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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1874
Page
7
A lengthy analysis argues the Beecher Tilton dispute demands full committee disclosure. It notes Tilton's testimony and Tilton Beecher letters while urging restraint until formal findings are released.
At the Pennsylvania House on the sixteenth instant a marriage was performed by Rev. D B Byers uniting Alexander F. Lindeman of Lodi Illinois and Lena Brookmeier of Milledgeville Illinois.
List of names and patrons with office hours for the Freeport Illinois Post Office. I ncluded are names of residents, letter recipients, and staff such as SMITH D ATKINS, Postmaster. Office hours vary seasonally from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM on weekdays and Sundays 8 to 9 AM and 12 to 12:30 PM.
Wheat fair and slightly lower with No 2 spring at 1 08 to 1 07. Corn No 2 at 62 to 61 1 4. Oats dull and lower with No 2 at 48 for new and 47 48 for old. Rye scarce and higher at 90. Barley in good demand at 1 01 to 1 05. Pork steady at 23 75 for August and 23 25 for September. Beef cattle quiet at 36 50 Texan steers. Hogs active and firmer at 6 50 to 7 05 for common to extra prime. Highwines firm at 96. Continuous closing prices noted for several months and contract months.
The fragment lists varied retail items and prices including butter lard eggs potatoes turnips onions beans apples cabbages tallow oats barley dried peaches dried apples chickens and other goods. Names and numbers are scrambled but indicate a period price sheet style from a market report.
A fragment from a historical ledger lists wool, lime, tobacco, and various seed and grain items with pricing notes. It also details common boards, joists, timber lengths, fencing, siding, shingles, and planed lumber alongside fluctuating weekly prices. The entry reads like a merchant’s inventory sheet with multiple items and units.
Classified notice seeking an agent to handle affairs in Stephenson Jo Daviess and Winnebago Counties. Applicants are instructed to address as specified in the official notice and follow filing procedures.
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