The Big Store Ready For Christmas Fresport Sale
The Big Store announces a Christmas sale with a wide stock of groceries and canned goods from coast to coast. It promises lower prices than competitors with numerous items including mince meat, sugar, flour, coffee, lard, hams, bacon, walnuts, citron, currants, maple syrup, extracts, and canned fruits. A grand opening event is teased with a free gift and a display window offer for shoppers in Freeport.
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Fresport
Michigan
Lowa Packing Co
Miaine
California
Teagyarrup
VanCamp
Cis
Marvel
Snyder
Wateger
National Biscuit Bakery
Freeport social events and meetings list
December events and officer elections noted for Freeport residents. Dates cover Sons of Veterans Ladies of Maccabees Grand opera house meetings and lectures with numerous lodge and fraternal group activities through January and February including ball, institute, and theater appearances. Major items include Masons, R A M, Daughters of the American Revolution, and Universal Society notices.
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Freeport
Dee
Young Bros
Uncle Tom's Cabin Co
Board of Supervisors
Danen al Blust
Ladies of the Maccabees
Prof
DéMotte
Grand
Cherry Blossom Camp
Baptist Church
Fraternal Army of America
Tim Murphy
Grand Opera House
Excelsior Lodge of Masons
Western Star
A. Douglas Court
B.of R. T
Stephonson County Farmers' Institute
Court House
Lewis Morrison
Fredrick the Great
Warmest November in nineteen years at Roswell
Weather report for November 1899 by Roswell Dow notes a mean 42.5 degrees, 7.38 degrees above the 19 year November average, making it the warmest November in that span. Records show 1.33 inches of precipitation on six days, with hail and thunder on the 13th, 14th, and 30th, and 11 clear, 7 fair, and 12 cloudy days.
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Roswell Dow
Smith D Atkins Camp to Elect Officers Tonight
The regular meeting of Smith D Atkins camp Sons of Veterans is tonight with officer elections for the coming year. Recruits will be mustered and a large attendance is desired, with members of nearby G A R posts invited.
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Smith D. Atkins Camp
Sons of Veterans
Union lodge offers sympathy on death of member’s daughter
At a special Union lodge No 133 meeting on Sunday December 8 resolutions expressed sincere sympathy to Bro Edward J Scanlan and family on the death of their daughter Lenora. A copy of the resolutions was to be published and filed in lodge records.
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Union Lodge
B. of L. F
Edward J. Scanlan
Lenora
Scanlan
Freeport
New Life Pills Promoted Over Faux Butter Substitutes
An article denounces oleomargarine as unhealthy adulteration. It cites Prof Geisler analysis finding parafine in butterine and argues digestion failure. It praises Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure all for digestive and bodily vigor, priced 25 cents at local druggists.
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Geisler
New York State Agricultural Department
Simplifying Christmas Presents and True Value
Edward Bok urges simplifying Christmas in the December Ladies Home Journal. He argues against equating gifts with material value, urging warmth and honesty over costly, time consuming crafts that harm health. He cautions against overdoing at the table and stresses choosing heartfelt, feasible acts over extravagant displays.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Edward Bok
Columbia Calendar Issued by Columbia Bicycle Firm
The Pope Manufacturing Company Hartford Conn distributor of Columbia bicycles issues a century calendar now available by mail for five 2 cent stamps. It features 865 inner pages each with prose or verse from contributors cyclists worldwide and date lines showing day week month and year. The calendar includes a blank area for notes and a two color introductory page stressing quality in bicycles. It can be hung or used on a desk and is expected to be a valuable addition to homes and offices.
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Columbia Desk
Pope Manufacturing Company
Hartford
Conn
Columbia Bicycles
Attractive Woman Needs Health to Gain Friends
A dated ad notes that beauty and charm depend on health, warning of constipation or kidney trouble causing pimples and a dull complexion. Electric Bitters is praised to regulate stomach liver and kidneys and purify blood, with promises of strong nerves and clear skin for a run-down woman. Also mentions football game at Madison on December 9 and Illinois Central round-trip tickets for the event.
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Emmert & Burrell
Madison
Illinois Central Railroad
Eyeglasses and Chains Offer Christmas Vision Aid
Many people suffer tired eyes and strained vision and would welcome a good pair of glasses or new frames. Some wear eyeglasses with common cords and would benefit from a gold or gold-filled eyeglass chain. Accurate fitting for Christmas is available before or after presentations.
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Price
Galena Street
4Hoeffel & Brockhausen
Stephenson Street
Wm. Koenig
Hoffman
Baer
J. Hoffman
Stephenson St
J.T. Derrer
W. Kye
J. C. James
Bismarck
Dr. King
Columbia
C. S. Barrett
Lan
Bengston
Bowers Bros
River School
George Schmidt
Gents
F. A. Schulz
Pillsbury’s
Japan
J. Burrell
Maynard’s
Rochester Shoe Co
Boston
Noth
Schulte
Siecke
Stephenson Street Mall
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