City Council Proceedings November 7 1870
The City Council met in session with Mayor Fry presiding. Petitions include sidewalks on Pleasant Street granted. a gutter bridge on Chicago Street referred to Streets, Alleys and Bridges. Reports from Street Commissioner McLaughlin and City Weigher Wurts accepted. Bills totaling 989.88 approved. various names listed for services and rewards. Proposals for cistern at Union and Exchange Streets discussed. contract letting postponed. Council adjourned to next Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulea
Fry
Ald
Buckley
Rodeamel
Upp
Lechtenberger
McCoy
C. Stoner
Pleasant St
S. F. Taylor
J W. Crane
Chicago St
Stephenson
E. McLaughlin
Geo’ Wurts
Er. L. L. Munn
G. W. Oyler
Buckery
Committee On Police
Council
Depth of New York corruption and tax burden cited
The piece argues that New York City corruption under Tweed era politics ran deep, citing costs for a county courthouse soaring from bids of 100000 to over 10 million, and city taxes surpassing state taxes in other states. It highlights high official emoluments and court costs, urging a decisive remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York
Tweed Connelly
Ohio
Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
McCanns
Barnards
Chicago
Moonn's Rural New YorkKER hailed as top weekly journal
Hocal Affairs and Jargo praise Moonn's Rural New YorkKER as an outstanding weekly agricultural journal with terms listed in another advertisement. Our friend Smith editor of the Ogle County Reporter, now elected to the Legislature, offers his paper for sale as a solid investment opportunity for a capable printer.
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Jargo
Moonn
New
Smith
Ogle County Reporter
Wendell Phillips To Lecture On The Lost Arts
Wendell Phillips will lecture on The Lost Arts at Mt. Carroll on the evening of January 5. Reserved seats may be secured by addressing A. H. Lichty, Mt. Carroll. Arrangements with the Western Union Railroad hold the train east at 9 p.m. at Mt. Carroll so parties from Freeport and intermediate stations can return the same night. Miss Mattie Burrell departs for Jena to teach at Lena High School.
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Wendell Phillips
Mt. Carroll
A. H. Lichty
Western Union Railroad
Freeport
Christmas dance plans for Winslow and Lena
Winslow and Lena prepare to perform a Christmas dance next Sunday night the 26th at Marseyille and related events by the same date. The announcement notes festive toe work and celebratory atmosphere for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Lena
Dancing School Postponed to First Friday Evening
A local dancing school run by J. Hi Siblar has postponed its session to the first Friday evening due to unspecified reasons.
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J. Hi, Siblar
Martino and the Canderbecks at Wilcoxons Opera House
A Dubuque review notes Martino the king of illusionists will open at Wilcoxons Opera House for six nights starting Monday evening. The troupe, praised for crowd appeal, features a violinist and harpist. Prizes include a lor coach won by John Buck and tonight's prize is $20 in gold. Admission in Dubuque is 25 cents.
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Martino
Canderbecks
Wilcoxon
Opera
Dubuque
Jerald
Deo
Bonaparte
John J. Buck
Locust
Reductions in Dress Goods and Holiday Bargains
Dear General Money is scarce, dry goods cheap, holidays near, and weather cooler. Sidavens & Co. at 102 Stephenson Street announce further price cuts on dress goods and fancies to reduce stock and attract shoppers. Snow storms reported in Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis with mild local weather and scarce ale.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
A Christmas Carol and Betting Schemes in Rock Island
A Scribner's Monthly Christmas Carol verses celebrate the Bethlehem manger and universal kingship. The Rockford lottery story claims a capital prize to Margaret Louis of Cheyenne on ticket 18 307 and criticizes lottery schemes. A Pittsfield proposal to build a Marseilles quilt factory in Rock Island asks for 110 000 capital with claimed 60 percent profit. Local traders advertise boys undershirts and drawers from Suchrist and Lemon.
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EB. J. Haskell
Rockford
Margaret Louis
Cheyenne
Pittsfield
Mass
Rock Island
Ife
Don t Do It Perfume Peddler Warns of Robbery Scam
A local advisory warns against a traveling peddler advertised as selling imported perfumes. He targets women at home, offers samples to scent through chloroform, stupefies hosts, then ransacks the residence for valuables before fleeing. Residents are urged to refuse and order him off the premises immediately.
Death of Mrs Sheets in Ogie County area
Mrs Sheets died at her residence after a six day illness. Col Sheets loses a estimable wife and mother. Funeral was held on Sabbath with many friends braving the storm to show sympathy and honor her memory in the community.
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Sheets
Col Sheets
Col. Sheets
Ogie County
Bee Parler
Cistern Collapse Near German Faithon Church Route
A public cistern built for the fire department in the eastern city area caved in recently while water was being pumped out. No confirmation yet of any person trapped at the bottom.
