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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1866
Page
5
An epistolary tale by Blizzard the Californian claims anybody can write poetry. A comic escapade ends with Blizzard tumbling twenty feet into a cellar, prompting a rescue and a hasty marriage as the tale winds to a close.
A sweeping column reports on Sen James Guthrie's poor health ending any chance of return to the Senate, Detroit ward disenfranchisement and Republican certificate suppression, impartial suffrage debates in New York Chicago and Madison, and various political shifts. It notes Logan's impeachment talk, Wisconsin constitutional vote defeat, Supreme Court rule changes on bar admissions, and international anecdotes from Abyssinia to Peru.
Election figures show 722 votes with Lincoln at 2991 and Logan at 3713 on the seventh inst. The Democratic tally mirrors McClellan’s 1864 result. Fulton County may join the Republican column in future tallies.
H Little importer and dealer presents a broad Freeport assortment of crockery china lass silver plated Britannia and zin toilet ware table cutlery mirrors lamps kerosene oil and more opposite Brewster House. The stock includes varied china lava parian Bohemian glass ware with vases motto cups motto mugs lava smoking sets and china toys along with fine French figures for mantles and brackets.
A mix of local notices promoting tobacco from Krohn and Youngman & Brubaker on Stephenson Street, Wise selling boot goods and a cold remedy by A. J. Wise, sale offer for a Stephenson corner residence, musical instruments from A. W. Ford & Co., Sechrist’s fall stock, cloak making at Wheeler & Wilson, Knowlton land for sale near Freeport with timber and stone quarries, and Cure and Dyspepsia Cure advertisements praising Cue’s Balsam and Cure lines for various ailments.
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