Miss Jessie Cross ill with typhoid fever updates
Local items report illness and recoveries including Miss Jessie Cross and Mr Chas Cross. Society notes announce AOUW meeting, a double funeral for Miss Ann McFarland and her brother, church services, a railroad depot project, a Dublin marriage of Miss Ledwith and Edward Menlove, and a Erie express accident with fatalities. Also included are a German Insurance Company annual statement and remarks on its strong finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann McFarland
Adeline
Freeport
Samuel
Accidental Rabbit-Hunting Shooting In Linwood Area
Dr J C Burbank was called to Bai leyville on Monday to treat a son of Mr A Bergman who was accidentally shot by a companion named Fusha while rabbit hunting last Wednesday. The team extracted a hammering slug from the upper fibula. the leg is swollen and discolored. Recovery looks unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Burbank
Baileyville
A. Bergman
Fusha
E. A. Carpenter
Buckley and
Winslow
Burbank
Wales
Lanark
Local Gentlemen Weds in Janesville with Jennie Woodruff
A Freeport native, well known and loved, travels to Janesville to wed Miss Jennie Woodruff today. The Journal extends hearty congratulations to the couple and wishes them happiness and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Freeport
Janesville
Jennie Woodruff
Journal
Death of Father Fred Yoerg in Freeport at 76
Father Fred Yoerg died at age 76 on the 18th from lung and kidney disease after emigrating from Germany in 1831. He lived in Philadelphia until 1855 then settled in Freeport with his wife of over fifty years. Surviving are one son and two daughters. Funeral at Emanuel Church on the 20th in German and English conducted by Revs. A. Huelster and H. Messner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Yoerg
Germany
Philadelphia
Freeport
Emanuel Church
A. Huelster
TI. Messner
Robbie McCoy Dies Sudden. Rites Held on Chicago Street
Robbie McCoy youngest son of C McCoy died suddenly last Thursday of bowel inflammation after falling ill Friday. Funeral from the family home on Chicago Street with Reverends Sweet and Jenkins officiating. large attendance. The community offers sympathy to the grieving father and surviving brother Willie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. McCoy
Chicago Street
Gary
Brooks
Died at 56 Mrs Harriet Phelps and local notices
Eleroy Chips reports Mrs Harriet Phelps died at home on the morning of the 19th aged 56 years 11 months 25 days. A grand literary treat is announced for Thursday evening the 27th. A sociable gathered many. a mishap occurred near Babb's Grove but injuries were slight. Notables at a gathering in Tarlem Centre included Mr and Mrs Smallwood Mahlon Malnix Miss Gheen Mattie Goddard Tillie Myers Nellie Averill Nettie Flansburg Dora Mannix Hiram and Amos Ditzler Charles Bennett Oliver Becker Will Ewing. Wood thefts warning given. Mr Robinson of Waddams Centre donated wood for a year. Mrs Tom Metz returns from the Empire State. Palmer Pickard of Hockford visiting. Scott Tallman to Chicago to visit his sister. Jan 22 81. SLIVER
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tfarriet Phelps
Bennett
Ewing
Messrs
Ditzler
Babb’s Grove
U. B
Tom Metz
Empire State
Palmer Pickard
Hockford
Scott Tallman
Chicago
Jan
Sliver
Obituary of Dr Charles H Stocking of Freeport Illinois
The obituary notes the sudden death of Dr Charles H Stocking at his Freeport residence between 3 and 4 AM on January 24 1881. Born July 16 1836 in York Michigan he rose from poverty to medical education at the University of Michigan and served in the Civil War as Hospital Steward Assistant Surgeon and Regimental Surgeon before settling in Freeport Illinois in 1867 with the Hicks Treat drug firm later Swarts Stocking. He was praised as sagacious fair and generous as a physician husband and father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Iis
Kentucky Volunteers
Liberty
Mattie Breed
Jamestown
N. Y
Amboy
Illinois
Freeport
James R. Slicks
Hicks & Treat
Treat
Geo. F. Swarts
Swarts & Stocking
Stocking
Feeport
Secretary's Report at Ridott Institute 1881 Meeting
The Teachers Institute held at Ridott opened at 10 15 with devotion led by president J M Fisk Topics included arithmetic geography and grammar with A A Krape and I M Swanzey among presenters A three member committee was formed to plan the next program featuring Fisk Eichel and others A two week adjournment followed. Albert Askey secretary Married in this city January 25 1881 Rev R F Sweet officiating C L Hawkinson of Chicago to Miss F M Meigs of this city
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Teachers’ Institute
Ridott
J. M. Fisk
I. M. Swanzey
A. A. Krape
Mr. Albright
H.C. Eichel
Albert Askey
R. F. Sweet
C. L. Hawkinson
Chicago
F. M. Meigs
A Strange Disappearance of Mount Rainier Feature
Portland readers note that the famed Mount Rainier pack saddle above New Tacoma has vanished after weeks of cloud cover. locals speculate it may have fallen into the crater, a sudden change that astonishes old residents and travelers along Puget Sound channels.
