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Having had no previous experience in the newspaper business, Mr. Krape was at a loss as to what course he should pursue and was glad to entrust the technical end of the business to competent and able workmen who had been associated with the Freeport Democrat under Mr. Donohue's management.
The first place of publication was in the old Democrat office, but quarters were cramped there, and a move was soon made to the old post-office building, on the corner of Van Buren and Exchange streets. But these quarters were also uncomfortable and unsatisfactory, and Mr. Krape decided to move his newspaper to its present location on Stephenson street, across from the court house.
In December, 1909, Mr. Krape, having tired of his experiment, disposed of the business to Mayor W. T. Rawleigh, who is now sole editor and manager. The office is still maintained on Stephenson street, between Van Buren street and South Gelena avenue. There is a job office in connection which does a limited business.
The Freeport Standard is Republican in its politics and has always main- tained an unusually aggressive stand on all questions of municipal and state politics. There is a large circulation, many of the subscribers of the Democrat, as well as many Republican citizens having enlisted as subscribers for the Standard.
DEAD NEWSPAPERS.
There have been, in the annals of Freeport, a number of newspapers, whose careers have terminated either in financial failure, or by combination with other organs. The number of these is surprisingly large, especially the number of
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German newspapers, and while they have lost all significance as far as the Free- port press of to-day is concerned, still some brief mention is due these unhappy periodicals who found themselves swallowed up in the maelstrom of business competition, or otherwise unable to withstand the stress of circumstances.
Freeport Tribun. The Tribun was a German weekly founded in the middle of March, 1859. The editor was William Massenberg, and the paper sought to advance the interests of the Republican party among the German citizens. But the number of German Republicans has always been few in Freeport and Stephenson county, and after a year of unsatisfactory labor, the Tribun retired from the field of activity. All files or record of its existence are entirely lost and nothing remains to tell the tale of its demise.
The North-West. The publication of the ill-fated North-West was begun on August 17, 1865. It was a paper purely literary in character, and took no stand in politics. As the original promulgators, W. O. Wright and T. Ormsby, observed, in stating their aim, the North-West desired to become "a publication observed, in stating their aim, the North-West desired to become "a publication, the columns of which, comparatively free from politics, entirely free from per- sonalities, scandals, disgusting, obscene, and immoral advertisements, would offer inducements to writers of merit for contributions that could be read in the family circle by parents and children."
For six months Messrs. Wright and Ormsby, under the firm name of Wright & Co., conducted the North-West. They then disposed of it to Atkins and Mc- Call. The office and job rooms of the North-West were located at 104, 106 and 108 Stephenson street, where the business was conducted by Atkins and McCall until April 5, 1886. M. B. Mills then became a partner in the firm and its re- sponsible head. This arrangement lasted scarcely a month and the paper was then combined with the Journal. The title was changed to the "North-West, a Weekly Journal of Western Literature." The paper was materially improved and enlarged, but did not meet with approval. The Freeporters of that day and generation looked with disapproval, if not absolute scorn, on such an undertak- ing as the North-West was struggling to promote. No one would subscribe, and the editors regretfully stopped the publication and tried to forget the incident. When the North-West was abandoned, it had been in existence for less than two years. The job office was consolidated with that of the Freeport Journal, and the various printing appurtenances were sold to that paper. The North-West was a project that had deserved better success, but there was no demand for it, and the very founding had been ill-advised. The files of the paper have not been preserved in entirety, and the whole affair is now a matter of the dim past.
The Freie Presse, establishd nine years after the Tribun, was in a certain sense an attempt at a resuscitation of that paper. It was fostered by different individuals, but its whole purpose was to promote the interests of the Republi- can party. William Caspar Schultz, and Christian Mueller, who were editors of the publication, continued their work for nearly a year. But they saw the utter hopelessness of their task and resigned to fate. All records of the Freie Presse have been long since lost.
