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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1866

Page

4

Shannon Village Incorporation Vote Proceeds Unanimously

Citizens of Shannon in Carroll County held a meeting to consider incorporation under state law and voted unanimously for incorporation. An election to select eleven trustees was held on the preceding Monday. Madame Luna promotes a grand total eclipse at a forthcoming date with precise timings. The Empire Base Ball Club completed its season setup with officers named Edward Cavanagh as President and other officers. Plans for a third ward school building near Judge Purinton’s residence are underway with an estimated cost of 12,000 to 15,000 dollars.

Tone T Treorrona Aten Shannon Carroll County Ave Empire Base Ball Club Edward Cavanagh Wm. Thomas Cor R. M. Buckman John W. Neil J. B. Scroggs Louis Stoskopf A. W. Brewster L. 4. Farwell W. Lighthart Quiteo Schoor Burupind Third Ward

Freeport Real Estate Deeds Recorded This Week

Real estate deeds recorded in Freeport include William Zimmerman to Elias Baker for 844 acres in Buckeye with 3000 dollars, and multiple transfers in Secs 26 27 28 R8 R9 Buckeye Rock Run and Dakota. Notices offer abstracts drawing deeds and land listings via Oscar Taylor and agent C H Rosenstiel. A veteran joke notes a cautious congressman avoiding opinions on weather.

Freeport Land Office William Zimmerman Elias D. Baker Buckeye Fred. R. Schmidt Paul van Bohning RY Ridott Caroline Mernitz Abby Jenks Schofield Freeport Louis Saeng Delila Berch John A. Berch Rock Run Joseph Quinters Joseph Hensing Silver Creek Samuel Lapp Charles Z. Sidles Dakota S. Daughenbaugh Dani. Frantz Daughenbaugh Dani. Ordley Nwi Josiah Sellman Sophronia D. Whiting West Point Ediward P Hodges Hiram Bright Susan R. Hodes Clark Samuel R. Bucher Henry Strada Ned Helena Beck

Train schedule fragment for eastern and southern routes

Readable service snippet lists stop names and times for routes from Dubuque to Galena and Mt. Morris through Savann. Times include 8:45 am, 4:25 pm, and 3:30 pm, with connections noted to western lines. The fragment suggests a daily timetable outline.

Dubuque Galena Mt. Morrall Savann

Rail Road Time Tables R45 and Galena Division

Time table notes show schedules for Illinois Central and North Western railroads with passenger and freight train times. Entries list trains from Freeport toward Chicago and from Chicago toward Freeport, including morning departures around 4.45 and 7.05 a.m. and afternoon arrivals, reflecting a historic period timetable.

Omah Illinois Central Rail Road FreightTrain North-Western Rail Road Galena Division Freeport Chicago

Agricultural commodity prices and animal products list

A OCR readout lists prices and items such as oats, corn, barley, wool, beef hides, veal, dry goods, and sheep pelts with numerical values. The fragment shows multiple grade or lot indicators and unit-like figures, reflecting a market or catalog snippet from a historical period.

Fragmentary lumber prices and items list

A garbled OCR list shows various building materials and prices including flooring, common boards, box boards, short joints and scantling, long stock, lath, laths, sawed items, pickets, and posts. Locations or dates are unclear. The fragment appears to be a historical lumber price or stock table from a Chicago area source with mixed spellings and units.

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