11 Jul 1888
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1888
Page
1
A sales notice offers one oil painting 14 by 22 inches for twenty dollars and one large painting 28 by 42 inches for forty dollars purchased within six months. The plan invites readers to examine the paintings and asks them to request a card to participate.
Trains going east and west listed with stop times and key services. Sterling Pass and Marshstown times shown for Denver Express Atlantic and Pacific routes, with Limited and freight services noted. Passengers advised of dinner breaks and north south movements, reflecting period timetable.
Multiple advertisements showcase Summer Horse Goods at Hanlon's Harness Shop on Main Street and five doors east of C. C. Godfrey's, plus offers on second hand equipment at L. D. Pitcher, castor oil for children, discounted millinery at Mas. Kiossowski's, and a July visit by Prof. Blumburg the Chicago optician in Dixon with eye exams and glasses fittings.
J H Morris and Son announce a store move sale of crockery and glassware at cost for thirty days to save breakage during relocation. The note mentions store branding and a sales motive tied to the move.
The ladies of Dixon and vicinity can find everything in millinery at Mrs. Canily. Hats and bonnets are in latest style and variety with high quality trimmings and fair prices outside Chicago. Out of town friends are invited to visit when in the city. Mas. M. Canily
A long list of local notices promotes Jones Red Clover Tonic claiming cure for stomach liver and kidney diseases with Mrs Emma Brown of Lima Ohio citing four bottles cured her nine year sick headache. Also ads for Deering binders and twine oats hay mowers and lots sale plus real estate opportunities.
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