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The Freeport Budget was a Republican newspaper, founded in May, 1873, under the direction of Dr. K. T. Stabeck, of Davis. It commenced publication as a weekly seven column folio with a subscription of only one hundred and fifty. In fact, the outlook was not encouraging and the editor of the Budget was working against heavy odds. Dr. Stabeck had cherished a fond hope that he might continue to practice medicine and conduct the affairs of the Budget at the same time, but a very brief experience taught him that such a thing was impossible. For a while he continued to have his editorial office at Davis and the paper was known as the Budget of Freeport and Davis, two editions being printed. The printing and typesetting was done in Freeport until the fall of 1874, when Dr. Stabeck purchased the necessary appliances, moved them to Davis, and there set up in buisness as publisher as well as editor.
The Budget became, of course, more closely a Davis publication, although not so intended. In the spring of 1875, K. C. Stabeck, a brother of Dr. Stabeck, became associated with him in the business and the doctor went to Europe for a vacation of two years. On his return in 1877, the Budget was removed to Freeport, where Dr. Stabeck took charge, and his brother continued to issue the Davis Budget as a separate publication. Dr. Stabeck purchased the Monitor, a Freeport weekly, and A. Keeler became associated with him in the business for a short time. This partnership was brief. In 1878, Mr. Keeler was suc- ceeded by Charles R. Haws. In the following fall, he too left, and Dr. Stabeck assumed sole control and responsibility. At the same time his brother, K. C. Stabeck, discontinued the Davis Budget, and took up the practice of law. In the following spring, Dr. Stabeck sold out to General Atkins, but retained his editorial connection with the paper, and took charge of the local columns. A relative, Thurston Stabeck, of Winnebago County, acted as his assistant. This triumvirate remained in charge for nearly two years, when Dr. Stabeck dissolved his connection with the paper, and it became the
Freeport Republican, under the sole control of General Atkins. In 1882, it was merged with the Freeport Journal, and the career of the two newspapers was at an end.
The Monitor was a weekly record of current events, local, state and national, established January, 1874, by W. T. Giles. Democratic as to politics, and of temperance proclivities, the Monitor was a bright, newsy, little sheet, and was well received by the community. The office of the publication was at first in the Hettinger block, but was later removed to the Grange building. The Moni- tor flourished for nearly four years, and finally disappeared from view, swal- lowed up in the Freeport Budget.
The Nord Westliche Post was born in 1875 and died within a year. It was founded by one F. Krumme, who cherished the conviction that a German news- paper of independent politics would flourish on Freeport soil. A very brief ex- perience convinced him of the utter impossibility of any such venture, and he re- moved to Lake City, and later La Crosse. Meeting with no success at any place, he abandoned the project in disgust. The experiment is now almost forgotten.
The Daily Herald did not mark the first attempt at establishing a daily news- paper in Freeport, for the Journal had entered the field, as early as 1857. It did,
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however, mark the first effective attempt, and while, short-lived itself, it led to better things.
It came to life on April 30, 1877, under the management of Ernest Seitz and A. H. S. Perkins. Mr. Perkins occupancy of the editorial position was short, however, and after only a few weeks. of management, he resigned. He was succeeded by F. Charles Donohue, who took the paper in hand and made of it a success. He became local editor of the sheet, and succeeded in developing it wonderfully, both financially and in a literary sense. At the end of two pros- perous years, he resigned his position to William F. Gore, a Chicago journalist, and went to accept a more lucrative position with the Freeport Bulletin. Mr. Gore's experience in Freeport was brief, and another Chicago newspaper man, by name Charles Vickenstaff Hine, came to fill his place. Soon after James C. McGrath became interested in the venture and the firm became Hine, Seitz and McGrath.
The Daily Herald was of independent political proclivities until 1880, when it espoused the cause of Republicanism. In doing so, it sounded its death knell. Too weak to compete with the other papers, it had nevertheless served a good cause, and when it discontinued publication a short time later, a daily paper had become a matter-of-fact necessity in Freeport.
