Local Affairs Report Shows Fires Famine and Trade Shifts
Local notes report Chicago property losses at 207800 with no insurance, a large Northwestern apple crop and smaller Northeastern crop, and a huge Lake Erie grape harvest worth at least 600000 on about 6000 cultivated acres. Grants and relief funds flow to Wisconsin Michigan fire sufferers as Kansas City donors aid.
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Lake Erie Islands
Kansas City
Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Farmers Insurance Company Persists After Chicago Fire
The Farmers Insurance Company reports no losses from Chicago or Wisconsin despite the city’s great fire. Premium receipts average over six hundred dollars per month, with January installment notes near one hundred thousand dollars and annual premiums around one hundred fifty thousand dollars. The firm, led by Addams, Knowlton, Wilcoxon, Young, Lemon, and others, remains a trusted home company kept afloat by its directors.
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The
Farmers Insurance Company
Chicago
Wisconsin
Armers
Messrs. Addams, Knowlton
Wilcoxon, Young, Lemon
Dry Goods Trade Compared Across Regions From Canada To New York
Letter from Brest & Morgan in Freeport notes Canada’s cheaper fabrics due to free access to British and Continental goods, while U S taxes raise prices. It praises Freeport’s commercial vitality, reports irregularities in Chicago Dry Goods and bidding by jobbers, and mentions a conference of Chicago merchants led by Farwell, Field, Leiter and others after a great fire.
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Oftich
Brest & Morgan
Broadway
N.Y
Freeport Journal
Canada
New York
United States
Treeport
Stephenson County
Best & Morgan
Freeport
St. Nicholas
Chicago
J. W. Farwell
Field, & Leiter
Bowen
Hunt & Winslow
Carson & Price
Charles Gossage
Fso
Autumn Prosperity And Tobacco Question In Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley observer notes a fine harvest with abundant corn oats and potatoes and solid wheat. He highlights Dutch Hollow Willow P D scene of prosperity, new tobacco cultivation near Morseville and questions long term soil and moral costs of tobacco. He urges thanksgiving charity for Chicago fires and other victims.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Parkison
Willow P. D
Morseville
Virginia
Fair Hills
Illinois
Superintendent's Report for October 27, 1871
Abstract from Freeport Public Schools covering activities and operations for the month ending October 27, 1871. Highlights likely include administrative notes, enrollment figures, curricular updates, and upcoming plans for the new month.
Doctor Wright Improvement After Typhoid Fever
Dr Wright of Troust on, Missouri, is staying with his son in law 14 miles south and slowly improves from protracted typhoid fever. A letter to the Freeport Journal notes he could have recovered sooner with proper early treatment but remains hopeful, aims to return home soon, and expresses concern for Mrs Wright's and his own homesickness.
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Trouston
Freeport Journal
Wright
Dr. Wright
Wim. Vanbroklin
Resolutions of Respect by Freeport Odd Fellows
The Freeport lodge 80 Winnesheik No. 30 I C O F adopted unanimous resolutions honoring Samuel Shawcross who died in the Chicago fire. They praise his integrity and friendship, express sympathy to his family, order mourning in the lodge, and authorize publishing the resolutions in Freeport papers.
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ODD Fellows Hat
Freeport
Winnesheik Lodge
Samuel Shawcross
Chicago
Maxn
M. FE
Newcomen
Insurance company bears Chicago fire loss in 1871
Office Springfield F and Bf Insurance Co of Springfield Maass announces a heavy loss from the Chicago fire but states it can pay all claims and keeps its capital of 500,000 sound. Policies are good and the company intends to continue business, Edward Freeman, president.
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Omice Andes Insurance Comany
Cincinnati
Chicago
Andes Insurance Company
J.B. Bennett
Springfield F, & Bf. Insurance Co
Springfield
Maass
Tire
Edward Freeman
Phenix Ing. Co
New York
Wni
Trembor
Freeport
Ilinois
Phaenix
Critchell
Papes and Law Books Buyable in Town Shops
A bustling local market features papers magazines law books and pamphlets alongside sweet music and pictorial works. Dealers report steady demand for current journals and timeless reference volumes as readers browse racks in the storefronts.
Office Hours and Walk-In Policy at Dr O Leary
Office hours set from 10 P M to 6 P M with bills on windows and a door card. Patients are asked to walk in without ringing or rapping. Office location shifts to the Opera House after November 16th.
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O'Leary
Opera House
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Rockford
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Supreme Court
Jacob Krohn
Freeports
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Embury Social and Literary Society
Embury Church
New York World
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Times
Harper's Weekly
Janeth Brutus
Vimes
Jacob Latshaw
Cedarville
Soro
Sorgo
Latshaw
Montreal
Wold
Jussui
Montreal Board of Trade and Corn Exchange
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Grand Trunk Railway
Bank of British North America
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Allan
J. II
Me. Lennan
Titos
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Pleasant Valley
Freeport Public Schools
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Lincoln Av
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Sisley
Eeeens
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I. Sd Ward
Pannie Benson
Izzie Russe Deter Ee
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Panny Alvord
Anta Moulton
Moulton
Journal Block
Freeport, Ill
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Insurance Agency
Wm. Trembor
Wilcoxon Opera House
General Agency
Ins. Co. of North America
Erle, Pa
J.F. Downing
Sanford J. Hall
Buffalo
Ils
Royal Insurance Company of
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England
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