18 Jul 1888
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1888
Page
1
A promotion offers a free oil painting with purchases within six months. Spending twenty dollars earns a 14 by 22 inch painting, or forty dollars buys a large 28 by 42 inch painting. Shoppers are urged to view the paintings and ask for a card to participate.
The page lists B Countryman & Co. timetable data for Chicago and North Western trains. It names eastbound trains from Sterling Pass to Denver and Marshstown with arrival and departure times, freight services, westbound schedules, and Illinois Central routes including passenger and freight times and Amboy connections.
Public sale of sixty Texas ponies set for Saturday July 21 1888 at North Dixon Depot. Horses include work teams carriage teams brood mares saddle ponies ages two years and up. Sale begins 10 a m and continues until sold. Also harness goods by Hanlon's and optician Blumburg in Dixon offering eye exams and glasses through July 21.
J H Morris & Son announce a sale of crockery and glassware at cost over the next thirty days to move stock for a new store. Mrs Canitt advertises summer millinery with latest styles and wide variety inviting Dixon ladies and out of town visitors. Ayer s Ague Cure is touted as a malarial remedy.
The ad claims bodily health and vigor are maintained in heat as in winter when blood is purified and vitalized with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It asserts every user has benefited and urges readers to take it this month.
A 19th century advertisement touts Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic as a universal cure for indigestion and numerous ailments including dyspepsia jaundice bad breath and skin and blood disorders. It also promotes building lots and various goods at Pitcher s and mentions local political controversy and community notices.
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