Spears Affairs and Fourth of July Preparations
A string of brief notes covers finances and social life, with mentions of court house improvements, Fourth of July celebrations in Madison and Freeport, and upcoming ads from Best & Morgan. Also noted are seasonal crops, Dolly Varden references, marriage on a Missouri train, and a Stephenson County exhibition. A Providence jeweler prepared a full West Point graduating class set at a cost of $125.
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Providence
West Point
Thompson inquiry prompts Forreston note in May bulletin
In Forreston, a May issue reply to Thompson’s communication appears in our next issue. At the Winnesheik trustee sale the German Insurance Company bought the lot and building for 5300 dollars and will move its office there. United States Marshal BE Thomas of Huntsville and Lf. G. Thomas of Decatur, former Freeport residents, visit and express hopeful southern sentiment for Grant before returning to Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forreston
Thompson
Winnesheik
German Insurance Company
United States Marshal
BE. Thomas
Hontaville
Ala
Lf. G. Thomas
Decatur
Freeport
South
Grant
Alabama
Delegates Chosen At County Democratic Convention
At the county convention held last Saturday in this city, few towns sent delegates. The following were chosen to attend the Democratic Creeley Convention in Springfield on June 26: W. J. McKim, W. H. Mitchel, E. J. Cronkriter, T. Giles, A. P. Goodard, Wm. Askey, John C. Kean, J. P. Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
W. J. McKim
W.H. Mitchel
E. J. Cronkriter
T. Giles
A. P. Goodard
Wm. Askey
John C. Kean
J. P. Reed
High School Closing Exercises and Graduating Class Notes
Public schools end the term with closing exercises at the Opera House this week. Rhetorical talks are tonight, graduations Friday afternoon, and a Friday evening reception at Hottinger's Hall. The graduating class includes Flora Guiteau Delila Sherman Emma V McCool Mary E De Puy Etta Purinton De Witt Clinton Miller Thomas W Woodside Cyrus F Kryder John L Taylor. A shoplifting claim tied to a local incident is clarified as not originating from Eleroy.
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Opera House
Hottinger’s Hall
Flora Guiteau
Delila Sherman
Emma V. McCool
Mary E. de Puy
Etta Purinton
de Witt Clinton Miller
Thomas W. Woodside
Cyrus F. Kryder
John L. Taylor
Stephenson County News Roundup and Storm Damage
Mr J B Brown of the Galena Gazette attended a Congressional Committee meeting in town. The Stephenson County Democracy travels 120 miles to buy an organ. A lightning strike damaged Mr Joseph Afflerbaugh’s barn near Davis. Beet Sugar Factory aims for September operations under Mr Rosenstiel. The Democratic County Convention endorsed the Chicago News as the county organ and opposed forced Greeley support. Col Levi Robey refused to endorse Greeley and will not attend the Springfield convention.
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J. B. Brown
The
Galena
Stephenson County
Monkey Man
Rosenstiel
Chicago
Giles
Levi Robey
Greeley
Col. Robey
Baltimore
Col
Robey
Springfield
Thunder Storm Smashes Tree in Main Street Strike
A powerful thunderstorm hit last Wednesday night causing a sharp lightning strike that hit Mr. Rhodes's barn with no significant damage reported. The same storm felled a large tree on Main Street as heavy rain poured down across the city.
Steamboat Explosion on Mississippi Claims Dozens Dead
A new steamboat explosion on the Mississippi near North McGregor in the afternoon on Friday leaves between thirty and thirty five people dead. Earlier, a Spanish steamship boiler blast at Marseilles on Sunday killed between fifty and sixty passengers and crew. A locomotive on the Erie road also exploded, killing two men.
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Mississippi
North McGregor
Marseilles
Erie Road
Democratic editors pledge to follow Baltimore convention
In Peoria last week a solemn conclave of several Democratic papers affirmed their loyalty to the National Democratic Convention action at Baltimore. The writer derides editors who supposedly lack independent judgment, claiming only a few Democrats think and act for themselves.
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Peoria
Baltimore
Accident at Lena Leaves Man Insensible After Colt Incident
A serious accident occurred in Lena on Friday morning when Allen Boyer, who lived two miles west, brought a pair of fractious colts to town to be shod. A colt struck Boyer on the head, knocking him down. He was carried to a nearby dwelling, remained insensible for a time, and was not well enough to return home until late evening. He is now recovering.
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Lena
Allen Boyer
Hoyer
Boyer
Ile
Potomac
Lee
Richmond
Appomattox Court House
Grant
Donelson
Vicksburg
Lookout Mountain
Five Forks
Washington
Capitol
Executive Mansion
Ohio
Cumberland
Tennessee
Gulf
Johnson
Beauregard
Forrest
Johnston
Gen. Grant
Merrimac
Farragut
Winship
Maury
Buchanan
Semmes
Moffat
United States
United States Army
Preston
New York
Colfax
Congress
General Grant
Sherman
France
England
Lincoln
Winslow
Worden
Europe
Kearsarge
Democratic somerset and lofty tumbling in Baltimore
The national meet will be held in Baltimore on July 5. Delegates chosen for their ability to endure dirt. Also notes the Marsh Harvester ad and calls farmers to consult Mr Woodmanse, general agent. Wed of last week Hon George A Black and Miss Annabel Thorp wed at Episcopal Church with many friends attending.
