19 Jul 1865
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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1865
Page
1
A June oration urges adherence to democratic principles to preserve free institutions. It rebuts arguments against black suffrage, stressing that education alone should not bar rights and that power in the hands of the people must extend to all, including freedmen, to ensure a just government.
Albany Journal argues Democratic leaders lavish praise on President Johnson for his emancipation policy and military trials, while opposition factions falter. It contends the party remains disorganized, lacking leaders and principles, and must rebuild from the bottom up to regain influence.
Burrato reports after ten years of close focus on bual eat and cares, the trip from Freeport to Buffalo via Michigan and Canada was pleasant. He praises the Chicago to Detroit route, Marshal eating house, and comfortable travel. He notes Michigan crops, frost ruin on peaches, wealth growth, and Canada’s potential, with Buffalo’s rapid growth and desire for metropolitan papers.
News items note Barnam's Museum in New York entirely burned last Thursday, a loss described as severe for such a rare collection. The piece also mentions the 8th Illinois Cavalry nearing muster out in Chicago, government pay, and other varied war and postwar notes.
Font Smith reports on the June 14 1865 Grand Council resolutions uniting Indian nations for peace and federation. The narrative shifts to a public execution at a Confederate era prison yard with Mrs Surratt and three condemned men, detailing the grim ceremony, observers, clergy prayers, and the macabre surroundings.
Knapp, once of New York, who has visited Freeport seven years, claims to have cured chronic diseases cancers and eye and ear ailments deemed incurable by physicians. Consultations announced at Brewster House on Tuesday in August, per a large card.
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