Freeport Fourth plans and local notes from Journal
A weather note, public documents from H C Burchard, and a Freeport Fourth celebration forecast. The Great Eastern Circus comes to Freeport on the 29th, Prescott opens the Exchange hotel at Polo, and the Stephenson County Republican Convention meets tomorrow. Lightweight items include street lighting committee progress, Fulton ladies gossip, Zouaves name change talk, a spoof about dogs and beer, a strange post office letter, a masterful speech by H C Burchard, Grants Fourth at Madison, and a note on Galesburg’s dog fennel ornament.
Keigwin Accepts Call to Philadelphia and Donates Building
Rev A H Keigwin former Fulton Presbyterian pastor and brother of the current pastor has accepted a call to Philadelphia Burlingame Kansas and offers to donate a new three story stone building with steam engine valued at 25000 to any responsible party who will fill it with woolen nail machinery and operate it. Also notes on gadgets editor moves and local notices including McHenry selling his photograph business and Mrs Dinwiddie traveling from Camp Douglas Salt Lake City to Freeport with Secretary Black accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Keigwin
The
Presbyterian Church In
Fulton
Rev. H. Keigwin
Philadelphia
Burlingame
Kansas
McHenry
Ignity
Allen
Princeton
Mellenry
Salt ‘Ke City
William Barnes
Camp Douglass
Salt Lakety
Semiramis
Ascalon
Diodorus
Ninus
Hangling
Babylon
Belus
Strabo
Herodotus
Sacredotal
Shinar
Jeremiah
Idumza
The Sewer Question in Freeport
The piece urges the Common Council to extend the Bridge Street sewer, arguing residents would favor construction, recalls a sewer built sixteen years ago, and warns against using a cesspool near the court house that could poison wells and spread disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Street
Freeport
the Common Council
Decoration of Soldiers Graves By Freeport Zouaves
The Freeport Zouaves invite all citizens to decorate soldiers graves as ordered by Gen Burnside on Thursday May 30th. The company meets at 6 PM in uniform and proceeds to the cemetery without music, completes the fourfold decoration, then an address is planned. Those unable to attend may leave flowers at the armory after 8 PM. Also notes on local sidewalk improvements, Orangeville Township Sunday School Convention May 19, and Illinois State Dental Association session in Chicago with Freeport attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Zouaves
Burnside
Grand Army of the Republic
Oneco
Orangeville
Illinois State Dental Association
Chicago
Messrs
Kingsley
Mills
Burrell Best
Clayton
Freeport
Yontz Misappropriates Funds In Circuit Clerk Office
Citizens learned last week that E A Yontz assistant in the Circuit Clerk office wrongfully took about 800 dollars from office funds. He overcharged Clerk Wm Polk on compensation and altered cash book figures to conceal the theft. Yontz confesses to a long running practice and has left the office. E P Hodges is currently filling the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Yontz
Wm. Polk
Yontz
E. P. Hodges
Bulletin and Journay clash over Horace Greeley opinion
The piece questions shifts in opinion between the Bulletin and the Journay on Horace Greeley, noting the Journay shows no change under current management while the Bulletin claims reversal. It cites past critiques of Greeley, Tammany frauds, and Ku Klux stances, and ends with Rochelle Register reporting horse thefts in Whiteside county.
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Bulletin
Journay
Horace Greeley
The
Journal
Jougnat
Greeley
Tammany Thieves
Ku Klux
Rochelle Register
Whiteside County
An Appasl to Horace Greeley to do Justice
A letter urges Horace Greeley to retract his remark about "ignorance under one hat" attributed to the Bulletin editor. The writer notes Greeley's recent stance on Democratic votes and cites perceived progress, asking for a published retraction in light of ongoing political moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Greeley
Dorace Greeley
Freeport
Greeley
Bulletinoarries
Bulletin
Horace
Tribune
Fraexport Journal
May Day Fun At The Bluffs In Pecatonica
About thirty youths enjoyed a May day party at The Bluffs despite a cold wind. The note celebrates May-day customs and outdoor sports as wholesome for boys and girls. Also noted is the hardware store sale of Mr. Andrew to A. D. Stitsel, commerce improving, crop prospects, and a tragic fire-accident near Pecatonica leaving a four year old dead. The item closes with a funeral notice and date Pecatonica May 4th 1872.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew
A. D. Stitsel
Chicago
Charles Watson
Pecatonica
Bulletin hints at reading Foreign Journal for clarity
The Bulletin writer suggests reading the Farerogt Journal to improve understanding. He argues that Jovanan reading would benefit him and be refreshing after wading through Democratic exchanges, which the Bulletin mocks as muddled and confused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin
Farerogt
Court House Vandalism Prompted Guarding After Outrage
A group of youths trespassed into the Court House last Sabbath and defaced several nearly finished rooms with charcoal marks. Marshal Dryer guarded the building the entire day to prevent a repetition of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Dryer
Foundry Rolls Out Stronger Engine and Pump Factory Addition
Among spring improvements Hazen and Morgan install a more powerful engine at their foundry. Snyder and Upp add an expansion to their pump factory. The Torrent engine resumes operation after repairs.
