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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1878
Page
4
German citizens held a fair at Germania Hall to pay off the hall debt. Donations from local businesspeople filled tables and a central booth with flags. A Mystery-number raffle sold chances. many prizes were drawn including a stove and a gold watch, with proceeds expected to exceed nine hundred dollars.
Rail activity shows rising coal and stock traffic on the Illinois Central with extra trains daily. A Bloomington sale bid in bond-holders interest at 1,000,000 for the main I N I. B and W line from Indianapolis to Pekin. R. M. Dills loses two fingers coupling cars at Decatur. Firemen on the CBQ system promoted to engineers. September railroad accidents total 76 with 22 killed and 68 injured. 14 accidents fatal or injurious. A C&A freight car near Godfrey broken into and robbed of goods. Old and new rail lines and rolling mill shipments noted.
Illinois items report a 50 mile walking match at the Exposition Building for House of the Good Shepherd, a 1st Lieutenant elected in Lena, and various local incidents. Chas. Dunmore jailed for assault to murder in Byron. Phillip Tice burned a barn near Forreston and attempted hanging. Elgin hosts a Sunday School convention. Kamphouse-Gaffner trial draws Galena miners. An amateur agricultural society forms in Davis. a Phoenix Elevator burns at Prora. Plus national and international notes on mortality, finance, and royal news.
The Oct 26 1878 Golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Chas Moore drew their children and grandchildren, many elders of the town, and a large gathering. The celebration featured a sacred prayer on Evergree n sprigs and a dinner scene, with hopes for divine blessing on parents and children and a future wedding of Christ and the church.
Oct 31 entries list estate of Michael Liston with George W. Loveland named administrator bond 4080 and appraisers appointed. Nov 1 inventory filing and appraisement for Fredk J Lamb and Fidel J Lamb widows Renting and selections recorded. Nov 4 The People v Geo Neff Jar ceny defendant pleaded guilty, left to States Attorney to file information, imprisoned 10 days fined five dollars and costs.
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