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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1868
Page
2
A garbled OCR list shows names of individuals and offices including Coroner WM Gasper-Schultz and District Attorney Co. W Jackson of Daviess County. The text mentions naturalization information, various local authorities, and lists numerous residents and attorneys associated with Baileyville and surrounding areas.
An 1868 Freeport rally announcement invites supporters to attend a GOP gathering featuring Gen John M Palmer and Hon B S Taylor. Speakers address the political contest leading to the November 3 election, urging a peaceful yet determined push for the Union. Processions with banners are planned and banners of 60 and 64 are urged to be carried.
The Illinois Democrats nominate Bill O'Brien for Congress at large. He faces strong opposition at home as a demagogue disliked by many Irish Catholics and Protestants alike. A visit to Freeport and a Stephenson County address are planned, with strong criticism of his past record and political alignments.
A joint discussion on political justice will be held in Freeport city on Wednesday evening October 7 at 7 oclock. Speakers will be Mr Jere Pattison Democrat and Col Taco Rodearmel Republican, both of this city. All invited.
Gen Ankeny to act as Chief Marshal on October 1. Marshals and delegations must report to the Court House by morning. Procession will assemble at Adams Street and route up Stephenson to Lincoln, Broadway, and the speaking place. Delegations from West Ki Galen Cedarville North and South routes to lead the columns. Timed to start at 11 AM. rally the clans for Stephenson’s largest demonstration.
A critique of Jim Shoalf editor of the Decatur Magnet, famed for sensational yarns and hoaxes. The piece describes a notorious St Louis joke about an imagined elopement, its wide newspaper replication, and public distrust. It notes a party organ formed to counter falsehoods and mocks the Magnet’s reliability, citing General Palmer history claims as baseless.
Republican meetings set for the coming week across Freeport Lena Trend Hock Grove Cedarville Kleckner Kent Florence and Lancaster with speakers including H C Burchard J M Bailey J Neff S I Aspinwall and E H Green. Topics include literacy debt questions and general campaign issues.
On Friday evening last the Tanners under Captain Youngtici paraded through the principal streets, ending at Plymouth Hall at 8:30. Gov. J Soener spoke on bond and reconstruction questions. the crowd praised the speech as one of the campaign’s best specifics. News from Tanner companies reports encouraging prospects for their appearance on the 14th.
An Orangeville gathering on October 2, 1868 drew a large crowd after a notice. Captain James Neff led a nearly two hour Republican address reviewing recent politics and the 14th Amendment, criticizing Democrats and advocating tax reform and reconstruction stance. Citizens pledged further actions and anticipated strong GOP results in November.
In Dakota on September 28 1868 a Republican meeting at the school house heard J J Neil and another Feoport speaker urge Grant and Colfax as next President and Vice President. The Democratic gathering Saturday drew many Republicans, with Rev A D Meacham delivering a lengthy address praising mercy and forgiveness.
An intelligible fragment discusses mercy toward Confederate figures and criticizes Northern harshness. It references rebels, the Union, widows and orphans, extensive debt, and secret gangs, with a digressive aside on a preacher comparing rebels to the prodigal son and a note about political office and beer.
The County Convention appointed John Swanzey to organize a Sabbath School convention at the Silver Spring schoolhouse in Lancaster on October 4 1868. The large gathering heard Swanzey Stevens Spnowlton Lynn and Professor Pomeroy address children and adults with praise songs and prayers. Attendees reviewed organizing plans and noted flourishing local schools with hopeful Lancaster County reports for November.
A 19th century advertisement extols the Morning Glory Stove as a superior coal heater with minimal re fueling and dust, promising strong heat for two rooms in cold weather, easy room heat control, and no gas use. It advertises Bartletts hardware stores at Stephenson Street as the best source, with extensive stove and hardware lines and low freight costs.
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