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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1871

Page

7

Relief reports from Chicago Journal Sunday

The report summarizes relief effort progress as committees describe housing for 2,888 applicants with 1,488 housed, 561 new housing applications, and 4,479 people moved by transportation passes. Shelters fill with barracks housing. supplies include twenty four carloads of coal and provisions. Health concerns cite diarrhoea and dysentery tied to drains and water shortage. Employment notes 886 people housed as laborers and 500 on hand plus 50 carpenters in demand.

Chicago Journal of Committee On Transportation Geo. M. Pullman Committee On Shelter SCO Medcal

Aid fund telegram from A ex Stewar r to R Mason 1871

A telegram from John V Farwell to Mayor R B Mason requests a 200000 gift to aid distressed residents after a recent calamity. Farwell specifies funds should aid women dependent on own labor widows and children, and asks Mason to coordinate with Field and Letter for distribution. He expresses sympathy and confidence in Mason’s ability.

New York John V. Farwell Chicazo Won R. B. Mason Messrs Field Atex Stewarr

University Patrol flees after fatal shooting of city prosecutor

A fatal shooting occurred near the Chicago University around midnight injuring Col. Thomas W. Grosvenor City Prosecuting Attorney. A 17 year old member of a university patrol fired after a dispute over a countersign wounding Grosvenor in the arm and side. He died at his home at five o clock.

Grosvenor Fix University Patrol Chicago University Thomas W. Grosvenor Douglas House University Jin Chicago Leening Journal

Letter in Laughing Tone Teases Chicago and Fire Victims

The missive speaks in a caricatured Germanic English voice addressed to Mister E. I. Hutchinson and leans on threats and boasts. It references Chicago, fires, a plan involving a new house, a palace, and gifts of health and prosperity, signed CARL PRETZEL as E. H. Watehinson’s ally.

Monroe Gwick Carly Keeba Potter Palmer Efery von New Palace E. H. Watehinson Yoost Pilt Chruc Carl Pretzel

Chicago relief fund tops British towns and figures

October reports show subscriptions for Chicago relief reaching 40000 pounds in London with Birmingham at 36000 and Glasgow 60000. Liverpool pledged 16000 and Nottingham 1000 while Welsh and other cities send cloth and aid. News notes Napoleon and Paris politics appear alongside social pleas.

Chicago Napoleon — Gambetin Rewly Prince Napoleon Lonon Mansion House Birmingham Glasgow Cardiff New York Moors Times Lincoln Charles Babbage Apoleon Chiselhurst France ONCON Liverpool Chicago Relief Fund Nottingham Hsia Wesern Hyde Park Relief Fund Roderick J. Murchinson Geological and Geographcal Societies

Martial law imposed in South Carolina against Ku Klux Klan

The United States government suspends habeas corpus in eight South Carolina counties including Spartanburg after the Klan fails to disband. Martial law aims to stop violence and prevent a broader outbreak, as authorities cite arms supplied from the state militia and ongoing Klan organization. The action marks a first use under the Enforcement Act.

South Carolina United States Ku Klux Spartansburg Washington Zi Ioune

Corroborated Klan Arrests Reported in Corinth Dispatch

Dispatches from Corinth Mississippi describe the capture of five Ku Klux Klan members nearby. The raid uncovered disguises and paraphernalia, highlighting internal debates about the Klan’s honesty and civic standing amid the arrests.

Corinth Miss Central Africa M. Y. Ziribune

Fragmented OCR Notes From Unknown Source

The readable text shows a mix of numbers and partial phrases likely from a clerical or ledger entry. No clear names dates or places emerge to establish a coherent news item or event.

Latest Commercial Reports from Evening Journal

The Monday edition lists prices for grain and pork with cash and season figures. It notes late sales, rejections, and varying entries for December January and February with shifts in corn and other commodities.

Spria Nosembeon

Unsettled Stocks and Gold Quotations

Milwaukee stock report lists unsettled prices with No 1 at 1 207 and No 2 at 1 9, latest New York stock and gold quotations included.

Mis Waurte Mack Milwaukee New York

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