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Puget Sound
New Tacoma
Mount Ranier
Electric Bitters A Great Chicago Enterprise
A Great Chicago Enterprise. The Laboratory for the manufacture of Electric Bitters is one of Chicago's greatest enterprises, giving employment to a large number of hands. The extensive sale already attained for this wonderful remedy is astonishing and supply is hard to meet at fifty cents. Sold by Emmert & Burrell. Apples offered by Burrell Bros include Greening Spitzenburg Spy Baldwin King Seek-no-further and more in two car loads at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Dispatch
Boston
Chicago
Emmert & Burrell
Greening
Spitzenburg
Spy
Baldwin
King
Seek
Steel
Burrell Bros
Sales Agents Wanted by BE. G. Rideout & Co.
Agents and canvassers earn from 25 to 80 dollars weekly selling goods for BE. G. Rideout and Company at 10 Barclay Street New York. Send for their catalogue and terms. 22-ly
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BE. G. Rideout & Co
Barclay Street
New York
Oysters From Baltimore At Chicago Wholesale Prices
Oysters are arriving daily from Baltimore and will be sold at Chicago wholesale prices C O D to stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Chicago
A Splendid Medicine Buys Patient Endorsement
A 1878 Mahoning Furnace letter from Jacob Bumith of Fenner endorses Dr Fenner’s Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic as splendid medicine. He cites his father’s long illness improved by one bottle and his wife’s positive results. The ad lists Dr Fenner’s Cough Toney, Golden Relief, St Vitus Dance Specific and claims cures in minutes, with Emmert & Burrell as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahoning Furnace
M, M
Fenner
Fredonia
New York
Algo
Jacob Bumith
The Border Outlaws and Advertised Sale Notes
A district agent position is opened for selling a book in Jo Daviess Stephenson and Winnebago counties. Also notes on religion as unity of intellect and will. Yellowstone horses rise in value with 3 year olds sold for 50 to 100 dollars. Ether treatment for sciatica recommended by Dr Comegys. ether suggested as alternative to ergotine in douloureux. England to pay 1.5 billion to settle Irish land question per Statist. Duc d Aumale hosts large parties at Chantilly with Countess de Paris and Duchess de Chartres as rotating hostesses.
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Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Winnebago
Great Yellowstone Valley
Comegys
England
Duc d'Aumale
Chateau of
Chantilly
Countess de Paris
Duchess de Chartress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jessie Cross
Board of Supervisors
Mira Giles
D. B. Byers
Salem Church
New York City
Ecumenical Council of the American Denominations
H. Messner
F. W. Greenleaf
Greenleaf
Naval Service
Illinois Central
C.M. &St.p. Co
Erie
Elmira
Oswego
Freman
Leod Becker
Robbie McCoy
Senator Blaine
Utica Herald
House of Representatives
Washington
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Portland (Or.) Standard
Galden
CG. O. D
G. E. Hiller
Chicago St
THE
Border Outlaws
Wm. A. Stevens
Stephenson Street
Geo. M. Sheetz
Brewster House
BuTalo Fobes
Dolmans
Mielty
Wright & CO
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