Baseball results spark Chicago bets and local hire news
The article notes a Chicago telegraph report on a baseball score Nationals 49 Excelsiors 4 amid rumors of large bets. It also reports Theodore Kundinger replacing B M Updike at Stine and Bro, praised as a top cutter and fitter joining the local firm.
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Chicago
Telegraph
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Tribune
Nationals
Excelsior
Excelsiors
Rockford
Pheodore Kundinger
Louer
B. M. Updike
Stine & Bro
Kundinger
Messrs. Stine
Temperance meeting announced at Presbyterian Church this week
The Lona Star notes a temperance gathering at the Presbyterian Church this week and urges reporters from attending temperance groups to share a recap. The Town Council approved larger beer licenses for two saloon keepers, one on each side of the railroad. An August Freeport News notice praises the Daily Journal by James S. McCall, applauding its growth and impact on local readers and reducing reliance on Chicago papers.
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Lona Star
Presbyterian Church
Star
Freeport News
Mesars, Taylor & Aspinwall
Daily Journal
Jamess. McCall
Chicago
Freeport
Mac
Professor Hamilton to Exhibit Trick Horses in City
Reliable sources report the famed horse tamer Professor Hamilton will return to the city next Friday and Saturday to perform with his horses and ponies. He is also slated to visit Batavia Elgin Belvidere and Rockford this week on an accompanying tour.
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Batavia
Elgin
Belvidere
Rockford
Old Presbyterian hall serves as temporary church space
Last week the old Presbyterian church appeared in a new character as an exhibition hall yesterday Fry's Hall was occupied by the congregation as a place of worship thus reversing the order of things. The congregation will continue using the hall as a place of meeting till their new church edifice is completed.
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Ges
Old Presbyterian Church
Fry’s
Proposal for regular free concerts by Union Cornet Band
The letter praises the Union Cornet Band for recent improvements and a fine serenade to citizens after eleven pm. It suggests holding regular free concerts one or two times weekly in front of the Court House at five or six pm, funded by small subscriptions from locals, and invites others to join, noting merchants would benefit from increased commerce.
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Union Cornet
An Eventful Year Foretold By Moonlit Signs
The piece predicts a busy year with marriages and love for maidens though some may dream of lovers. It mentions three nights of repeated omens and dark nights as the moon wanes. It imagines many deaths and a sudden return of order after upheaval.
Lectures Seek Organizers For Next Winter Course
An Edwin Lee Brown Y M C A advertisement urges literary and Christian groups to obtain his circular listing fifty prominent speakers and terms. The note urges quick action to secure engagements before speakers are taken, cites past failures with library societies, and cites growing library programs in Rockford Aurora Bloomington as models. The Paris Renifew denies war rumors. London papers doubt sincerity.
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Jaz
Chicago Republican
Edwin Lee Brown
John B. Gough
Rockford
Aurora
Bloomington
Paris
London
Potato bug debate spurs farmeraction and local roadwork
A reader urges Colorado Iowa origins of the potato bug outbreak and urges farmers to plant on fresh ground to deter infestation. The City Marshal announces a dog ordinance in response to property sales as pests ravage potato vines and a state road macadamizing project advances joining Union Locust streets.
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Enrron Journam
Colorado
Iowa
Wisconsin
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Jes
Union
Locust Streets
Union Street
Night Blooming Cereus Perfume Claims Wide Popularity
The advert headline proclaims Phalon & Son’s Night-Blooming Cereus as a leading American perfume. D. B. De Land & Co offer refunds to retailers and customers if the fragrance does not meet its advertised merits after fair testing.
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Messrs
D. B. de Land & Co
Marriages Recorded in Stephenson County in 1867
Two notices announce marriages in July 1867. Samuel A. Daughenbaugie and Many Meninick, both from Stephenson County, Ill., wed in this city on July 27. Tunis Stommel, of Fort Wayne Detroit, and Gretchen Plummer of Freeport, Ill., married here on July 28 at the bride’s father's residence.
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C. C. Shuler
Samuel A. Daughenbaugie
Many Meninick
Stephenson Co
Ill
G. C. Shuler
Tunis Stommel
U. S. Infantry
Fort Wayne
Detroit
Michigan
Gretchen Plummer
Freeport
Ils
Enchanted island remedies hailed as world’s great tonic
An article extols Plantation Brothers and Dr Deake’s tonic medicines from St. Croix claiming cure for dyspepsia and stomach ailments. It features claims of life-preserving products and a pitch for Coe’s Dyspepsia Cure and King’s Vegetable Ambrosia as youth restorers.
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Deake
Tropica
St. Croix
Wanted a useful citizen with local knowledge
An advertisement seeks a qualified person well acquainted with the region to learn of easy and lucrative employment by visiting a Philips office within a few days. The notice mentions local merchants and various goods such as canned dried fruit crackers bread and oysters, urging readers to inquire at Mayer & Sons and related firms.
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W Len Lie
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