Local Affairs Preview May Weather and Events
May weather looks cool and fine with rain last week and crops improving. Republican State Convention meets in Springfield today at 3 pm. Next Wednesday May 29 features a major circus and menagerie show. Among local notes are visits from notable figures, a Chicago labor strike outcome, and marriages in town. Services planned at Zion Church this Sunday with Rev Spaulding officiating.
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Springfield
E. W. Spaulding
Evansville
Wis
Zion Church
Illinois Press Association Convention to Meet in Champaign
The Illinois Press Association will hold its Eighth Annual Convention at Champaign starting Tuesday, June 18. John H. Oberly of the Cairo Bulletin will deliver the annual address, and Horace R. Hobart of the Chicago Evening Mail will provide the poem. An information circular on transportation will be issued soon, and an excursion to Indianapolis will follow the convention.
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Ilinois Press Association
Champaign
John H. Oberly
Cairo Bulletin
Horace R. Hobart
Chicago Evening Mail
Indianapolis
Rockford Circuit Court Reserve Decision Hint
Gazette notes the Rockford circuit court reserved its decision in the case of Rep Mr. P of Mr. Proctor while Elmira polls show the New York State Convention endorsing Gen. Grant’s administration. Gerrit Smith leads delegates to the Philadelphia Convention and M Haverstick now runs the Rock Island Union alone. Beecher quips that clothes affect impressions as readers are urged to see Mr Stine’s advertisement.
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Proctor
Rockford
New York State
Elmira
Gen. Grant
Gerrit Smith
Philadelphia
The
Rock Island Union
M. Haverstick
Garters mistaken for bracelets and a grim remark
A jocular note recalls a young man buying silver elastic garters thinking they were bracelets and gifting them to his girl. The piece also quips about Horace Greeley, reports travelers Dinwiddie and wife from Utah, with snow, and notes train tickets to Philadelphia for the convention at 24.50. It ends with sugar beet farming demand and beer contracts.
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Sentinel
Neighbor seeks notice in Fanepont Journal
The writer notes demand for advertising space and declines to mention a neighbor’s name or further his idiotic twaddle. He states no time to waste on petty insults and refuses to publish further notices about the neighbor, emphasizing indifference to his anxiety.
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Fanepont Journal
Bailey Excards $1800 for Law Library Additions
The Hon. J. M. Bailey has expended eighteen hundred dollars since January 1 for enlarging his law library. The collection includes rare books, some printed 216 years ago in black letter. A Chicago purchase features a volume once belonging to Webster with D. Webster written twice in the handwriting of the renowned constitutional expounder.
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J. M. Bailey
Chicago
Webster
D. Webster
Chicago papers quarreling over city circulation
In Chicago, the Evening Journal leads with 185 Daily and 184 Weekly for a total of 369. Tribune follows at 85 Daily and 31 Weekly total 116. Times 115 Daily and 0 Weekly total 115. Inter-Ocean 34 Daily and 6 Weekly total 40. Post 7 Daily and 7 Weekly total 14. Evening News 2 Daily and 0 Weekly total 2. Freeport Journal in the city shows 621.
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Chicago
Reliable Evening Journal
Evening Journal
Tribune
Times
Ovcean
Post
Freeport Journal
Decoration of Soldiers Graves by Freeport Zouaves
The Freeport Zouaves invite citizens to decorate fallen heroes graves per Gen Burnside order. The company meets at the armory at 6 o clock P M in uniform, proceeds to the cemetery without music, and will observe the decoration rite followed by an address by Rev I Crews. Flowers may be left at the armory after 3 P M if one cannot attend.
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Freeport Zouaves
Burnside
Grand Army of the Republic
Get your job printing done at the Free-PORT JOURNAL office
Steam handles printing tasks for readers of the Free-Port Journal, offering efficient service for job printing needs at the office.
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Journal
Steam
Catacombs of Rome Lecture Details and History
Prof Jules De Lamary lectured on the Catacombs of Rome detailing formation by volcanic action and mining, locations under Rome, 28 miles of tunnels, 60 catacombs and 1200 chapels with seven million Christians and five million buried there. He described epitaphs in Greek or Latin and early Christian beliefs about sleep and resurrection. He spoke of the second and first churches and his Rome study.
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Rome
Jules de Lamary
Firet Presbyterian Church
Italy
Tey
de Launary
Second Presbyterian Church
First Church
France
Paris
Neighborly jester mocked with venomous taunts
A harsh tirade targets a jovial neighbor who deflects jokes with irony. The speaker brandishes insults, likening critics to deceptive animals and urging exposure of hypocrisy. The text channels late 19th century political scorn and uses vivid, abrasive metaphors.
Breakout of Abram W Brown from local jail in forged attempt
Abram W Brown, tried for forgery at our Circuit Court, escaped Sunday night by tunneling through a cell floor and into the hall. Sheriff Hayes held the capture, noting prior jail escape and a reduced bail of 1200 dollars. Brown’s wife reportedly traveled east to aid bail.
