Local notices and social chatter in Freeport column
A bustling Freeport page reports on editors and publishers visiting, merchants enjoying brisk business, new pavement improvements, and prices of goods. It notes travels of Rev G J Bliss and O B Bidwell to Denver, a fire loss near Orangeville, and local appointments including James Zuver as Wheeler & Wilson agent.
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Court House
J. W. Clinton
Ogle County Press
Polo
Clinton
Illinois
Mariar
G. J. Bliss
O. B. Bidwell
First National Bank of Freeport
Denver
Salt Lake
Bidwell
Thomas Pollock
Orangeville
A. H. Wil
North Hampton
Massachusetts
Jacob R. Harding
Hill
Farribault
Minnesota
James «Uver
Wheeler & Wilson
Zuver
Freeport
Moss
Farrar & Wheeler
Diffenbaughs Candy Roast Fire Destroys Stock
A dawn fire at Diffenbaugh’s store in Freeport caused heavy smoke and water damage across the cellar and shop. The blaze, likely started in the basement, burned shelving and wares including musical instruments. Loss estimated six to eight thousand dollars, with partial insurance. Firemen praised for rapid, effective work. one dog perished in Wright & Cavanagh’s next door.
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Fry
Diffenbaugh
Fry’s Block
Freeport
Brewster House
Wallace Lighthart
William Polk
Krohn
Wright & Cavanagh’s
Grand Opening at Choice Style Carpets and Dry Goods
William Walton announces a grand opening this week to stock new goods with great bargains at 104 Stephenson St. An anonymous correspondent mocks a reception fashion with an absurd dress description and notes cattle roaming streets, urging owners to secure property rights and laws against trespass and damage.
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William Walton
Stephenson St
Wind Engine Advancements By Stover In Wind Mills
An 1870s report extols the Stover Wind Engine as a auto regulating wind mill. It highlights storm resilience, automatic start and stop, and cites a one farm example near Freeport where 250 ft from pump delivers precise water. Local firms Stover, Stiles Jenkins, and Emmert push expansion across Illinois Iowa Missouri. A tale ends with a city youth joking about a newspaper critic and a vandalized news depot.
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England
Holland
William Cubbitt
David Brewster
Giraudat
New York
Stover
Shaver
Illneis
Stever
L. F. Henderson
Henderson
Woodmanse
Ilinois
Iowa
Ilinois Central Road
Missouri
Messrs. Stiles & Jenkins
Central Road
Wisconsin
W.p.emmert
United States
Refractions on the Dixon Calamity Sermon at Salem Church
Rev D B Byers delivers a sermon on the Dixon calamity noting divine providence lies with humans through greed and negligence. He cites lessons of mercy and warns against assigning blame to faith groups while urging sympathy for the bereaved. A Freeport mayorial notice urges sidewalk improvements under a 1872 Illinois act. The Dakota Presbyterian choir presents Rev A R Ross with a pulpit bible, and he responds on unity and divine purpose before departing for a new field.
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Salem
Iast
D. DB. Byers
Dixon
Epirox
Freeport Journal
City of
Freeport
General Assembly
State of Illinois
Jacob Krony
Dakota
Ilinois
A. R. Ross
Christ
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Mr. Bennett
Mineral Point Tribune
Louis Lautenbach
Louis
Diffenbaugh and
Zapf
Stephenson Street
Neff’s
John
Board of Supervisors
Court House Yard
Louisville
Mon. H
Burchard
Ilinois Central
St. Louis
Seaboard
TSS
Gemmil, Sq
Baltimore
United Presbyterian Church of America
John C. Smith
Galena
Internal Revenue
Little
Stephenson, Jo Daviess, Ogle, Lee, Carroll and Whiteside
Diffenbaugh’s Candy Roast
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Journal
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H. Woodmanse
Freeport, Ill
North-Western
Hazelton
Vogel Hughes
Pelton & Pomeroy
Opera House
Freeport,llinois
Dog
W.P. Emmert
Freeport, Il
Sear Goddard
Geo. Ruston
Ashton
MY Butter & Egg Depot
Galena Street
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