Freeport Republican Meeting to Choose City Township Delegates
Republican voters of Freeport city and township are urged to meet in three wards on March 24 1877 at 7 30 PM to elect six delegates for a city and township convention to nominate candidates for spring elections. Committeemen Barton Rt Buckley Jo Br Wagner announce the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Catons
Bergman & Dorman
Pennsylvania House
Third Ward
Fry’s Hall
Wilcoxon
Opera House
Barton RT. Buckley JO. BR. Wagner
Rainy season shadows local life with many notes
A bustling slice of small town life with religious services in Savanna and Ger man, lectures in Dixon, local elections and library moves in Lena, a court term opening in Stephenson County, Burglaries, and a newspaper transition as Mr Ingersoll shifts from Beloit Free Press to a new venture. The piece weaves weather, faith, politics, and commerce into a snapshot of spring efforts amid lingering winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Ingersoll
Beloit Free Press
Hobart
Ingersoll
Ingersoll & Slobart
Brotherhood Anna Ball at Ettinger's Hall in 1877
The Conductors' Brotherhood Division No. 25 announces an Anna Ball at Ettinger's Hall on Thursday evening April 12 1877. Music by McCush & Gibler's string band. Attendees urged to dress in best bib and tucker and have pumps ready for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood
Division No
Ettinger’s All
McCush & Gibler
Bib
Tucker
Local Notables Visit as Lighthart Family Pictured
The Wenona area hosts a string of visitors and honoraries including Mr. and Mrs. W L Lighthart and San Fisher of the State Board of Agriculture. Notables such as N D Emery editor of Prairie Farmer and Rev Fathers Stack and Mack are noted, with Col Judy predicting a lively fair and public amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Lighthart
Wenona
San
Chillicothe
W. C. Endsley
J. P. Raster & Co
Carroll
Endsley
N. D. Emery
The
Prairie Farmer
Chicago
State Board of Agriculture
John Beaumont
Will Taegart
Philadelphia
Father Stack
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Catholic Church
Aurora
Ill
Father Mackin
Joliet
Col
Judy
Reading by Prof A A Griffith Pleases Freeport Crowd
The Griffith Reading at Temperance Hall by Prof A A Griffith and his children Jennie Allen and Arthur drew a crowded, cordial audience for the Second Presbyterian Sunday School benefit. The program included Shakespeare selections and music by Mt Carroll Seminary students Belle Dearborne Clara White and L M Kendall. The features included Dearborne's vocal pieces and a piano accompaniment by Kendall, all met with enthusiastic applause. The note praises the Griffith children as talented and prospects of further attendance are high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffith
Temperance Hall
A. A. Griffith
Jennie
Allen
Arthur
Second Presbyterian
Belle Dearborne
Clara White
L. M. Kendall
Mt. Carroll Seminary
Miss Dearborne
Rossini
Benefit festival and oyster supper at Nettingers Hall
Benefit Young Men's Library Association announces a grand festival and oyster supper at Nettinger's Hall on Wednesday evening March 21. Readings, reclamations, vocal and instrumental music will entertain. A French bronze clock will be awarded by ballot to the most popular man. Candidates include ex Mayors Sunderland Krohn Smith and others. Admission 15 cents, supper 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettinger’s Hall
D. I. Sunderland
Jacob Krohn
John EF. Smith
Wen. A. Bergmun
Ton
C.F. Goodhue
Gooddard
B.J. Middleditch
Advertisement Notice in Y Averill Issue Redirects Attention
A brief line notes a new advertisement elsewhere in this Y Averill issue. The note signals readers to look beyond the page for the relevant promotional material and directs focus to another section or placement within the same publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. Averill, Esq
State Fair visit boosts plan despite weather
The State Board of Agriculture Committee of Arrangements visited our city on the 16th inst, touring the driving park and proposed building sites. They met at the Breuster House, then toured city attractions, expressing high satisfaction but warning that bad weather could hinder success. George S. Haskell of Rockford will supply seed for premium entries in horticulture and agriculture, highlighting North State involvement and Freeport’s competition with Rockford.
