Local notes and upcoming events in Jo Daviess and nearby counties
Harvest wealth and steady prices noted as patrons urged to settle delinquencies. Upcoming events include Jo Daviess Agricultural Society Fair September 26 to 28, Rockford Winnebago County Fair this week, Harlem Sunday School Convention September 16, Zion Episcopal pew rentals, and Baptist Social with music and refreshments. Also reports on temperance hall donations, Zion Church Sunday School picnic success, and a price reduction by Western Union cutting telegram rates to 25 cents, boosting business potential.
Temperance Mass Meeting Scheduled at Temperance Hall
A Temperance Mass Meeting will be held at Temperance Hall Saturday evening September 15 starting at 7:30. Good speakers and singers will attend, with accordion invitations extended to all. Members of city temperance organizations are urged to attend to ensure a grand success. By order of the officers of the Re-Torn Tah.
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Temperance Hall
Satururday
Widl
Opening of the Srd Ward Park Amid Illumination and Celebration
The Sel Ward Park formally opened on a Tuesday evening with a pagoda, seats, and Chinese lanterns. A dedicatory speech by Ton A D Meacham praised the city’s rapid growth and improvement as the Great Union Band played entrancing tunes for a packed elite audience.
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Srd
Sel Ward
Ton
A. D. Meacham
Ainsie
Union Band
Guch
Republican Courty Convention Elects Leaders in Wilcoxon Opera House
Stephenson County Republicans met at Wilcoxon Opera House September 5 electing Dr. B L Buckley of Freeport as temporary chairman and D B Breed as secretary. Credentials committee named delegates from Freeport wards and many townships. Buckley later chosen permanent chairman and H Hyde nominated for County Judge by acclamation. Balloting for County Treasurer and County Superintendent of Schools produced no choice on early ballots, then Hutchison was elected Treasurer unanimously and Moore named County Superintendent.
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Ee Poraiant
Stephenson County
Wilcoxon Opera Tonge
BL. Buckley
Freeport
D. B. Breed
Fremont Journail
Messrs. Barton
Wiles
Tunks
First Ward
Nobert Bell
Geo
Arch
T. L. Waddell
J.J. Piersol
A. Baxdeker
G. D. Becker
F. PB. Barton
J. Brown Taylor
Wm. A. Stevens
Fred Entorf
J. N. Galloway
M. V. Brown
Simon Schroeder
Geo. Waldorf
R. Hi. Wiles
Orrin Williams
A. J. Brubaker
Florence—C. van Brocklin
Jas Peck
Tra Crippen
John Gochenour
Rock Run—dino
B. Smith
Wm. Ketler
Thos. Young
Conrad Bokhof
Jasper Mallory
W. Z. Tunks
Lancaster
Thos. Bell
Reuben Myers
J. F. McKibbe
David Zimmerman
Winslow
Wm. Cox
Barnabas Hines
Jno
Weekerle
Jefferson
Hi. Hays
A. Frey
Silver Creek
Wm. Young
J. B. Shirk
J. A. Carpenter
Dakota
Henry 8. Keck
Frank B. Walker
Jas. E. Fehrio
Buckeye
Thos. Folgate
Wm. Musser
Thos
West Point
R. H. Wiles
EE. P. Barton
H. ©. Hyde
R. I, Wiles
I. F. Kleckner
B. T. Buckley
Tindale Richart
Hunn
Ide
Kreeport
Stearns
J. R. Wagner
S. Bechtel
Uneco
J. J. Beam
Hack Rui
S. B. Young
J. M. Smith
Miles White
W. R. Alman
Florence
Ina Crippen
Harlem
John Wright
I. A. Frey
Kent
Jacob Gable
Loran
M. Kreauer
Ridott
Reuben Clark
Sermons by Dr Sunderland Highlight First Presbyterian Visit
Dr Byron Sunderland, late pastor in Washington and Senate chaplain, preached morning on If thine eye be evil and evening on As an eagle stirreth up her nest at the First Presbyterian Church. The sermons show his medical insight, language mastery, and spiritual depth, earning high praise for the evening discourse. Local notices report Crain leaving for Ottawa for Supreme Court sessions, Mrs Kintzle visiting relatives, Brays traveling to Baltimore for Ford's Theatre engagement, Lathrop heading to Iowa for city Supreme Court matters, and visiting editors from multiple papers.
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Byron Sundéridnd
Paris
France
First Presbyterian Church
Washington
D.C
United State Senate
Sunderland
D. H. Sunderland
J. A. Crain
Ottawa
Supreme Court
Win. A. Kintzle
Ford
W. L. Lighthart
Venona
Ill
C. C. Lathrop
Chicago
Towa
Isbell
J. W. Clinton
The
Polo Press
J. W. Newcomer
Lena Star
WT. C. Gann
Warren Sentinel
W. A. Colby
Pecatonica News
Wm. Lewis
Carrol County Gazette
State Fair Preparations Impress Freeport Readers
Preparations for the State Fair are near completion with top grounds and perfect appointments. J B Taylor dedicates his summer to supervising arrangements. If weather cooperates, this will be the best fair yet in the state. Visitors are already securing accommodations. A Grand Orchestral Concert by the Freeport Orchestra is planned at Hettinger Hall on Wednesday evening with selections from Martha and other works. Also reported are newly elected officers for Steam Wire Engine Co No 1 and Col Stephenson Steam Fire Engine Co with their officers for the coming year.
