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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1867
Page
2
A Freeport letter argues against the eight hour law, claiming it raises idle time and costs for workers and employers. It urges laborers to accept ten hours, noting few can endure wage losses for two extra hours and warning against strikes and squandered time.
A 1867 letter from Winnebago County Bar urges Judge Sheldon to seek re-election and notes his potential candidacy. It quotes committee support and Sheldon’s conditional consent, reflecting local legal circles backing continuity on the bench.
A Danville mill project and various regional items span railroads postmaster shifts and local crime. Entries cover Mercer County judge trips to Europe, Fulton postmaster reappointment, Jacksonville liquor bans, Bristol Station burglary, a blockade running book, German literature, Boston barbers, Spurgeon sermons, Russian America purchase, a bay rum barber, Southern Press Association stance, Bierstadt theft, Pepperell ancestry, and a Bethlehem sheriff's daughter abrupt blindness.
Albany figures reveal a $147000 land purchase to erect a $740000 all story marble front hotel and opera house complex. A separate note mentions a treaty ratification copy found by the New Jersey Senate Sergeant-at-Arms. Plans by A B Stewart include a Fifth Avenue house costing $1500000 and $2600000 in alterations plus extensive interior fittings and an envisioned store.
An old promotional note warns against inferior spurious extracts and extols two saleratus brands. Phalon & Son of New York and D. B. De Land & Co claim high quality and full weight, asserting superiority over other saleratus products sold nationwide.
Married notices report Jon Ropp of Eagletown weds Miss Racine of Lena at six percent A M at Samuel Dodds house. Another pairing James T L Hartso given Mary M Rony of Stephenson County. Durand wedding Henry Burrell weds Mary E Syrves on the seventh, per Rev Holt.
George Wolf city collector certifies a list of lands and town lots in Freeport Stephenson County Illinois with unpaid city taxes for 1866 and prior delinquencies. James S. McCall publisher confirms publication in Journal and weekly paper on April 17 1867 with accuracy assurances and transcriptions tally.
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