Freeport Local Notices and Business Developments
Local notices celebrate G M Clayton & Bro kerosene at 70 cents per gallon and announce Yates and Trumbull documents arriving. Freeport names Yates and Atkins as postmaster, reports a coffee and spice manufactory undertaking by G W Davis and James Brown, and notes the Empire Base Ball Club meeting for season setup. Public lectures by B F Taylor are delayed due to throat illness. Hodges offers a Soldier Discharge Record for Stephenson County soldiers for safe keeping and historic value.
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G. M. Clayton & Bro
G. W. Davis
Rochester New York
James Brown
Freeport
Hodges
Circuit Court
Stephenson County
Freeport Real Estate Deeds Recorded This Week
Freeport Land Office reports deeds recorded in the past week with sales in Freeport and environs. Names include Fannie Allen George Jenkins Erastus Carey Ann Brewster and many others with prices from 80 to 1100 dollars. Oscan Taylor advertises complete abstracts and deed drawing services for land in the county.
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Freeport Land Office
Fannie Allen
Harlem
Deborah Davis
Ludwig Wolff
Clark
Freeport
A. Ti. Campbell
Hankin
Campbell
John Quencer
Frederick Krecht
Shuler
John D. Lamb
Israel Miller
Orangeville
Thomas B. Bonebright
John Fox
Knowlton
R. Bailey
G. R. Goss
Reuben Hunbing
Morence
Trabella I
Phelps
Sarah E. Dunham
Fred Fk
Jackson
Gea. C. Pontius
Alex
Templeton
Henry Borden
Dakota
Jarl Klippstion
Sianon
Ably Otto
Oscan Taylor
Shall we be prepared for the Cholera
The Journal discusses fears of cholera and urges preventive health measures. It argues fear weakens the body, outlines causes like filth and poor diet, and prescribes cleanliness, sun exposure, and city health committees as core steps. It also notes banking developments and mourns William Halderman’s death with funeral plans.
Editorial Courtesy Resolution Adopted by Peoria Fraternity
An editorial convention in Peoria unanimously adopts a pledge to observe courteous conduct in all publications. The group resolves to exclude from exchanges any journal whose editor descends to personal abuses of contemporaries and to uphold the standards of gentlemen.
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Peoria
Washburne and the French Exposition in House Clash
Washington dispatches describe a lively House scene with Hon. E B Washburne and Mr. Banks over delaying the Constitutional Amendment to take up French Exposition resolutions. Washburne pressed for yeas and nays as suspicions about a costly Russian American Telegraph Company project circulated. The episode involved Speaker Colfax and Ex-Speaker Banks, earning Washburne the nickname watch dog of the Treasury. The report also notes a Treasury notes redemption episode, Mormon merchants preparing for European proselyte emigration, and the Raleigh court martial expected to cost about $100,000, with horror-filled testimony and Wirz court-martial developments.
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Washington
New York Times
House
Washburne
Banks
Massachusetts
Tehat
Menger
Russian American Telegraph Company
Gers
Mr. Washburne
Colfax
The
Treasury
Treasury Department
New York
Europe
Raleigh
N. C
William Halderman Dies in Freeport at 42
Died at his brother's home in Freeport William Halderman aged 42. The obituary notes he passed away in March at the residence of his brother.
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March Tith
Mr. Carroll
William Halderman
Freeport
Married couples in Wisconsin and Stephenson County
Married in Spring Grove Wisconsin Green County at residence of Williams the ceremony joined George W. Cooper and Sarah A. Phelps both of Rock Run Stephenson County On Thursday March 8 Owen Boyer and Margaret A Astley both of Stephenson County wed by J C Kean Esq
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Williams
Spring Grove
Green County
Wisconsin
S. O. Williams
George W. Cooper
Sarah A. Phelps
Rock Run
Stephenson Co
J. C. Kean Esq
Owen Boyer
Margaret A. Astley
Stephenson County
Merchant prince in pew with child at Sunday School
A New York letter writer notes Mr. Claflin, a famed Plymouth Church donor, sitting with the infant class and singing at a Sunday School meeting, while another quips about a Dublin court ruling on self-marriage as a satirical take on economy.
