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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1881
Page
3
Community updates include visits by Frederic Bartlett and Nate Colby, students Lizzie Cooley and Miss Cooley, church services at First M. H. Church and Second Presbyterian, and the retirement of J. W. Stallett from editing. Notable deaths, court actions, and local meetings fill the week with New Year gatherings and civic notices across Lena and Freeport.
An elderly family profile highlights Abner, Hiram, John M, Cyrus Clingman as early settlers in Stephen County. Abner and Hiram arrived in 1839, John M in 1834, with Cyrus living in Fona. Collectively aged 320 years, the brothers are praised for enduring pioneer hardships and building lasting livelihoods.
Laure Diffenbaugh died January 8 1881 at age ten after a pneumonic illness. She was a devoted member of the First M B Church Sunday School and beloved by family and peers. Her last words spoke of meeting grandma and angels and she passed peacefully as prayers were offered. The funeral at her father’s home drew a large crowd with Rev Meredith officiating and sermons from Solomon and Longfellow’s The Reaper Whose Name Is Death.
A reflective piece arguing that education shapes youth beyond coercion, stressing family and school influence. It emphasizes the teacher's impact on a child’s thoughts and actions and asserts the school’s great moral and mental importance in guiding youth from an early age.
An August Pegar and wife left Buena Vista on a visit. their house caught fire from a dress near a pipe, neighbors saved most of the building, three small children were left at home with no insurance. Elias W. Gaderich broke his thumb in a drag saw incident. Geo. Bechtold injured by an ax blow to the head but not seriously. A Wadams teacher joked about solar genesis, warned against rapid head movements as the sun and stars formed in a fantastical account.
An ad offers a concise history of the Younger and James brothers with a request for name and 81.60 to obtain the work. Also promoted is the St Nicholas Hotel in Springfield praised for remodeled facilities and good dining, followed by a bishop’s critique of floral funeral decorations and a plug for Dr Marshall's Lung Syrup for whooping cough at 25 and 50 cents a bottle.
For sale a few Berkshire boar pigs at the old Fred Baker Farm near Wo umacsworth. Also a nearly new body cutter, good and cheap with terms. Inquiries to Rev. G. E. Hiller at the cor Chicago and Spring Sis, back of church. Also note Trask's Magnetic Ointment for burns bruises and inflammation. If not satisfied, price refunded and tell your friends.
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