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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1874
Page
4
Rain and social news dominate the brief items. Lectures, church meetings, temperance events, school enrollment notes, county and regional references, theatre and minstrel attractions, a lodge meeting, real estate ads, a crime sentencing, and health updates populate the scribbled community page. Notable names include Rev J M Linn Miss Alta M Hulett C H Rosenstein Moses R Thompson Lodge 881 D F Swennet W J Snyder and J B Currier.
Notices declare premiums for the Fair of 1874 are collectible at the writer’s office after September 21. A sidewalk complaint prompts attention to unsafe walk from the post office to Stephenson street. Theft warnings urge replacement of ivy at Miss Mattie Wilson’s residence and warn of more such acts. Excursion tickets priced for Chicago Exposition available Sept 18 19 and Sept 29 30 with returns by Oct 1. The Edwin Brownie National Diamatic Company closes its city engagement with praised performances.
A grand supper hosted by Misa Fitok delighted guests with exquisite refreshments and lemonade. After thirty minutes of dancing the crowd dispersed around 1 am, leaving the scene quiet and praised as the season’s most recherché affair, though many sacrificed a night’s sleep for the experience.
New Enterprise reports C M Shaffer & Co purchasing lots opposite the vinegar factory and starting a brick two story 40 by 90 foot mill and sash door blind factory. Asher & Shay to handle stone work Trunk & Bro brick work. Machinery to be purchased in Chicago and running within four weeks. The Fourteenth Annual Fair of the Union Agricultural Society set for Warren Illinois from Sept 29 to Sept 26.
A lengthy letter page defends the Journal Binderys victory in a county fair bookbinding exhibit. The writer accuses a rival of unfair tactics, claims the judging was fair, and vows to display side by side with competitors. The piece also references a county board dispute, a late notice, and a separate schoolhouse incident culminating in a directors lawsuit.
Rev H D Jeakins preached from Mark 2 22 and Rev S G Smith from 2 Tim 2 9. Zion church host Rev Nile Heemans. Stephenson County Bible Society met at First Presbyterian. Sunday school picnic planned for Wright's Grove or Goddard's Grove, with departure by special train or by rail if blocked. Notes on local watch factory progress and Hoyt watchmaking proposal, including a Detroit letter praising Hoyt and potential move to Freeport.
Mrs Henry died Saturday morning from injuries suffered last Wednesday. Miss Alice Gitchell is very ill with heart disease. Clarence Schofield shot himself accidentally in the hand a few days ago. John Huyck has wed. Godfrey Vought attends the State fair. Clayton Taylor married Julia M Taylor at the brides father’s home on Sept 9 by Rev H D Jenkins. They left by noon train for Boston New York and New Jersey. The printers were thanked and the cake praised.
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