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State Board of Agriculture
Gillham
Alton
D. Fisher
Springfield
Jawis Elsworth
Naperville
Brewster I
Council Chamber
Geo. 8
Haskell
Rockford
Freeport
Will Carleton to Lecture for Steamer Hose Co No 1
Will Carleton renowned author of Palm Ballads and Farm Legions will deliver his popular lecture The Golden Horse in this city on the 30th for the benefit of Steamer Hose Co No 1. The event is pitched as a literary treat and a worthy fund raising effort to support the fire company’s treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Carleton
Golden Horse
Steamer Hose Co
Carlton
Steamer Trose Co. No
Masonic Convention Inducts Seventeen into 32nd Degree
Lyons Iowa hosted a week long Masonic Convention with work in the consistory degrees of Scottish Rite. Seventeen candidates were inducted into the 32d degree. Prominent Northwest Masons attended including J B McCall L K Scofield Rob J Little W D Rowell J C Trutchinson and J Krohn of Freeport. Exercises took place at the Masonic Temple Lyons, praised as grand and finely finished. Attendees from Freeport reported a pleasant, satisfactory event to the gratification of all involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Iowa
Anniversary services at First Presbyterian Church
The anniversary exercises of the missionary societies of the Presbyterian Churches will be held at the First Presbyterian Church next Sabbath evening March 25. Mrs. Rhea, a returned missionary from Persia, will address the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Churches
First Presbyterian Church
Rhea
Persia
Freeport Lyceum debate crowds temperance event at Lyceum
Crowded Monday evening at Freeport Lyceum for a Good Templars versus Lyceum debate on whether thoughtful men have benefited mankind more than men of action. Debaters included J F Mynard and R J Starlett for Tycanum and George S Piersol and Colgrove for the Good Templars. judges ruled for the affirmative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Lyceum
Temperance Ifall
Good Templars
Lyceun
Fremont Boyer
Boyer
Messrs. Brownlee
Fox
Turner Brothers
J. F. Mynard
R. J. Starlett
George S. Piersol
Mr. Colgrove
Messrs. Creib
Clark
Karchner
Messrs. Fox
Turner
Jennie Massenberg
Lyceum
Evanston
G. F. Kryder
Nellie Fitch
M. A. Martin
Messrs. Geib and
Stabeck
Remembering Samuel White of Shannon Illinois
An obituary from Baileyville honors Samuel White of Shannon Carroll County Illinois who died March 7 1877 at 78 years. Born in Fayette County Pennsylvania he moved through Ohio before settling on a Shannon farm where he helped shape local growth. An elder of the United Presbyterian Church for over four decades he valued duty to church and state. The article also notes Adelphian Teachers Association activities and a forthcoming meeting at Upper Kent Schoolhouse with invites to educators and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Turner
Israel
Shannon
W. B.D
Samuel White
Illinois
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
Jefferson County
Ohio
Ilinois
Stephenson County
Carroll County
Freeport
Tie
United Presbyterian Church
J. G. Hahn
R. M.barnes
M. E. Powderly
R. C. Stout
A. Rowe
U.S
A. Dasher
U. S
E. J. Braithwaite
R. W. Barnes
Upper Kent
Kent Township
K. A. Moran
New Plow Jointer menaces Freeport market debut
Mr Geo K Smith, inventor and owner, has arrived in Freeport to establish his headquarters and distribute Smiths Plow Jointer. The device attaches to the plow beam and cuts a five inch wide furrow five inches deep, depositing soil to create a clean subsoil layer and prevent surface weeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. K. Smith
Miss Coombs Shines in Juliet at Pike's Opera House
The Cincinnati Daily Enquirer reports Miss Coombs delivering a powerful Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at Pike's Opera House last night. The performance drew elite Parquette and Circle patrons, with Miss Coombs’s voice and dramatic reach drawing intense acclaim especially in the balcony nurse scene and the climactic tomb sequence. The critic notes echoes of Siddons and Kemble in her portrayal, and says the audience response was overwhelming with hundreds waiting outside the doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
Parquette
Parquette Circle
Jane Cog
America
Miss Coombs
Siddons
Kemble Cusman
Romeo
Juliet
Will Carleton Lecture Sparks Praise Across Cities
A Detroit Free Press review lauds Will Carleton for a lively Iris lecture that defies dull monotony, praising the author’s brilliance and ability to expose shallow nineteenth century pretenses. Other papers hail his readings as charming, fascinating, and entertaining, predicting strong receptions in cities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iris
Times
Washington
Carleton
Detroit Free Press
Port Iuron Commercial
Republican caucuses schedule posted for several townships
The notice lists Republican caucus meetings across Orangeville Oneco Silver Creek Waddams Buches and various locations with dates March 30 31 and 24 for 1877. Committeemen JOEL R BEAx B A CARPENTER F TURNETURE JOAN LOBDELL HENRY RICHART and others are named to oversee the gatherings which run about one hour.
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Local Matters
Susan B. “Anthony
Dixon
Walton
Hayes
Stephenson County Circuit Court
Brown
R. Dubs
Immanuel Church
the Evangelical Association
Dr. Cushman
of &J. Stephen’s Church
Zion Church
Darius Kuehner
Nt. Woodmanse
Stephenson Street
Robert Sohda
Whitewater
Wis
Waupun
Sohda
Sohda We
M. E
Savanna
Frank B. Thardin, Jr
Lena
Library Association
D. L. DeBell
A. H. Stahl
Leamon
Rec
Elias Stamm
Cor
Chas. R. Laws
Samuel Snyder
Louis Jungkung
Young Men’s Library Association
Lincoln Avenue School
Come
Wiles
Baileyville
Cincinnati Daily Enquirer
Will. Carleton
Notices of the Press
Oneco Township
Caucus
Masonic Hall
Orangeville
Joel R. Beax
Silver Creek ‘Township
Jefries School House
B. A. Carpenter
Fede Os
Waddams
Waddams Center
Joan Lobdell
Buches
Henry Richart
Fale
Ont
Assinwalb
Stavery
Snyder
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