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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1873
Page
4
Local notes cover weather and markets with oaths on crops and prices. The item lists crops pork oysters real estate and banks with varying fortunes, mentions village events, people and firms, announces concerts, ads, and civic updates, and notes local legal actions and arrests in a brisk, period-voice column.
The Tom Thumb entertainments on Saturday afternoon and evening drew large crowds as the young performers appeared in bright costumes and delighted the audience with their display and charm.
Dispatch reports Sunday evening that Reverend Mr. Cleveland’s mother, about eighty two, is dying of typhoid pneumonia at Beanston. He takes the night train to reach her, as observers note the late Sunday church crowd and a busy city scene with show windows and a traveling act.
A column mixes notes on Freeport life including church matters and street repairs, plus social events. It jokes about purple winter fashion and reports Rev P H Pitkin’s Mexico mission lecture at Second Presbyterian. Community fundraisers at First M E Church support church repairs. A wealthy horse jockey funds church needs, and a venison dinner prompts a humorous anecdote about a tender steak and a late realization.
A pastor notes cold churches deter visitors and proposes one more furnace in the north coal and wood room with two new pipes to warm the audience area. He suggests free labor from mechanics and extending heat to the west entrance to block ice and cutting wind through the interior door for comfort.
A reader offers a quirky tip about boiling a new lamp chimney in cold water on the stove to avoid breakage. Dr De Puy claims ignorance of beer or honey and dislikes both if forced to quarrel with a bear. Sears, the bear hunter, may know more about the matter.
Fashion notes trace ruff usage to 1576 with starch and forked sticks, now a San Francisco milliner unveils a mechanical bonnet. Hidden artery compressors in the border allegedly allow the wearer to call up a blush at will for Freeport ladies.
M L Rayne formerly of this place and Chicago Magazine will lecture in Aurora this evening November 19 on the topic Fashion and Folly. The event brings a noted speaker to discuss trends and folly in dress and society.
A heavy snow storm Monday spurs demand for coal stoves offered by Mr. F Bartlett. The Home Mission Committee of the Freeport Presbytery published November and December appointment dates for Cedarville War ren Middle Creek Rockford Apple River Mt Carroll Freeport Lena Forreston and Mt. Carroll congregations. Names given include Rev Geo H Coit H D Jenkins J S Braddock A J Leyenberger Gordon Gillespie J M Linn J Bantley among others.
Two Freeport young ladies travel to Chicago for the exhibition with no men in tow. They stay at the Sherman House, register, see the sights, settle their bill, and depart content with hotel life. They decide to prefer solo outings in the future, deeming male company a nuisance.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hazen observed their twentieth anniversary by pooling funds to purchase a gold banded Chinese tea set. A surprise gathering at Mr. C. C. Best’s home featured pleasant refreshments and warm wishes for many more years of happiness.
A visitor invited to lead opening exercises in a Sunday School is praised for singing amid playful manipulation by the school’s acting-superintendent who warns he should return to lead closing exercises and teach new songs. The episode ends with a wry note on perceived teaching skill and kindness.
N M Welch and family from Chicago visit town to see friends. Mr Welch formerly a typographer here now runs a job office in Chicago. On November 15 a complaint by Wm Wisman against Barry Ryan and others alleged improper conduct and assault. Ryan appeared before Justice Stoskopf and was fined eighty dollars plus costs.
In a cattle stealing case last week the arrested parties presented proof of purchase, while the seller failed to show provenance. He was held to appear before the Circuit Court for further proceedings.
Queen Esther to be rendered a second time at Dixon under the Baker family supervision. Freeport may endure another run as public interest surges. The Hydraulic Water Power Company case against H. H. McAfeeva will be tried in Galena this week, its third trial. Freeporters’ Galena visit boosts provisions trade. Hon. Thos. J. Hewitt, returning from Dawson County Nebraska, reports strong Platte Valley settlement and plans for Forrest Farm real estate office and a new local newspaper at Plum Creek.
Capt E T E Becker of Mt Carroll was presented with a silver pitcher and two goblets at a church sociable in the Parsonage of the M E Church. Rev J Hartman gave an essay on Beethoven and praised Becker for his services as chorister, a surprise to all.
Baileyville notes a sheriff raid to locate witnesses for a beer issue, predicting payments and tighter beer access. A M E Church elder preaches about unconscious influence with the motto Do right even if you suffer. Local talk covers coal dealer rates, upcoming public and Walla school openings, freight suits against O N W and R R, and a 6 830 Chicago bill versus 47 05 charged on a different route, hinting at broader billing disparities.
A doctor claims curing five stammerers in the city and urges others to seek treatment before the 25th inst. at Brewster House, Dn, Ell. Rivexsesen.
A Monday serenading party from Inde and laases met at a confectioner’s residence to plan a display of musical talents. They drifted through Cherry street to mistimed targets including a bootmaker, an Albion, and a white-house party, failing to receive greetings before a final ill fated concert dissolved as discontent and cold drove them home.
A notice invites individuals to borrow five hundred or one thousand dollars on long time without paying a premium by sending a letter to box 550 in Freeport with their address. The offer requires good farm land as security.
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