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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1883
Page
7
A collage of character sketches and curiosities from a bustling era. Vivid descriptions of a gaunt figure, spiritualist tricks using a white glove, umbrella code signals, and musings on will and virtue mix with quips about fashion, poetry, and red hair. Local notices about trains, schedules, and shop totals pepper the page, preserving the period’s voice.
A dated fragment quotes Henry Ward Beecher on humans as warehouses of goods and deserted inner rooms once filled with love and joy. It then trails into garbled text declaring a personal political candidacy for Alderman of the second Ward with garbled postal/registration phrases.
Notice is given that by order of the Cheart Court of Stephenson County Illinois a guardian will sell at public auction at the front door of the Court House in Freeport at twelve oclock on Saturday the thirty first day of April 1883 all the interest of the minors Mary Fisher George Fisher and others in described land in Stephenson County Illinois. Terms of sale require not less than two thirds cash in hand with balance secured by mortgage. purchaser may pay all cash. Guardian Benjaman F Miller names.
An old advertisement extols Dr Bigelay's Positive Care as a cure for coughs and blood disorders. It claims the remedy purifies blood, tones the body, aids liver functions, and renews vitality. Marketed as the leading long used medicine for serofula boils pimples and skin diseases with a free trial offer.
Notice of sale under trust deed on Lots four seven five and five band stateen six four in Knawlton's Second addition Freeport Stephenson County Illinois. Henry Amerling defaulted on promissory notes totaling $1577. Sale set for April 18 1683 at 2 PM at the court house front door Freeport. John Burrell Trustee and M Martin attorney for Amerling arranger sale.
Leroy Hemenway and Cynthia d Hemenway convey to John O'Brien a large tract in Stephenson County Illinois under a trust deed securing promissory notes to King French. If default occurs the trustee may sell the described premises at public auction to satisfy principal and interest, with costs, taxes, and attorney fees, at the county courthouse in Freeport on a specified Monday.
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