Regular Meeting Minutes 1881 City Council September 5 1881
Regular session chaired by the Mayor with Aldermen Hartman Stoskopf Waddell Porter and Wagner present. Readings approved for August measures. August finances show treasury balance 4087.71. Street labor 175.12 and city scales receipts 46.84. Various bills approved and orders drawn. Several motions and ordinances referred, with adjournments to fix Stephenson street and land rights. Special meetings followed September 8 and 20 with further ordinances tabled for rule and right of way actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman
Stoskopf
Waddell
Porter
Wagner
Father Kalvelage
Justices of the Peace
A. T. Green
R. Sheridan
P. J. Geib
D. F. Shirk
Geo. Wolf
N. Gartman
Sanford & Rowell
Seth Mann & Co
Journal Printing Co
J. Stoskopf
R. Pelck
Arndt
John Erfert
Louis Strohacker
Hoebel & Moogh
H. Settley
James McNamara
N. IL
G. W. Oyler
PB. J. Geib
J. R. Wagner
Adamson
J. W. Waldecker
Geo. Weaver
John F. Smith
Washburn
Walton
Freeport Telephone Co
Same
Freeport Gas Co
Freeport council to build sidewalks and pass ordinances
Friday evening September 9 1881 the Freeport council met with the mayor presiding Aldermen Hartman Wad dell Porter and Wagner present An ordinance repealing part of section 17 chapter 27 revised ordinances 1877 was presented read and adopted Also an ordinance on Stephenson street extension was adopted The committee on streets alleys and bridges recommended sidewalks on Galena street and Knowlton addition and Stephenson street with widths eight four and twelve feet respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Ins. Co
Manhattan Ins. Co
Ins. Co. of North America
Journal Printing Co
D. C. Stover
Stephenson St
Taylor Avenue
F. Taylor
J. A. Clark
Crane & Co
Clark
Jacob Hartman
Louis Stoskopf
Ditto
J. Brown Taylor
T. L. Waddell
H. J. Porter
Wm. H. Wagner
Alderman Waddell
Stoskopf
Porter
Waddell
Kane
Stephenson Street
Calaboose
Coate
City of
Freeport
Stephenson
Galena
Slartman
Taylor
W. C. Clark
Hartman
Wagner
Galena Street
City of Freeport
Scott Street
Knowlton
Algo
The Bet That Went Too Far In Virginia City
Gus Williams recounts a tale from his visit about two friends debating a mean man named Strassberger. One bets he can borrow fifty dollars from him by night for ten dollars, provoking a risky challenge that ends with a bold, empty gesture in a Virginia City context.
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Gus Williams
Old Strassberger
Shylock
Eie
Strassberger
Ivas
Feesty Tollar
Virginia City Chronicle
How He Escaped the Brigands
Janni Boyardji, a naturalized British subject, was captured by brigands in Thessaly who demanded 200 liras for his release. He proposed a boat trip to a nearby village with the brigands, then tipped the boat and swam ashore leaving one brigand to follow and another to reach land. Both brigands drowned. Boyardji sought protection from the British Vice-Consul.
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Thessaly
Janni Boyardji
Hej
Boyardji
Burdock Blood Bitters offer relief for dyspepsia and indigestion
An ad notes Burdock Blood Bitters as a cure for stomach ailments including dyspepsia indigestion and constipation with a 1 dollar price and a 10 cent trial. Also described is the Hofburg Vienna remodeling plan with a new pavilion wings and a statue of Empress Maria Theresa to be built over ten years. Kendall s Spavin Cure is advertised as a dollar remedy that saves money on horse ailments.
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Vienna
Hofburg
Emeror
Ring Strasse
Europe
Kendall
Man
East
Rain floods toil and tales from Willow October 17 1881
Weather backlogs delay harvest as heavy rains soak fields and pasture. Neighbors report sickness including typhoid fever and lung disease while one family mourns a 15 year old who died of diphtheria. Local ministers and officials are noted with new assignments and upcoming community changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wise
George Parkinson
D. Troxell
Pearl Lopshire
Phoebe Dawgon
Sharp and
Richardson
Jerry Clay
Sammy
Sharp
Farmilee
Farnier
Julia A. Schmick
Kansas
Cassie Parkinson
York
Neb
M. R. Chambers
Galena
C. H. Hemstreet
J. A. Furnier
M. E
Black Hawk
Burr Oak Grove
Zollicoffer
Blancs Parasol Prompted Loss At Hamburg Casino
The late M. Blanc paid 18 200 for his wife’s parasol after forgetting it at Wiesbaden. In Hamburg he bought a fashionable parasol for 16 dollars and tried to win the sum back at the tables by placing two chips on the black. He failed to recoup the loss, amounting to thousands, as his gamble did not pay off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johann Strauss
Strauss
Schonau
Frau Strauss
Johann
M. Blanc
Wiesbaden
Hamburg
Madame Blanc
Trente-Et-Quarante
Traveling Men and a Wedding Plot in a Ragged Tale
A travel weary group faces health strains from shifting water and diet as Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure is touted. A rich man's daughter and a poor man's son bid good night with talk of expectations and death in the family. she plans to visit tomorrow, then bars him with a warning of a coming sick headache. The next evening she vows to marry the Niagara hackman's son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Niagara Hackman
Never Fails Mr J Leist Cures Foot Swelling
Mr J Leist a Lautz Bros warehouseman in Buffalo New York says a swelling on his foot caused by chilblains was cured by Thomas Electric Oil. He reports no further trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Leist
Lautz Bros
Buffalo
N. Y
Ife
Fell Down In Buffalo Kneecap Cured By Oil
Mr Albert Anderson of York Street Buffalo fell down stairs and severely bruised his knee. A few applications of Dr Thomas Electric Oil entirely cured him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Anderson
York Street
Buffalo
Dr. Thomas
State reports over two million sheep shorn in Michigan
Official figures show more than 2,000,000 sheep shorn this year in Michigan, yielding a wool clip of 10,974,163 pounds, about five pounds per head. An advertisement then asks why men endure suffering when Kendall's Spavin Cure can remove all suffering from man and beast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Kendall
Trains Schedule Change Westbound Runs Updated
On and after June 26 trains will leave Freeport Milwaukee Carries passengers Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway westbound with new times 4 00 am 7 40 am 11 10 am and 4 25 pm 4 25 pm noted for westbound departures from Freeport and Milwaukee to Chicago and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Belvidere
Milwaukee
Milwau
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y
EE States
England
Scotand
Ireland
Piang, &c
Henderson Brothers
Washington Street
Chicago
F. P. Ohden
P. H. Murphy
Reeport
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council Proceedings
Treasury
Committee On Finance
Willow
George
Goose Creek
Red Canyon
the Journal
Journal
Illinois Central
la Salle
Chicago &Northwestern
Tra
Chic
Milwauk
Passe
H. Holder
Lanark Junction
Vision
Corron
Ag’t
New York
the Journal and Weekly
New York Tribune
van Puver St
Court House
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