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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1899
Page
8
A Freeport store advertises a wide assortment of groceries and hard goods with deep discounts. Items include sugar, flour, cornmeal, coffee, lard, hams, bacon, nuts, syrups, canned goods, and cereals. Promises low prices, guaranteed weights, and a free china ware giveaway as the grand opening lure.
A dense list of entertainments and meetings for Freeport residents includes dance events by the Ladies of the Maccabees at Ernst's hall and social dances by various groups. Lectures, minstrel shows, and theater appearances such as Dew:, 11-Social dance. Tim Murphy in Carpet Bagger. and Lewis Morrison in Frederick the Great fill December and January at venues like the Grand opera house and Blust's hall. Local fraternal lodges and chapters plan elections, anniversaries, and balls through December into February, with organizations including the Y M C A, Masons, R A M, S A Douglas court, and the B of R T participating.
Winnebago County taxpayers will vote at the general election next November on an appropriation for a soldiers memorial in Rockford. A. D. Early forwarded petitions to postmasters across the county asking boards of supervisors to submit the proposal to the people. The bill, introduced by Representative Henry Andrus, passed last session, and the joint city council and board committee gathered many signatures to request the appropriation.
Judge Shaw resumes court with a petit jury list by district including Freeport A E Best Chas Engle Jas R K Cowley Fred Bolthozer Mathias Schmid Fred Schumaker J T Best Dan Alexander Harlem Robert Brobst Eis Stro hacker Oneco Jacob C Potts John Bolender Herman Courtman Otto Bower Jefferson Chas Guenter Rock Run J W Fulton H C Tilkemeier Henry Iserman Joseph Brinker Spencer Blackmore West Point W S Coleman Amos Workheiser George W Hoppe G M Holley Peter Erb Silver Creek John Rave Joseph Eakle Henry Eder Waddams John Holmes Frank Lessner Buckeye James Wilson Stephen Rigney Jr.
Grand officers Chas W Flagg J T Mallory G W B Hart J A Davidson and W W Hinkley arrive to organize the local Commercial Travelers association council. Meeting at K of P hall over State bank starts at 8 o'clock with a banquet to follow. Freeporters travel to Madison to see the football game include many names from local lists.
Miss Edith Joyce DeVore joined a musical and literary entertainment Friday night at Pecatonico hosted by Mrs Lois Powell Bates. DeVore delivered several recitations that were highly praised. About thirty five Warren academy students passed through town this morning en route to Madison. A small Polo rooter delegation halted here on its way to Madison to watch the football game.
Dr L M Currier promotes goat's lymph injections as a life elixir. He claims it restores lost functions, improves aging bodies, and treats rheumatism diabetes and brain disorders, with strong results noted in Joliet and other cases under medical scrutiny.
Victims suffer stomach, liver, and kidney trouble as well as nervousness and fatigue. J W Gardner of Idaville Indiana praises Electric Bitters, saying they restored his appetite and energy. Available at Emmert and Burrell's drug store for 50 cents per bottle with guarantee. Arthur Bacon of Eleroy Wisconsin has become a stenographer at Illinois Central railroad and is performing well.
The ad promises Dr. King’s New Life Pills as the busiest little product, sugar coated globules of health that convert weakness to strength and listlessness to energy, claimed to boost mental power. Sold for 25c per box by Emmert & Burrell.
The note suggests giving glasses to friends with tired eyes, highlighting the blessing of a good pair and new frames for old lenses. It mentions eyeglass chains as desirable and urges accurate listing of all glasses for Christians before or after presentation.
Front quarter lamb or mutton 6c lb pork roast 8c lb spare ribs 4 to 7c lb best pork sausage 3 lbs for 25c skinned hams 10c lb picnic hams 7s¢ lb finest breakfast bacon 8c lb salted herrings 10c each dressed spring chickens 0c lb dressed hens 8c lb best bulk oysters 20c a quart standard oysters 5c a can a large bunch of celery 10c
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