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New York
Claflin
Plymouth
Quibble
Court of Queen’s Bench
Dublin
Church of England
Local items and advertisements from Freeport
A collage of local ads and notices: kerosene and goods at Clayton & Bro. bee stands for sale. a 160 acre farm for sale near Florence Station. mentions of George Francis Train and Billy Youngman. a grand Union ball invitation for General Grant. various property for sale, examinations for teachers, and hardware and watch repair services. Also real estate ads by H Rosenstiel and notices about rents, brick residence for sale, and many local business promotions.
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Grant
Boston
National Army
Freeport
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Meinch
Business Garis
Hotels
Thomas French
Exchange
Gaena Streets
Freeport, Illinois
Bailey & Ankeny
Journal Office
Wey
Geo. P. Kingsley
Ilinois
Rhodes' Block
Court House Square
Sot
A. J. Willing
M. D
Plymouth Hall
Doctor Caner
Presbyterian Church
Doctor Charlton
Episcopal Church
M. D. Coe
Homgzopathic
Keystone
Stephenson Street
A. E. Shipherd
Martin’s Block
S. B. Vanvalzah
B. VanValzah
Burchard
Sarongh Concert Hall
Thomas Buckley
Clay Street
Dubbs Hotel
A. D. Meacham
Fry's Block
Fred. C. Ingalls
Chancery
Fry
Til
Burchard, Barton & Barnum
South Fast Corner
Public Square
Jyl
Henry C. Hyde
Carlipp's
Court House
Illinois
Dyl
Thos
J. Turner
John RB
Scroggs
Turner & Scroggs Law and Chancery Office
Munn’s
Ill
Joseph M. Bailey
Francis W. S. Brawley
Bailey
Atkins
George Hicks
Atkins & Hicks
Plymouth Block
Second National Bank
Lawa
Syl
I. C. Hemenway
Isthondaeet Neue Ad Notary
Public
Cedar , Falls
Iowa
Juchanan
Black Hawk
Bremer
Butler
Wundy
Tlinois
Levi Martin
van Buren Street
Munn
J. Montelius
Stephenson Bt
Kk. C, Dwight & Co
Freeborth Byl
Treeport J
Himes
Cooperage
Liberty Street
Pan
Sata
Ireeport
Florence Station
Freeport A Nee
Local Affairs
w.Col
J. W. Shaffer
New Orleans
D. Atkins
K. Judson
garThe Democrats
Galena
Louis Shissler
Yates
Trumbull
2D M. E
2D Presbyterian Church
B. F. Taylor
Taylor
Brawley
M. E
Agricultural Board
Dixon
Person Cheney
Stine & Bro
Philadelphia
Circuit Counrt
James O' Brien
James H. Sullivan
Abraham Moses
Joseph F. Best
Avery B. Snyder
Jesse McLain
John Scott
Wm. O. Wright
C. H. Wright
Mary S. Wright
Scott
Taylor Adams
Robert A. Channers
Wm. W. Heart
John Yordy
D. Kinney
John F. Smith
Conrad Best
United States
First National Bank of
United States Depository
First National
Mount Carroll
Halderman
E. B. Washburne
G.M. Clayton & Bro's
William E. Tomlins
George Francis Train
Pittsburgh Board of Trade
Billy Youngman
Krohn
Saute Crear
To .T. Gallaher
Thomas Long
A. A. Crary
Mr. Crary
J. A. Crain
Norier
G. M. Clayton & Bro’s
J. D. Diffenbaugh’s
Diffenbaugh
Patterson Adamson & Co
Stephenson & Addams
Bridge & sAdams Streets
O. Taylor
Freeport Ninois
Norice
G. M. Clayton & Bro's
Chicago
WM. Massenberg
Emmert & Stib ‘Gon’s
B.C. Dwight , Co
Wheeler & Wilson
C. Nh. Hosenstiel
Ff de
Knowtson
I H. Rosenstiel
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