Local Affairs and Odds and Ends From Rockford Area
Local notices report small pox in Rockford urging vaccination and announce a grand ball at Hottinger’s Hall this Tuesday. Items note a murder confession by Zimmerman, a cold snap across Illinois with halo phenomena, hogs massing in the state, Jessie Leigh's wolf capture near Eleroy, and cold weather effects. Other notes cover D C Sunderland moving to Mondre Wisconsin, Jesse R Grant remaining housebound, Rev. Lemon visiting his son, beet sugar plans, Michigan Central and Great Western passenger trains resuming service, and Gen Atkins’ Polo lecture aiding the Library Association with about forty dollars raised.
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Ban
Atkins
Litrary Society
Polo
Addresa
Shermar
Library Association
Oglethyniy Prese
Barnabee Concert Delights Audience Encored Favorite
A select, appreciative audience attended Barnabee’s Monday evening concert. Barnabee was the favorite, encored several times and cheered to the echo. Arbuckle pleased with his cornet solo. Mrs. Smith admirably assisted, with Miss Clark and Mr. Fessenden sustaining their parts finely. It was a splendid concert.
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Barnabee
Mr. Barnabee
Arbuckle
Golden Wedding Fiftieth Anniversary in Northumberland
Mathew Graham and wife celebrate their fifty years of marriage at Rock City with family from nearby towns. Rev. Miller officiates the ceremony at the Associate Reformed Church. A bountiful meal follows, recalling a long life and honoring departed heroes, as friends reflect on enduring love amid turbulent times.
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Shannon
Graham
Cais
Fort Donelson
Fai
Mshi
Ture
United States
Ngis
Ilinois
Stephenson County
Lreepart
Red Men
Forest
Soldiers' Grand Banquet and Ball in Freeport
The Soldiers' Grand Banquet and Ball in Freeport drew about sixty five couples after starting at Hettinger's Hall with Asbach's string band. Generals and locals toasted the President, Northwest volunteers, America's noblemen, mechanical interests, and Freeport, ending with tributes to fallen heroes. The event featured supper by Gates & Burton, speeches by General Smith, Dr. Snyder, Jerre Pattison, Loyal L. Munn, and others, plus a civic emphasis on manufacturing and unity.
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Freeport
Hettinger
Asbach
Brewster House
Gates & Burton
S. D. Atkins
United States
General Smith
Galena
General Grant
Orville Grant
West Point
Grant
Vicksburg
Fort Donaldson
Shiloh
Wilderness
Hannibal
Napoleon
Europe
Palmerston
Walpole
Alabama
Washington
Northwest
Snyder
Rock City
Smith
North- West
Louis Kossuth
Capitol
Harrisburg
Royal House of
Austria
Vienna
Jerre Pattison
New England
North-west
Michigan
Arma
Pattison
Stephenson
Brewater House
J. W. McKim
America
Nile W. Hetttians
Utg
Noserica
Herman
William Youngman
Atkins
Atkina
Stephenson County
Fort Sumter
Lincoln
Stephenson © Street
Springfield
Davis
Thompson
Puthman
Cairo
St. Louis
Louisville
Cincinnati
Union
Alleghanies
North Carolina
Richmond
Bel Run
Stone River
Hooker
Lookout Mountain
Shenandoah
Sherman
R. W. Hulburt
Grand Bankl
Dey
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Local Affairs
Rockford
Hottinger’s Hall
Zimmerman
Illinois
D.C. Sunderland
Monrde
Wis
Jesse R. Grant
Covington
Mr.Lemon
Indiana
L.T. Lemon
Iisq
Varmers Insurance Company
M. E. Church
Bret Lucan
Rosenstiel
Michigan Central
Great ‘Western Railways
Great Central
Lake Street
Chicago
22D Street
Anderson
Warren
Gulf
Ohio
Gulf of Mexico
Free Heart
Wagele
Anne
Joseph M. Bailey
City of
L. Munn
Atlantic
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