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October
1, 1881 Racine Advocate
This is one of my favorite finds from Ebay.
Can you imagine a paper from 1881 surviving in this condition so that
a collector could buy it almost 120 years after it was printed? If
you click on the small images below, you should be able to download
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Personal
Mention. (from the back page)
- The Misses Hettie
and Amanda Case accompanied by their mother Mrs. J. I. Case left
for New York on Thursday morning.
- Mayor Packard and
the Aldermen Blake and Whitely attended the obsequies of the late
James A. Garfield at Cleveland on Monday.
- Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Palmeter have returned from their western visit.
- Dr. and Mrs. S. J.
Martin visted in Chicago this week.
- Hal Cooper delivered
an able address on the occasion of the memorial services held
at Burlington on Monday.
- Wm. Mitchell left
Racine after a visited with his parents for his home in Olympia,
W. D. on Monday. Mrs. Wallace, his sister, accompanied him as
far as Omaha.
- Mr. S. J. Philbrook
is visiting for a week in Boston, his old home.
- Miss Florence Marsh,
of London, and Miss Amelia Marsh, of Waukesha, guests of Mrs.
A. C. Sandford for several weeks, left on Tuesday for New York
from where they sail for England, the latter part of October.
- Emil Kaempfer, of
Plattsville, is visiting at home in this city.
- Miss Lou Baker returned
on Wednesday from a brief visit at Fond du Lac.
- Geo. Bliss and Frank
Sweetner go to Colorado shortly.
- Mr. E. L. Baker, of
Red Wing, Minn., is the guest of his brother Hon. R. H. Baker.
- Mr. Joseph Harman
departs for Aurora Ill., to accept a position. He carries with
him the best wishes of a host of friends.
- Miss Lizzie A. Davis
and Mr. Oscar Winship left for Boston Wednesday afternoon on a
visit, Miss Davis also to study elocution.
- Michael Smollen returned
to his new home at Madison, D. T. on Wednesday, after a several
weeks' visit in Racine.
- Mr. Mentor Wetzstern,
for the past two weeks visiting at Mr. P. B. Harmon's returned
to his home in Cincinnati Tuesday.
- Mr. Edwin White Moore
returned on Thursday from a trip through the western territories.
- Alderman Fish was
of the committee representing the city at Garfield's funderal
in Cleveland on Monday.
- Mrs. John Krantz and
daughter with Mrs. W. Krantz and sister, left for Milwaukee on
a short visit Tuesday.
- T. W. Buell, Esq.,
of Milwaukee, was in town on Wednesday, and called at this office.
Some business excerpts from the back page:
- Wm. Roy was sworn
in as special Policeman on Wednesday.
- The Bohemian Society
give a dance at Dania Hall this Friday evening.
- Potatoes will soon
bring a high price if the present steady advance continues.
- Mr. H. W. Hurlburt
has purchased the Burdick brick-yard near North Point at Sheriff's
sale for $500.
- Prof. Ourst opened
a dancing school in the Odd Fellows' Hall over the Post office
Wednesday evening.
- Water troughs and
drinking fountains have been put on the streets along Main street
and are much appreciated.
- Another shooting gallery
is to be put into the Langlois building on Main street next north
to the Huggins House.
- It is estimated that
between eight and ten thousand people attended the memorial services
at East Park on Monday.
- Houses to rent are
in great demand, and house hunting is a popular and agreeable
pastime. Rents are also increasing.
- Some of the boarding
houses have raised the price 50 cents a week, on account of all
kinds of provisions becoming dearer.
- Some of the drapery
about town as been taken down by residents, while others intend
to keep theirs up for thirty days.
- Mrs. Thos. Wood, of
Villa street, died last Saturday night of typhoid fever. The funeral
took place at 2'clock Tuesday afternoon.
- Marlotte blacksmith
shop on State Street burned early Wednesday morning. The fire
department was prompt but could save little.
- The members and friends
of the Congregational Church Society give their new paster a reception
at the residence of Mr. E. B. Fish, this Friday evening.
- All relics of the
civil ware, now in possession of soldiers or citizens are wanted
for exhibition at the comming soldiers monument fair. Good care
and a safe return is promised.
- The grading of the
approaches to the Sixth street viaduct is progressing slowly but
surely, and will soon be completed. It will greatly improve the
looks of the city and the usefullness of the street.
- Next Saturday the
employes of Fish Bros. & Co. give their annual excursion to Chicago
and return. The management of these excursions is always the best
and to the satisfaction of all who participate.
- Mr. A. P.
Dutton has sold to C. A. Handee, of Milwaukee, his three year
old mare "Swigert Girl." The horse promises to be fast, and will
probably distinguish itself on the Milwaukee avenues.
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