Local notes and visits from Louisville to Freeport
Hocal Matters Leo Wolf of Louisville formerly of this city visited friends over Sunday. J G Corrie of Clinton Iowa stayed a few days. Workers cleaned Stephenson street. Barnes store office partitioned. Swartz Brothers added a new sign. Wm Walton left for New York to buy summer stock. John M Shaffer of Colorado visiting for a month. Mrs Margaret Rach dies at 73. Cadet ships exams notice. Decoration Day committee formed. Rev H D Jenkins sermons begin. Baumgarten building torn down for three story brick. Rhodes property ready by June. A H Hanson Illinois Central tour reports prosperity. Minstrel show May 14 at Opera House. Licenses tax debate on liquor licenses. Centennial Lodge officers installed. Rail contracts rumored affect Freeport Kent routes. Lena Star reports mutual back-scratching pact between Illinois Central and C M & St P railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Baumgarten
Rhodes
Stephenson Street
8. J. Best
Reverend Cooley to Leave for East This Week
Rev Dr Cooley pastor of First Baptist Church will depart for the east late this week and be away about two weeks. Amity Society of First Presbyterian to meet at Miss Shaffer's residence Thursday at two cloaked in church notes.
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Dr. Cooley
First Baptist Church
East
Amity Society
The
First Presbyterian Church
Miss Shaffer
Competitive Examination for Cadetships in 1881
Notices a competitive examination for cadetships at Military and Naval Academies open to Fifth District of Illinois. Held at Wilcoxons Opera House Freeport on May 19 1881 at 10 AM. Applicants must be district residents. ages 17-22 for Military and 14-18 for Naval. R M A Hawk Mt Carroll Illinois April 29 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Hawk
Opera House
Fifth Congressional District
Illinois
Wilcoxon's Opera House
Freeport
Military Academy
Naval Academy
R. M. A. Hawk
M. C
Mt. Carrol, Il
Mrs Emily Johnson Dies In Freeport After Long Illness
Mrs Emily Johnson wife of Thomas Johnson Esq died at her residence in Freeport after a lingering illness aged 52 years. She had lived in Freeport over thirty five years and was active in Fist Presbyterian Church Sunday school mission work and aid society. Her deep faith sustained her through pain and is noted as guiding her through dissolution. Funeral services were held Friday conducted by Rev H D Jenkins read passages from her Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Johnson
Thomas Johnson
H. D. Jenkins
First Presbyterian Church
Freeport Shooting Club elects officers for new season
The Freeport Shooting Club held a meeting to choose officers. E B Hall is President and J H Staver Vice President, with Capt J J Piersol as Secretary and C D Knowlton as Treasurer. The first regular shoot will award a gold medal. the next week a handsome cup donated by Chas H Laird will be contested. The cup becomes the member's property after three wins. The club has a new building and plans a vigorous summer campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Shooting Club
E. B. Hall
J. H. Staver
J. J. Piersol
C. D. Knowlton
Jesse Burchard
Geo. P. Rose
E B. Hall
Chas. H. Laird
Washington
Masonic Apron Gift Traced to Washington Funeral Paintings
A lamb skin Masonic apron presented to Evergreen Lodge No. 170 in 1866 is described by Erastus Torney with ties to Asa Torrey and Gen. George Washington. The article notes the apron’s painted emblems and plans to frame the donor’s letter as a Masonry archive relic. The piece also recounts Capt. J J Piersol’s son Gus, a Dakota Hood survivor, detailing prison hardship, destruction of homes, and flood dangers near Vermilion during the 17 day siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Cc. Warner
J. B. Taylor
Warner
Evergreen Lodge
W.M
Erastus Torrey
Liberty
Evergreen Lodge No
Fraternity of Masons of
Freeport
Sherman Dewey
Connecticut
George Washington
Grand Lodge of
Virginia
Asa Torrey
Washington
Erastus Torney
Brethren of the Mystic Tie
Frontiersmen Brave Escape From Flooded Home to Beach
A Dakota family endured a house moved off its foundation and, aided by hunger and fear, built a boat and crossed ten miles of stormy water to reach the beach. They landed at night under a gale as neighbors cheered, and the pioneer Gus hopes to regain a home with his own team and stay in Dakota. A Saginaw report adds that Z. M. Hibbard, once of the city, survived a drunken assault on a Detroit to St. Louis train when Wood fired on him. Wood was jailed in St. Louis after a later assault charge. Also noted is D. Kuehner appointed agent for Champion Iron Fence Company fences in twenty five styles praised for strength and cheapness.