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Messrs. Hazen & Morgan
Messrs. Snyder & Upp
Vision of ancient ruins and biblical landscapes in a travel sketch
A verbose antiquarian journey surveys the Dead Sea region and ruins of Sodom and Babylon. It recounts Mount Nebo and Mount Hor, Palmyra, Zenobia, the temple of Belus, and Nimrod’s era while weaving biblical parallels and classical history with notes on geography, geology, and ancient empires.
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Babylon
Haroot
Pietro Della Valle
Belus
Nimrod
Cush
Babel
Cumad-vaté
Euphrates
Bagdad
Chaldea
Nash
B.C
Noah
Lena Items reports varied harvests and town growth
The Lena station shipped 855 cases of eggs to New York and Philadelphia, totaling 149,100 eggs, while tobacco and horses remain prominent. Lectures on physiology begin for teachers, local officials discuss liquor licenses and temperance, and notable events include a mud puppy specimen, a flood death toll in Australia, and new police beats.
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Clark
York
Philadelphia
Minnesota
Lena
S. J. Dodds
Fisher's Dam
Thomas A. Smith
Thomas A
N. Ford
N. Perrin
H. G. Fowler
Chas. Waite
P. H. Kaufman
James McFatrich
William Andrews
E. T. Perry
Anzeiger
Fragmentary naval power note on Yemen and Persian rule
The text discusses a historical view of naval power reducing Yemen as a province of Persia, referencing Mohammed, the Homerites, and Chosroes. It evokes a distant scene of political struggle, overtaxation, and a longing for repose as daily revolutions loom, ending with a dated line from Freeport Illinois May 11 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yemen
Mohammed
Ug Togeth
Freeport
Ill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coral Affairs
Dolly Varden
Brewster House
H. C. Burchard
W. G. Barnes & Co
Turner
Des Moines
J. H. Prescott
the Exchange
Polo
Stephenson County
Zouaves
Blewarth Sitty Manasota
Grant
Madison
Wisconsin
Army of the Tennessee
Galesburg
E. E. Wise
Ford & Nise
Clinton
Polo Press
General Assembly
Justice of the Peace
Racine Journal
Gratz Brown
Andratz Brown
Sanford and Mann
Stephenson Street
Mason
Brown
Smith
Nathan Ford
Ilinois
Congregational Church
Syria
Ford
Mt. Lebanon
Holy Land
Yankton Press
Pecatonica Items
Ashamog
KY L, Aombabb, M.D
Mount Seir
Mount
Seir
Great Plain
Judah
Bir-es-Séba
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Henderson
Edwards
Sodom
Gomorrah
Admah
Zeboim
Pentapolis
Callirrhoe
Lieut. Lynch
Mediterranean
Guy Lussac
Gray
Nebo
Moses
Arabia
Tadamora
Palmyra
Palmtrees
Solomon
Zenobia
Odenatus
Aurelian
Italy
Durah
Nebuchadnezzar
Amram
Gabalene Range
Edom
Jebel Neby Haroon
Hor
Aaron
Egypt
Moab
Wady el Arabah
Salt
Halifax
Abishai
Joab
Amaziah
Jebel Ettyh
Midian
el Paran
Ettyh
Etham
Shur
Beer-Lahai-Roy
Kadesh
Angel of God
Hagar
Hondmaid
Zin
Desert
Gibbon
Sesostris
Cyrus
Pompey
Trajan
Augustus
Australia
Davenport
Chicago Street
van Bureau Street
Dr. Livingstone
Robert Glaister
England
Galena Gazette
Ste
Galena Street
Galenaloo
G Caesta
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