{"id":6441,"date":"2012-06-18T06:55:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T06:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/?p=6441"},"modified":"2012-06-18T06:55:28","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T06:55:28","slug":"add-for-george-h-walser-as-attorney-in-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/6441\/add-for-george-h-walser-as-attorney-in-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Ad for George H. Walser as attorney in Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=lok-AAAAYAAJ&#038;pg=PA142&#038;img=1&#038;zoom=3&#038;hl=en&#038;sig=ACfU3U24R9RV0YVgtLr1czIfOb1XbUZMVw&#038;ci=517%2C364%2C479%2C1172&#038;edge=0\"><em>Illinois state gazetteer and business directory for 1858 and 1859<\/em><\/a> we find an ad for George H. Walser, founder of Liberal, Missouri, as an attorney.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=lok-AAAAYAAJ&#038;lpg=PA142&#038;ots=_EpchafT5B&#038;dq=middleport%20iroquois%20walser&#038;pg=PA142&#038;ci=517%2C364%2C479%2C1172&#038;source=bookclip\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=lok-AAAAYAAJ&#038;pg=PA142&#038;img=1&#038;zoom=3&#038;hl=en&#038;sig=ACfU3U24R9RV0YVgtLr1czIfOb1XbUZMVw&#038;ci=517%2C364%2C479%2C1172&#038;edge=0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIDDLEPORT<\/p>\n<p>A thriving post village, capital of Iroquois county, on the Iroquois river, at the junction of Sugar creek, 150 miles east-north-east from Springfield and about 90 south from Chicago, It contains a court house and several stores, and is a place of considerable business. Population, about 2,400.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel B. Gardner, Postmaster.<\/p>\n<p>* * * * * * * * * *<\/p>\n<p>Alphabetical List of Professions, Trades, Etc.<\/p>\n<p>American House, Snyder &#038; Lyman, proprietors.<\/p>\n<p>ASPINWALL MISS M. M., PRECEPTRESS HIGH SCHOOL.<\/p>\n<p>Banner Lodge (Good Temptlers), King&#8217;s buildings.<\/p>\n<p>BARNUM B. F., CABINET MAKER AND UNDERTAKER.<\/p>\n<p>Blades F., physician and surgeon.<\/p>\n<p>BOVIE STEPHEN G., attorney at law.<\/p>\n<p>Bryant H. C., insurance agent.<\/p>\n<p>FREES WM., HARDWARE, IRON, ETC.<\/p>\n<p>Harwood E. C., painter and paper hanger.<\/p>\n<p>HAMMOND E. M., JUSTICE OF THE<br \/>\nPEACE.<\/p>\n<p>HARWOOD, M &#038; R, DRUGS, MEDICINES, STATIONERY, JEWELRY ETC.<\/p>\n<p>Hogle H. W., wagon, carriage and plow manfactury.<\/p>\n<p>Iroquois Lodge (Masons), court house.<\/p>\n<p>IROQUOIS REPUBLICAN, Robertson and Stewart, proprietors.<\/p>\n<p>Joiner G. B., attorney at law and solicitor in chancery.<\/p>\n<p>Knight &#038; Wright, dry goods, groceries, etc.<\/p>\n<p>McNEILL C. F., JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, LAND AND INSURANCE AGENT.<\/p>\n<p>Middleport Lodge No. 74,1. 0. 0. F., Hogle&#8217;s block.<\/p>\n<p>Rider Geo. W., Principal of high school.<\/p>\n<p>ROBERTSON &#038; STEWARD, publishers of Iroquois Republican.<\/p>\n<p>SHEFFIELD E. R., DRUGGIST, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.<\/p>\n<p>Tupper E., physician and surgeon.<\/p>\n<p>Walser G. H., attorney at law and solicitor ill chancery<\/p>\n<p>WILSON HOUSE, H. 0. HENRY, PROPRIETOR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Illinois state gazetteer and business directory for 1858 and 1859 we find an ad for George H. Walser, founder of Liberal, Missouri, as an attorney. MIDDLEPORT A thriving post village, capital of Iroquois county, on the Iroquois river, at the junction of Sugar creek, 150 miles east-north-east from Springfield and about 90 south [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liberal-missouri","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}