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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1868

Page

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Premium List of the Fourteenth Annual Stephenson County Fair

Readable sections list prizes for grain horses cattle swine poultry fruit vegetables and dairy products from the Freeport Illinois event held October 6 7 8 1868. Winners include Jas Finneburg WL Beebe Wm Bangasser J Knorr J Lambert Thos Gatlin D J Brown and others across classes 2 4 6 8 10 with premiums in grain horses cattle swine poultry fruit and vegetables.

Stephenson County Agricultual Society Freeport Jas Finneburg PH Kaufman WU Bebe Godfrey Vought John Knorr John Swanzy Gatlim Beebe Mainz J P Fox Baker Butterfield Lambert Jas Lockhart Thos Pollock Wm Swanzy Thos Potosi I Pollock G Vought Wm Templeton F Baker Bangasser Jno Lambert Shonte Jos Boott Olas Tatkeya JF Davenoit Duck Poland Gurus Biswelle SF Dawson Bert Vinhma G F Clark Ad Haslett J F Dawson Bert Bolton Gray Curtis Bidwell J Hazlett Colby Curtis Binwell Dominiqué EB Green F Dawson Julia Snow Mise Jennie Brearna Chas Robi Little Miss. Stearns JF Dawson McAfee Montagua John Pope J M Becker Montague John Papa Robt Jones Mra T Ewing Jas H Addams

Disunion Fight Drives Tax Debate and War Aftermath

A partisan broadside blames the Democratic Party for national debt and taxes tied to wartime costs. It urges victory through disbanding treason tainted opposition, invoking Civil War era terms and calling for intensified political action and closing November efforts.

Democratic Party

Boots and millinery teased by Keystone trade notes

The column highlights McNamaras boot store at 87 Stephenson Street offering cheap boots and ladies shoes, a millinery opening by Miss M L Williams in Keystone Block, and local exhortations to inspect new stock while praising Sheriff W W Robey and local home goods.

Boots & Shoes M. Williams Stephenson Street Keystone Block McNamaras M.L. Williams Stephenson Stree Mises Williams Gar Freeeport Howard House Snyder's Block Miss Brown

Mayer 161 Musical and Lena Local Notes

A Mayer's 161 Stephenson St feature highlights a wandering troupe of street musicians visiting saloons and hotels, with notes on new warehouse plans near Galena Street. Lena items report residents leaving for Missouri, local construction, bridge replacement, and various small business updates plus a fire protection concern and a marriage notice. The piece ends with a quip about taxation banners and political fits.

Lena The Star Wa. Schoch William H. Leigh Mollie L, Low

The Man that Would Not Vote

A neighbor recounts a tale urging civic duty and voting. The narrator argues that each person bears responsibility for governance and condemns apathy as harmful. A past shipboard incident and a house fire illustrate consequences of inaction, ending with a call to vote early and join the right side.

Pym

Army of the Tennessee Calls for Annual Meeting in Chicago

The Army of the Tennessee issues a call for the third annual meeting to be held in Chicago on December 15, 1868 at 10 o clock. Officers who served in the army of the Tennessee are eligible for membership and urged to join with officers from Cumberland Ohio and Georgia.

W.T. Sherman Society of the Army of the Tennessee Chicago Department of the Tennessee Cumberland Ohio Georgia Wyn E. Strong J. M. Corse

Stand Against Democratic Rejection and Support Grant

A political broadside denounces Democratic opposition to the Union, condemns opposition to Lincoln, and praises General Grant. It accuses Democrats of disloyalty, violence, and repudiation while urging support for Grant as steady, honest leadership for the nation.

Sterling Henesty General Grant Hs

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