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J.J. Piersol
A. R. Piersol
Dakota Hood
Gus
Piersol
Dakota
Far West
Saginaw
Z. M. Hibbard
Detroit
St. Louis
Mich
Wood
Hibbard
Brenner
D. Kuehner
Champion Iron Fence Company
Kenton
Ohio
Kuehner
Stephenson Street
Temperance organizer praised for six lodges in Jo Daviess county
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars announces Miss Genie F. Nash from Wisconsin has supervised temperance work in Stephenson County since March. She previously served in Jo Daviess County, where lodges grew from one to six and a County Lodge formed at Galena. The message commends her as an exemplary Christian and urges local support and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T
Grand Wenrthy
Outer Templar
Iona
Ill
Stephenson County
Grand Lodge of Good Templars
Genie F. Nash
Wisconsin
Grand Lodge of
Jo Daviess County
Galena
Una Corp, Jr
G. W.C.T
Dr Marshall’s Bromoline Promotes Liver Health
An advertisement touts Dr Marshall’s Bromoline as an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure. It claims one bottle is worth ten of other liver medicines and urges readers to try it, priced at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Marshall
Staver and Snyder Big Red Boot ad broadside
Staver and Snyder promote boots and shoes with the big red boot emblem in Freeport. Also advertises sale of residence lots in Guiteau’s addition and cow pasture for rent within city limits. Burrell Bros and C C Wilson offer seeds and headstones respectively, with traveling orders for G W Roberts Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staver & Snyder
Guiteau’s
Barnes
C. C. Wilson
G. W. Roberts
Rockford
Freeport
The Fair Walton’s New York Trade Auction Opens Soon
WM. WALTON announces a sale of all kinds of useful goods in daily demand to be opened in ten days at Walton's building in the Commercial Block on Stephenson Street. Goods offered for cash only at one price, with everything set at great bargains. WM. WALTON, 104 and 106 Stephenson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Walton
New York
Walton
Stephenson Street
Employment Ads Offer $25 to $30 Weekly Agents Needed
E G Rideout Co invites canvassers to sell goods from 10 Bar Clay Street New York earning from 25 to 30 dollars weekly. They solicit readers to send for their catalogue and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Rideout & Co
Barclay Street
New York
Silk dresses and black goods bargain stock
Ladies contemplating pur chasing a silk dress or any silk garment should examine our stock. We have decided bargains to offer with a complete range including Cashmere Camel's Hair Henrietta Cloth Cordeline Armures Basket Cloth Diagonals Serges French Bunting Lace Bunting Plain Bunting. An inspection invited. Call early and often. We will make it to your advantage to do business with.
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Hocal Matters
Leo Wolf
Louisville, Ky
J. G. Corrie
Clinton
Iowa
Messrs
W. G
W. Barnes
Messrs. Swartz
John M. Shaffer
Colorado
Margaret Rach
L. Saenger
Bach
Baden
Germany
Joss
Armory Hall
A. H. Hanson
Illinois Central Ry
Chicago
Hanson
Barlow
Semilinois
Byron
Oir
North
Elgin
Centennial Lodge No
J. A. Sheetz
R. D. Dirksen
G. W.M
Clara Swanzey
G. W.S
C. C. Wolf
Jennie Sheetz
Lizzie Watson
W. V. T.malinda Barnes
W. A S
R. J. Hazlett
R. W. Jones
W. F.s—L. Mease
W. T
Ida Zimmerman
W. M
Frank Watson
Alice Serfass
Jas. Cowley
W. S.—Chas
Sunderland
W. Chap
Lewis Meredith
Illinois Central
Mineral Point Road
Warren
I. C
Lanark Junction
Lanark
Kent
Lena Star
Leod Becker
Janesville, Wis
W. W. Hutchison
H. E. Bogar
Bridge Street
Adams Street
Stephen Coomber
Lena
Coomber
Holly Grove
United States
Burrell Bros
New Spring
C.a.mcnamara
C. A. McNamara & Co
Stephenson ST
J. P. Rieger
H.$. Stevenson
A Alan
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