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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1873
Page
4
The notice announces decoration exercises set for Thursday evening at 6 PM at the Armory. It mentions other briefs including a birth in Putnam county Missouri of quadruplets and a sugar beets culture article on page seven, with several items to appear in the next issue.
A Dublin style tale has Pat hired after the storekeeper insists applications come by mail. A sharp urchin offers a quick moral on growing up. The Oregon Reporter is urged to credit Freeport items correctly. A joke about Apache peace and appearances ends the roundup.
Among the prominent Tree Dealers in the Northwest are the Messrs. McLain with headquarters at 105 Stephenson street in this city, who always keep the best of Fruit and ornamental Trees, from the nur series of northern Illinois, and always deal honorably with their patrons. Parties wishing anything in the tree line will do well to give them a call.
Passenger steamers on the Mississippi shift to a restaurant system. Passengers pay fare then a meal surcharge of fifty cents per meal, choosing as many meals as desired. Fare from Dunleith to St. Paul drops from $8.00 to $5.50, while to St. Louis it falls from $12.00 to $8.00.
A Zouave Company member scoured the city for musical help for next Thursday but found none. He even sought a Lena band, yet the leader was away. Vocal music has been secured, and the Soldiers' Monument will also be decorated.
On Monday at Shres & Jexkins' Machine Shop Dr Wall's Patent Rotary Steam Engine was shown to wealthy citizens. The small engine equals twenty five horsepower in performance, expending steam expansively. Freeport is credited with the invention and to host the first manufacturing company, signaling a potential revolution in steam power.
The Zouaves announce a grand Strawberry Festival at their Armory on Saturday evening June 1 to raise funds for new uniforms. It promises a season opening on a large scale and urges Freeport citizens to attend and support the military company.
Last Monday evening a large, pleasant gathering at the parsonage of First M E Church marked the tenth anniversary of Pastor Rev. Wm Aug Smith and his wife. About seventy or eighty parishioners attended for a social time, a rich collation, and gifts, strengthening ties between the pastor and his congregation.
Notice from the Board Clerk announces the election of one three year term to the Freeport School Board. Polls at the Pennsylvania House will open 10:00 a.m. and close 4:00 p.m. Voters urged to choose a well qualified administrator of schools and teachers.
Louis Jungkunz plans to relocate his barber shop one door north to fit up new rooms in a neat and convenient layout. A Palmyra editor urges four o clock morning bird songs, while Yonkers reports twenty insane residents in state lunatic asylums. The Sentinel recalls a joke about a man who bought silver elastic garters as bracelets for his girlfriend.
The Lena Item notes State Convention sentiment with Republican strength in the region and Democratic anxieties about Baltimore choices, plus local items. It cites Rev J M Linn taking pastor duties, Sabbath School library fundraising, Rev D S Dean’s revival work, and the Lena National Cornet Band building a new wagon. It mentions street grading on South Railroad Street, the steam mill back in operation, and Lena mills under A H Stahl & Co delivering top flour. It also records the burial of Marshall Bailey, an early local settler, and an injury to Methodist minister Rev M G Sheldon from a fall in Durand.
A tidy desk signals a conscientious, orderly clerk and a prosperous business. A dirty desk reflects a sloppy disposition and a worker who serves only as a wage earner rather than contributing to the employer's success.
A visitor recounts a trip from Freeport to Rock Island and St Louis aboard the Western Union Rockford Rock Island and St Louis Railroads. Attending Harper House meals, meeting former Freeport citizens, visiting Lewis Iron Works in Carondelet, and noting iron mills along the Mississippi below St Louis with vast daily outputs.
On Thursday May 23 at the Lutheran Church parsonage in Loran Illinois Rev J A Beidler officiated arranging the marriage of T LebER of Florence to Eliza A Ditzler of Loran both of Stephenson County Illinois.
Prices from Freeport markets list grain and provisions. Wheat No 1 per bushel 1 45. oats per bushel 75. barley No 2 per bushel 1 25. Butter per pound 16c. cheese 15-20c. lard 6-8c. eggs per dozen 9c. Potatoes, onions, beans, apples, cabbage vary by item. dried fruits listed with modest gains. Hides, wool, tobacco, flour and feed alongside meat and poultry prices shown. corrected weekly by Sanford Bidwell & Co.
May 27 1872 market notes list flour flat and nominal wheat No 2 spring closing dull at 15214 seller June and 152 seller July corn closing steady 4540 seller June and dull 4746 seller July and 48316 seller August rye 80 cents Nog barley 57 cents No 2 highwines 8s6ga provisions quiet live hogs sold at 8 34 to 9 4. beef cattle and cattle prices given for common to extra prime shipping beeves with varied ranges for cows steers and beef quality.
Offer this week includes black Gross Grain and Silks from 1 dollar upward. Japanese Poplin 50 and 75 cents. Novel silk warp Pongees Alpacas in rich lustrous weight and poplin mak 30 35 40 45 50 654 which are very cheap German Plaids 30 40 cents. New in Gross Cloths and suckers from 25 cents. Large line of selles and Piques in various styles.
Offer for 30 inducements in millinery and related items including hats bonnets laces ribbons and veils. Describes fabrics and trims such as Re Marine Regetta Swiss Brilliant Pedil and Italian leg missies and children. Declares trimmers possess finest taste and that the department is a perfect success.
A distorted notice offers preferred attention to regular customers for prompt material supply and work. It states that orders will receive priority and favorable charges when done by the advertiser, while expressing willingness to handle all other requests.
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