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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1874
Page
4
Short chronicle of local happenings from Freeport with weather, social events, lectures by Frances Willard, crime brief mentions, fairs, and community notices. Includes the Union Thanksgiving service, school vacations, and town news on printing, temperance, and cellar pump questions.
Alarm sounded Monday morning after fire was discovered in the residence of Mr. P. J. Bentley on Stephenson arrest. Prof. Griffith acted promptly to extinguish the blaze, preventing serious loss. Fire department responded quickly as usual.
Directors of the Rockford watch factory meet for monthly business. Machinery is rapidly advancing and the building committee advertises for cut stone work to ensure project success.
In Allegheny City Pennsylvania John and Jacob Esherman two butchers were jailed after police found nineteen animal skeletons and hooves at their slaughterhouse along with a barrel of prepared horseflesh. They were arrested for buying and killing horses to make meat and bologna.
A local poet aims to craft a timeless nursery song for children worldwide. He writes How doth the little Tommy cat improve the midnight hour, noting the cat does not hunt rats but squalls at the gate. The verse hints that truth exceeds poetry, blamed on season and poet’s nerves.
Gossip notes reveal Rev Robert Proctor and wife visiting Mississippi. Prof H H McAfee and wife from Iowa are guests in the city. Chas W Leggett called Tuesday. E L Colby of Silver Creek moves to Freeport joining Rowell Sanford in woolen factory and Farmers Store as partner. Colby sells farm and seeks harvest, doctor L A Sheetz from Angola Iowa attends church. two hundred dollars is no object.
A local appeal urges residents to donate castoff clothing and other goods to aid Nebraska sufferers. Contributions may be left at Herrick's store on Stephenson Street and will be boxed for shipment with free railroad transport.
A man calling himself A. J. Johnson, posing as a Pecatonica church deacon, approached Pelton & Pomeroy to buy an organ at low price and ship it to Pecatonica. After a Rockford trip report, the organ was shipped, but the messenger warned of a fraud. Authorities learned no such deacon existed and the church had an organ already. Johnson has not received the organ.
A reflective piece extols laughter as a balm for life’s cares. It recalls humorists Sothern Owens and Jefferson, Tom Corwin, Mark Twain, and a jovial Main Street storekeeper whose laughter boosted spirits and business. The author urges cultivating laughter to become better people.
Eight room house with all improvements offered at a bargain. Location Stephenson street. For information call at this office.
Kerosene oil sold at 15 cents per gallon, 8 cents per half gallon, available at Swartz and Stocking’s opposite the Court House.
The Hartford Courant reports on fashionable fur sets and trims, listing Mink Sealskin Lynx Black Martin Otter and Arctic Lynx among top styles with prices from $20 to $65. It notes imitation seals and Lynx sets, ponies and capes for children, and promotes Chamberlin & Badeker as the city’s authority on furs.
The notice warns that furs bought in haste may fail as skins are not dressed properly and inner pelts fail. It urges buyers to seek dependable sets from Chamberlin & Boekeker in Fry's Block, citing their experience and Broadway connections. It cautions against bargains from inexperienced sellers and stresses paying a fair price for quality.
The reader questions why popular authors in England and America favor mysterious titles. It notes Agnes Fleming's new work in press at G. W. Crileton & Co titled A Verrible Secret and asks who the author of Wonderful Woman is behind the pseudonym.
Read This Young men and women of Freeport and vicinity who wish to obtain a thorough business education should go at once to the Freeport Commercial Institute in Tarbox Block. This is a branch of Rockford conducted by competent and experienced teachers. Please call and examine our system of instruction.
Mrs. C. C. Wilson travels to Ubicago to showcase seasonal novelties with previews and low prices west of Chicago. Commercial Institute offers instruction in writing and bookkeeping. Diffenbaugh's advertises cream, molasses and butter at 20c per pound. The Travelers Insurance Co. touts safety and strong assets with history of policies and paid benefits.
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