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Anchurch
Fifty Cones Will Buy the Arctic Cure Item
Neff and Babcock, proprietors of 85 Stephenson Ave, Freeport, Illinois, advertise Fifty Cones to supply an Arctic Cure for chill brains and frost relief. The ad presents a quirky, misread line about ulcered feet and wartdattd, signaling a fragmented historic ad.
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Neff & Babcock, Proprietora
Stephenson
Freeport
Til
Bett
Circuit Court verdicts and case outcomes last week
The court heard several cases including People v Stocks where the defendant was found not guilty of assaulting David Mudd. Martin Erb was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape. Gene and Leonard Babcock were found guilty of disturbing the peace. Other rulings included a verdict for defendant in an ejectment case involving a homestead claim, and a verdict for the plaintiff in an assumpsit action, with sheriff election proceedings noted as non jury. The Dixon Telegraph reports over $600,000 in local manufactories and $18,000 monthly in wages.
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The
People
David Stocks
David Mudd
D. W. Jackson
the People
I. ©. Ingalls
J. M. Bailey
Martin Erb
Hhe
Jackson
Meacham
Peter van Sickle
Howland M. Giddings
Assumpsit
Turner and Goodhue
Lewis T. Ilgin
Charles Reitzel
Ilgin
Louisiana
Durand
Turner and Abrams
Bailey and
Neff
Meeting on manufactory reports at City Council rooms
In Freeport Illinois a meeting is set for Friday evening December 23 at 7 p m in City Council rooms. The manufacturing committee will report its findings. Neff and Barcock druggists sell chillblains remedy at 85 Stephenson street. W O Wrieat secretary.
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W. O. Wrieat
Sec
Freeport Lyceum Debates On Liquor And Suffrage
Freeport Lyceum held a meeting with F O Winslow chairing. Debates covered whether liquor causes more sorrow than war, with both affirmative and negative speakers. A vote favored the affirmative. A later proposal urged restricting suffrage to literate persons, with further elections and appointments announced before adjourning. Meeting adjourned, notice of postponement issued for December 29.
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Freeport Lyceum
Lyceum
F. O. Winslow
Sallada
Hanley
Stout
McCool
Warner
Kryder
Messrs
Oyler
McLeneghan
Faubel
House
John Warner
Geo
John G. Oyler
O. P. McCool
Geo. McLeneghan
J.G. Oyler
Jones
J. R, Hanley
Leo
J. R. Hanley
Home Lectures At Union School Draw Large Audience
The Home Lectures series proves very popular with a large crowd attending Hon. William Massenberg's talk on The Ideal and the Actual at Union school on Exchange street. A full report will appear next week and Hon. James Cochran is set to speak three weeks from Monday on Home Lectures. The course runs without admission charges, funded by a generous, debt-free committee, with holiday sets for sale at Best & Morgan's for $3.
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William Massenberg
Union School
Exchange Street
James 8. Cochran
Boston girl questions love for a man with false hair
To the Point reports a Boston girl asking a panel of down east papers a series of pointed questions about whether a man who wears false hair, paints his face, tightens his corsets and boosts his figure with a bustle could be loved by a Boston girl. The inquiry probes appearances, fashion, and notions of masculine presentation in a humorous regional exchange.
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Boston
Hoods and Nubias at Best and Morgan's Novel Ventures
Hoods and nubias for the novany at Best and Morgan's tah Bound to Succeed. Lamb's Vinegar Factory rises from fire damage with brick walls replacing wood, and aims for market leadership. Lamb wins a top premium at the State Fairs. Illinois State Teachers Association to hold its seventeenth annual meeting in Decatur on December 27 28 and 29 1870 with a promising programme and return-trip tickets at one fifth fare.
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Lamb
Ges
Illinois State Teachers’ Association
Decatur
Illinois
Freeport Coterie Socials Prove Highly Successful
The Freeport Coterie holds social parties at Hettinger's Hall on alternate Tuesday evenings instead of Wednesdays as previously announced. The events are very select, drawing favorable patronage and promising to become more enjoyable as they continue.
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Freeport
Hettinger’s Hall
High School Examination Schedule Noted by Principal Corron
The High School will hold a gate examination on Thursday and Friday in the forenoon of the current week with rhetorical exercises Friday afternoon. Parents and others interested are invited to attend. Signed H. C. Corron, Principal.
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C. Corron
Prin
Arctic Cure Promises Cure or Pay for Chillblains
Sold by Neff and Babcock at 85 Stephenson Street Uteeporh. An item described as a gar lace handkerchief for the hodlings. The ad asserts no cure, no pay for the frostbite remedy and related warming aid.