Freeport Banner. The Banner was the last German newspaper to be estab- lished in Freeport, and only later has it been dropped. It made its first appear- ance in July, 1879, edited by H. W. Frick.
Mr. Frick soon removed to Janesville, Wisconsin, and was succeeded in the work by his brother, Charles W. Frick, who continued to edit the paper up to the time of its demise. The printing office was first housed in a two story brick building on Chicago street, was later removed to Stephenson street, then to the second and third stories of the T. K. Best building, and finally to the location on the corner of Chicago and Exchange streets, which is still occupied by Frick's printery. The Banner was a seven column weekly folio of German proclivities. A weekly sheet was also published known as the "Sonntags-Blatt." The pub- lication of both of these was discontinued in 1906, four years ago, and Mr. Frick has since maintained exclusively a job work establishment.
The Freeport Democrat. W. T. Giles, who had been sponsor of so many Freeport papers, became also the founder of the Freeport Daily Democrat. For five years he conducted the business, and then, in 1887, sold it to F. Charles Donohue, who was for many years one of Freeport's most prominent journal- ists. Mr. Donohue continued to run the Democrat for nearly twenty years in the building on East Stephenson street, now occupied by the King's Daughters Set- tlement Home. In 1905, the business was discontinued, and sold to W. W. Krape & Co., becoming merged into the Freeport Standard. Mr. Donohue then accepted a position with the Freeport Bulletin, but his health failed and he died shortly after. The Democrat was one of the brightest and best newspapers in the city, when it was founded, and the discontinuance of the paper was deeply regretted by the large list of subscribers. Although only in existence for a short time, it will long be remembered as one of the most up-to-date newspapers which Freeport has ever entertained.
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The Freeport Wide Awake was a four page campaign paper, published every Saturday during the campaign of 1860, "in advocacy of the election of Lin- coln and Hamlin," by Hulburt & Ingersoll.
The Wide Awakes had a torch-light procession September 29, 1860, three hundred and fifteen carrying torches.
CITY EDITORS.
At the head of Freeport's three daily and weekly newspapers are three very competent city editors. The oldest in the service and one of the ablest writers of Northern Illinois is Mr. O. F. Potter, of the Freeport Bulletin.
Mr. Thomas Lawless, of the Standard, is a newspaper man of rare ability and is an adept at finding out the news, and in preparing and arranging it in an attractive manner for the public.
Mr. N. T. Cobb, who came here from North Carolina a few years ago, is city editor of the Journal. In a short time he has become familiar with both the business and editorial departments of the Journal. He is a man of brilliant ability, a tireless worker and possesses the talents of a natural newspaper man.
Hon. Stephen Rigney, representative from this county in the last state legis- lature, is one of the well to do farmers of the county. He is an intelligent and upright citizen, and made a record for himself in the legislature that is gratify- ing to his friends and to the entire county. By unquestionable integrity and fidelity to his trust, he has won the title of "Honest Steve Rigney," at a time when the corruption of the legislature has dragged into the mire of disgrace.
For thirty-one years Fire Chief Rodemeyer has been connected with the Freeport fire department. From the bottom to the top, he has worked his way up by merit and has always been a brave and competent fire fighter. The effici- ency of the fire department has never been questioned. Chief Rodemeyer was first appointed chief in 1883.
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS.
