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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1869
Page
7
A brief sales note states Royal Standard Double Warp Black Alpacas are praised as superior in color and finish and offered for less money than competing goods in the market. Acknowledged by leading Tovalelons as the finest organ in the world.
The Synod of Peoria convenes in Freeport at the First Presbyterian Church starting Thursday at 7 p m and continues through the Sabbath with sermons Friday and Saturday evenings and a 3 p m communion on Sunday. The body links Knox Bloomington Ottawa Chicago Galena Belvidere Presbyteries in the New School Presbyterian branch.
The Stephenson County Soldiers' Monument foundation ceremony was held on the court house square with Masons Odd Fellows and local firemen in procession. Grand Master and officers oversaw placing a cornerstone containing documents, coins, stamps, and memorial lists amid prayers music and a commemorative address.
Wm E Smith, former junior editor of the Rockford Gazette and former Sentinel editor, is named proprietor and editor of the Woodstock Sentinel. The paper greets him with hope that he will build a strong local presence in McHenry County as others seek new ventures.
The piece reviews Littell's Living Age weekly and Godey's Lady's Book November 1804, noting subscription details, club opportunities, and a capital novelette Scenes Connected with the Life of a Weak Man. It also advertises products like Alisina for hair renewal and dandruff, urging purchase.
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