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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1868
Page
3
May 4 1868 Shanghai Illinois village struck by a powerful tornado causing total destruction. Two churches torn down many injured four killed instantly twenty unconscious not expected to live. Tornado moved northeast across half mile wide with heavy rain and objects hurled through the air.
From New York comes a fresh line of summer hats and turbans shown at M. L. Williams. The collection features light fabrics and stylish brims, inviting customers to update wardrobes for the season.
The week brought varied ads for Best Ice Cream Lody, tobacco and floral displays. J D Diffenbaugh is praised for unbeatable gither quality while Krohn is recommended for tobacco and goods. Freeport floral shows spark expectant county fair success. W W Smythe launches rebus handbills offering ladies a prize pair of gaiters in Fry’s Block.
We visited their establishment and were surprised by the immense stock of millinery and bonnets on display. The Freeport shop showed elegance beyond our expectations and the ladies urged neighbors to call and see for themselves.
Advertisement notes Mayer's offers a wide assortment in Commercial Block including baked goods fruit in season dried fruits fancy groceries and crackers ad libitum callers urged to visit for all these articles at the premises.
I C Dwight & Co announces the discontinuation of the Gold Pen trade due to space constraints. They will sell new stock of Gold Pens at astonish ingly low prices until all are sold, urging buyers to act now for a first class pen.
W G Barnes and Co on Galena street offer a full line of agricultural implements. They advertise plows cultivators mowers reapers threshing machines drills and planters. Visit their warehouse to make a trade.
A neatly printed card from Mrs Wilson announces that Thursday May 7 will be opening day at her new millinery establishment in Bartlett's Block. The note invites ladies to view the new fashions and assures that the stock displayed will be well worth seeing.
The Northern Conference of the Lutheran Church of Illinois met in Lens during the past week. Benj Merrill's store at Kleroy was plundered last Saturday night of goods and money. William Harshbarger, eight miles south of Lena, was thrown from his horse Saturday, breaking his thigh and taken home for treatment. A horsehouse smokehouse was completely destroyed by fire on Friday night.
On Saturday the city council granted permission to relocate lamp posts to the front of Bravo Apartments near hike Etal on Galdan Street. The action allows improved street lighting and safety for residents and visitors.
A reader submits a distressed card of cure instructions claiming a mix of water, plug tobacco, spirits turpentine, and oil. Instructions describe boiling to infuse strength, then adding to apply to tree louse wounds with a whitewash brush on rough bark in May or early June.
The Masonic bodies of the city plan a grand celebration on John's day June 24. Invitations will be extended to the fraternity at Rock Island Beloit Racine Rockford Dixon Mt. Carroll Lena and other places. Full particulars will be given as soon as ascertained.
Bundles of wallpaper and drapery goods pour from G M Clayton’s large establishment to Freeport and towns within fifty miles. The vendor markets fresh stock at low prices, boasting sharp competition with other dealers and claiming no old stock. Customers are urged to visit and purchase from his expansive selection.
Notices praise Louisa May Alcott works in the Tales of the Day series from Loring at 319 Washington Street Boston. Two pamphlets Puyche's Art and Aunt Kipp priced ten cents each are highlighted along with a call for Skitty's Class Day and a desire to collect a complete set. A single bound volume of three titles costs 25 cents postpaid.
The Rural Messenger is an agricultural paper. we note a careful examination of its contents and conclude that if every issue matches the current one, the publication deserves patronage from Western farmers. Readers are invited to obtain back numbers to better discuss the topic.
A quarto monthly religious paper edited by Thomas J. and Hugh Lamant of Regkford Illinois priced at $1.00. The publishers offer to give it to the poor and commend the enterprise to Western religious readers for liberal support.
A garbled Boston based excerpt lists numerous items including The Cretan Is the tithe of a Reateach, Little Comporkil and The Loggers in six months In the Forests of Margo, along with titles like The Doll Masquerade and The Hylaans Wal. It references journals and reviews such as The Vateny No. 141 and The Evidence in the Tinpeachment, noting varied content from children’s stories to political notes.
An OCR fragment outlines contents of a Boston and New York publishing issue. It lists articles, illustrations, and departments in a periodical, mentioning editors, contributors, and featured topics on weather, gardening, trees, grapes, fruit culture, and literary notices. Names like Gilbethy, S. E. Peds, and James Jr. appear amid scattered page descriptions.
City Council completed the canvass naming street commissioner, city clerk, measurer, city attorney, surveyors and aldermen for wards one through five. Notable elected include Edwin McLaughlin for Street Commissioner and Charles Taggart for City Clerk. Mayor cast deciding votes in several key contests. Adjournment set for Friday evening.
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