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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1881
Page
3
A reader submits a sentimental Civil War era style poem written soon after President Garfield was shot. Mrs. Mattie E Furey of Altoona Pennsylvania reflects on sorrow and hope as a messenger of love from the wounded president to his beloved. The piece ends with the refrain He sends his love to you.
The Utah & Northern Branch to Melrose and Butte speeds travel, opens Montana to miners and immigrants, with 40,000 residents and rapid growth. Rich ore output, numerous lodes, and high wages lure laborers. valleys await farming expansion as rail access boosts trade and settlement.
The text extols mild climate and fertile soil enabling doubled farm yields versus the East. It notes open grazing year round for fattening stock and suggests that a few hundred dollars invested in cattle could yield riches in ten years. It offers reduced transport rates from Omaha to Dillon or Utah & Northern Branch terminus for organizers this year via the Union Pacific agent in Omaha.
The Winslow Township Sunday School Convention met at the Presbbyerian Church with F. Clingman as president and Mrs. J. Stewart leading devotional exercises. Elder Scott of Freeport addressed attendees on Sunday School hours, and committees were formed for nominating and resolutions. The afternoon featured speeches by Dr. Richardson on Sunday schools as educational force and discussions on adult attendance and Camp Meetings, ending with officer elections and adoption of resolutions.
Free from crude irritating matter the pills are a concentrated medicine that is very small easy to take and cause no pain griping or purging Emmert and Burrell offer them for sale.
The article profiles William H. Robertson born in Westchester County in 1823. A lawyer and public servant, he served as County Judge, Assembly member, Senator, and Fortieth Congress representative. He led state troops during the war, chaired the Judiciary Committee, and faced factions with Conkling and Blaine. A 1879 gubernatorial nomination bid and a Chicago Convention stance are noted, ending with his appointment as New York collector and political fallout.
The week in Yellow Creek centers on the president's death and burial with business halted on Monday the 26th, mournful displays from local residents including Betz Goodrich Kleckner Crouse Vantorn and Oviitt, and a black flag over Main Street. A late- month accident near the late Samuel Fox residence involved Walter Andrews and wife returning from Freeport when a team and wagon collided. details follow the obituary and public mourning.
At a regular meeting of Centennial Lodge No. 252 I O G T on Friday Sept 23 the lodge adopted resolutions praising President Garfield. The committee notes his death after a heroic struggle and calls his life an example of energy pluck and honor while expressing sorrow and pledging to publish the resolutions. R J Hazlett John Hart Sara A Barnes Committee.
Great sadness prevails after the death of Mrs Susan Dixon wife of Albion Dixon a faithful guardian of the government and mother and wife of notable endurance. The funeral drew a large crowd while sickness looms in the neighborhood and residents mourn the loss of Dr W F Knoll and his medical service. The town awaits better days as the ice cream and peanut cart appears idle on the south side of the shanty amid sunless skies and lingering hardship.
Elmira New York resident Noah Bates recounts recovering from a bilious fever after four years of lingering weakness. After two bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters his vitality returned and at 61 can work a full day. Trial size offered at ten cents and full bottle at one dollar.
Gabe Snodgrass owns a farm near Austin. Fim Webster asks what he does this year. Snodgrass says he rents on sheets to Sam Johnsing. Johnsing gets half a dollar out of every dollar made. He claims no deductions will be kept back, arguing more dollars mean more half dollars for him.
A fortune may be spent on ineffective medicines yet Thomas' Eclectric Oil promises speedy economical relief. It claims instant aid for rheumatism lame back bodily pains and all sorts of ailments.
A young farmer prefers binding grain with briers, saying the thorns remind him of pins in his girl's dress, as reported by Oil City Derrick.
The ad touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a blood purifier and cure for dyspepsia biliousness and disorders from impure blood or deranged liver or kidneys. Price is $1 with trial bottles at 10 cents.
Dr. V Sears argues in the September Atlantic that domestic hospitality is overburdened by cooks, maids, and repetitive chores. He urges shifting dirt bringing tasks, heat producing duties, and heavy labor out of homes into new business models to relieve households and improve efficiency.
Old gold and silver Peruvian ornaments recently sold in London brought 503,800 dollars. Items include a brilliant cluster at 555, antique brilliant ring 625, antique pearl and diamond earrings 1,175, enameled gold and emerald cross 900, silver-gilt mitre 1,365, cross with large emerald 875, chased gold chalice 899, enameled heart reliquary, diamond and garnet pieces 1,550, an antique monstrance with diamonds and topazes 4,700, a life sized pelican figure 1,900, and a based gold monstrance enriched with stones 10,000.
An advertisement touts Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil as the unfailing remedy for continual coughing day and night, urging readers that persistent coughs pose a danger and should be treated with the product.
A gentleman claimed a French chemist could turn sugar flour and other substances into a sweeter substance than any lion’s nest. A lady questioned the need to keep fowls if so. A man in the room replied that fowls exist to annoy the people next door.
An advertisement touts Ken Dalls Spavin Cure as a remedy for horse lameness. The copy urges readers to try the product citing quick relief, claiming it cures joint and back problems in horses and improves performance.
The NS era eastbound time card lists train times and routing details. It includes departure points, station stops, and arrival times for eastbound service, reflecting schedule structure typical of the period.
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