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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1875
Page
4
A long page of local items notes spring events and shop chatter. Mentions planning Fourth of July, camp meetings, new sign, additions to houses, a stocking factory, baseball and spelling matches, a new band, and upcoming Watch Factory opening. Reports on court term, liquor licenses in Morrison, thefts in Savannah, and a reverent sermon for Civil War veterans. Weather, social events, and community notices fill the column.
A debating prompt asks whether personal safety favors gripping the tiger or releasing it. The question frames a risk dilemma and invites discussion of consequences, control, and prudence in dangerous situations. It emphasizes debate societies and immortalizing themselves through discussion.
A temperance mass meeting is announced at the Opera House with a choir invited to the rostrum, and a St Mary’s Catholic Church society forming with the goal of more names joining the cold water pledge. Also reports murder near Council Bluffs, piano care tips, grammar debates on throw, and a petition to close stores at 8 pm for summer.
A Chicago Legal News note reports rumors claiming the Illinois Supreme Court ruled city owners must not fund sidewalk repairs after initial build. It states no such decision exists and the rumor is false per Lone Star.
Rothford Murphy of Dublin died suddenly last Saturday night. Ed Babcock of New York City visits relatives here. Samuel Martin of Sterling Indiana nephew of Levi Martin Exq visited last week. S F Repinwall and wife left for Grand Rapids Michigan last Monday. Dr Whitney of Beloit College officiated at First Presbyterian Church last Sabbath. Rev Luther Pardee of Chicago officiated at Zion Church last Sabbath with pointed remarks. Hon J Krohn and Capt William Young attended Illinois Masonic Benevolence Association officer election at Princeton. Rev E W Spaulding of Milwaukee Cathedral will officiate at Zion Episcopal Church May 30. William Hempstead, formerly of Jovaxat, now of Galena, reports his family healthy. his wife is John A Clark’s daughter. Prof A A Griffith and family arrived Tuesday, occupy their new home bought from Dr DePuy, moving from Ypsilanti to Freeport.
About sixty Freeport citizens chartered a car and traveled to Rockford on May 19 for a temperance meeting at Holland House. Mr Murphy spoke amid applause while local signers urged others to pledge, and several townspeople shared reasons for joining. The return train carried the temperance feast crowd back about midnight. A church anecdote end note recounts a minister’s joke about a loud child during a sermon.
A grand fair and festival at the Opera House this Wednesday promises the season’s grandest affair. Evening program with admission set at 25 cents.
A Second Adventist in Oshkosh watched for the end of the world on the 19th alt. while a brother Adventist eloped with his wife. The joke hinges on their differing fixation on things above versus below, highlighting earthly romance amid prophetic gaze.
A widow seven miles northwest of Houston Texas named Mary Ann Thrift supports eight to ten family members by sewing all their shoes. She has not spent a dime on footwear or boots in five years while also excelling at cooking washing sewing and field work. Some say she may be the woman who threw the “Yast” at her husband.
Remember the Fair and Fes Wednesday evening. Refresh ments be served. Admis sion 25 cents.
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