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Neff ¢& Babcock
Stephenson Street
Uteeporh
Hog weighs 844 pounds owned by local resident Beebe
The Forreston Journal reports that Esq Beebe of Forreston owns a hog weighing eight hundred forty four pounds. The notice emphasizes the remarkable size of the animal and identifies the owner by name and town.
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Forreston Journal
Esq. Beebe
Belcher Offers Howard House Furniture At Private Sale
A. F. Belcher advertises private sale of the Howard House furniture deeming now the time to buy.
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A. F. Belcher
Howard House
Excelsior Fire Extinguisher lauded for rapid fire use
A Springfield Advertiser report praises the Excelsior Fire Extinguisher after Chief Engineer E G McGurne test in a Methodist Book Concern fire that was controlled quickly. The device is credited with saving the building and contents, and local merchants are urged to keep it on premises. L L Munn holds Stephenson county agency.
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Excelsior
Cincinnati
Excelsior Fire
Washington Street
Chicago
Methodist Book Concern
E.G. McGnrne
Springfield Advertiser
Irvine
High Street
James M. Miller
Miller
Holloway & Sons
L. L. Munn
Stephenson County
Education to Make American Citizens Lecture by T J Turner
The Freeport High School lecture by Hon. T J Turner discusses education as a path to citizenship. He likens ore education to developing youth from infancy to practical learners, stressing three early stages: reading history, using thoughts, and arithmetic for real life use and state service. He notes the republic should account for every child born.
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T. J. Turner
Freeport High School
Education for Citizens Shapes a Strong Republican State
A speaker argues that a republic depends on practical education for all, outlining the value of common schools, trained teachers, and moral instruction. He denounces dead languages for nonprofessional paths, champions vocational study, and warns that neglecting Christian morality undermines national foundations and civic virtue.
Education and civic virtue in American reform rhetoric
The author advocates universal practical education and citizen preparation as the path to a strong republic. He condemns aristocracy of birth, warns against neglect of schooling, and urges an educated populace to enable unified action at the ballot box to prevent despotism and fulfill America’s destiny.
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Mike Aimeriy
Ameticin
England
Ming
Ture
Cross Adjustable Coat Pattern Creator at Merchant Tailoring
The text touts Merchant Tailoring run by Sechrist and Temon as experts who “throw you into fits” with their suits, noting cutter Mr. H. Shaw as the inventor of the cross Adjustable Coat Pattern. It claims a perfect fit for many customers in various counties and cities through experience.
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Sechrist & Temon
Experien
8. Shaw
Farmers Remember that O. defeat pay a highest price for your produce
Farmers are urged to secure the best price for their crops, emphasizing fair returns amid market fluctuations. The message underscores producer leverage and the need for vigilant pricing strategies.
G W Tandy's Offers Dainty and Outdoor Wear
All kinds, from the dainty bits for the ballroom to those for outdoor wear at G. W. Tandy's. The catalog suggests a broad range of apparel and accessories for varied occasions.
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G. W. Tandy’s
Groceries and Provisions at Cronkrite Store
Fresh groceries and provisions advertised with home delivery in Stephenson Street area. The notice touts guaranteed quality and low prices, and mentions James Clingers as general agent for Allen's Washing compound.
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B. L. Cronkrite
Stephenson
James Clingers
Allen
Tax Books Sale Notice at Office
SAE Collector's Tax Books offered for sale at the office. The listing indicates available tax ledgers and price details for collectors and offices seeking official volumes.
Art and sewing machine repair notice in local ad
Residents of Free art are urged to use Av Mole at Mr. G M Clayton’s for Wheeler and Wilson 6 machines repairs. The notice claims to honor demands for sewing machine service and offers removal of old machines at no charge. Arthur Farras is noted in the closing line.
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Wheeler and Wilson
Av' Mole
G. M. Clayton
Wheeler
Arthur Farras
Strictly Reliable Insurance Offered by Porter and Wright
Insurance agents Porter and Wright offer strict reliable policies through top sound companies. They urge prompt application and policy writing with their North American company partner for secure coverage.
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Porter & Wright
New
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Torrent
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W. H. Musser
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Brinkman
H. D. Rodcarmel
Rodcarmel
Stone Church
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Union Streets
A. Boedeker
Elias Perkins
Tee
Tk Ae
C.dammieer
Huenkemeyer & Co
EF. B. Matuury
Crry Crzrx
Hocal Affairs
Pat
Mattie Burrell
Jena
Ee! & Morgan's
Sidavens & Co
Scribner's Monthly
Bethlehem
Bethléhem
Jesus
Evangel
Suchrist & Lemon
Circuit Court
Gar
Dixon Telegraph
Arctic
Neff & Babcock, Druggists
Stephenson St
Freeport, Ill
Best & Morgan's
Arctic Cure
Best & Morgan’s
Freeport Journal
Aél
Stata
Union Normal Schools
Liberal
JOURN
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