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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1867
Page
5
Notice lists pricing for a single inch or 12 lines of Nonpareil type to form a square. The price shown is 5.00 and appears to refer to a body of text or small ad unit. The fragment suggests a typographic rate card from a historical newspaper page.
The speaker laments aging yet feels renewed by a lively scene. He recalls four-score years of life while admitting a heart still stirs to the thrill of youth, daring to believe death may wait while the young revel in the hay and merriment.
Blondin wowed Dublin's 7000 crowd with a rope walk while the steamer Andalusia burned at sea on Sunday night, costing several lives. Reports detail drowning near Atchison, rail accidents, orchard vandalism, a dentist selling teeth for grapevines, and Paris, Illinois honoring Union soldiers with a white marble monument.
The report notes St Patrick’s Day observances to be held the following Sunday by believers. It describes visiting New York City firefighters presenting a Steam Fire Engine to Columbia, DC, and summarizes a range of local news including a trichinella finding in a New York pauper, a foundry accident in Davis & Co, and a theft linked to a Madison express office recovery. The piece also mentions fires at a Fayette district school, a sudden death in Janesville, and military depot plans for Jeffersonville.
A catalog of United States patents issued for the week ending March 5 1867 reported by G L Chapin. Names and locations across Chicago and midwestern states include Frame for Supporting Stoves on Vessels A Doburn Chicago NL Hand Hole Plate for Steam Generator H A Towne Chicago IL Hoisting Machine H Malloy Chicago IL and many more covering apparatuses for mining farming household goods and tools such as Seed Dropping Attachment for Hoes A J Large Rockford Seed Planter A Bennett New Milford Til Washing Machine J Thompson Vevay Ind and numerous other inventors across Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan Wisconsin and Missouri.
A jumble of ads and notices appears including boarding find for a couple, medical ads by Dr Lyon, a call for a caregiver for a young child, poetry mail offer from H Whittier, and various goods for sale such as canned fruit crackers and cider.
An old advertisement notes H. Little importer and dealer in crockery china glass silver plated Britannia and tin toilet ware table cutlery mirrors lamps kerosene ware opposite Brewster House. The listing highlights a broad assortment for consumers.
In our stock of Crockery and Glass Ware we offer a full range of kitchen and household items. Find knives and forks spoons brittania teapots coffee mills feather dusters lamps and more at low prices. Ohio and Wisconsin stone ware arriving. customers will find all they need here.
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