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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1877
Page
6
A speaker argues that fighting alcohol’s power must start with individual action. A woman voices fear of public moral alarm but vows to teach children and pray while a friend urges temperance advocates to act now. A merchant paying abstinence bonuses is cited as a model amid debate.
An exhortation pleads for effort from fathers and mothers to warn and save lives amid a grim, repetitive march toward death. A weekly list then reports Patents issued to Illinois inventors ending June 5 1877 dated June 19 1877, naming inventors and locations across Chicago Decatur Exeter Monmouth Sandwich Sycamore Galesburg Sterling Clintonville Englewood and other towns.
Saunders prescribes a wash for orchard trees using lime and sulfur slaked in hot water to a whitewash consistency, with half an ounce of carbolic acid per gallon. Applied to trunks, it won’t harm branches or foliage, best in spring or later when leaves are on.
Rail timetable fragment lists trains leaving Freeport Chicago Rock Island and St Louis routes with day and night departures, freight and passenger services, limited Sundays and nights, prices and agents named including A Mitchell WA Sroen and E G Fironu. Entries show connections via Rock Island and West routes with times around 6 to 12 hours and 1.80 fare notes.
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