Duel Affairs and Echoes From Illinois Legislature
Heavy rains this week and Springfield gathering frame a busy scene. Mentions Polly Gamey, Mant family moving to Chicago, and Democrats along Salt River. Relief funds reach Green Bay for Wisconsin sufferers. Oyster supper in Baptist Chapel promises good time. Wm. M. Massenberg attends legislative opening. Presses discuss Salt River region politics and cooler importation. Chicago fire prompts partial apology from Keithsburg paper. Teachers Institute at Davis starts Dec 5. Ingalls to Chicago for law. Black page at weddings becomes trend. Michigan Central and Great Western Railway promoted. Beet sugar industry grows with Rosenstiel optimism. a German firm visits for a factory. Byers to lecture on Leaders in Human Progress. Rev W Aug Smith preaches on Lords Prayer. next sermon planned. Public meetings on Gulliena railery questioned. road project seeks $150,000 for Grant and Lafayette counties.
Beet Sugar Plant at Freeport Promises Regional Growth
A visitor describes the beet sugar factory nearing completion on Mr. Rosenstiel’s farm near Freeport, praising its brick structure, imported European machinery, and water abundant site beside Yellow Creek. The piece contrasts European beet sugar scale with American prospects, citing Dept of Agriculture data and noting recent co op efforts in Wisconsin and Sauk County. The Freeport plant aims for next season’s crop, with farmers urged to grow beets as potential local prosperity. BAILEYVILLE, Ind. Fueerour Lyceum meets at Y M C A rooms at 74 o’clock. members urged to attend for important business.
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Kreeport
Europe
California
Wisconsin
Freeport Journal
Sines Lo
Chatsworth
Ill
Yellow Creek
Llinegs Central Railroad
Europa
America
Department of Agriculture
Wood
France
Russia
Austria- Hungary
Belgium
Poland
Netherlands
Sweden
Italy
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Ireland
Do Brur
Cautronn i
YAN Eldorado Beet Sugar Company
Sacramento Company
Black Hawk Valley
Sauk City
Sauk County
Wis
Dreuth
Freeport
Mysterious Bealp Receives Hall’s Elabie Sicilian Renewal
A fragment notes a Bealp is to be cured by several applications of Hall's Vug elabie Sicilian Mair Renewer, implying a restorative treatment. The terse line hints at a remedy without detailing method or outcomes. Entities are Hall's Vug elabie Sicilian Mair Renewer and Bealp.
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Hall
Subscription Receipts Payable to Freeport Journal Patrons
A public notice lists numerous subscribers and their payments for the Freeport Journal. Names include George Boop, D A Kleekeer, W P Lawyer, M A Shirets, Wm McNay, J Piper, Henry Reager, G Rice, Mrs Harriet Pandleton, Jacob Latshaw, John Frisbin, Sarah M Smith, Thos Warren, Hastings & Tyrrel, and many others with varying amounts. The notice urges immediate payment of outstanding subscriptions.
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Freeport Journal
Vna
Coorge Boop
D. A. Kleekeer
Grier
We Pry
Og M. A. Shirets
W. P. Lawyer
N.M. Berguson
Wm. McNay
TL. W. Lee
J. Piper
Rb, Crocis
FY. A. Darling
W. EL Purneatre
Wm. Biko
G Milton
R. Stout
Dr. J. A. Breneman
J. Mottar
R. I’. Reznor
Mrs. Harriet Pandleton
Henry Reager
G. Rice
Wisconsin Fires Leave Widespread Losses Across State
A Milwaukee correspondent estimates fatalities at about 750 across Wisconsin and urges caution on figures. He details regionwide timber and farm damage with totals exceeding 19 million dollars, noting hundreds of destroyed farms from Brown County to Big Sturgeon Bay. Cattle, crops, and hay shortages compound the devastation as families face long recovery in frigid soil.
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Milwaukee Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Bay
Relialla
Peshtigo
Green Bay
Peshtito
Brown County
Big Sturgeon Bay
Burned Belgian settlement spoken of in 1860s fire scene
The account describes a Bel gian settlement on Red River where 62 families were burned out leaving no shelter. It notes 800 or more wounded in hotels and hospitals around the bay, with Peshtigo survivors at the Dunlap House in Marinette. It portrays extensive burns, fear, loss, and acts of community aid amid distraught families and crowded cabins.
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Belgium
Red River
Bay
Dunlap House
Marinette
Vote Against Tammany in New York City Senate races
The city shows a strong anti Tammany vote in state senate races as citizens reject candidates who would oversee reform measures. The tally lists a 16,420 city majority against Tammany in senators and assembly contests. General Sigel, anti Tammany candidate for Register, leads by about 25,000 over his opponent.
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New York City
Tammany
Sigel
Register
Wounded listed from Wellsville railroad accident
From St Louis November 13 the list of wounded from the Wellsville North Missouri Railroad accident shows fifty two names with serious injuries. Key cases include Lt McCorkle with head and back injuries, Sgts Jay and Hoback with broken collar bones, and Henry Scott with very serious head injuries. The detachment travels to Omaha under Dr Magruder care in sleeping coaches free of charge.
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E. Swingle
Dingler
R. Jordan
Deloss Ransom
Daniel Roberts
Ambiguous historical note on mayoral stay and events
An unclear fragment discusses consultative notes and a stay in the city for May events. It mentions physiology, a thief, and a celebrated figure. The garbled text references LOA daily consulting and a May period concerning a person or event in the city.
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Illinois Legislature
Springfield
Chicago
Polly-gamey
Walter P. Mant
Miron Leer Town
Salt River
Relief Committee of
Baptist Chapel
Wm. M. Massenberg
Salt Lake
Salt River Region
New York
Chicago Evening Journal
Josh Billings
Democracy
Wreeport
Keithsburg
Muscatine Journal
Davis
J. FF
Knickyer, Co
F. C. Ingalls
Oursity
Mr. Ingalls
Michigan Central & Great Western Railway
D. B. Byers
Embury Literary Society
W. Aug, Smith
First Methodist Church
Giwlena Ia
Grant
Latyette
Baileyville, Inu
Dandruff
Tweed’s
Norton
Woltmans
O'Brien
Distrin
Peerkoee Venee
Genet
Ppenverergeerg
ST. Louis
North Missouri
Omaha
Journal
Freeport, Ils
Bill Heads
Butinio
Freeport Tr
Jr. Cleary
O'L
Jormeyrs
Ubon
O’l
O'Leary
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