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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1875
Page
5
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The Freeport Driving Park Association opens its June meeting in this city running Tuesday June 8 through Friday June 11. Entries include Robert Adams Sterling and others for Class 1, with purses from 200 to 1200 dollars, plus multiple classes and trotting events.
A friendly pigeon shooting event occurred at the city fair grounds. The match featured single and double birds from plunge traps with wind aiding flyers. Competitors included Frank Black, J H Staver, B Hall, Charles Hill, J C Boynton, Samuel Deimer, J J Piersol, Dr De Puy, E B Hall, and others, with varying scores and outcomes across multiple rounds.
Sanborn acknowledges receipt of two new books from Charles G. Sanborn. One volume is Mexico, our next door neighbor by Gilbert Haven from Harper & Brothers. The other is English Men of Science, their nature and future by Francis Galton from Appleton.
The Temperance Union invites the public to a mass meeting at the Opera House next Monday evening with good speakers on the program. All are cordially invited.
For sale a six room house with a large lot located near the corner of Broadway Street and Oak. Apply on premises at AtEx Ross.
Advertisements invite shoppers to visit the Big Red Boot for new boot styles and a wide range of ready made clothing at Stine's Pioneer Clothing House and Staver & Snyder's. Other offerings include groceries from Munn's building store, sewing machine supplies at Stephenson Street office, dressmaking by Miss M P Redburn, and unredeemed pledges from the Opera House rear.
In Stephenson county the store of G. W. Tandy at 113 Stephenson Street touts a mammoth stock and the lowest prices for boots and shoes. The ad proclaims that Tandy keeps the best goods and urges all residents to visit and verify the claim.
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