G. A. R.
Although the order of the Grand Army of the Republic was organized in the state of Illinois, and as early as 1866, yet Freeport did not have its post untii twenty-nine years ago in 1881. To Dr. B. F. Stephenson, of Springfield, Illi- nois, belongs the honor of suggesting the formation of this union of veteran soldiers and of launching the organization into existence. The first objects of the association were to afford assistance to disabled and unemployed veterans of the war. Dr. Stephenson, who had been a surgeon in a volunteer regiment during the war, was firmly convinced that an organization of the returned sol- diers, for mutual benefit, was imperatively needed. A ritual was drafted under his supervision and the first post of the order was established at Decatur, Illi- nois. Other posts were soon mustered throughout Illinois and other states, and the first department convention was held at Springfield, Illinois, July 12, 1866. General John M. Palmer was there elected department commander. The first national convention was held at Indianapolis on November 20 following, and
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representatives from eleven states were present. During the year 1867 the or- der spread rapidly and has grown since until now every city, town, village and hamlet has its G. A. R. Post.
The second national convention was held at Philadelphia in 1868, only two years after the founding of the G. A. R., and even in that brief space of time, the order had grown to national proportions and was in a very flourishing con- dition. In that year the first observation of May 30th as a Memorial Day by the Grand Army was ordered, and on May 11, 1870, May 30th was fixed upon for the annual observance by an article adopted as part of the rules and regula- tions of the order.
In 1868 came an unfortunate decline which nearly resulted in the abandon- ment of the order. An idea that the G. A. R. was a political organization gained currency in some inexplicable manner, and a decrease in membership im- mediately took place. Many of the men who had been most enthusiastic sup- porters and members became disgusted and left the' organization. This was particularly notable in the west, where an almost complete disruption of the order occurred. In May, 1869, an effort was made to introduce measures mak- ing the G. A. R. more like a lodge in organization. Three degrees of member- ship were instituted, but this move met with instant and widespread disapproval, and two years later, in 1871, all sections providing for degrees or ranks among members were stricken from the rules. At the same time a rule was adopted prohibiting the use of the organization for any partisan purpose whatsoever, a rule which has since been strictly followed.
John A. Davis Post of Freeport was organized in Freeport on July 5, 1881, taking its name from Colonel John A. Davis, the gallant commander of the Forty-sixth.
The naming of the post after the brave soldier who lost his life in the early part of the war was in every sense appropriate, for John A. Davis was not only one of the bravest hearts that ever donned a blue uniform, but he was also one of the oldest settlers of Stephenson County, and his father and brother were intimately connected with the early history of Rock Run Township. He and his brother founded the present village of Davis, establishing a small general store which came to be called "The Davis Store" and formed the nucleus for the present group of stores and houses. While engaged in this business the war broke out and John Davis was one of the first to volunteer. He was chosen captain of Company B and later colonel of the Forty-sixth Regiment, in which there were five companies from Stephenson County. After leaving for the war he did not return to his home until after the battle of Shiloh, in which he was seriously wounded. He returned to the war a second time, against the advice and persuasion of friends and family, and especially the members of his politi- cal party, who wished to send him to Congress. Hardly had he set foot upon the battlefield when he fell a victim at the battle of Hatchie, on October 5th, 1862. He died soon after at Bolivar, Tennessee, calm, brave, and self-possessed to the last. His remains were brought to Freeport and the funeral held in the First Presbyterian church under the direction of Chaplain Teed.
Forty-six men were mustered into the organization which takes his name. Colonel Sherburne of Chicago and Assistant Adjutant General Bennett were
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present at this organization, which was effected in accordance with the objects of the G. A. R., which are :
I. To preserve and strengthen those kind and fraternal feelings which bind together the soldiers, sailors and marines, who united to suppress the late rebel- lion.
2. To assist such former comrades in arms as need help and protection ; and to extend needful aid to the widows and orphans of those who have fallen.
3. To maintain true allegiance to the United States of America, based upon a paramount respect for, and fidelity to the National Constitution and the laws, to discountenance whatever tends to weaken loyalty, incite insurrection, treason or rebellion, or in any manner impairs the efficiency and permanency of our free institutions ; to promote the spread of universal liberty, equal rights, and justice to all men, and to encourage honor and purity in public affairs.
After being mustered in, John A. Davis Post No. 98 elected the following officers :-
Commander-John Hart.
