Local Hatters and Society Notes from Freeport
Local items report Mr James Bell returning to Kansas from visit. Freeport Commandery No 7 K T holds meeting Wednesday March 3 1850. Elizabeth Cady Stanton to lecture in Lena March 6 on Our Girls. Mrs Hinckly of West Union Iowa visiting Lena. Miss Louise Hinckly returns home. Mrs James Mitchell to Kansas for weeks. Mrs J F Beaumont leaves for Aurora for a week or two. First Presbyterian sewing society meets at Mrs Ar D Jenkins for an afternoon. J Anson Clark visits Lena. Call again. If paper booms we may raise subscription price. arrears urged to settle before April 1. Robson & Crane booked to perform at Freeport in May. Advert urges readers to subscribe and promote paper. Second Presbyterian social at church with oyster supper to fund repairs. Bank burglary thwarted by fire alarm from lighted candle near a hole in a cellar wall. State Supreme Court rules mortgage on next year crops valid for hay or fruit crops already in ground but not on corn or grain sown after mortgage date. Mrs Hf E Bogar moves millinery to 114 Stephenson St. new stock of millinery ribbons ruching and spring goods to open. Mrs R D Ferris remains to serve customers.
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State Supreme Court
Hf. E. Bogar
Stephenson Street
C. C. Wilson
Freeport
R. D. Ferris
Bogar
DAR Journal
Dixon Commandery
Forreston
Oregon
Dixon
Polo
Loyal L. Munn
Ilinois
Order of the Red Cross
Sir Munn
B. Dodge
Knight Munn
Dixon Commandery No. 21
Mumm
Knights
Grand Commandery
Illinois
Templar
Nachusa House
Knight Moore
O. B. Dodge
State of Illinois
JL. J. Munn
Red Cross
Knight Ray
Freeport Commandery No
J.C. Warner
Cyrene Commandery
Llomer Graves
Private note from Mr Bent ley in Grand Island Nebraska
A private note from C F Bent ley recently moved to Grand Island Nebraska reports he is well and the weather is fine with brisk winds and much sand. He notes emigration has begun in earnest with many emigrants passing through daily and most intending to settle on the Loup Sup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.F. Bentley
Grand Island
Nebraska
Farmers Store Thrives Under Grimes’s Management
A Journal reporter touring Freeport spots bustling activity at the Farmers Store on lower Stephenson street. Manager Afr. Jas. A. Grimes has built a tremendous trade, with staff serving numerous customers and selling large quantities of goods while rivals wait. More details promised in a future issue.
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Journal
Lower
Stephenson Street
Afr. Jas. A. Grimes
Parmers
Freeport
Lena man registers at journal office and lodge meets
Mr. A I Foll of Lena visited the city yesterday and registered at the JOURNAL Office. Regular meeting of Excelsior Lodge No. 07 BF and AM set for Thursday evening March 4 at 7 30 o'clock for business and work.
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A. I. Foll
Lena
City
Journal
Excelsior Lodge
Miss Lizzie Cotton Wins Beloit Welcome
Freeport has advanced one hundred per cent in the eyes of Beloit's youth since Miss Lizzie Cotton visited. Her brief stay won many friends through her winning ways and she will always receive a warm welcome from the young people of Beloit, according to the Beloit Graphic.
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Freeport
Lizzie Cotton
Beloit
Beloit Graphic
Trembor declines re election amid salary cut
William Trembor long serving city clerk withdraws from candidacy due to council salary reductions. He notes no capable replacement and announces joining the German Insurance Company, where his insurance expertise is well established.
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William Trembor
Trembor
German Insurance Company
Daily Bulletin
Obituary of Robert Gray Hutchison of Clinton County
Robert Gray Hutchison, born September 11, 1811 near Harrisburg, died aged 68 years and 5 months. A Covenanter Presbyterian lifelong in Clinton County, he was county treasurer W. W. Hutchison’s uncle and served as Internal Revenue Assessor under Lincoln. He operated a Mill Hall woolen store with Hudson R. Williams before resuming woolen trade until illness. He was praised for prayer and integrity, a quiet citizen whose steadiness guided neighbors. Vipocyg.
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Clinton Republican
Lock Haven
W. W. Hutchison
Robert Gray Hutchison
Harrisburg
Ile
Presbyterian Church
Covenanters
Internal Revenue
Lincoln
Costs in Goodhue case show $1,366 15 total
In Rockford Gazette figures from the circuit clerk fee bill detail costs for People vs Charles F Goodhue. Items include court and jury fees from Winnebago and Stephenson counties, state attorney fees, and juror costs. The two trials cost 1,366 dollars and 15 cents, excluding lawyers and minor expenses.
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Rockford Gazette
Goodhue
Charles F. Goodhue
Stephenson County
Winnebago Co
Stephenson Co
Winnebago
Harrison Warner Wedding Quietly United in Love
A pleasant wedding was held at the home of L A Warner on Feb 26 at 4 pm unostentatious ceremony joining Miss Carrie Warner and Mr M B Harrison of Chicago. Rev I D Jenkins officiated. Guests from Chicago and Michigan attended. The couple left later for Chicago to begin their life together.
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L. A. Warner
Carrie
J. A. Warner
M.B. Harrison
Chicago
I. D. Jenkins
First Presbyterian Church
Chester Warner
Rand Rapids
Mich
A. C. Warner
Dixon
Kim
Earth
Girls warned against flirting and danger in Freeport
The Freeport Journal scolds local misses for flirting with strangers at depots and on streets, warns of becoming labeled fast girls, urges propriety, cites parental shame, and promises future notices. It discusses health topics, Diet and moral guidance, and ends with a continued note from R. Corry.
Notice on Buntings and local subscriber report
Seeley and Reed warn buyers to remember prices before advances. Philip Remlinger, longtime subscriber, reports his wife relieved from rheumatism after using Sv. Jacobson Oil, in Bueyrius Ohio Courier dated February 18 1879.
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Philip Remlinger
New Medical Publications Offered by Leading Associations
New Publications are furnished by the Word's Leisure Medical Association in Buffalo and London on terms fitting the times. A new edition of the People’s Common Sense Medical Advisory surpasses 1000 pages with nearly 300 illustrations by R. Y. Pierce M D. postpaid a dollar fifty. Other titles include Motion as a Remedial Agent and Diseases of Female Generative Organs, each offered for ten cents. Catarrh treatment and cures are described, available on receipt of a penny postage stamp.
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Word
Leissary Medical Association
Buffalo
Russell Street
London
England
Times
People
Common Sense Medical
R. Y. Pierce
M. D
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Bell
Kansas
Freeport Commandery
K. T
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Mrs. Hinckly
West Union
Iowa
Rob't, Bell
Louise Hinckly
James Mitchell
J. F. Beaumont
Aurora
Sewing Society
The
Ar. D. Jenkins
J. Anson Clark
Joe
Robson & Crane
Dromies
Second Presbyterian Church
National Bank
Galena
Harrison—Warner
Knight
Sir Knight Burbank
Knight Charters
Father Whitney
Randolph Whitney
Franklin
Knight Ayers
Knight Orvis
Templar Order
QO. B. Dodge
McCammonu
BE. W. Brainerd
God
Pope
Moses
Reader
Sam
R. Corry
Seeley & Reed
Walton
Seeley & Read
Wa Walton
Knowlton’s
Geo. Claus
Astyn
Galena St
Walton’s
Wei DE Meyer
Wm. A. Stevens
Ill
W. W. Blutchisos
Barrucnora
N. Cy
Morgan & Allen
New York City
Bright
William A. Trevatia
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