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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1880
Page
4
Community notices recap church activity and local visits. Five members were added to the First M. E. Church by letter on Sunday. Several town notables, including Chas Grosscup and W. W. Lewis, called in during the week. Headlines note upcoming events, auctions, and meetings across Lena and Freeport, with civic and religious engagement highlighted.
The Galena Gazette mentions plans to honor Grand Master JT Gur ney with a April 16 visit and a Brewster House banquet. It lists teacher certificate exam dates across March and April, with A M A A KraPE as supervisor. Also notes praise for H D Bentley and reports legal actions against Chas F Goodhue including sheriff sale and possible homestead claim, plus community opinion on bondsmen’s involvement.
W B Donathen, longtime bookkeeper for Stover Wind Engine Co, forms a partnership with FE B Winger to manufacture and sell wind mills and feed grinders. They will headquart er in Kansas City and establish a southwestern factory to meet high demand, aided by Donathen's solid reputation in Freeport. Temperance Hall hosts Elizabeth Cady Stanton speech on suffrage and temperance, urging equal rights for women and action against alcohol and tobacco to reform youth.
The article recalls Mrs Stanton's long campaign for liberty equality and temperance despite opposing some beliefs. It notes her eloquent voice and describes the musical support from Temperance Quartette led by J H Wilson and Embury Chorus Choir directed by Lizzie Bentley as excellent.
The writer laments diphtheria deaths and calls for thorough city cleaning. He cites frequent street and alley sanitation seen in other cities and asks whether Freeport can adopt regular sweeping and refuse removal to combat the disease.
The greatest living comic Sol Smith Russell will appear Monday evening with the Berger Family Troupe. The Bergers bring Russell to Freeport per citizens wishes, praising his unmatched humor and extraordinary mimicry as described by the St. Louis Times Journal.
The Lena Star quotes the Joun-NAL urging publishers to form a county association. The motion endorses union and proposes a meeting to organize, inviting any local publishers to join. A meeting is set for Friday the 19th at 2 P.M. at Freeport, with the Journal office offering its space.
Readers are urged to note the advertisement of C. A. McNamara & Co. in another column. The paper reports a pleasant call from Capt. Geo. W. Girdon, U S Steamboat Inspector, en route to Rock Island on official business, and Lieut. Thos. B. Jones of Buckeye stopped by yesterday.
The column reports on a duo of fraudsters posing as temperance lecturers named Geo Milo Dutcher and Mrs Watson, including letters and threats exchanged with Rev Merchant and public denouncements. It ties the incident to wider temperance circles and notes reactions from Dixon temperance groups and attendees at a recent Red Cross degree ceremony.
Ix C Stabeck faced Police Magistrate Wagner after a night in the jail house being drunk in the street. He pleaded guilty and was fined one dollar plus costs, a comparatively light sentence for the offense.
The trade in pianos and organs at 144 Stephenson Street expands daily, proving the excellence of the goods and the customers' good judgment. Bentley prefers selling many instruments at small profit over few at large margins, drawing buyers from neighboring counties who find the approach advantageous. Readers planning such a purchase are urged to consult Mr. Bentley before buying.
R Colby writes at length about microbes in milk meat and produce, linking alcohol to animal and human illness. He recalls urgent warnings from Urial Mills of Salem, cites outbreaks in Rochester and Freeport, and argues brewery feed and dram shops spread disease among cattle and people. To be continued.
Readers are urged to trust Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a strong blood purifier effective from pimples to scrofula and consumption in early stages. The ad cites rising popularity, a London branch, and a testimonial from an elderly patient praising recovery from pneumonia with these remedies.
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