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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1866
Page
1
A discourse urges choosing justice and right over mere results, arguing that duty to do what is right guides policy even amid uncertain futures. It defends black rights, condemns expediency, and warns that injustice to freedmen risks national ruin, urging equal political rights and durable protections.
A sweeping 1864 era digest reports Methodism’s centenary in the United States with counts of conferences preachers and members. It covers severe weather deficits, a freedmen freezing near the Potomac, and Atchinson’s ice railroad progress. Also noted: Frederick Douglass lecture in Pittsfield, political shifts on representation, New York Governor Fenton banning New Year liquor, Fort Pillow erosion, and a long list of brevet generals. A Wayne County Iowa contract stamping ruling and a Napoleonic cane lineage relief. Another Wisconsin tragedy, Bancroft’s Lincoln eulogy, and a Nevada GOP sweep.
Fragmentary quotation discusses tempering policy, rent sin, chastisement, and a plea to act justly for all people including the Black man, leaving consequences to Providence and the reward of well doing. The text reads as an ethical exhortation within a 19th or early 20th century religious or civic discourse.
At Warren an association named Jo Daviess Stephenson and La Fayette Counties Sorgo Association was organized to promote cane culture for syrups and sugar. John D. Platt was elected president. officers from across the counties. Henry Springer and D. B. Hil on general committee. Organization aims to collect information to improve cultivation and best manufacturing methods. Citizens urged to support.
The north bank line divides two corporations over a Pecatonica river bridge from Freeport to Cedar ville with Lancaster paying part of the cost. The court rules each corporation must pay half the bridge expense regardless of town-line placement. Lancaster appeals with counsel Bailey and Brawley for complainant. Burchard Barton and Barnum for defendants.
Col Shaffer's two month tour through Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama yields a bleak view of Reconstruction. Northern settlers face hostility and expulsion while Southern laws tighten control and limit black labor. Yankees encounter insult, legal obstacles, and discrimination in courts and hotels. The cotton outlook is pessimistic with a likely drop in next season's crop.
A Chicago Tribune item extols Ove's Cough Balsam as a superior remedy for coughs, colds, croup, influenza, hoarseness, and chest soreness. It cites widespread sales since 1863, claims endorsements from major druggists, and notes a 40 cent price with a $100 reward offer for a quicker cure.
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