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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1873
Page
7
The report notes pupil enrollment figures and attendance rates, along with disciplinary rules for the Sport School District. It mentions access rules for admissions, suspension criteria, and restoration procedures, plus remarks from superintendents and local college officials about Carroll College and Prof. Lummis.
Desegus Iowa reports Hugh Haggerty of Darlington Wisconsin elopes with widow Mary Maughes as they are stopped in Prairie du Sac with an officer aiding. Haggerty deeds Lafayette county Wisconsin property to the wife and continues his journey. Also mentioned is M Mitchell elected US Senator and Chicago Fire recovery progress with new structures rising rapidly in the burned South Side.
In Lena the Liberal and Democratic crowds declined to attend Horace Greeley’s planned Freeport campaign event. Despite efforts to muster a delegation, reports note poor attendance while a later speech by O S Taylor drew about 1,500 listeners in Tenn. Weather and a local lightning incident also feature in the week’s brief notes.
Mr. W H Wilson of Ames Storey county Iowa touring the city displays coal deemed the best in Iowa by the North Western R R Superintendent. The coal lies about twenty feet below ground in four foot veins. Stone ranges from limestone to gypsum in ample building quality supplies. He also offers a gopher specimen from the area. Rev A Ross will preach at Cedarville Lutheran Church next Sabbath at 103 A M. The San Francisco trial is over with the acquittal of the notorious woman. Our supplement contains full particulars.
The Freeport Journal lists daily market prices for grain and provisions dated September 30, 1872. Wheat at per bushel, oats, corn meal, and various other grains and foods are shown alongside live animal prices, dairy, and tobacco, with prices from local suppliers Sanford Bidwell & Co and others. The page also includes lumber and timber figures, and general commodity rates for the region.
Letters from James Monahan recount sharp drops in woolen goods prices led by A T Stewart and Peake Opdycke as he buys Water-Proof and Flannels at lower costs. He recalls opening dry goods in Freeport in October 1867 and proposes October 1872 sales at reduced profits to boost fivefold growth, with invoices showing Silk sales and plans to expand orders and travel to Boston and New York for further purchases.
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