Description: Stloubrown’s Bygone Days "Let Bygones Be Back" Vintage two-section edition of Aug. 27, 1958 of the Freeport (Illinois) Journal-Standard commemorating the centennial of the second of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858. The news section is bookended by reproductions of the weekly newspapers that covered the 2nd Joint Debate in 1858 in the race for U.S. senator from Illinois: The Freeport Weekly Journal of Sept. 2, 1858 as the front page, and on the back, the Freeport Weekly Bulletin of Sept. 9, 1858. It was at Freeport that Lincoln tried to pin down Douglas on slavery, forcing him to choose between the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act that allowed people of U.S. territories on whether to accept slavery and Dred Scott v. Sandford, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that decreed slavery could not be excluded. Douglas, in what became known as the "Freeport Doctrine," chose the idea that residents could vote to allow or ban slavery. That was good enough for Douglas to win another term in the Senate, but it infuriated the South, so when Douglas and Lincoln faced each other in the race for president two years later, a divided nation chose Lincoln. Both the news section and an advertising supplement provide coverage of the celebration, beginning with a parade the newspaper claims drew as many as 60,000 spectators, features on why the two political giants debated, what Freeport looked like in 1858, the former Brewster House where Lincoln stayed when he visited and more. Also includes news of the day – Vice President Nixon appears to still be interested in running for president in 1960 an another article speculates on how 50 stars will be organized on the U.S. flag with the admission of Alaska as a state. Chock-full of vintage ads for groceries, clothing, movies and more. 28 pages among the two sections. Each section measures approximately 18” x 23”. COMBINED SHIPPING: Combined shipping is available on purchases of multiple items upon request, when possible. That means that if an order contains at least one item with a shipping charge, although other items in the order are listed with free shipping, there will be a charge – the lowest possible given the combined items. CONDITION ASSESSMENT: Any condition assigned to listed items is based on my amateur, albeit conservative, opinion, so please examine available images closely. MULTIPLE-COPY LISTINGS: On listings where multiple copies of the same item are listed, labels associated with a color such as “Item Name-Yellow” or “Item Name-Purple” refer only to the color of the background used for identification purposes. Take care to note whether this auction is one in which multiple copies of the same or similar items are being sold individually, and that the price listed is for one of the items rather than all the items which might appear in a group photo. SMOKE-FREE INVENTORY: All items are stored in a smoke-free environment. QUESTIONS? I want the buyer to be satisfied, so feel free to ask any questions you may have. Your satisfaction 100% guaranteed, or simply return your purchase within 30 days for a full refund! Thank you for your patronage.
Price: 28.69 USD
Location: Springfield, Illinois
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