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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1867
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR passage lists names such as Milton Stouse and Thomas French with a corner of KhE planeta Cin a Streets in Freeport Illinois, indicating a damaged public notice context.
The Granite Baptist Church on Amity Street near Green and Wooster is converted into Mr. A T Stewarts stable for express horses. Thirty-two stalls line a churchlike room with hay, gas lighting, and a brick floor. The horses, valued between five hundred and one thousand dollars, are trained for Stewart's dry goods business and kept on a strict feeding schedule.
The couple, noted for discreet associations, are said to have been married before leaving their home and then boarded a train bound for Champaign.
A petition circulates among Chamber of Commerce members to keep National Bank currency from being called in if banks continue operating, on condition they surrender interest rights on 300 million dollars of bonds deposited with the Comptroller at Washington. Also notices of Stephenson County Agricultural Society meeting and ads for DeLand & Co saleratus and Phalon perfume.
An advertisement offers a four column reversible flue parlor stove for sale by Emmert & Stibgen, promising fuel saving heat. It also promotes custom mens kip and calf boots at panic prices from Broad & Bright, with a subscription price list for 1887 magazines and various shop items at City Crockery Store. A moral market note claims cure for coughs with Aoses Cough Balsam.
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