Special Blanket Sale Friday and Saturday
Friday and Saturday 900 pairs of blankets in cotton and wool offered at a special reduction. Prices start at 39 cents and up.
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
7
Wool Dress Goods Reduction Sale Notice
Twenty pieces of wool dress goods described as fine heavy material offered at 40 cents to $1.00 per yard with a substantial discount of 331 4 percent off. The notice highlights a large price reduction event for fabric buyers.
Mail Order Evils and Home Town Prosperity Debate
Freeport merchants discuss the mail order issue as harming local business. The piece argues towns grow with in town trade, cites farming districts, land values near markets, and shows how diverting patronage drains town profits, lowers employment, and raises taxes while boosting foreign sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Department of Commerce
Bureau of Labor
Calendars Fall Short as Strike Hits 1907 Supplies
The year 1907 will feature plain calendars due to a prolonged strike by lithographers. Major firms report delays and a shift to utilitarian calendars with minimal imagery. Insurance companies and others warn patrons to expect simple sheets rather than the usual decorative issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yesteryear
Chicago
Profit in Illinois Oil Fields Described by Veteran Operator
H B Smith a former Freeport Standard Oil manager writes on southern Illinois oil fields. He notes shallow wells ease costs from 1 to 2 dollars per foot plus casing, pipe and storage line needs. He cites a $8k-$15k four to six-well plant and up to $40k-$50k for twelve to sixteen wells, with profits from 600 barrels daily at 64 cents per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Smith
Freeport
Tof
Standard Oil Company
Southern Illinois
Ilinois
Bradford
Illinois
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Nowata
Coody's Bluff
State Water Survey outlines plans to improve Illinois water
The Illinois State Water Survey bulletin details efforts to enhance water quality and public health. It explains citizen access for well water testing, municipal surveys, filter efficiency analysis, and mineral content studies, plus cooperative programs with the State Board of Health and federal agencies and planned illustrated lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Water Survey
University of Ilinois
iIt
State Board of Health
Engineering Experiment Station
University of Illinois
State Geological Survey
Urbana
Sweet Clover on Stage Promises Fashionable Scenery
A rural titled play unfolds from Farmer Holcombe’s Connecticut farm to New York drawing rooms. The production at the Grand Opera House next Wednesday night highlights lavish costumes and rich scenic effects as city guests mingle with country folk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Holcombe
Connecticut
Ural
New York
Grand Opera House
Oshkosh Retail Merchants Plan Cooperative Icehouse
In Oshkosh Wisconsin on December 6 the Retail Merchants Association voted to build a cooperative icehouse with a 10 000 ton capacity to counter the local ice company's price hikes. They hold contracts with most city retailers as ice firms seek further advances for next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Wis
Oshkosh Retail Merchants’ Association
A Miraculous Cure Proclaimed by Adams Family
H M Adams and wife Henrietta of Pa declare their child, once with five years of incurable eczema, improved after using Electric Bitters. After seven bottles the child was reportedly completely cured. The remedy is touted as a blood medicine and body building tonic available for 50 cents and 1 dollar at Joseph Emmert's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Adams
Henrietta
Joseph Emmert
West Freeport Board Orders Gas Lamps Installed
At a village board meeting in West Freeport last night the clerk was instructed to require the Gas company to install two gas line lamps in the Organ Factory addition per the lighting committee specifications and contract terms. No other action was taken beyond routine business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Freeport
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised for Nasal Complaint
For twenty years W. L. Rawls of Bells Tennessee fought nasal catarrh. He reports swelling and soreness inside his nose ended after applying Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to the sore surface. He calls it best salve in existence and notes it costs 25 cents at Joseph Emmert’s drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Rawls
Bells, Tenn
Joseph Emmert
Dr M A Smoot Opens Osteopathy Offices
Dr M A Smoot will open osteopathy offices at 401 Wilcoxon Bid'g Dea loth for the practice of Osteopathy. This notice announces the new medical office location and field of practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.A. Smoot
Wilcoxon Bid
Mrs Ausn Buckwheat Brand Promoted as Real Thing
An advertisement-like fragment touts Mrs Ausn s Buckwheat as the genuine article urging readers to choose the real buckwheat product. It emphasizes authenticity and traditional appeal with colloquial phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boggie
Institute at Orangeville Teachers Meet Saturday
An Orangeville local teachers institute is announced for Saturday December 16. The program lists morning and afternoon sessions with presentations by Mina Barnes Louis M. Phillips George W Moyer Jacob Lapp Althea Hale J N Bixler A N ellomeranan Laura Coner Lydia Wohlford Sidney Confer and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeville
Mina Barnes
Louis M. Phillips
George W. Moyer
Jacob Lapp
Althea Hale
J. N. Bixler
A. N.ellomeranan
Laura Coner
Lydia Wohlford
Sidney Confer
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic Promoted for Dental Health
A local advertisement extols Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic as whitening teeth, killing germs, preventing decay, and cleansing artificial teeth. It claims the formula comes from a Boston physician and is now used by doctors, dentists, and nurses to cleanse and heal mucous membranes, urging Freeport women to try it. The notice features pharmacist Joseph Emmetrt endorsing the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Freeport
Joseph Emmetrt
For Sale at a Bargain Offers Farm and Flat Near Court
A deal advertises a fine double flat with modern improvements one block from the court house and a prime 160 acre Stephenson County farm two miles from German Valley. These bargains won t last long. Inquire M W Cowley 98 Stephenson St Freeport. 11-15d w4w.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Stephenson Co
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