Local Matters from the Jacksonville area
Local notes report Mr F Winslow arriving from the Jacksonville Angone Asylum. Miss Knowlton heads to Chicago for a week. Munn Bailey leave for Rochester to attend school. Gates family back from the East. Dr R F Hayes buys Ruston property for 2800 dollars. Upcoming events include Sun day School picnic if weather allows and lectures by Rev Hazeltine and Rev Mandeville. Community notes cover store moves, travel to New Haven, Minnesota, and fair schedules at Mt Carol and Lena. Documentation also mentions Edison on electric lighting, The Georgia Minstrels verdict, a German Catholic Society fair, and the Episcopal Church convention with Rev J F Sweet named as delegate.
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The
Episcopal Church of the United
Winnebago County Fair Under Way in Rockford This Week
Round trip C N W tickets on sale for 1.20 dollars. Miss Lilian Race and George Achenbach to wed tonight at eight with Rev. H D Jenkins performing a simple ceremony and a reception afterward. Steamer Hose Co No 1 elected new officers for the year: Foreman Chas Heard, Asst Foreman J F Burns, Secretary Louis Karcher, Treasurer John Ellis, Steward William Musser, Pipemen Frank Spitler John Ellis William Strunk and John Milner.
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Rockford
Steamer Hose Co
Chas, Heard
J . F. Burns
Louis Karcher
John Ellis
Stewart
Wm. Musser
Frank Spitler
Wm. Strunk
John Milner
Tragic Railroad Accident Near Delavan Claims Young Man
Albert Linn of this city was fatally injured last week on the CO M and St P railroad near Delavan when he fell while trying to set the brakes on a freight car. Seventeen heavily loaded cars passed over him, leaving his body mangled. He was about twenty two and mourned by a father mother and wide circle of friends. In other news L K Scofield sold his south town residence to Chas Hill and plans to move to southern Missouri with a cattle ranch and family follows later in the fall. The editor laments Scofield's departure, praising his enterprise honesty and public spirit.
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Delavan
Albert Linn
Mr. Linn
L. K. Scofield
Chas 8. Hill
Scofield
Missouri
Matrimonial: Sheetz and Diffenbaugh Wed in City Church
On Wednesday evening at the First M. E. Church George M. Sheetz and Cora B. Diffenbaugh were married in a crowded ceremony led by Rev. C. E. Mandeville. The reception at the bride’s Galena street home featured lavish gifts including a black walnut chamber suit and silverware. The couple left by midnight train for Chicago before settling in the city.
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M. E
George M. Sheetz
Cora B. Diffenbaugh
C. E. Mandeville
Nmade
Mendelsshon
Leod H. Becker
Will H. Stine
A. D. Waddell
J. Oettinger
Annie Diffenbaugh
Monmouth
Ill
Will Swentzel
Ida Diffenbaugh
Albert Chamberlin
Mr. Mandeville
Galena Street
Grand Jury Finishes with Four Indictments
The Grand Jury, in session last week, finished its labors on Thursday. Four indictments were found: George Wilson for larceny, who pleaded guilty. Geo Gray for assault with intent to inflict bodily injury. William Mensing and John Heidebower for assault. Several chancery cases were disposed of, including four divorce suits.
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George Wilson
Geo. Gray
William Mensing
John Heidebower
Apples Donated at Journal Office From Lancaster and Florence
Mr. Reuben Myers of Lancaster left two large apples at the Journal office last week. Each apple measured 1243 inches in circumference and the two together weighed 27 ounces. Mr. Abraham Diehl of Florence also left apples, with the largest measuring 18 inches in circumference. The two largest apples weighed 27 ounces, equal to those from Mr Myers.
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Reuben Myers
Lancaster
Journal
Abraham Diehl
Florence
Meyers
Reunion of Stephen son County Soldiers' Association Held at Cedarville
The annual meeting took place on Friday at Cedarville on September 10 with veterans, families, and friends gathering on pleasant grounds. Officers elected by acclamation included Lieut. Thomas B. Jones as President and Capt. William Young as 1st Vice President, followed by a dinner and speeches on Civil War themes.
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Stephenson County Soldiers’ Association
Cedarville
J. H. Addams
Bradshaw
America
Cedarville Cornet Band
B. H. Cartwright
92Nd Regt
Cedarville Glee Club
Kleckner
Thos. B. Jones
Wm. Young
I.F. Kleckner
J. P. Rees
A. V. Richards
E. F. Wright
Winnebago Co
D. Atkins
Plymouth
Jamestown
George L. Piersol
W. W. Krape
T. J. Allen
German Insurance Company of Lena Promotes Prosperity
The German Insurance Company in Lena, once a major local business, reports assets over 650,000, with monthly premium receipts near 40,000 since January and plans to reach three quarters of a million by next January. The piece urges citizens to support the institution as a thriving Hartford of the West. It also describes a Lena Democratic “boom” event at Opera Hall featuring Lyman Trumbull and General Parsons, noting mixed reactions and political tensions.