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Abram W. Brown
Hayes
Brown
Jo Daviess County
Ohio
Baileyville Temperance Town News From 1872
Baileyville residents pursue a peaceful path as liquor licenses lapse ahead of July first temperance laws. Farmers report brisk corn planting and abundant blossoms with rain aiding crops. Local readers mock the Cincinnati Liberal Convention, awaiting a harmonious Republican gathering in Philadelphia and urging strong civic duty from H. G. and others.
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Baileyville
Cincinnati
Greeley
Philadelphia
H. G
Drowning of Edward Hitchcock in Rock River at Oregon
Edward Hitchcock, about 25, drowned after slipping from a skiff near the dam on Rock River Sunday evening. He recently lost use of an arm from a broken collar bone and could not rescue himself. A diligent search followed but no body was found. he leaves a wife and one child. Brown, who broke jail Sunday night, is believed en route to the Baltimore Democratic Convention.
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Army of the Tennessee
Freeport Journal
Madison
Wisconsin
Grant
Palmer
Freeport
Army of the Union
Comurape
Edward Hitchcock
Rock River
Oregon
Hitchcock
Polo Press
Brown
Baltimore
Caught the devil by a hook in Pecatonica tale
A reader recounts a May encounter on the Pecatonica River shore in Lena. He hooks a bizarre creature, initially feared as the devil, then identifies it as a small venomous fish of the genus Menobeanchus, species Maculatus, about 14 to 15 inches long. He offers advice for future anglers to use a minnow and wait.
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Mr. Epston
J. Dodds
Lena
Thomas A
Milton
Adam
Eve
Vorodela
Menobeanchus
Maculatus
Great Eastern Menagerie and Circus on the Road
The Great Eastern Menagerie Museum Aviary and Circus touts a colossal exhibit with Africa’s reach to the Nile featured in a four pavilion tour. Notable acts include Carroll family riders, Geo M. Kelley the champion leaper, Minco gymnasts and Adolph Gonzales, plus Hanlons lineage acts. Lioness den and sensational equestrian displays promise mass appeal as the show tours with portable pavilions and railroad logistics.
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Natural Kingdom
Africa
Nile
Monster Zoological Congress
Carroll
W. B
Mrs. Carroll
Willie
la Petite
C.H. Lowry
T. V. Watson
Jean Yacco
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Cat exhibitions set for Chicago press event May 20
A special train plan for transporting numerous cats to diverse venues is announced in the Chicago press. The exhibitions claim a notably enlarged program with demonstrations in several localities and a marked emphasis on the event to be held Wednesday afternoon May 20.
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Trantaport
Louis Journal
Chicago
Washington Treaty Claims Backfire In Arbitration Dispute
The report notes a Washington Treaty dispute where claims were mishandled and demands were too high. It argues the nation should seek fair arbitration rather than escalate, praising Peacemaker Teagan and urging restraint to preserve goodwill and a just solution.
Blind preacher wins divorce from long-separated wife in Morgan Count Court
In Jacksonville Illinois on May 20 the Rev William H M the eloquent blind preacher and lecturer obtained a decree of divorce from his wife Mrs Milburn once a Baltimore beauty. The case names Milburn as the petitioning party and notes the preacher's earlier roles as chaplain to national representatives.
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Jacksonville
Til
William H. M
Milburn
Baltimore
Marland
Van
New York Democratic Convention Debate Over Cincinnati Platform
Chicago and New York papers dispute New York Democratic State Convention actions. One claims delegates favored the Cincinnati platform. the other says New York did not declare or instruct to adopt it nor to oppose Cincinnati candidates.
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Greeley
Chicago Tribune
New York
Cincinnati
Cago Times
Yeddo Fire Devastates Historic Capital of Japan
The article reports the Yeddo calamity in Yeddo, Japan, describing it as second in magnitude to the Chicago fire. It notes a two mile by area district turned to ashes, with far higher death tolls and homeless numbers than Chicago. The wooden city, rebuilt around 8,000,000 population, faced widespread destruction and large treasure depots saved. It cites 1,200 lost in the Great Yeddo fire.
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Yeddo
Japan
Chicago
Farmer slain by storm lightning near Julien station
A severe May storm in Dubuque Iowa killed John Busch while he plowed near Julien station. Lightning struck, throwing him down and ripping clothes while the middle horse lay senseless. Busch, 28, was described as much respected and died instantly.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Ouri
John Busch
Julien Station
Man Killed Near Beloit Wisconsin May 20
A man led by the up train near Beloit at Beloit Wisconsin May 20 was found killed. He carried a bag of mast and a bottle. He was badly mutilated and not identified.
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Bexair
Wis
Ben Pittsburg
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