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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1867

Page

5

Patents Issued in Week Ending Feb 19 1867

List of U S patent grants reported by G L Chapin for the Freeport Journal with recipients across Illinois Indiana Iowa Wisconsin Missouri Michigan and other states. Includes devices such as churns washing machines cultivators vegetable rakes plows and patent improvements for harness gear and timber saturating apparatus. Major names appear with towns from Chicago to Detroit and Milwaukee reflecting a national spread of mechanical inventions.

United the States Patent Office Freeport Journal G. L. Chapin Chicago Ill Lewis Hover Illinois I. van Hagen Ilinois B. Handforth R. Savage J. Armstrong Elmira W. H. Prescott Julesburg G. A. Robinson Mt. Pulaski J. Stuart Bunker Hill Ainois D.O. Blair Abington W. B. Smith Lafayette R. Rennif Bloomington T. Estrade Litehuely I Connelly Charleston P. Phillips Indiana C. W. Lawrence Milton W. Baker Fortville Ind J. King New Vernon J. Gleichman Evansville A. Higley South Bend W. P. Long W. Whiteland Auger P. .Ollom Muncil W. KK. Short Mt. Pleasant Towa O. M.pond Independence J. C. Pain Dubuque Iowa J. ST. Miller Iowa Falls C. Pendleton Iowa City Churn B. Rt. Eaton Clifton Wis C. F Gillette Sparta R. R G. Lynch Milwaukee A. R. Eggleston Ripon Chapman Seneca J. W. Wells St. Joseph Misouri J. Babyn St. Louis Missouri Ladder

Freeport Center of Trade Draws Shoppers

Freeport has become the trade hub for a fifty mile area as shops in the city win praise for specialization. Local firms’ undivided attention to doing one thing well helps them judge value and secure better prices, with buyers saving up to two dollars on ten dollar purchases by visiting the City Crockery Store.

Freeport WaAshneton Alexandria Fairfax County Gadby Washington Aste Ayaan Kington Viva Voice

Bridge over Broad Way first column erected in city milestone

The long talked of bridge over Broad Way has begun to take shape with the first column raised at Broadway and Fulton Street. Foundations lie deep, columns reach about thirty feet, and two ornamental truss girders span Fulton Street. Alderman Loew led the project, which drew a large crowd and praise from the New York Tribune as a landmark achievement.

Broadway Fulton Street Messrs. Rich & Griffiths Messrs D. D. Badger & Co Charles E. Loew Board of Alderman New York Tribune

Hotel chief clerk Patrick Myers drowns amid mental distress

Patrick H. Myers chief clerk of the National Hotel and former Utica N Y resident drowned himself this morning while under an attack of temporary mental aberration. The death occurred in Louisville.

Louisville Patrick H. Myers National Hotel Utica N. Y

Broad's Book Store Advertises Gifts and Sweets

An archived ad promotes Messengers of Love and Valentines at Broad's Book Store. It also notes crackers and confections from J Mayer & Sons with cider and chocolate offerings, highlighting a local shop advertisement with various prices.

Broad’s

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