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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1872
Page
7
A garbled OCR line lists seemingly Irish or English names and terms such as DeForest Hawes Derry Berry Chamberthe ale Neilinger and Hunter, but offers no clear event, role, or context.
Readable fragments from 1673 announce a wedding at the bride’s parents residence in November with Rev A A Bucks officiating. Other items mention oyster trade, Texan workforces, drought, California milk peddler earnings, and various regional notes from Bucks Co Pennsylvania to Topeka Kansas.
Corrected weekly listing shows lumber types including joist, plank 12 to 16 feet long at 17.00, scantling 18.00, timber 20 to 40 feet, fencing 1260 per foot, stock boards rough common flooring clear and Pine clear boards, battens, and shingles available. Prices vary by length and grade.
Market notes show pork at 13.25 cash and 12.25 seller December 12.50 seller March. Lard 7 14c, flour dull, wheat No 2 spring 1.10 cash and 1.0933 seller December 1.01 seller January. Corn No 2 closing varied, oats and rye prices listed, barley quiet. Beef cattle 38.60 5.50 Texan steers to native shipping. hogs down 10 to 130 cents per cwt, prices 1 1.5 to 1.5 for mixed lots.
Dated November 27 18??, Barton trustee declares in Stephenson County Illinois that Hermann Hanke and wife defaulted on a promissory note of two thousand dollars. On December 28 1872 at 10 a.m. a public sale at the front entrance of the new courthouse in Freeport will convey the described 24 foot lot portion to the highest bidder for cash with deed to follow.
A readable fragment lists individuals including WEenemen JL CLA WE WW pena ome achamer Magele McClelland whi Plerce Alexander Lanna Shirk JH Wallace Prank White J G Drs Western. No clear event or action is shown in the text provided.
Dean Morais reports three weeks in bustling markets with Boston disaster looming and Chicago to Boston travel. He notes price chaos in fabrics, huge stockpiles, aggressive cash offers, and sharp discounts from several houses, including Merinos, poplins, and silk goods, along with millinery trends and peacocks in colors driving fashion.
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