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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1873
Page
4
In Freeport the issue blends items from town life and markets with general chatter. Notes on church events, social gatherings, fairs, and advertisements appear beside updates on health, labor, small crime, and business promotions, reflecting a lively midwestern weekly mood.
Mr T Gatliff has bought a land section in Sumner County Kansas and leaves this week to supervise stocking it with top quality stock. He believes the land is the best in the state and with his sons in charge will double potential earnings. The town fears he may relocate west after seeing the country, though hopes this is unlikely.
Mr. A. H. Wise shows steady health gains from outdoor recreation. He operates a model farm three miles west on Stephenson street road, with short-horn stock and full conveniences. Rides, farm supervision, and rural work suit him better than the previous office labor, and he plans a future description of his farm and its features.
Doctor DePuy spent six weeks in Minnesota enjoying the outdoors and hunting venison. He reports four deer killed and notes venison is elegant when prepared. A deer he sent arrived at Rhodes' butcher shop and was confirmed as his. He told reporters to stay quiet and they would receive a steak or two in due season.
The Journal offers a two dollar one year subscription from November 12 to January 1 1875 with postage prepaid. new subscribers pay in advance and receive the paper through January 1 free. Old subscribers with arrears paid in full and one year in advance also receive the same benefit. Public appeal urges friends to subscribe and spread the paper in the counties.
The Forreston Journal recalls Benjamin Lane who died October 80 1878 at Baileyville in his 82nd year noting his Maine birth in 1791 and Ohio Illinois migrations and Christian life. A New York dispatch reports an Italian bear trainer and wife whose pet bear killed the wife and was later killed. A Harlem resident with a bear is joked about serving bear as meat.
Volume one number one announces a monthly temperance and education magazine priced at seventy five cents a year. Burnett and Son promote a wholesome program for youth with instruction amusement and purity, aimed at temperance clubs at reduced rates and sample issues available.
Mr James 8 David of Bourbon Co Kentucky sold to J J Hewitt of Forreston Ogle Co within the past two weeks five head of short horns including Dr TEER 11649 A H B Duchess Alice and two ae and to Jersey Milkers 17 months old Also to A H Wise of this city a two year old short horn heifer Belle of Paris These gentlemen can congratulate themselves on possessing as fine stock as can be found in the country.
An interview recounts a highly successful farmer who keeps stock for sale year round. He sells spring seed grains and farm products by advertising in local papers, spends small yearly space for seasonal notices, and insists on top quality seed, stock, fruit, and butter. His approach yields higher prices and steady demand.
A notice from the Dakota correspondence of the Eviron Journal Dear Sign describes a pleasant gathering held last Thursday at Samuel Templeton's residence Fig Dakota. The event featured matrimonial ceremonies officiated by Rev Taurence, with friends in attendance and remarks smoothing earlier correspondence about a correspondent.
Samuel McLean and Miss Mary Jane Brown lee are cited as pleased. Ant i Monopolists show little interest as farmers harvest corn in fine weather. E H Dressler and Isaac McCalla buy Butterfield’s drug and grocery store. Schmeltzer & Co expand store room. James Smith builds a butcher shop on Main street signaling more commerce. Hog buyers pound hogs and corn trading stalls.
An old publisher’s notice promotes one year subscriptions to Harper’s Magazine Harper’s Weekly and Harper’s Bazar plus the Freeport Journal at discounted rates. Rates include $3.25 for the magazines and $1.75 for the Journal with a $1 savings per subscriber. Postage is paid by the subscriber. Also Goody’s Lady’s Book and the Journal offered for $4 with a chromo “True to Nature.” Sample chromos available at the office in Freeport Illinois.
In this critique the author argues that true atheism lies in claiming full comprehension of God and His mysteries. Swedenborg’s attempts to explain consciousness and good and evil are labeled as deluded and impious, suggesting that human sensation is a façade aligned with divine form, not independent thought. Also notes an ad offering $500 to $1,000 loans by mail from Freeport Illinois with farm land as security.
Freeport resident shares a personal testimonial that a treatment for stammering cured him in half an hour. Dr Rivinburgh operates at Breuster House and will stay in town for a week or ten days from publication.
The departments listed include Dress Goods Shawls Hosiery and Gloves Embroideries and Laces Notions Yarns Ladies' and Gentlemen's Underwear Cloths and Cassimeres Table Linens Sheetings and Bleached Muslins Carpets Oil Cloths and Ready Made Clothing. WM WALTON Blue Front 104 Stephenson Street.
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