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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1879
Page
4
The Board of Education met on Monday as Judge and Mrs. Purinton returned from Iowa. Local social events include the Stoskops welcoming friends, visits from District officials, and several church and lodge activities. Diphtheria claims a young life. families appeal for sympathy while community events progress through autumn.
Mrs N T Johnson of Parkersburg Iowa visits here and residents attend social events. A brakeman Thomas Connelly of this city dies near Union Grove after being thrown from a C M St Paul train. Receptions by Mrs E D P Barton draw large crowds. An oyster supper at Temperance Hall supports Centennial Lodge I O G T with admission ten cents and oysters fifteen cents. A small frame building east of the new post office burns. insured damages around 350. Centennial Lodge officers are elected with W O T Lucy Briggs and others named. Allenian Art Club elects officers and adds new members including D S Rohrer and E V Keever.
The vault doors arrived last Thursday and the office was completed and ready for occupancy. Friday night Mr. T. Wilcoxon hosted a reception to showcase the new facility to citizens. The building cost about $13,000 including fixtures, with Wilcoxon receiving only $1 per year in rent. The Postmaster moved in Saturday and mail began Sunday. The piece notes Wilcoxon’s public spirit and laments the low rent compared to Rockford. Barbara Freitchie, longtime Washington resident, died recently.
The Freeport city results show Hutchison with a majority of 529 and Shons 402. A note reads Good Bye Uncle Levi. Carnefix faces trouble. The 1880 tide begins as Democrats report a 64 to 66 edge for Hutch and Shons.
The piece laments Republican victories by Wallace W. Hutchison and Hiram Shons as County Treasurer and Surveyor in Stephenson County. It attacks the Buzzard Democratic press and Bolter Atkins Stabeck, claims coordinated tactics by Democrats, and accuses Atkins and Stabeck of attempts to undermine Hutchison with deceitful editorials and bribe tactics.
The critique catalogues Bolter Atkins as a career politician betraying Republican ties and notes his government salary as a central motive. The column contrasts past rivalries with current plans and likens Atkins to a windmill clash, framing the race as a bitter contest.
Patrons at the new Post Office box area learned on Monday they could buy up to three keys per box for 25 cents each. Officials say proceeds are indemnity for lost keys and would be held for credit to the United States, not to Smith D. Atkins. With over 1800 keys, the potential revenue exceeds 450 dollars, prompting concern over how the funds will be used, given the office’s strained finances and fears they could be spent on whisky bills.
The Mansfield Ohio sign lists a tonisorial artist and facial operator with antiquated terms for hair cutting and head treatment. It notes ambidextrous facility and claims to offer comprehensive cranial manipulations and hair services under ornate descriptors.
A dissatisfied wife quips her husband is such a blunderer he cannot even try a new boot without putting his foot into it. A barber who overheard his son ill speaking of the trade punished him in the woodshed with a lathering.
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