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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1872
Page
4
The column notes an unusual late winter feel with rumors of spring, calls for large turnout in upcoming city and town elections, and political urging for a Republican vote. It mentions H H McAffee moving from Madison to Freeport, Tyaac Miller taking stock to Utah, and Stine Bros. recovering from illness. A public sale by Joseph Erb near Loran is announced for March 20.
Mr Case of Racine, a proprietor of the Sugar Factory, visited in recent days to inspect Col Shaffer's property with the aim of purchasing the grand residence.
Advertisements for H P Bigelow Co and Fareport Jourdan Steam Printing House prompt readers to inspect goods and services. Ed Becker replaces Mr Hempstead at Stephenson County Bank. HL relocates to Galena. John C Lee buys elegant rosewood casket for Dr W A Little. Polo elects mayor and officers in a decisive majority. A bakery window theft yields candy, Stickney family rumor denied, Grand Jury indicts Stickney, and Circuit Court term details noted. The public praises Judge Brown for diligent work.
Report details a blaze at Mayor Cronkrite's Pattison Block store on Stephenson street. Firemen saved the building after a kerosene stock and burning flue threatened adjoining blocks. Losses estimated at 150 for structure and plaster plus 800 for stock, with insurance under Imperial and Phoenix and Royal London policies awaiting settlement.
A Conclave in Freeport organized under Dispensation will soon receive its Charter from the Grand Imperial Council of England. Officers elected include Loyal L. Munn M P Sovereign Nathan F. Prentice Viceroy Milo D. Chamberlin Senior General and others. The piece notes historical roots of the order and recent activity nationwide along with a church update and a medical update on Charlie Fry.
Gratifying prospects for a Freeport sugar beet factory greet readers at the Rosenstiel office. Contracts cover about seven hundred acres at four dollars per ton. expected yield 15 to 40 tons per acre, averaging 25. Factory to start mid September, employing 250 workers and processing 50 tons daily, with 60 000 dollars needed to secure 15 000 tons for 800 days. Building costs total 150 000 dollars for brick structure, two stories, 500 by 200 feet, with 11 engines from 4 to 80 hp. Beets weighing 2.5 pounds yield sugar comparable to heavier beets, and farmers may fatten stock with the larger ones.
The Stephenson County Circuit Court sits with Judge William Brown and Judge William Polk. Several cases are continued or dismissed for want of prosecution, and numerous assumpsit and detant cases are reset or struck. Trial jurors for the term are listed, and a note announces W A Morrison will move his Patent Index from Albion to Freeport in May, signaling local newspaper interest in patents.
Miss Alta M Hulett will lecture in Wilcoxson Opera House next Monday evening on False Doctrines Civil and Religious. Tickets cost 25 cents. reserved seats without extra charge available from Emmett & Burrell starting Wednesday morning March 27. Turn out for her best lecture that has drawn large audiences in Rockford.
Mr. W P Emmert reports spring orders for Climax Churns exceed current facilities. He is increasing capacity as fast as possible and filling orders in part 80 to accommodate all buyers. All orders will be filled entirely at an early date. We congratulate him on the rush of business.
A span of horses attached to Mr. Homann's lumber wagon broke loose from the hitching post last Saturday afternoon and dashed up Stephenson street. The team collided with other wagons, injuring several and finally ran into John Yordy's team by Pelton and Pomeroy's store. Fright, damage, and bruised horses followed while the town braces for church talks on temperance and school exams this week.
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