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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1881
Page
4
Local items report visits by Mrs Oscar Taylor and others, sleighing conditions, and the 25th annual Carroll County Agricultural Board fair set for September 15 16 1881. Also covered are police, church meetings, a murder manslaughter charge, bridge praise, deaths, weather, and bank directors.
The Second National Bank directors met last Wednesday to choose a cashier. They adopted complimentary resolutions for Jacob Krohn resigning the acting cashier role and elected J. Brown Taylor to the position after fifteen years of service. The Freeport Library Association elected officers and reported a healthy balance and new books. The State Grange opened its annual session in Grange Hall with about fifty delegates and welcomed visitors. Rev. St. D. Jenkins spoke on the cost of alcohol to the nation, with a committee to arrange a future lecture by Jenkins. Opened, To-Day announced bargains in black fabrics at Warren’s.
A letter from Alameda dated January 7 1881 laments social excesses as eight hundred guests attend Sir Thomas Wesketh’s alliance with Senator Sharon’s daughter amid European titles and bonanza wealth. The writer contrasts poverty and luxury, criticizes coarse manners, and hopes for calmer weather and spirits.
Great sale of Hamburg embroideries to open next Friday or Saturday with four consignments outside regular stock. Items priced by piece values from cents to twenty-five or thirty cents, claiming high quality and better value than before. Also notices William Walton agents and canvassers offer earnings of 25 to 30 dollars weekly selling for B G Rideout Co of New York.
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