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German Insurance Company
Hartford of
West
Lena
Opera Hall
Surrouning
Lyman Trumbull
Democracy
Illinois
G.G.D
Louis P. Parsons
Freeport
Messrs
W.O. Wright
Wm. Mitchell
J.C. Kean
Capt
Wm. Stewart
M. Stoskopf
Donny
Opera House
A Tribute of Respect and Political Notes from Lena
A Lutheran Ladies Aid meeting in Orangeville passes resolutions mourning Mrs. Julian Erb and extending sympathy to her husband and children. The piece praises her Christian life and urges publication in county papers. Local Republican activity in Garfield Arthur Club and West Point politics are reported, with critics of Judge Trumbull and Lena Democrats.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Lutheran Church
Orangeville
Julian
WM. Wolf
B. F. Pues
Arthur Club
Opera Hall
Glee Club
Cavalry Company
West Point
Remenyi
Resolutions of Freeport Lodge on Brother A J Runner
At a September 13 1880 meeting of Freeport Lodge No 50 I O M A the group adopted mourning resolutions for deceased member A J Runner. The board praised him as a noble true member husband and father and pledged to drape the hall and charter for thirty days. Copies to the family and local papers were authorized with committee signatures Isaac N Roland W H Blosser Frank Northrop.
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Freeport
Freeport Lodge No. 50
A.J. Runner
A. J. Runner
Isaac N. Roland
W. H. Blosser
Frank Northrop
Discovery for Consumption Helps Rev. Isaac Augustine Daughter
The letter from Rev. Isaac N. Augustine of Buffalo New York praises a product called Discovery for curing his 18 year old daughter of suspected consumption. He states she began improving rapidly after taking several bottles last fall and is now well and strong.
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Shipman
Tmnoig
RB. V. Pierce
Buffalo
zShe
Isaac N. Augustin
Agents and Canvassers Earn Up to Eight Hundred Fifty Weekly
Earn from 25 to 850 dollars weekly selling goods for E G Rideout and Co at 10 Barclay Street New York. They invite you to send for their catalogue and terms. No experience needed. Flexible hours and steady commissions offered. Apply now for details and start earning.
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E. G. Rideout & Co
Barclay Street
New York
Wood! Wood! Dry Wood Wanted at This Office
A brief notice advertising dry wood needed on subscription accounts. The office seeks dry wood supply for ongoing needs and asks suppliers to contact for arrangements.
Note fraud warning at Lancaster Illinois
Col Wilcox Mendota Car penter at Opera House to night cautions all against buying a note dated August 28 1880 for 200 dollars payable to New York Barbed Fence Wire Company Buffalo N Y three months after date at Second National Bank Freeport Illinois signed by Obed H Lintner Lancaster Illinois August 30 1880 fraud and nonpayment claim
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Lancaster
Stephenson County
New York Barbed Fence Wire Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Second National Bank
Freeport
Ill
Obed H. Lintner
Lancaster, Ill
Patent Office Attorneys Seek Broad Practice
Presbrey and Green, attorneys at 509 Seventh Street, Washington, D. C., advertise long experience before the Patent Office General Land Office and in securing patents pensions and mineral land claims. They invite parties with business to address them for information.
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Patent Office
General Land Office
Presbrey & Green
Seventh Street
Washington, D. C
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Local Matters
F. Winslow
Jacksonville
Knowlton
Chicago
George
J., Munn
Joe Bailey
Rochester
Mrs
di S. Gates
East
R. F. Hayes
Ruston
Carroll St
Baptists
Theo. H. Hazeltine
Warren
Fred, Gund
Old Reliable German Insurance Co
Springfield
M.E. Church
Dakota
John R. Smith’s
Fry’s Block
Joseph Bischoff
Journal Bindery
Elgin
Frederic Bartlett
New Haven, Conn
M. M. Fenner
Minnesota
Farmer’s Co-operative Warehouse
Carroll County Agricultural Society
Mt. Carrol
Presbyterian Church
Edison
North American Review
Georgia Minstrels
St. Joseph’s Church
Hettinger’s Hall
Lilian Race
George Achenbach
H. D. Jenkins
Baileyville
Garfield and Arthur Club
Judge Trumbull
Repubican
Senate
Democratic Party of
Hinds
Alexander
Tos Tall
WM. Walton
Hattinger
Emmert & Burrell
Pheley
Wade Hampton
Beltzhoever
Pata Tang
Democratic
Col. Wilcox
Mendota Carpenter
Castoria
Wei de Meyer
Wm. A. Stevens
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