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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1874
Page
4
A bustling mix of town notes reports and wry social commentary from Freeport. updates cover court sessions weather factory plans new hotels agricultural prospects and local personalities including Hazen & Morgan Bros Rich and Harrington. Special items mention the Embury church sociable and a brisk real estate week ending March 16 with $97051 in conveyances.
The coming week marks the end of the Freeport winter term as classes in all departments are examined. A public invitation is extended for parents and residents to attend closing exercises. Also noted are local items including police records, Mayor Krohn’s funeral trip, a religious items collector, Dr. Winfield P. Lawver’s Columbia University graduation with honors, and a court continuance in the Illinois vs Chicago & Northwestern Railway case.
Last Saturday evening Mr Matt Brown found a handsome gobbler hanging on his back door after he returned home to an empty house. He suspects a man he knows and bets $26.18 that he can identify the culprit, stating he will solve the conundrum.
The primary or infant class is vital to Sun day School and requires skilled leadership. Mrs Hernenway of the First M E Sunday School and Miss Kate Miller of the Mission Sunday School are cited as proving effective work through their long service and impact.
Spring time tip suggests using hot alum water as an insecticide. It claims effectiveness against red and black ants, cockroaches, spiders, chintz bugs, and other crawling pests.
Excelsior Lodge No 97 A F and A M invites visiting brethren in good standing to meet Thursday evening the 19th for work on the M M degree by order of the W M. The mouth is the invariable index of moral character.
Hon E L Cronkrite appeared in the city last Monday looking gay and festive, despite being a hard working member of the Illinois Legislature, showing a relaxed side during a busy period.
A humorous verse railabout listing Hammond the preacher Shurtz the statesman Gough the orator and Anna the girl. Each brief couplet mocks pay for sermons or lectures and praises or teases the named personage in lilting rhymes. The piece reads like a newspaper verse column lampooning public figures and a clever woman performer.
A St Mary’s Catholic Church Society banquet was held at Hettinger Hall as Old Saint Patrick’s Day observances faded. In Freeport a grand wedding occurred at Salem Evangelical Church with Aaron H. Barshinger and Alice Sallade uniting in marriage, witnessed by family and friends, and celebrated with a reception and generous gifts.
Personal gossip notes merchants smiling and lawyers alert. M Shaffer has been ill for several days. Judge William Brown will preside over the March term at the Tabernacle for followers of Blackstone. Rev H D Jenkins absent visiting Waverly NY. he will return this week. Rev Dr Patten of Northwestern University Chicago preached at First Presbyterian Church last Sabbath. D S Lasier of American Insurance Company Chicago visits to see friends and enjoy Freeport air.
Burglars entered the San ford Bidwell & Cos lumber yard office last week and stole two overcoats while failing to open the safe. Friday night they also ransacked Mr. David Brubaker's home at Clay and Cherry streets, taking about $200, a pocket knife, papers, and Mrs. Brubaker's gold watch. Entry was through a front window. the Brubaker watch lay on the bureau, implying a disturbance. No clues identified.
George L. Purinton once a Freeport post office clerk and member of Taylor's Chicago Battery is in the city as a guest of Judge Purinton. The town extends a welcome as he visits Freeport again.
Rev D B Byers cites rising alcohol deaths and critiques various reform schemes. He endorses Dr Dio Lewis prayer crusade and argues moral suasion must join legal restraint, condemning saloonkeepers and urging public opinion and the ballot to enforce prohibition.
Kent township residents near Lena are stirred by a report that the Iowa and Pacific railroad may traverse their area. Surveyors reportedly scanned routes a few days ago toward a Mississippi River connection. The line would run from Byron to Freeport and then west, with local merchants fearing a Freeport route would bypass their town.
A fashion abroad adds husbands to wives names on visiting cards, with square shapes and old English engraving. Some ladies experiment with turned down corners but confuse friends. The Farerort Jovyyar office offers handsome stylish cards on short notice.
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