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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1874
Page
4
Readable notes from Freeport reporters cover a Freeport Watch Factory progress, Thanksgiving prep, local prices, church pew rentals, library association meeting, theft concerns, and community notices. Includes remarks on Mr. Bunton’s illness, the German Catholic fair, a church oyster supper, and local press updates with Shuler and Potter transitions.
The Sterling Guedée recounts a persecuted agriculturist from the West travelling through the city with his household effects on a wagon. His wagon cover bore the blunt inscription Busted by grasshoppers from the grasshopper region Kansas. The line implies his misfortune and strain.
The orchestra of the Free port Saengerbund with the full chorus, pianist Prof. B. Bischoff, and other city musicians perform at Hettinger’s Hall on Thursday Nov 12. Tickets are 25 cents. reserved seats 5 cents. Tickets can be bought at the hall next Thursday from 9 am to 4 pm. Admirers of good music are urged to attend. fuller details will follow next week.
Several young ladies gathered at houses last Saturday to glimpse future joys and sorrows, with silly mishaps such as a wash-tub apple catching scene and a hot lead accident. A Salem church Sabbath program drew more attendees than seats, with short, pointed essays by Miss Woodside and Miss Howard, a pastor’s charge, and school choir singing by Sabbath members.
Gossip highlights Oscar Taylor and a Chicago visit, welcomes William Dun and family from Racine to settle permanently, and notes Baileyville’s Wm Lane back home with a new subscriber. Hugh Jones addresses Warren, Rev. I. E. Springer reports pleased with Forreston field, Miss Jennie Coates plans to organize music class in Freeport, and Esther W. Taylor returns to practice after two months east.
Items note Goixa to Europe with Albertus Collmann leaving in a week or two for a trip abroad. A city resident’s daughter is gravely ill and not expected to recover. Witt and Younglove of Loran plan a southern horse shipment by car in the near future. C E Simmons visited his father in law and then left for Chicago with his wife and baby. Over a hundred new dwellings and business buildings are planned or underway.
Reports say O M Shaffer and Co will soon be ready to start work in their new planing mill in Freeport, boasting a fine facility and the latest machinery. Other notes mention Dr De Poy hunting in Minnesota, J R Wheeler’s Nebraska trip, and early snowfall with questions about a hard winter.
Oliver P. McCoot responds to criticism from the Jovanat and explains that county officials were advised to convene a Board of Supervisors meeting. He notes Mr. Thompson was in Chicago and was urged to wait for explanation, claims Mr. Wolf insisted on action if explanations failed, and asserts the matter was satisfactorily explained to Wolf.
G W Tanvy notes Sanborn’s move, Tandy now occupies the full store with a larger boot and shoe assortment and a rear repair shop. He urges shoppers to inspect the stock before buying, claiming the best goods at the lowest prices. He warns against claims of the Carpet Factory having the largest carpet stock in Freeport.
A Freeport advertisement promotes the finest assortment of white and colored woolen blankets at the Carpet Factory. Readers are urged to call Mr. Lehman to consider a purchase, promising it will pay.
An article extols the Hazelton piano as the best made and cites New York News observations on thirty years of piano forté improvements. It notes rising standards of excellence, refined manufacture, and the refined taste shaping modern, elegant instruments in New York and other great cities.
The Hazelton brothers of University Place New York are praised as masters of piano manufacture with a long history dating to 1835. Their building, designed by Stewart & Smith, cost 150000 dollars and showcases superior acoustics and finish. Frederick Henry and J D Hazelton oversee musical and mechanical departments ensuring instruments meet exacting standards. Pelton and Pomeroy act as agents for the Hazeltons.
A Nov 2 1874 letter from Casais Danrans Pecatonica laments widespread crop failures in Nebraska due to grasshoppers. The writer warns of mounting suffering across counties and urges a plan to ship provisions to aid Nebraskans before spring.
In Freeport, Robey & Hutchison operate from Munn's marble front offering a full line of groceries provisions and fruit with delivery to customers doors. The text urges readers to test their claim of best goods and lowest prices based on personal experience.
Chicago rivals the world’s great cities in hotel elegance with the Sherman House at the pinnacle. The ad claims superior comforts and urges weary readers to cleanse murky blood with AYER'S SARSPARILLA to restore health and vigor, appealing to bilious sufferers.
Gatherings in the South urge purchase of remaining tickets for the final Gift Concert of the Public Library of Kentucky set for November 30. The piece notes the substantial $2,500,000 to be distributed and promotes a cheap eight room house on Stephenson Street as a bargain or exchange offer.
Bargain offer for 88 acres recently owned by George Thompson. D. A. Kyowtron and Soxs present the sale as a special opportunity with terms to be announced.
Three years after its US introduction Dr Boschee's German Syrup for coughs colds and lung ailments is praised for wide use. About 300000 sample bottles are distributed yearly and Druggists report high satisfaction with the product. Readers are urged to obtain a 10 cent sample from Swarta Stocking Emmett Burrell and try the regular 75 cent bottle.
Thursday and Friday offer a large assortment of new styles at the lowest prices with a notable dress goods selection at two shillings. A local endorsement cites Dr Hale's Cough Cordial as a top remedy for throat trouble and cough. The note also recalls a literary tidbit about Joseph Mery and Pierre Soule connections to Nuin Jaune in Paris.
The Public Library of Kentucky will conduct the fifth and final Gift Concert drawing on the 380th day of November. A meeting of ticket-holders is called for November 20 at Public Library Hall to arrange for counting the tickets sold. Tickets not yet sold remain a month to go, and the drawing will proceed as scheduled regardless of sales. Tuos. BE, Baamuerra, Agent and Manager, Louisville, Ky. October 22, 1874.
J D Diffenbaugh reports a large stock of winter apples stored across the tarbox cellar with about one thousand bushels and about one thousand barrels of hand-picked apples suitable for pies. Best assortment in town, call to inquire.
From Freeport on Oct 20 1874 D A Exowity advertises two lots and a brick house for sale or rent. Remnant prints from the factor are offered at 6 1 2 and 7 cents, expected to be dry by Monday, prompting an early call. The listing notes a brick house with cellar kitchen dining sitting parlor and bedrooms on the first floor plus four sleeping rooms on the second floor, a well and cistern.
Notice touts Rathbone Range Fearless Improved Acorn and Dauntless base burning heating stoves as top products. Promoter F Bartlett claims lowest prices and superior quality at Mya, west of Chicago, urging buyers to view the line at 75 and 77 Stephenson Street, with rental or sale inquiry to George Ruston.
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