S. Vice Commander-Charles F. Taggart.
J. Vice Commander-Levi M. Devore.
Quartermaster-Charles G. Sanborn.
Chaplain-William Swanzey.
Officer of the Day-Philip Arno.
Officer of the Guard-Newton Linsley.
The commanders since then have been:
1882-James I. Neff.
1883-I. F. Kleckner.
1884-Smith D. Atkins.
1885-W. W. Moore.
1886-Henry Burrell.
1887-J. Brown Taylor.
1888-1889-John R. Harding.
1890-Charles T. Green.
1891 -- F. C. Held. 1892-Smith D. Atkins.
1893-George H. Tandy.
1894-1895-L. A. Underwood.
1896-1897-Wm. B. Mayer.
1898 Z. T. F. Runner.
1899-Israel Solt.
1900-1910-F. C. Held.
The Roster of the Post includes:
Andre, John J., Rockford.
Angle, Luther. Asten, Charles. Atkins, Smith D.
Armbrust, James, 132 Walnut St.
Aspinwall. J. E., R. F. D. 4, Freeport.
Adelman, Milton, 146 Mechanic St.
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Barnes, Oliver, West Freeport, died Dec. 7, 1909.
. Bertsch, John A., died Dec. 24, 1909. Brandt, Abram, Rock City. Byers, F. W., Monroe, Wis. Bokhof, Herman, Rock City, Il1.
Bouray, Albert, Ridott, Ill. Burrell, Henry, 102 Lincoln Ave.
Blosser, Wm. H., 80 Cherry St.
Benson, David, 210-212 S. 16th St., Omaha, died Dec. 10, 1908.
Bamberger, Ephraim, 273 Union St.
Brady, Wm. I., 18 Harlem Ave. Bowman, Wm. H., Nora, Il1. Burrell, Daniel, 45 Lincoln Ave. Barr, William, Walnut St. Best, Hiram C., 350 Walnut St.
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Burton, R. W., 209 Pleasant St.
Beal, Jacob S., R. F. D. 2, Ridott.
Baker, E. D., Scioto Mills.
Boop, W. H., Iroquois, S. D. Becker, Jacob, Durand, Ill.
Brown, Edward S., 255 Stephenson St., died May 18, 1910. Bongye, Daniel, 22 West St.
Bongye, F. D., Freeport, died March 16, 1909.
Burkhart, John, Russell, Minn., died March 16, 1909.
Baker, Wm. H., Scioto Mills.
Brownlee, Harrison, 278 Clark Ave.
Bear, Francis, 387 Oak St.
Christler, W. J., 196 Carroll St.
Corman, George, R. F. D. 4, Freeport.
Clingman, Jason, Dakota, Ill.
Clingman, John T., Davis, Ill.
Cooper, B. G., Freeport. Cornelius, Samuel, Davis, Ill., dead.
Clingman, Wm. H., Cedarville, Ill.
Clark, Benjamin, 138 State St. Cummings, James R., 132 Walnut St. Drener, Fred, 34 Douglas Ave. Diecher, John, 20 Powell St., dead.
Dryer, E. W. R., 40 Railroad St. Daughenbaugh, Christ, Orangeville, Il.
Dommel, Henry, Soldiers' Home. Dennison, N. W., Chicago, Il1. Dean, Joseph, 197 Locust St. Durling, Ezra, 7 Fifth Ave.
Engleman, Jacob, Red Oak, Ill. Ellis, Eli, 115 N. Galena Ave., dead.
Eisenbise, P. W., 77 Orin St., transferred.
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Fossolman, Phillip, 103 West St.
Fox, Joshua, 185 Jefferson St. Ferrel, Jacob, 429 Empire St. Fawner, Phillip M., 337 Fifth Av. Fry, Josiah, 225 Pleasant St. Fry, Jacob, 231 Pleasant St. Figely, Wm. F., 18 Ordway St. Ford, Walter G., III N. Galena Ave.
