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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1873
Page
4
A lively mix of weather musings, circus reminders for August 6, and campaign chatter. Reports mention Griswold College admitting young ladies, Greeley and Grant debates, and Democratic versus Republican leanings. Local figures include Charles W. Jenkins and Prof. Emerson, with notes on Salt River improvements and barber shop hours.
A city meeting at the First Presbyterian Church discussed founding a college. Key speakers urged support, with $15,000 already subscribed by 16 to 18 people. Organizers aim for $100,000 eventually, opening to all social strata as a people’s college. The finance committee remains hopeful for timely fund-raising.
The August issue of The Atlantic Monthly portrays Mr. Greeley as capricious and conceited yet bold in opinion and timid in action. It notes an indefinable charm that provokes laughter despite esteem, calling him unsteady grotesque obstinate and ridiculous as a presidential figure.
Kent announces a Sunday School Convention at the new Lutheran Church on Sunday August 18 with good speakers and singers. An invitation is extended to all Sabbath school supporters.
The writer recalls a trip to St Louis noting the Laclede Hotel’s popularity with guests from northwestern Illinois. Captain J W Malin, owner, is praised for hospitality while a large addition and three hundred new rooms are planned. The piece also mentions Wesley Austin, railroad routes, St Louis manufacturing growth, and a reflective moment with a Bible on arrival.
A Tuesday afternoon Illinois Central northbound passenger train collided with a cow that had broken a fence and lay on the track at the I C R R and Western Union crossing. The impact derailed three cars but the locomotive and cars cleared the embankment without falling, injuring only messenger Geo Gray with severe head cuts. Freight and express cars remained on the embankment. repair work allowed trains to pass by 10 o'clock. The cow died instantly.
Delighted by fresh showers and bright skies Pecatonica residents remark on cool bracing air golden sunshine and dew on flowers. The piece notes talk of a possible Pecatonica publication a new store a planned Catholic church and renewed church debt relief amid healthy summer harvests and community optimism.
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