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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1871
Page
4
The piece laments a monthly public debt reduction figure of about eight million and questions how a government described as corrupt and profligate funds ongoing obligations. It argues the partisan press portrays a ruined country while the public seemingly accepts the situation.
Gris, the Cincinnati humorist now writing from Missouri, recalls early Palmyra life. A first Postmaster hunted letters in a field, stopping his plow team to search the mail. He joked the post office was growing so fast he must buy a bigger hat as letters piled up.
John Van Buren dined at Downing’s saloon after clearing a man in court when the plaintiff in the case confronted the lawyer with harsh abuse. The aggrieved party asked who could defend such a crime, prompting the prince to respond while eating an oyster.
Community page notes a Fourth of July dedication event in local affairs. Officials mark the ceremony with residents attending and several speeches by city leaders. Plans include a parade, a band performance, and a public reading of the Declaration of Independence.
The Freeport community prepares a full day of events for July 4 including a dedication of the Soldiers Monument a large procession on Stephenson Street at 1 30 p m and a program at the speaker s stand with English and German orations a sham battle and night fireworks Governor Palmer expected to deliver the oration or a designated substitute if he cannot attend.
The Union B B Club invites all to witness their game against Prairie City Club of Warren at 10 o'clock today Tuesday with seats reserved for ladies. Both clubs are reported to be in good trim. A Waddams Sunday Behog Convention was held at the Lutheran Church near McConnel's Grove on June 25 1871 with promising gains for the Sunday School cause.
Indebted to A F Broad for a copy of Gardening for Money by Charles Barnhard a practical entertaining gardening guide. Also thanks to Mr Broad for Tom Burke Of Ours by Charles Lover praised by United States Service Magazine as humorous and abundant in incident and wit.
A veteran suggests humane pest methods using potash in rat holes and runs to deter the animals asymptomatically. The same approach with tartar emetic mixed with food aims to kill mice by poisoning them, causing sickness and departure.
Boston publisher Horace B Waller presents A New Book the Life that now is Sermons by Rob ert Collyer 1871 at 14 Broomfield street. C G Sanborn news dealer furnished a copy. Collyer is praised as a liberal eloquent divine and the volume is urged for readers to buy at Sanborns.
Rev. B. Gilbert of Marshall Michigan will preach at the Baptist Church next Sunday morning and evening at the usual hours. All are invited to attend.
A string of brief items recounts visits by Col Rowley of Galena, J M Hunter state senator in town, and B Smith of Mt Carroll. Talks include July 4 orations by J M Bailey and T J Turner at Dixon and Woodstock, along with remarks about General Palmer and other figures visiting Freeport. Notes mention S P Frazier and Agrain at Denver, Mrs Hill and Miss Miller leaving for Pennsylvania, and a humorous jab at Evansville politics about a profane council member.
Source states negotiations are in progress to induce William Palmer late of the Holland House Rockford to reopen the Howard House in the city. Palmer is described as an experienced and capable landlord who would make the Howard House the most popular hotel in the Northwest if he agrees.
On Sunday night burglars struck the Third Ward residence of Mr. J H Porter taking his watch and $300 in greenbacks. The same gang reportedly entered Mr Atkinson’s home seizing his watch and his wife’s watch. They also hit Nick Johnson, taking a watch and $2. Citizens warn others to lock doors and keep a revolver ready at night.
The article explains how subscription payments are printed on the paper next to the reader’s address to show expiration dates. It notes subscribers can verify balances and that papers may be repeated until payment is received. It lists recent payments from subscribers including Henry Bolender and Jeremiah Clay among others.
The 1st M. E. Church congregation donated 223.36 on Sunday for missionary work plus a Sabbath School quarterly collection of 63.48, totaling 286.84 in one day. The Sabbath School concert drew a full, responsive crowd and the church, crowded to overflowing, enjoyed a lively program introducing Bible in heathen lands.
Buckeye teachers and Sunday School workers from Mosere Bidwell Stevens Pelton and abroad gathered for a June 18 1871 convention at Cedarville. Key topics covered strengthening town Sunday School work temperance funding and wise use of tobacco money for religious outreach. Music by Mr Barber enlivened exercises as attendees resolved to push forward the cause.
The annual Sunday School Convention met at the U B Church in Loran on June 25 with large attendance. Rev Joseph Erb named chair and S A Frey as secretary. Superintendent Lemon reported about 109 scholars, 100 library volumes, and four conversions. Sessions featured talks on the duties of parents and teachers, divine influence in Sabbath schools, and a question drawer. The event closed at 4 pm with benediction by Rev Bidler.
The Briggs House at Randolph Street and Fifth Avenue in Chicago now transfers to Went Worth and Frank W. Wentworth as chief caterer. The 250-room hotel offers accommodations for 400 guests and is touted as the best in Chicago with solid reputation and high standards. The new owners promise patrons will not need another hotel in the city and extend best wishes for Wentworth’s success.
A description praises traveling from Freeport to the East by the Western Union Railroad departing 1 35 PM, stopping for supper in Milwaukee, crossing Lake Michigan by steamer, and then continuing by rail to Detroit to connect with the Grand Trunk route. The piece also highlights J H Whitman of the Grand Trunk at 50 Clark Street Chicago as a courteous representative and notes the Grand Trunk connects with the Michigan Central for eastbound travel.
Cramped fragments describe John Frisbee of Crane s ears and disdain for a local rye extract trade. Griggs of the Rockford Register stirs alarm as the Old Rye market heats when he visits, with talk of Middle ditch Potter & Co. allowing “dead head” overtones and a volatile scene in Freeport.
A Freeport Journal piece recalls the 1871 dedication of Stephenson County Soldiers Monument with verses honoring fallen Union troops. The poem extols bravery, gratitude, and national unity, urging renewed devotion to freedom and memorializing those who perished. A brief local note mentions a cottonwood switch tree growing in the area and a pamphlet from Aultman & Taylor with machinery price lists.
Farmers and others are invited to inspect a large batch of Horien Wagons from the factory. W G Barnes notes the wagons are built from top timber, well assembled, highly finished, fully warranted, and offered at low prices. Offices at 91 and 93 Galena Street.
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