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Freeport
Freeport Orchestra
Hettinger Hall
Martha
Kriegswesen
Tasla
Steam Wire Engine Company No. 1
Polly
W. Wineholt
Robert Casey
Leonard Stoskepf
Chas. G. Sanborn
G. Weaver
Ws. Agney
I. Settley
Stephenson street bridge work draws city criticism
A local column questions City Surveyor Mehr Krohn and Mayor Kroin for staffing the Stephenson street bridge project at six dollars daily while carpenters could work for two dollars. It urges bidding based on plans by the City Engineer and criticizes management and costs.
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Krolin
Stephenson Street
Mein- Herr “Mehr” Krohn
Senator Oglesby to Speak at State Fair in Freeport
In a letter from Springfield dated September 6 1877 Senator Richard J Oglesby accepted an invitation to deliver an address at the State Fair in Freeport on September 19 The Durand Patriot noted Ilon Schuyler Colfax's Beloit speech at a regional fair and a local notice offered lodging advice for exhibitors and visitors by contacting the City Clerk's office
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Springfield
Richard J. Oglesby
Freeport
D. Fisher
Durand Patriot
Ilon Schuyler
Colfax
Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Industrial Association
Beloit
Regular drill schedule for Freeport Guards
The Freeport Guards announce weekly company drills at the armory on Monday evenings at seven sharp with roll call 15 minutes later. Non commissioned officers drill on Friday evenings at the same hour. By order of Captain Walter G. Forp, Orderly Sergeant.
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Freeport Guards
W. G. Ford
Thos. Andre
T. M. Kauffman
Geo. W. Noble
Hth
F. A. Read
E. CG. Williams
C. CG. Wolf
T. East
Johm Lohr
Sth
McPhillips
W. Waddell
Walter G. Forp
Grange Hall Dedication Slated for Sept 19
The dedication ceremony for Grange Hall in this city is set for the afternoon of September 19 at 3 o'clock. All third degree members are urged to attend. By order of Committee, J. F. Strune, Chairman.
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Grange Hall
J. F. Strune
Indicted Watch Factory Fire Case Tops Aurora News
Indictments naming Munn, Scofield, Griffith and others accuse them of willful malicious destruction of the Watch Factory in Or around the fire two years ago. Insurance firms funded the case and prosecutors seek civil restitution. bail posted, defense retained. Captains Brazee Vosburg Phelps elected local militia officers in Aurora.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jo Daviess County Agricultural Society
Rockford
Ger
Wade Hampton
Zion Episcopal Church
Harlem Center Church
Friends of the Sabbath School
Wm. Wise
Jord
R. Hi. Holder
Waters
Western Union Telegraph Company
Sterns
Mississippi River
New Brunswick
Temperance
W. W. Hutchison
R. M. Milliken
C.M. Shaffer
C.W. Moore
Ceee Ee
J. E. Phillips
PNT
Potters
Moora
Rae de Philips
MQOVR
Ieee
C. W. Moore
Pock Grove
U. Py ‘Wihidiatis
Joli Labdall
Winslowen
BiAdley
Dratas
McFatrioit
Chinirmin
Bien
Stephenson
County Circuit Court
Peedinga
Circuit Court
John Antyes
Same
Burke
Walter Casford
Albert Casford
John Miller
Francis Boeke
Thos Lyons
John Marting
John Dailey
W. W. Seaton
J. B. Young
W. A. Kerr
Second National Bank
Samuel Turris
John Sweeney
W. A. Ry. Co
Frederick Noggie
Frederick Rosenstiel
F. Trepis
Lichtenberger
Ruben Serfass
A. Bering
Henry N. Gould
Chas. McNutt
Tresspass
W.R. King
James B. Storey
L. Lighthart
Citancery
P.I. Ball
C. W. Boynton
John Swarts
Mary Swarts
Chas, Fauble
Lidia Fauble
Chancery
Joseph Manchester
Mary Tenninger
Benj. Bogenrief
Solomon Bogenrief
Mehr
Senator Oglesby
C. C. Wilson
Memeburg
Java
GC. C. Wilson
Bata
Woolens & Flannel
Iaude
Wm, A
Stevens
Lyon
Staver & Snyder
Allan A. Grifith
J. Fry
Messrs
Munn
Ands ‘Field
Bac
Mess
Scofield
Brown
Pro Griffith
Jas. I. Neff
Judge Hyde
Bee
J. Crain, Esq
Cochran
Aurora
Ins
C. M. Brazee
Rockfe Rifles
Regt
Vosburg
Aurora Light Guards
W. O. Phelps
Symore
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