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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1881
Page
6
Genie F Nash editorial notes urge new Journal subscribers and recalls a lodge visit. A mother’s remark "I have a boy" highlights parental influence, while a committee asks a local professional to join after croquet. Consistency is praised as rare.
Stephenson and Jo Daviess counties each host six working lodges with plans to organize more in Illinois. Roscoe Lodge adopts a credit system and is noted as one of the oldest and most faithful in the region. Davis Lodge formed in May with twelve members. eleven names were proposed in one evening. Officers elected include Rev. J A Biedler W C T, Mrs S C Crary W V T, Rev J G Kinnite W Chap, J Lillquist W Mar, Frank Manion Secy, Cora Preston F Secy, Flora Stegner Treas, Matilda Potter I G, J Kochel Sent, and Dr E A Benton G D.
A long mixed page blends humor, sentiment, and local property transfers. Real estate in Freeport and Harlem dominates the listings with numerous lot trades and acreage moves. The column adds era culture quips and brief world news items from 1881.
A compact note reflects on endurance while observers vacillate and ridicule prevails, contrasting steady resolve with public mockery. The quoted line critiques flinching crowds and praises steadfastness amid uncertainty.
Two boys discuss a lecture on teetotalism with a clever arithmetic puzzle. One asserts exponential growth would reach a world full of teetotalers in thirty years, while the other doubts the idea but later verifies the calculation 1 073 741 825.
N A Laird to I N Rowland and W V Moore to E V Pharr transfer parcels in Freeport. Abstracts of titles furnished on reasonable terms. Deeds Mortgages Wills and other instruments accurately drawn. Loans negotiated. Powell Knowlton additions and DIK 34 references.
A directory listing multiple churches with denominations and service times. Includes Evangelical, German Evangelical, German Reformed, Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Zion Episcopal, Baptist, and Free Methodist churches with pastors names and Sunday school times.
Mayors office in McNamara's Shoe Store 87 Stephenson Street City Clerk Warren Clark City Treasurer D Breed City Pastornes C Kean City Marshal E S Chamberlin Street Commissioner Kmpschild Surveyor F E Josef Court House Aldermen First Ward T L Waddell J Hartman Secunda Ward J Brown Taylor Dr Louis Stoskopf Third Ward H J Porter Win H Wagner.
Clerk I F Kieckner and other county officers are named with titles Treasurer Recorder Sheriff and Surveyor. All county offices are located in the Court House.
Board members Wm. O. Wright W. G. Barnes and H. J. Porter listed with Superintendent Chas. G C Snyder. Office in High School building. Office hours from 7 30 to 9 0 o'clock a m.
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