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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1868
Page
7
Citizens are invited to attend a special winter program by the Kelly Bros on Thursday evening at Pig's Hall. The show features scenes of the Great Rebellion a trip to notable Europe and America plus music by a genuine Fretjels Calliopian. The act is advertised as fresh and unlike old panoramas.
A Warren Sentinel notice offers $50 to anyone who catches Jim Knapp smoking a cigar or pipe. The item raises questions about who Jim Knapp is and why N. Boothby seeks to curb his smoking, prompting readers to wonder about the editor’s explanation.
All mothers in need of boots or shoes for their children are invited to examine the Smythe stock for sale at Fry's Block on the corner. He has a complete assortment adapted to all tastes ages and sizes and the largest stock to select from. Call in and examine his goods and prices.
Mr Wm Sechrist, popular clothier and gents outfitter, must vacate his store soon. He urgently seeks buyers to clear his immense stock, inviting everyone to call and verify the facts as stated.
A fire about 1 p.m. Monday gutted grain elevators and warehouses owned by Maj. Link and R. Wagner at Polo. Grain loss and insurance are undetermined. The blaze began in Link’s new building. suspected incendiary. Coal on nearby tracks caught fire but was moved and extinguished. Town saved by a small garden engine from Mr. Cornwall. no fire apparatus in town.
The article extols Diffenbaugh's store for oysters toys candies cakes crackers apples and general groceries plus baskets and fancy articles. It notes his vast cellars of apples and large wholesale retail trade. It praises his business sense reliance on moderate profits and quick returns and invites trying his mammoid none such oysters to compare with any shellfish.
Mr C M Tremaine at 481 Broadway New York presents Day by Day and The Soldiers Prayer and The Smile whose sweetness won me. Day by Day words by the author of John Halifax with music by Wm R Demps ter 40 cents Andantino easy The Soldiers Prayer bass song by Joseph Dunbar 35 cents The Smile whose sweetness won me words by J P Douglas music by W B Graham 30 cents
The Stephenson County Agricultural Society met on December 18 1868 with President Diemer presiding. They planned to fix a conference date to revise the 1868 fair premium lists and to organize for the Northern Illinois Horticultural Society meeting in Freeport February 1 12 13 1867. An Executive Board meeting was set for February 27 at the Court House to revise the premium lists. A three member committee Davis Little Ankeny was named to prepare a new feature for the next Fair.
Bargains at Hettleys Auction Store on Chicago Street offer dry goods just received at panic prices. Jovian drives Hd the row selling a lot of dry goods at reduced rates. Local shoppers hurry for these steep discounts.
The Sorgo Journal and Farm Machinist announces the January issue of volume six. It highlights topics for planters such as the First Agricultural Society of Ohio, sorghum interests in Michigan, grain threshers and separators, rotating Provera, grinding hay, sorghum in Missouri, sugar making in Louisiana, beet sugar, steaming food for stock, and beet root crops. Published by Blymyer Newton & Co Cincinnati Ohio. Subscriptions: one copy yearly 50 cents. four copies yearly $1.50. specimens free.
The Prairie Farmer Annual is described as a 150 page volume from the Prairie Farmer Company Chicago containing astronomical notes a monthly calendar for 1868 articles on The Flower Garden The Kitchen Garden Orchard and its Management and small fruits an essay on Hop Growing in the Northwest and notes by Dr N H Paaren Veterinary Editor plus an extensive directory of leading implement manufacturers dealers stock breeders nurserymen and seedmen with an appendix of advertisements The price is 25 cents and a gratis copy is offered to 1868 subscribers with both items sent for 2 dollars A lost slipper pattern Dog s Head is noted with reward at the Journal Office
The cold snap has benefited clothing dealers with E. and J. Roche reporting strong sales. The Roche firm, now in Hottinger's Block, has expanded facilities to fulfill orders with neatness and dispatch, guaranteeing satisfaction.
Kingsley and Mills are touted as the region’s premier dental practitioners. Their rooms sit opposite the Court House above Treat Stocking’s drug store, with skilled techniques in tooth extraction filling and denture construction evidenced by exemplary workmanship and patient satisfaction.
The Saturday opening lecture by Prof Youmans drew modest crowds while many missed it due to other engagements. Attendees say the talk met expectations, yet public interest remains weak. The writer laments lower civic interest than for a Negro Minstrel show and urges a literary society or library to reform taste.
For Dry Goods, buyers are urged to visit Settley’s Auction Rooms opposite the Journal Office to compare low-priced first-class items marked down. The article notes worn shoes and repairs needed, mentions slick pavements near the Post Office, and warns of possible serious falls as winter ends and fewer shops open.
In the City of Freeport on January 10 1868 J Kean officiated joining J Thomas and Warlotry Axbietwal both of Freeport. The ceremony occurred at the bride’s father residence in Ballayville Ogle County. Also noted is a later marriage on the 2th of ann 196% between Qamarl Cont Amar and Lovisa Hollenwack formerly of Reading Vermont.
January 1st market prices showing wheat 1 cent for shelled corn 75 cents for shelled corn rye 91 40 buckwheat 75 cents oats 6 cents per half bushel butter 3 cents per pound eggs 18 to 20 cents each chicken 18 20 cents each turkeys 9 cents per pound live weight flour 4 barrel price 4 50 ragi 20 24 cents per unit listed for the office notes.
Fragmentary notices list names including Lee RH Metzke Jacob May Josephene Mackamer Lewis Murphy George Musweveny Benny Miller Electa J Muner E Murray lid Mitchell T Mitchell H Myers-John. The garbled items resemble a classified or directory page with partial names and roles.
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