Local notices and ads mix with social items and obits
A garbled Riverside area column lists personal notices, visits, church and society events, business ads, and upcoming fairs. It mentions a jeweler victimized recently, a county fair next week, clergy changes, residents Charles Holt and Jacob Krolin, and merchants promoting wares and services in Freeport with calls to inspect new garments, machines, and winter stock.
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Shaifer
Iso General
Dy Atkins
G. P. DeForest
Ingalls
Charles Holt
Kankakee Gazette
Chicago
Charley
Jacob ‘Krolin
State Agricultural Society
C. H. Rosenstier
Society
Chalm
Ingersoll Way
Edson
Galena
Johnston
Illinois “Wroe
J.W. Hoyt
Iowa State Agricultural Society
Horace Rabble
The
State Journal
Madison
Wis
Furnishings and partnership changes in Freeport store scene
A lengthy description details a furniture establishment on Stephenson Street led by Mr Hent with extensive showrooms and a grand new stock purchase of about 31 000. It notes a dissolved partnership between Mrs Kent and Miss Denton and that the business will continue under the former. It also lists a broad roster of local officials bankers and merchants endorsing the American Insurance Company and provides an 1868 property assessment summary for Stephenson County with tax figures and cultivated acreage.
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Hent
Stephenson Street
Hetii
Chicago
Bent
Fatin
Anne Ton Anid
Tdorman
Freeport
City of
Freéport
Hinkemior
Fi Bartlett
Breeport
Boyer, Aldermadi
City of Freepdrt
Amporican Insurance Company
Alty
Geo.f. DeForest
Firsttional Bank
Wy ‘Mayer
First National Bank
Freeport. L
W. Guttean
Second National Bank
James Mitchell
John B
Addams
J. A. Crain
Changery
J.W. Shaffer
J. ‘Turner
Bailey
F.W.S. Brawley
Jamies T. Neff
Laws
A. T. Green
Las
H.C. Hyde
John Coates
MR. Prentice
AW. Hance
M.D
C. E. Stearns
PL. Murphy
Unois Central Rilroad
Kpapp
R. Ee ‘B. Hall, Agent Am. and M. A. Ex“agg Co's, ‘A. Carlipp
E.G. Dwight & Co
Jerwelers
Ford & Wise
F. Bartlett
Ec. Borchard & Bro
Treat A Stécting
Machtatai
Acob Kyohn
Emitjort
Barret
Druggista
Statlohers
MT Cronkrite
Grogar
Konegy
G Dalbauer
Grocers
Nett & Swartz
Drogeists
Bigelow
G. Burkhart
P. Burkhart
Nations
W. Averill
W. W. Smythe
W. G. Baynes & Coi
J. McCracken
Dealey
E . W. H. Rhodes
Mig Cavanagh
Sacob Rogsarmpl
Thomas Bean
Croce
TREC
App
W. G, Waddell
T. Hy
Miller
Rebport
Irina
Ags
Illinois
Leathar
United States
Test Indies
Tropics
Azores
Parades and court call as local parade plans loom
The notice directs individuals to appear at the courthouse for Friday evening October 2 for a parade and escort of Governor Koener from the lintel to the speaker's stand. The Lena Star disputes a sensational farmer story about potato prices and defends market quotations as accurate and locally reported.
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Court House
Koener
A. Youxasian
Lena
Iit
Souns
Avidant
Thor
Caation
Crockery Store Ad Offers New Stone China Ware in Freeport
A local advertisement from Crockery Store next to Water House in Freeport announces arrival of two new patterns of Stone China ware from top manufacturers. It highlights Athens Dinner and Tea Sets, semichina ware, and a large stock of common ware and toilet ware. prices note Stone China quality near French.
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Athens
Wea
Freeport
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Sory
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Story
Steilway's
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RH Knnoss
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Freapartt
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Hyde
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Wright
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New York
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Eimort& Barry
Pruseng
Faby
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