Town Notes and Social Roundup in May Field
Dr Orvis of Indiana visits Dr Sfayes. Mrs Hohenfels visits Chicago. Mr Coenen and Mr Shuler visit from Grundy Centre. Emmert returns from New York. Rev Masbie exchanges with Dr Cooley. State Sunday School Convention in Galesburg ends tomorrow. J B Rosebrugh and Rosebrugh go to Tecumseh for ill mother. Major Tot the midget to be seen at Tarbox Hall. John Dillon schedules May 21 at Opera House. Local meetings on council and Republican club update officers. Decoration day planning in Lena. Childs to stay in California. Guilau and daughter Flora travel to Beaver Lake. Guiteau health trip. Freport lodge and consistory setup. Nip & Tuck at Opera House. Sunday School Raikes centennial plans. New baby joins Boyington family. Shaffer to Monticello for drug business. Good Templar officers installed. Robson and Crane to perform Our Bachelors at Opera House. New York Sun excerpt praises Our Bachelors.
Rev Cyrus Kryder to preach at 1st M E Church next Sunday
The 1st M E Church will have Rev Cyrus Kryder occupy the pulpit next Sunday while Rev Mit Mandeville attends the General Conference in Cincinnati. A local reports a high official of the M & St P Ry says the Byron extension may soon reach Freeport and a union depot with C N W and I C is urged. Mrs F S Babcock dies after long illness. she was daughter of Dr Burrell of Rusell Kansas. Public notices about rail line extensions and regional depot proposals accompany a light local update on pop and a box from Galloway & Snooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Kryder
M. EB
Mit. Mandeville
Cincinnati
M. & St PR. Ry
Byron
Freeport
Lanark
Cerei
I. C
Marriage in City and History of Stephenson County
A wedding took place on Wednesday evening May 5 with My. Burton W. Wise and Miss Alice B. Shaffer married by Rev. H D Jenkins of the First Presbyterian Church. Attendants included Haddie Wise and Clara Shaffer. Guests enjoyed a large supper and generous gifts. The piece also notes progress on the History of Stephenson County and updates from the National Mining and Milling Company regarding Leadville water pumping and plans for Monarch District exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
My. Burton W. Wise
Alfred H. Wise
Alice B. Shaffer
C. M. Shaffer
HD. Jenkins
First Presbyterian Church
Haddie Wise
Clara Shaffer
John Shaffer
James Wise
Stephenson County
Board of Directors of
National Mining and Milling Company
Leadville
Colorado
Comique
Tam
Monarch District
Arkansas
Wealth Looms Over Comique Ore Field Says Miner Leader
The writer argues the Comique property sits above immense mineral wealth. He notes dumps and adjacent million-dollar holdings yielding dividends up to 300,000 dollars monthly. Ore beds in Little Chief and Chryalite trend toward Comique, with Little Chief alone yielding two million for John V. Farwell of Chicago. H W Coox, Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V. Farwell
Chicago
H. W. Coox
Nip and Tuck to Play at Opera House May 13
Col Joseph A Gulick brings his celebrated theatre company to the city with Harry Webber in Nip and Tuck a French Melo drama comedy. The Cincinnati piece praised Webber and the five character performance while noting the show may run long. Reserved seats 25 and 50 cents at Sanborns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulick
Harry Weber
Opera
Col
Joseph A. Gulick
Harry Webber
Cincinnati
Blarry Webber
Nicholas Nip
Tuck
D. H. Fitzpatrick
Sarah Truegold
Ada Evans
Lucy
Opera House
Sanborn’s
Weather Buoyed Farmers Plowing and Planting
From Woodville the Ep journal notes favorable weather aiding plowing and corn planting after a refreshing shower. It records the death of Mrs. Samuel Folgate, an early county settler aged 63, who suffered long pain before her passing last Thursday. Her funeral is at Bellview graveyard today at 10 a.m. with Rev. Shuler officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Folgate
Bellview
Shuler
Freeport Special Election on June 14, 1880
Special election proclaimed by the Mayor for Freeport Illinois to decide on borrowing four thousand five hundred dollars to redeem outstanding orders drawing ten percent interest. Voting in each ward from eight in the morning to seven in the evening under election judges from the last municipal election. City Clerk H C Harenison announces the notice in May 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Illinois
Ill
City of
City
Edward N. Cronkrite
Stephenson
Edward
Cronkrite
FE. L. Cronsnire
Hetecnison
Ows
Freeport Mayor Proclaims Special Bond Election
The proclamation urges a June fourteenth vote on authorizing bonds of four thousand five hundred dollars to redeem city orders and issue bonds at seven percent interest. Ballots will say for a loan and bonds or against, with the city clerk to tally results. The note closes noting a popular McCammon piano showcased by F. W. Brainerd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCammon
F. W. Brainerd
Proclamation by the President of the World’s Dispensary
The World's Dispensary Medical Association issues a broad proclamation inviting any users of their medicines to write descriptions of unreached benefits. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, Favorite Prescription, Extract of Smart-Weed, and Pellets as cures for tumors, female weaknesses, bowel and rheumatic ailments. Mailing addresses in Buffalo New York and London are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Pierce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. Orvis
Indiania
R. F. Sfayes
W.D. Emmert
New York
J. S. Masbie
First Baptist Church of
Rockford
Doctor Cooley
Wm. S. Curtis
D. D
Second Presbyterian Church
Galesburg
J.B. Tones
Miss Brackett
Dubuque
C.D. Knowlton
D. B. Bobb
Dakota
State Sunday School Association
J. BR. Rosebrugh
A. Rosebrugh
Tecumseh, Mich
Tarbox Hall
John Dillon
Messrs
B. H. Sunderland
J.H. Hiller
A. J. Brubaker
Delavan Lake
Drs
Kingsley & Mills
Bloomington
Denal Association
W. H. Taggart
State Dental Association
Republican Club
B. T. Buckley
T. H. Wiles
C. H. Rosenstiel
Emmert & Burrell
Anna L. Ormsbee
T. Ormabee
Edward J., Eaton
South
Robey Street
J.J. Neff
James Ti. Nicks
Denver
Colo
Jessie Cross
Conductor Cross
CM. & Slr
Rosebrugh
Board of Education
Temperance Wall
Embury M. E
Lena
John W. Childs
California
Childs
L. W. Guileau
Second National Bank
Beaver Lake
Wis
Flora
Guiteau
Freeport Lodge of Perfection
S.P.R.S
M.E. Sunday School
England
Robert Raikes
Raikes
W. E. Boyington
Seth Mann & Co
Boyington
John M. Shaffer
Swartz & Stocking
Monticello
Iowa
Shaffer
The
Good Templar’s
R J Hazlett
Rils
Lizzie Watson
Susie Sherman
Emma Edwards
C C Wolf
Fannie Maxwell
H Wilson
Addie Martin
Oscar Snow
Lucretia Bell
P Ditzler
Clara Swanzey
S— Otto
Messrs. Robson
Crane
Opera Trouse
New York Sun
W. H. Crane
Stuart Robson
the Park Theatre
Yi Sun
Febvy
Mra. F
Babcock
Messrs. Galloway & Snooks
Sahara
Woodville
Hayes
Allen
Walton's
Walton’s
Stephenson Street
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine
WM. A. Stevens
Benson’s
Rochester
Maynards
Journan
Castoria
Wei de Meyer
G. A. McNamara & CO
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