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Baltimore
Fymexran
George A. Black
Utah Territory
Annabel Thorp
Freeport
Episcopal Church
Western Union
Fulton
Dixon Air Line
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Cornerstone Laying for German Catholic Church Today
The cornerstone ceremony occurs this Tuesday at 2 pm with Bishop Foley delivering an English address followed by a German sermon. Confirmation is set for 10 am this morning at the Irish Catholic Church with about two hundred people to be confirmed.
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Foley
Injury at Illinois Central depot nets crowbar mishap
J. S. Wise of Wm. Wise & Co. suffered a severe injury Friday at the Illinois Central Railroad depot while moving a heavy box of agricultural fixtures. He jumped from a wagon to a truck with a crowbar in hand, slipped, and fell on the crowbar. Dr. McKim attends him. injuries are serious but not dangerous.
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J. S. Wise
Wm. Wise & Co
Illinois Central Railroad
Wise
McKim
Catholics Dedicate Lena Dublin Church With Procession
Bishop Foley of Chicago arrived by 7:80 train and led a formal dedication at the Lena Dublin Catholic church. Knights of St Patrick in full regalia with the Lena Cornet Band escorted him as a large crowd witnessed the imposing ceremony.
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Lena
Dublin
Foley
Chicago
Knights of St. Patrick
Lena Cornet Band
Wm Garrison replies to Sumner speech in Boxbury
Wm Garrison writes to Charles Sumner June 1 in Boxbury Massachusetts. He criticizes Sumner for an impeachment laden attack on President Grant calling the charges extravagant and counterproductive. Garrison states his loyalty to the liberty cause and Massachusetts stance while reaffirming friendship and urging reconsideration.
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Boxbury
Mass
Sumner
Massachusetts
Gen. Grant
Congress
Kansas Pacific Railway Promotes Homes and Travel
Kansas Pacific Railway markets its 639 mile line from Kansas City and Leavenworth to Denver Colorado. The ad touts fertile Kansas land and healthful climate with access to state capital university agricultural college and strong educational facilities. It highlights Kansas lead in cereal yields and fruit premiums and invites travelers and invalids to enjoy Colorado air and springs along the route.
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Kansas City
Leavenworth
Kansas
Denver
Colorado
State Capitol
State University
State Agricultural College
United States Agricultural
Philadelphia
Richmond
Boston
Albany
Kansas Pacific Railway
Book Bindery Offers Vintage Magazine Bindings at Low Price
Tidy volumes for Tiodey Harper Atlantic and similar magazines bound in half morrowo binding in splendid style for 2.00 per volume at Freeport Book Bindery over the JOURNAL office. Cheaper binding option available upon request.
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Tiodey
Harper
Atlantic
Freeport
Journal
Harper's Weekly
Naif
Rocco
Freeport Book Journal
Binery
Stanton on Grant in Steubenville Speech 1868
Secretary Stanton urges voters to back Ulysses Grant for four years of national leadership. He recalls Lincoln measures, war unity, and the 1864 election, praising Grant’s role and the peace won without riots, in Steubenville Ohio on September 25 1868.
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Secretary Stanton
Steubenville
Ohio
Grant
Edwin M. Stanton
Steubebuills
MR. Stanton
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
City Point
U. 5S
Emancipation Proclamation praised. Grant’s election urged
A pro Grant political speech highlights the Emancipation Proclamation as Lincoln’s war act, extols Ulysses S. Grant’s military career from Donelson to Appomattox, and urges voters to back Grant and Colfax. The speaker invokes naval heroes Farragut Worden Winslow and others, framing support as protecting the Union and national honor.
New York Convener Urges Vote for Lincoln Era Unity
Speech extols Union victories from Gettysburg to Nashville and the capitol triumphs under Grant. The orator vows loyalty to the Republican cause, praises generals, and urges citizens to vote for a Republican President and Congress as the nation’s blessing.
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Siete
New York
Meade
Gettysburg
Sherman
George Thomas Dash
Nashville
Schofield
Franklin
Kyas Lannes
Montebello
Butler
New Orleans
Stars and Stripes
Canby
Lee
Grant
Voice of Nation
Lord of Hosts
Conny
United States
Congress
Amboy Oration Attacks Horace Greeley on July 4 1867
Gen Shaffer and Horace Greeon attended an Amboy Illinois gathering where the oration praised Union sacrifice and attacked Greeley as a traitor allied with Davis. The speaker urged support for Ulysses S Grant in November, forecasting a landslide victory for the loyal Republican.
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Gen
J. W
Amboy
Illinois
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Sherman
Andersonville Millen
Grand Old Loyal Republi Party
Davis
Grant
Boat Disaster Near McGregor Iowa Claims Several Lives
Irregular report from McGrecon Iowa states the boat D A McDonald struck trouble off North McGregor as boilers exploded, sinking the vessel in sixteen feet. Eight survivors aided by a transfer boat from Prairie du Chien McGregor, eight crew hurt and two possibly dead. Captain and owner remained in St Louis. estimates of missing range from twenty five to thirty five.
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St. Louis
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Spears Affairs
China
Japan
Ridott
Vallambroga
H. C. Burchard
Madison
Wis
Best & Morgan
Stanton
Missouri
Epicures
Morgan County
Ind
Woodbine
Stephenson County Republican Central Committee
Stephenson County Guards
Wm. Walton’s
Eleroy
Joseph Afflerbaugh
Lloyd Garrison
Lioyp Garrison
Hon
Chas
Charles Sumner
Rapidan
Atlanta
Grant and Colfax
Schuyler Colfax
Tlowest
Buckner
Shiloh
Mississippi River
Pemberton
Bragg
Chattanooga
I. W. Shaffer
Horace Gre
Fabre Journal
Iye
Golicitad
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