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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1867
Page
5
Rates of advertising outline business card space as five lines maximum with a base price of five dollars per year. Each additional line costs WCents per line. The notice details placement and pricing structure for local advertisers.
The article recounts Twelfth Day traditions in Europe and Rome’s carnival rites, then gives a digest of the City Council meeting held January 8 with reports from city officials and orders for various expenses. It lists amounts due and paid, including street work and jailer costs, and notes judgments to be pursued on delinquent properties.
The minutes note extension of the time for return of warrants on the Chicago and Bridge street projects. It lists payments to Geo Wolf and others, mentions mending and services by A McLaughlin, and orders deeds for cemetery lots unpaid to be turned to the City Marshal for collection. J B Saari signs as City Clerk.
The article notes a $4000 cash or $5400 in goods prize for the largest December 7 to January 1 purchase at C Dwight and Co. Alexander Smith bought three bills of $17.50 on Dec 28, the largest total. It also corrects a false arrest rumor about W A Kent of American Express and urges charity for the needy facing winter hardships.
A writer recalls being stopped by a large beggar who recounts wartime suffering to solicit aid. The narrator notes the tale mirrors dwindling funds and mocks the beggar as he exits the narrative, later meeting the same man in Stephenson Street, drunk and boastful after claiming to have raised money.
Reporter notes a large crowd gliding to the ice last evening. He quotes a reflective view on fashion driving the social world from the huts to mansions as all ages and classes enjoy skating and exchange soft words amid the ice and potential slips.
A brisk commentary extols a venue as ideal for grace and beauty, praising wit, worth, and the presence of women, describing the space as a distinguished hub for culture and social gatherings.
In city rumors Mr W E B Judson reportedly seeks marriage while Messrs Heard and Glatli purchase the north half of the brick building at the foot of Steph son street and will run the former Schofield agricultural implements business. A reader defends his reputation amid a column of local notices and letters.
The January Galaxy lists stories by Edward Spencer, Mary Ellen Atkinson, Anna Cora Ritchie, John Mason Brown, Anthony Trollope, and others with upcoming parts of Tristan and Waiting for the Verdict. It notes price 5 per year, Park Row address in New York, plus notices for The Lady's Fenn and Working Farmer with pricing, editors, and publishers. It also mentions Cotmay's RunAL Wamip and Colman's publishing details in St. Louis.
Co H Little importer and dealer promotes stone china and common wares, notes England dominance in stone china, mentions attempts at U S production with limited success, urges inspection of Britannia ware and copper-bottomed teapots and spoons, and tables for use on stoves without melting.
A jumble of local notices and advertisements from Freeport includes oblique references to a deceased man Grimes and his son, various merchants like Krohn Tobacconist, Mayer & Son, Broad & Bright, J. Mayer & Son, and Emmert & Stibgen. The page touts price cuts on winter clothing, boots and shoes, oysters, confections, and household goods, with sales pitches and business advice from local shopkeepers.
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