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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1877
Page
4
Community events fill the week with Sunday School assemblies, commencements, concerts, and meetings. Details include Mt Carrol Seminary exercises, Embury Church parish entertainments, a creamery talk at Baileyville, and the Ridott Township Sunday School Convention. Agricultural mood is positive as showers aid crops.
An unrecorded notice calls a meeting at the County Clerk's office next Monday at 8 o clock to form a permanent organization. The group aims to keep alive the memory of fallen soldiers through observances on decoration day in future years. Soldiers and others interested are invited to attend.
Mrs ALA Taugiton opens a school at Brown's house du Peasant street Knowlton's addition opposite city park for children aged three to twelve. Hours on Mondays and Fridays from 1 to 1: a misprint noted. Tuition fifty cents per week payable on Fridays with three days attendance counted as one week.
Mr and Mrs Wella from Wisconsin visit city as guests of Anand Ars and J M Barnum. G Knight editor from Wisconsin calls at the office. Don J CG Smith Chief Grain Inspector of Chicago spent last Saturday with us. General Smiths health improved lately. General 80 Atkins and family left for North Carolina last week. Mrs Atkins stays in the South for the summer. the General will return soon. Ney BR t Sweet Rector Zion Church leaves for East visiting New York Boston seasides. Chas D Knowlton hosts an unusually pleasant entertainment Friday evening despite poor weather, with many guests enjoying a fine gathering.
A Journal report notes young Rosenstiel teaming with John J. Hewitt to sell general merchandise in Torreston. He, son of Hon. C. H. Rosenstiel, has long worked in mercantile pursuits and as a traveling salesman for Freeport Woolen Mills and the Ulingis Refining Company. The piece praises his prospects and city reception, while also spotlighting Achenbach Ditzler & Co’s paint shop and high quality carriage overhauls by the Bergman & Dorman building crew.
Temperance groups announce a festival to be held in Temperance Jal on Monday evening the 18th. An invitation is extended to all residents to join with families for a good time and to show support for the cause. A meeting was held Wednesday afternoon at six to finalize arrangements for the event.
Entertainment at the Opera House last Thursday by St Marys School pupils drew a large crowd and earned high praise. Readers are asked to note the My 3 Fidel advertisement and My. Fifield offers special inducements in watches and jewelry. Nev W. El Hates of Linark will preach at the Baptist Church morning and evening on June 7.
A recent inspection praises the Clark Avenue residence of Mr. 2. M. Hibbard as a premier example of finish. Credit is given to R. M. Race for wood work and Dal Adamson for painting and graining. The decor features wood carpet designed floors from Warren and birdseye smoked maple in sleeping rooms. The piece urges readers to consult these skilled artisans for building or painting needs.
Isaac Stine rents the rear room in Tarbox Block fronting Chicago Street and removes a partition to create one of the west’s finest clothing stores. He plans to use the new space for piece goods and office, with carpenters at work and a front on Chicago Street and Stephenson Street forthcoming. The alteration is praised as a major improvement to the local business, expected to boost his trade despite short-term expense. Also reports a special Western Union R.R. train carrying directors and guests from Exeter to Milwaukee, a death in Carroll County, and upcoming religious and fraternal events.
John J Lennon of Freeport emigrated to Storm Lake and leads Buena Vista County Bank. The two story brick building on Fifth Street features a strong vault and modern design. Lennon, praised for the Methodist Church and Sunday School leadership, is credited with steady patronage and civic service alongside bookkeepers O Neil and Warren.
A long OCR fragment combines musical program notes for a grand concert with a July 1877 dedication and a State Executive Committee meeting. It mentions Bach, Wagner, Oberon, Lorelei, and Mignon pieces, plus a church dedication near Winnesheik, Iowa, with Rev. M. Wright presiding. Also notes Sasngerfest preparations and a Stephenson Street arch.
Washington June 8 The cabinet discussed the Utah troubles at length and fully considered United States Attorney Howard’s opinions on prosecutions for complicity in the Mountain Meadows massacre. It was agreed authorities should proceed with firmness and bring all offenders to justice.
In Fountain Creek vicinity a wave of meat and corn thefts prompted suspicion of two local youths Keck and Windecker. Kramer traced and identified them after traveling to Monroe Wisconsin and secured their arrest. They confessed and were bound over to the next court term. their families are widely respected and sympathetic. The article notes recent rain benefiting farmers and a large barn being built by Wm Bennhoff.
Mr Seuffert describes Bakersfield Kern County with 187000 acres in Hagen and Car holdings 10000 cattle 20000 sheep and 4000 acres to grain. He notes irrigation via an eighteen mile main ditch plus many small ditches wages rumored at 4.50 a day and mowers like Buckeye widely used. Harvest expected in a week with cool nights and scarce hot days.
The letter describes fast growing alfalfa cut multiple times yearly, patterns of work among laborers, and wages. It notes a policy of firing workers who return drunk, observes many workers seeking whisky, and mentions a willing job market for sober men. It also mentions three Chinese cooks and a good girl earning 830 to 35 per month.
The "4.0. UW" Supreme Lodge holds its annual session in St Louis with officers including 8. B. Myers and 8. M. W. on a Tuesday in March. The agenda and proceedings are noted in the garbled OCR text.
A Vienna telegram quotes ambassadors from London Paris and Berlin who recently arrived in St Petersburg. They were summoned by General Gortschakoff to consult on accelerating peace talks with the allied powers through closer cooperation.
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