Freeport News Briefs From City Streets And Courts
Local notices report the city marshal chasing suspects, a nuisance complaint settled with promise, and a July crowd at Hess mills. Reports include a dog tax question, a railroad worker arrest after a break in, a sewer extension inquiry, and a weekend picnic robbery recovered by Marshal Dreyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Shah
Man
Freeport Wind Mill Company
Washington Territory
Freeport
Stephenson Street
Lena
R. G. Miller
Texas
Justice Wolf
Embury M. E
Goddard's Woods
Wm. Phillips
Phillips
Dreyer
Mullen
Nolan
Iniquitous Institutions in Our City Cabarets and Banks
A skeptical city editor denounces local fare banks and related dens of vice, describing nightly betting, liquor, gambling rooms, and organized vice run under questionable protection. The piece condemns patrons, profiteers, and a few helping hands, urging civic action as Cyrus W. Field prepares for Newfoundland and the Atlantic cable arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jovnyan
Fare Banks
Freeport
Autober
Anderson
Chicago
Nnce
Teamster
Mole Hills
Northwestern Railway
Persimmons
Institutors
Colfax Defense Amid Credit Mobilier Debate
A wartime era record shows defenders of Schuyler Colfax citing Chicago Inter-Ocean reports to refute Ames and Drews accusations. It recounts Colfax’s denials, Tribune counterpoints, and disputes over money and memorandum details, with legal notes on layover tickets and a Dover tree collapse, plus Australia’s rising levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hur
Schuyler Colfax
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Colfax
Credit Mobilier
Oakes Ames
Ames
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
South Bend
Mochi Her
The
Mr. Colfax
Matthews
Chicago Legal News
Thellinois Supreme Court
E. D
Chicago
Supreme Court
Revised edition of 1870 71 natural history work with plates
Just completed revised edition in ten volumes of 882 pages each. Contains about four thousand engravings and forty maps plus up to one hundred plates illustrating natural history subjects. Multiple binding options and prices listed. Publisher J B Lippincott & Co seeks agents with specimen pages, Chicago address included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Morocco
Russia
Rey
Samuel Osgood
D.J
Trinity Church
New York City
Chamber
Jerael W. Andrews
Marrietta College
Ohio
Samuel W. Fisher
Hamilton College
N. Y
Toust
Illinois Institute for the Education of Feeble Minded Chila
An Illinois state institution, begun 1865, outlines its mission to educate and train feeble minded children. It describes integrated schooling with practical life skills, medical and physical training, and hopes to gather accurate pupil statistics for better legislation. The next school year starts September first. admissions inquiries go to Dr. C. T. Wilbur, Superintendent, Jacksonville, Illinois.
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Waas
Commonwealth
Jn Pf
Lalt
Ars Ij
C.T, Wilbur
Jacksonville
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Toad Hatters
Hiram Willey
Elizabeth Edwards
Willey
Swarts & Stocking
Stephenson County Agricultural Society
First Presbyterian Church
W. A. Smith
D. J. Burrell
San Francisco
Galena Road
Exchange Street
Vinegar Hill
Winds Central
Forreston
Chicago & Town R. R
92D Regiment
Mount Carroll
Johnson
Embury M. E. Sabath School
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Bridge Street
Barnum
Hess? Mills
Erie
Rockford
Marshal Dreyer
James Carhoon
Geo. Lamb
Westjars Union Railroad
Piersol
Cyrus W. Field
Newfoundland
Suill
Dover
N. H
Australia
Chamber's Encyclopadia
J.B. Lippincott & Co., Publishers
Philadelphia
C. &. Burrows
South Clark $T
Rock River Seminary
N.C
Money Loan Office
Jeremiah Dean
Old County Clerk's Office
Jul
Blve
Wnly
Captain Grant
Britannia
Jules Verne
Price
S. Burrows
Clark ST
Chicago, Ill
Illinois
Institut For the
Jere
Pattig
Pattison
Reaper
P. Manny
Reaper & Mower. Com
Culti
Cultiva
Cull
Chicago Board of Trade
Pati
Mareb Bth
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