Strawberry Festival and Market News Stir Freeport
The item lists assorted market prices with strawberries at 20 25 and 30 cents per quart. It notes a peanut price drop to three cents per quart and mentions Edward Babcock visiting, local postal card circulation, and a variety of city happenings including a Freeport Fourth of July celebration plan, a serious horse accident, a new Wheeler & Wilson agent move, a church social, and a Grand Strawberry Festival by the Young American Band with proceeds for instrument purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Babcock
Chicago
Cedarville
Hettinger’s Hall
Death by drowning of John Steere in Pecatonica River
John Steere a man about sixty five years old who enlisted in Freeport and lived here drowned himself in the Pecatonica River on Monday. Witnesses note intemperate habits and drunkenness. The body was recovered at the 11th haul after he jumped feet first from the Stephenson street bridge. Coroner's inquest returned a verdict of death by drowning due to partial insanity and intemperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Steere
Freeport
Marshal Dryer
Stephenson Street
Dean
John Kennedy
Pecatonica
RB. Dryer
William. Bear
George W. Oyler
Levi Denton
Smith’s Stock Yard
C. Schad
State of
Illinois
Stephen County
Baileyville News Recaps Postmaster Move and Local Deaths
In Baileyville the post office moved to a new stone building opposite the blacksmith shop as Mr Wilson becomes postmaster. Uncle Mack, a longtime justice, adds a letter box to his shop. Funeral notices include Chas F Baker aged 20 from injuries on May 19 and Lewis Rogers aged 75. The community honors veterans at Scott's cemetery with prayers and a Bucks address. A dance at Geiger's Hall and a stone schoolhouse project by D A Galpin are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Mack
A. B. Ausherman
Chas. F. Baker
Fred. Baker
Charley
Lewis Rogers
Baileyville
Scott's Cemetery
C. A. Bucks
D. A. Galpin
Geiger’s
Godfrey Vought
Our Forgotten Heroes Honor Soldiers Graves in Freeport
On Friday in Freeport the graves of Union soldiers were garlanded with evergreens and flowers. Residents gathered at Commercial Block then marched to the cemetery led by the Freeport Guards and Young American Band to decorate crosses and wreaths. A large evergreen cross near the entrance memorialized unknown dead, while many others buried across distant battlefields are honored in memory. The procession returned for prayers and a brief address by Rev. William Augustus Smith, affirming the nation’s duty to its fallen soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Block
P. Wn
Freeport Guards
Royal M. Buckman
Brightynew
Stephenson Street
United States
Stephenson County
Milton S. Weaver
H. A. Sheetz
Sth
Holden Putnam
John A. Davis
Aaron S. Best
Fred Schilling
T.M. Hood
Silas Wright Field
van Reason
Jacob Backus
Joseph Maxwell
Charles Gramp
John Bottsfield
William Eddy
Sidney Haggart
William Haggart
McCarthy
Capetain
James R. Shaffer
1St
Colorado Cavalry
Lewis Bentley
David McCormick
John W. Sindlinger
James Jordan
Lawrence Fister
Ohio
Anton Bauer
Gen
J. Wilson Shaffer
Max Lambrecht
15Th Tll
Elisha Schofield
Thomas Mullarky
57Th Ill
Lary Patton
Andrew Bartlett
Donaldson
Vicksburg
Jenkins
William Augustus Smith
Freeport Builds More Walks and Trees This Spring
More new walks have been built this spring than ever before in Freeport. Shade trees have been planted and Freeport is becoming a charming country city in the west within a few years. Most streets are in good condition and driving is fast becoming the chief entertainment on pleasant evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Davison
Surroun
Osage Orange
American Arbor &c
The Freeport Guards Return at Sunset
The Freeport Guards, marching in quick time with cheerful music, retraced their route to the city as the sun's last rays gleamed on marble monuments. The silent city of the dead held wreaths, evergreen crosses, stars and stripes, and sleeping soldiers left to guard their memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Guards
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jake Stine
Jake
Henry H. Becker
Eleroy
Byers
Lena
James Zuver
Wheeler & Wilson
First Presbyterian Church
Mission School
Walton
Pecatonica River
Broad
Charles Baker
Fred Baker
Silver Creek
Polo
Freeport Saengerbund
Milwaukee Musical Society
Hans Balatka
Opera House
Prof. Balatka
Galloway & Snooks
Albert Bliss
Foreman
Fred Winslow
FR. K. Hill
Charles A. Dodge
Jnc
Mountain Glen
Battle Plain
Hall’s Mirror of
Embury
J. A. Stoddard
Western Home
Herzog & CO
A; Eeeal
Galena St
Freeport, Illinois
North West
Galena Street
Ill
A. B. Landis
Mount Joy
Penn
S. F. Taylor
Freeport, Ill
Blue
J. B. Tim
Stephenson
Union House
Lim
Noridge
Y. Stoskopf
van Kuren St
John W. Baenes & Son
Holland & Co’s
Billiard
Holland
Ilinois
H. P. Bigelow & CO
E. Zapef
Stephensonsst
Court House
E. Zapf
Scott & Wise
Bradbury and Emerson Pianos
J. Estey & Co’s
Carpenter, Scott & Wise
Stephenson ST
W. W. Montelius
McEntee & Pattison
F. H. Manny
Schuttler
Haworth
Galena Pattison
Ilson
Stover
Pattison Board of Trade
Pattison
Honingaworth
Son
Kirby
Burdick
Beloit
Challenge Feed
J.J. Casa & Co
Pitts
Climax
Woodberryers
Michigan
Upton
Conseyly
McEntee & Pattisod
Adamson
St Stephenson-st
L. Lautenbach
Cor
Chicago and
Galena Streets
Geo. Rusto
Kees, Lard
Tubs and Ashton's Dairy
Bright & Massenbe
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