Freitag, Phillip, 153 Union St. Graber, John, 22 Oak Place. Gunn, James, 12 Chestnut St. Goethe, Robert, 71 Jefferson St. Grimm, Geo. W., 134 Float St.
Garman, Henry C., Cedarville, Ill.
Gale, John A., 4 Cottonwood St.
Getty, Royal Q., 214 Benton St. Graham, G. W., 23 Grove St.
Halen, James F.
Hayes, Thomas, Davis, Ill.
Hawn, Isaac, 21 John St. Held, F. C.
Hayes, John R., 517 62d St., Chicago.
Hockman, Henry, Lebanon, Mo.
Hoyman, Henry, 264 Walnut St.
Hennick, Wm. H., Louis Ave., East Freeport.
Hart, Albert W., 15 Addison St.
Kaste, Wm., Sr.
Keller, Henry, 307 Adams St.
Klefer, George, Ridott, Ill.
Knecht, Phillip, 81 Carroll St.
Kamerer, Carl, 258 S. Galena Ave.
Kyle, Urias. Knoeller, George, 141 Jackson St.
Keeler, N. F., 132 Van Buren St.
Krape, W. W., 780 Stephenson St.
Kohl, George, 115 Foley St.
Kailey, Wm., Lena, Ill.
Keyes, Edward, City.
Kauffman, T. M., 27 Park Ave.
Kencke, Rudolph, 161 Taylor Ave.
Keck, H. S., 38 Locust. Kleckner, G. S., 573 Stephenson St. Kryder, Wm. H., Cedarville, Ill.
Kauffman, Alex., 275 Carroll St.
Kautenberger, Peter G., 180 Chicago St.
Kundinger, Theo., 110 Clark Ave.
Keith, B. B., 45 Jefferson St., dead.
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Keeling, G. F. Koller, Frederick City. Kern, Richard, Davis, Ill. Koym, Fred, 158 Oak St. Kellogg, A. S., 292 N. Galena Ave. Lang, Robert, Rock City, Ill. Lied, Edwin, 68 High St. Lininger, J. F., 52 Wilbur St. Leigh, Jesse R., 673 Stephenson St. Lattig, Aaron, P., 404 West St. Lathrop, John S., transferred. Long, George, 87 Walnut. Lawver, George, 246 Elk St. Luedeke, Henry, 77 Winneshiek St. Law, John S., Cedarville, Ill. Marle, George E. Miller, Ambrose, Rock City, Ill. Morrison, Hugh, 392 Stephenson St. McLees, Robert C., 15 Dexter St. Mallory, Isaac N., 128 American St. McLain, Isaac, Ridott, Ill. Moersch, John, 50 Hardin St. Madden, Wm. J., 36 West St. Myers, Louis, Sheldon, Ia.
Mogle, Samuel, 108 Exchange St. McGurk, James, Lena, Ill. Mitchell, N. L., Davis, Ill. Newcomer, B. F., 231 Douglas Ave.
Newcomer, Abraham, Red Oak, Ill. Ott, Andrew, 36 American St.
Pietrek, Paul, 16 Ordway St. Potter, Johnson, Davis, Ill. Prince, Jacob, 25 Vine St. Penticoff, Daniel, 305 Union St.
Palmer, Levy H., 26 Chicago St. Rotzler, John, 161 Elk St. Rodearmel, Arthur, 460 Stephenson St. Rodemeyer, Joseph, 83 Chestnut St. Runner, Z. T. F., 39 Lincoln Ave. Romine, Homer, 73 Galena St. Rodenbaugh, J. M., 26 Walnut St. Rawk, David, Davis, Ill. Reitzell, W. J., 22 Harlem Ave. Roberts, Albert, Mckinley Ave. Ropps, Wm., 305 Liberty St. Schlegel, Julius, 523 S. Galena Ave. Stewart, Wm., 203 N. Galena Ave.
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