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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1878
Page
4
The Journal issues a fundraising offer for arrears and a prepaid year to secure free delivery until January 1973. It highlights local events, political endorsements, weddings, social notices, and humorous items, with varied updates on residents, officials, and plans as winter approaches. Local readers are urged to subscribe and share the paper with friends.
A miscellany of local notices and brief items. Includes a call to vote for Dr J Dean for coroner, a weekly tally of Malt deaths and eight births, comments on a street scene, a temperance meeting in Temperance Hall, concerns about vandalism to the wood pile of City Clerk Trembor, a jab about boot and shoe men as soles agents, a call to vote for James Combs for Clerk of the Appellate Court, notes on O B Sanford returning from Vermont, Jno L Taylor’s weekend at home, Master George S Munn at Beloit College, a late obituary for Mrs Elizabeth W Lucas of Cedarville, a sentence about Geo Williams tied to Burr Robbins show, a temperance lecture to be given by Hon John M Nesbit in Salem Church, and a Beloit Phonograph quip about a lamp post in Freeport.
The item urges voting for Maj. R. M. A. Hawk for Member of Congress. It notes civic concerns on street lighting and enterprise, and references a local political endorsement within a periodical context. The piece also mentions a Chicago lecture for the Evanston Industrial School and a military company sermon and parade.
Voters are urged to back Capt James I Neff for Member of the General Assembly. The notice repeats the appeal twice and presents no further details.
Hon J M Nesbit of Paducah spoke at Temperance Fall last Sabbath afternoon. He will repeat Thursday evening on Life's Errors. A humorous incident involved a pianist shouting I will be hanged. High School Literary Society elected officers and featured programs. Resolved that capital punishment should be abolished with both sides presenting arguments. The meeting included readings, a declamation, an essay, and a humorous dialogue titled Cats.
Members of the Ladies' Literary Association have met weekly to study Ancient Greece, covering myth, history, literature, and art from mythic times through Pericles to Philip of Macedon. They plan to continue meetings on May nd ay afternoons at half past two in the City Council Room.
At Luther Lighthart’s residence last Wednesday evening Frank Wormley and Ella Lighthart wed. Rev. R F Sweet officiated. A Militia band serenade followed as guests shared gift items including a Bible, silverware, albums, a bronze clock, washing sets, a bed spread, pictures, and numerous silver pieces presented by friends and family before departing on the night train to the Rust.
A fragmentary 19th century style note cataloging nicknames such as Trugh Hwehange for a wood-cutter and Tenery for a chicken thief, with satirical quips on modesty, money, and newspapers. It reflects quirky wordplay, a breezy Sunday aside, and lines about wisdom, ink scarcity, and a joke about chasing hares and Poe.
The letter attacks Democratic rivals in Orangeville and Stephenson County, ridiculing J J Moore I G Wise and Goodhue funds while praising Republican candidates. It recounts past elections, notes a plan to vote for James Neff, and ends with a string of questions and a call to vote the straight Republican ticket.
News from Lena and nearby towns reports various local items. Target practice results show an average of 155 40 with 80 best shots at 1714 of 35. A wagon accident near Lena injures Jno Fair and wife’s party, with Mr Fair sustaining broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder. A yellow fever relief festival in Orzeon raises 102. Typhoid fever spreads in Adaline. A walker plans 500 miles in six days at Buckridge. A shooting match is planned in Carmeron, Wis on Oct 31 with beef shooting and a $20 purse. Two threshing injuries are described to Wn Swift and Dan Bowman's workers.
A severe cyclone strikes the eastern coast with heavy rainfall and winds up to 120 miles per hour. Reports from New York Baltimore and cities outline wrecks, ship losses, gold movements, yellow fever updates, strikes, fires, and legal actions amid a broad wave of distress and economic activity.
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