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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1870

Page

7

Thiers Mission and Prussia War News From Paris Versailles

Reports from Paris Versailles detail M Thiers mission through Prussian lines, delays due to damaged roads, and interviews with Bismarck. Thiers and Favre rejected armistice terms while Paris siege and revictualling debates unfold, with German circulars and cautious peace hopes amid a collapsing French government.

Tours M. Thiers Paris Versailles von der Tann Orleans M. Thiers Gag Bismarck Alsace Lorraine Constituent Assembly Prussia Ile Jules Favre Gen. Ducrot Sevres Lespos Germany Foregin Thiers William Struce France

France in a fictitious life amid European war dispatches

Vast dispatches from Europe depict France as desperate and desensitized to real war. The article claims the people manufacture victories, redefine reverses as strategic retreats, and seek distraction in theater and sport while laborers abandon work for army amusements.

Europe France Peoce McClellan Chickahomity Napoleon Bonaparte Childinet Maine Gomes Néaleo l Isis

Orangeville Illinois Flourishing Village With 400 Inhabitants

The Davis Gazette describes Orangeville as a thriving borough in the northern part of the county with about 400 residents, sidewalks, two large churches, a graded school averaging 100 pupils, and a thriving trade led by B. & J. Musser and J. Ritzman. It notes Orangeville Mills under Charles Moore with modern turbine wheels producing finer flour, and a need for a railroad to connect Freeport to the pinery to lift the town to county parity.

Wis B. & J. Musser J. Ritzman Charles Moore Rock Run Mills Orangeville Mills B. H. Bradshaw Orangeville Davis Freeport Pinery

Wedding of Major Lawyer and Miss Mary E Brincs

At Coeymans New York on November 8 1870 Rev George Fisher officiated the wedding of Major Lawyer and Miss Mary E Brincs. The notice cheerfully recalls the gallant Adjutant’s surrender and quotes General Grant Let us have peace as a benediction.

Coeymans N.Y George Fisher St. Peter's Church Albany Mary E. Brincs Grant

Market price list fragment with grains and provisions

A historical price sheet shows grain bids for Wheat Corn Rye Oats and Barley, with provisions and flour feed prices, plus meat, dairy and produce items. Lumber and timber values appear alongside seed, hides, wool, and lime figures in a dense commerce snapshot.

Sevsnerset Teeneee Eoe Easbennees Seretsereenereres Liverpool

New York Central Scrip and Rail Lines Listed

A fragmented note cites New York Central Scrip and rail lines including Erie Reading Lakeshore Central Rock Island Northwestern Fort Wayne Pacific Mall St Paul and Western Union Telegraph services. The text shows multiple railroad and telegraph company mentions without coherent context.

York Sentral Consolidated New York Central Scrip Erie Reading Lakeshore Ll. Central Rock Island Northwestern Fort Wayne Pacific Mall St. Paul Western Union Telegraph

Harper's Magazine praised for accessible science and broad appeal

A historical notice extols Harper's Magazine as a top readable science and travel periodical. It highlights its authority from the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, its aim to inform and entertain, and its wide appeal to American families praised by The New England Homestead and The Nation.

Harper's Magazine Society For the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge Harper's New England Homestead the Nation N.Y Harper's Bazar Life New York Evening Post Harpers

Harper's Magazine Subscriptions and Offers 1871

Subscription options include $4 for five subscribers with an extra copy or six for $20.80, Harper's Magazine Weekly and Bazar at $10 per year for one address, or two periodicals for $7. Complete 41 volume Harper's set offered at $2.25 per volume plus $3.00 for single volumes. Postage 21 cents annually. Address Freeport Journal.

Phrenological Journal Lan Nod R. Wells Broadway New York Bazar Harper's Magazine Harper's Harger's Magazine Harper Harper's Weekly Express Harper & Brothers Harrer Harpers Magazine Harper's Bazar Harper’s Bazar The Freeport Journal

Noticed Praise for Harper's Weekly Press

Editorial notices tout Harper's Weekly as America's premier illustrated weekly. Descriptions hail its civilization value high literary merit and superior illustrations from top artists and broad reading appeal.

Harper's Weekly New York Evening Post America Boston Traveler Sun

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