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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1870
Page
6
The fragment appears as a faded note claiming a regional family paper in the northwest. No clear events, dates, or named entities are readable to establish a concrete report or outcome.
A Northern newspaper extract thanks readers for support, noting 700 new names added to subscription lists and almost 2000 copies in circulation. The appeal aims to raise the list to 9000 by January while urging neighbors to recruit subs among local farmers as harvest concludes.
The Freeport convention re-nominated Hon. Hr. Burchard for Congress by acclamation, signaling unity among Third District Republicans. Resolutions urge tax reduction and prudent government spending, with Tariff wording seen as too permissive of monopolies. Iowa and Illinois GOP debates are cited, contrasting revenue tariffs and free trade critiques.
A garbled OCR style market column lists several commodities and prices including corn, rye, nuts, cheese, lard, eggs, potatoes, onions, apples, dried fruits, bananas, and lumber products. It mixes per bushel, per pound, and per dozen figures, with scattered city and stock names such as New York, Central, Reading, Lake Shore, Cleveland and Pittsburgh, Northwestern, Fort Wayne, Rock Island, and St Paul, plus a closing market line.
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