Empire Base Ball Club of Freeport Aids Festival
From Freeport the Empire Base Ball Club history details a 1860s rise, key matches against Garden City Chicago St Louis and Rockford, and a June 6 fundraising festival at Fry’s Hall to support the champion club’s season and travel as it seeks to defend its state title.
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England
Scotland
Jurnverein
Germany
Iempire
Freeport
Chicago
Rockford
Beloit
Racine
Madison
Gilema
Dubuque
Garden City
Empire Club
Empire
Teed
Brewster
Cavanagh
Thomas
M. Stoskopf
Wm. Lott
I. ‘Pt. Lemon
Templeton
L. Stoskopf
Empires
Munipires
Buckman
Lombard
Lemon
Empire Base Ball Club of
Empire Club of
St. Louis
Empires of
Athletics
Forest City Club
Forest City
J. Best
Excelsiors
Lumbard
Wilcoxon
Moulton
Scroggs
Wm. Best
Currier
Netl
Rodearmel
Diefendorf
Lebkicher
Beat
Krewster
Louis Stoskopf
Lighthart
United States
L. Farwell
Butler
Dieftendorf
Julian Club
Julian
Shaffer
Forest City Boys
Stephenson Park
Ed. Cavanagh
W. B. Thomas
R. M.buckman
J. W. Neff
Win
Best
A. W. Brewster
Farwell
W. Lighthart
Empire of Freeport
Ehampion Club
Dububue
Neff
Sinewa
Fry's Hall
Tf Allour
Brawley Lectures on Commercial Law at City College
F W S Brawley Esq lectured to Commercial College students on Notes and Bills of Exchange with a history of commercial paper from England and Lord Mansfield era. The crowd was large, questions were answered expertly, and a vote of thanks was given. A second lecture was planned for Friday evening. Also listed are Annual Bible Meeting dates in Stephenson and nearby towns through August.
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EF. W.S. Brawley
F. W. S. Brawley
Commercial College
England
James
Lord Mansfield
Burrell Groceries and Provisions Advertisement
Louis F Burrell offers groceries provisions candies wood and willow ware and Yankee Nations at 115 Stephenson Street Freeport Illinois with a local storefront notice.
Tea Company Arrives in Freeport Promises Low Tea Prices
An advertisement attacks rival Tea Companies claiming they overcharge and touts Burrell of 115 Stephenson Street as a seller of tea at 1 per pound, coffee at 80 cents, and sugar at 10 cents. It ridicules Chicago capital and claims cargo price deception.
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Foo, Foo
American Tea Company
Freeport
Chicago
Burrell
Stephenson Street
Two Elevators Sought for Freeport at $1000 Rent Each
A statement notes goods are not A No 1 and requests two elevators be built in Freeport. It adds that men can be found to pay one thousand dollars rent for each elevator.
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Freeport
American Insurance Company
Tllinois
Atmatt
Lorenzo Chapin
Galesburg
Ill
N. O. Keeley
Secor
TIL
Alex. Deitzer
Harry
Independent Candidate Meacham Addresses Third Illinois District
U. D. Meacham of Freeport announces as an Independent candidate for Congress in the Third District. He outlines a platform defending the union, endorsing Lincoln and Johnson plans for Reconstruction, faithful loyalty tests for admitting rebel states, strict Civil Rights enforcement, constitutional representation by voters, economical federal administration, and treason penalties. The notice is dated June 6, 1866 from Freeport, with local sale and business ads following.
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Congress
Lincoln
Johnson
House of Congress
United States
U. D. Meacham
United States Internal Revenue
Prophetstown
Stephenson County
Fragmentary OCR Totals Spark Unclear Ledger Note
Scattered figures including 420 00 0 00 40 00 1,533 35 5 00 600 0 1,000 00 200 0Y "230 00 30 90 ca. 25 00 appear in a damaged ledger fragment. The partial data lacks context or identifiable entities to confirm purpose or date.
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Empire Base Ball Club
the Club
Saint Louis Club
Stephenson Colony
Rock Grove
Oneco
Orangeville
Cedar Creek
Evangelical Church
Dakota
Silver Creek
Lancaster
Silver Spring
Louis F. Burrell
Illinois
Third Congressional District
Ilinois
Stephenson and
West Streets
M. P. Sweets
W. W. Baker
George Purinton
Broad & Bright's
T&. Krohn
American Insurance Co
Canton
Ith
O.W
Adgate
Mt. Sterling
Z. Crattenden
Hanover
Thomas Berry
Bethell
Caleb Duckett
Mrs. . Tarman
Atkinson
George
le Mont
J. HH. Ball
Champaign
C. W. Graves
Morton
Franz. Couzeman
Hastings
Minn
Glass
Minneapolis
L. Ingalls
Maskoetink
Frederick Zahn
St. Paul
A. Lawson
Dalgreen
John Petraseh
Michael Henkel
Cannon City
Samuel Wyant
Millersburg
Iowa
CAHS
L. Currier
State of Illinois
Applion
Butler W
W Baker
Kate Brand
T Bakce
W Bateman
Jas A. Barr
Capt J H Baker
John D Brooks
Daniel S Brown
Delia Chilson
Peter W
Corbin M
A Cook
Charles G de Bher
M Dorsea
John Farover
Philip M Flannagan
Lucy Frinch
Anna — Gleason Morris
R Gibbons
Edward Hall Porter
D Hewett
Mary C
Heimer
Jacob F
Kraws
W A. Keller
Lamb
Lalf
Leah
McMillan, Newton & CO
Fond du Lac
Parone
Lil
Boecist Low
City Crockery Store
C. H. Little
Iwl
Neff &Swarts
Freeport, Ill
Neff & Swarts
John W. Neff
Geo. F. Swarts
Reriff
State of
James Mitchell
Leonora A. Boyden
Augustus H. Boyden
Charles F. Putnam
Jennie F. Putnam
Seo
Naniey
Piersol Sheriff Stephenson Co
Brown, Son & CO
Jackson Sts
Northwest
Peavey
Jas, Brown
W. Cyrus Brown
G. W. Davis
B. Dot
J. D. Diffenbaugh
Henry's
Fine Art Gallery
Krohn & Staver's
West
Daguerreotypes
We WH. McHenry
Therife
Lnois
John A. van Buskirk
David Henry
August Altemeler
William F. Altemeler
Haid
Owsey Piersol
Sherif
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