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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1874
Page
3
A long polemic arguing against alcohol and urging sober living. It condemns partisans and advocates of drinking, cites Beecher and Tilton, details social, medical, and economic harms, and ends with a call for united moral action and discussion.
Abstracts of titles furnished on reasonable terms. Deeds, Mortgages, Wills and other instruments drawn accurately. Loans negotiated and general Land Office business done by Taylord & Aspiny All.
A Prohibition County Convention is scheduled for Wednesday September 7 at 2 PM in Phoenix Hall Bloomington Illinois to nominate candidates for McLean County offices including Representative Sheriff and Coroner.
A lengthy analysis argues the Democratic party remains strongest in 1874, with White Leagues and Conservatives as local wings. It warns against new party schemes, favors continued Republican victory, and frames the central issue as civil rights equality versus white supremacy, predicting a GOP revival if liberty is upheld. An unrelated note describes a Friuli archeological find, including a Roman sarcophagus and possible Duke Sesul remains.
The report notes Chicago and other cities offering inducements to the Studebakers to relocate from South Bend after the fire on the 24th ult. Some promises include rebuilding on the same ground and making good the losses. Also mentioned are banking notes, currency issues in Washington, and editorial reflections on yielding rights for peace, plus literary items in a weekly issue including Christina Nilson, Rev Roe, and a Raphael engraving feature.
The issue lists pieces including A Mid Air Itinerary Jefferson ds a Lover by Jim Esten Cooke Life Underground by Francis Gerry Fairfield My Story chapter XXXIV Primitive Min American Summer Resorts Lake George with an illustration fifty days in Southern Labrador Rain by M F Butts The Equal Record Miscellany and Editors Table among other items of interest in this Appleton’s Journal No 283.
The settlement of Frangun County in the Republican Valley grows as land opens for government and Burlington and Missouri River Railroad ownership. About two years of settlement have passed with rapid growth. this year 1500 acres are sown to wheat on government and railroad lands.
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