layers toward 600 feet. 25 percent stock left for future development.
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Lyniay Trumbull
Coast Survey
Patents
Rockey Farm
ParRuatological Journal 1867 Volume Opens With Portraits
The January issue features graphic sketches and portraits of Ristori Tughes and Father Prout plus articles on Education by John Neal Two Careers of Womanhood Our Neighbor by Mrs. Wyllis Ethnology by E G Squier and other reads. Subscription offered for 20 cents or 20 years. Fowler and Wells 389 Broadway New York.
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Parrunological Journal
Tom” Tughes
Prout
John Neal
Squier
Fowler & Wells
Broadway
New York
Portraits and a Promising Scene From Mr J E Brink's Studio
Visitors note Mr J E Brink in Krohn's block has completed portraits from photos including one of T Ormsbee's daughter and a retouched photo of Frazier of Merchants Union Express. The standout work is a large canvas titled The Evil Whisper, 46 by 6 feet, in embryo but showing strong promise. Brink plans to show it at our office before sending to Chicago.
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Joe
Krohn
Mr. T. Ormsbee
Frazier
Merchants’ Union Express Co
Brink
Chicago
Merchants Prepare for Heavy Trade as Quiet Season Persists
During the current lull, most merchants are tightening stock accounts and planning for a busier period ahead. Streets are notably quiet and business activity remains stagnant.
Report of Major General Wager Swayne Freedmen Bureau
Indebted note thanks C W Buckley for an 1866 report by Major General Wager Swayne Assistant Commissioner in Alabama for refugees and freedmen. Two large boxes at Merchants' Union Express unclaimed from Germany. Theodore Muller Freeport, IL. Call to remove personal property or inform the man.
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C.W. Buckley
Wager Swayne
Burea of Refugees and Freedmen
Alabama
Merchants’ Union Xpress
Germany
Theodore Muller
Freeport
Bungay Lecture Praised in Janesville on Work and Play
Geo W Bungay Esq lectured on American Society or Work And Play at Monroe and Janesville Gazette commends his last evenings Y M C A talk. Despite small attendance, audience praised the sparkling eloquence and fervor and urged another West visit before season’s end.
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Geo
W. Bungay
Monroe
Janesville Gazette
Opening of Springfield Leland Hotel Scheduled in January
Citizens invite the Illinois Editorial Corps and lawmakers to attend the Leland Hotel opening in Springfield on January 7. W Hickox chairs the invitation committee and promises complimentary tickets. The Metropolitan hotel group from New York manages the new hotel with music by the Great Western Light Guard Band of Chicago.
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Weare
W. Hickox
Leland Ilotel
Springfield
Ilk
Messrs. Leland
Metropolitan Hotel
New York
State of
Illinois
Great Western Light Guard Band of
Chicago
Spectral Temperance Tale On A Night Walk
A well known young man returns home on a principal avenue and encounters a translucent figure. The apparition claims to be mortal and a temperance advocate who drank too much to seek remedy. He explains how excessive temperance led him to misjudge his surroundings and lose his watch, urging restraint and avoiding whisky when hot.
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Fry’s Hall
Torrent Hose Co. No. 1
Ronnie
Ife
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JAS
McCall
Daniel D. Mack
Gai
George Thompson
Bulletin
Crane
James W. Newcomer
Nayanna
Sacunne Register
Howlett
Lanark Banner
Newcomer
Savant
Jacob Winer
Ile
P C Winslow
J §S Emimert
J D Diffenhaugh
Miss C Winslow
C Bently
Frank Clingman
Adrian Snyder
WA McCutcheon
Henry Bently
Fred Winslow
John Wilson
Dave
Zartman
Pennsylvania
Yartinan
Marta
Bulletin Boys
Stephenson County Agricultural Society
C. J. Ky
L. W. Guitkeau
Ie Wy Guiteau
State Trens
H. Diemer
Gov. Walt
J.D. Diffenbaugh
Lageart
I. W.guiteau
Conrad J. Fry
Harrison Diemer
Dakota
John Barfoot
Silver Creek
Fred Watson
Harlem
Geo, Walt
Samuel J. Davis
W. Guiteau
Jacob Acker
Jefferson
Hiram Goodrich
Loran
Giles ‘Ciurncaure
Florence
Joseph Scott
Thos
Itunt
Ridott
Chas Butterfield
Rock Run
Mitchell
Lancaster
1. Ordway
John Durrell
Robt Little
Ward
Mansburg
Asa Culver
Junny
Wm. Lloyd
Went
Saml Bechtel Waddams
L. Montague
West Point
Robt Jones
Buckeye
John Gift
Rockrove
B. P. Belknap
Oneco
Henry Rols
Winslow
Gino
Wour
See
Wowerd House
Lala
Jes Gen
J. W. Shatter
Washington
Messrs. Gishwiller & Dodds
Lena Star
Otlers of Ource
Adies
Chamberlin
Manya and
Collama
Fitch
Hiver
Chamberlin’s
Fry's Block
Ladiegard Gents
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