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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
5
An OCR fragment lists mixed dress goods prices including 68, 75 cents, 65 cents and 25 cents per yard with a dollar amount. The readable items suggest a clothing or fabric sale advertisement from a historical market.
A garbled sale listing shows skirts with inconsistent prices such as 13.00 1.00 6.00 10.40 8.80 7.20 4.80 15.60 4.40 3.20 2.80. The readable items imply a promotional tag or misprint in a shopping ad.
Massachusetts honors Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier with a public birthday centennial program in Amesbury led by Governor Guild. Speakers include Clarence Steadman John D Wong and Booker T. Washington. Whittier born 1807 in East Haverhill. life marked by anti slavery verse, longtime prominence, and a largely domestic, women centered circle.
Abraham Brown of Winterton New York faced conflicting medical opinions from five doctors calling his condition heart disease kidney trouble blood poison and stomach liver trouble. His wife advised Electric Bitters which she says restored him to health. One bottle did more good than all five doctors. Guaranteed to cure blood poison weakness and stomach liver and kidney complaints by Joseph Emmert druggist 50 cents. Miss Marie Barnist welcomes former pupils to her new studio at 42 Oak Place and will accept a limited number of new pupils. 12 11 11lw
The Anheuser Busch Brewing Association of St. Louis asks retailers to report on the state of liquor business in their city and territory as it launches a crusade against what it terms low saloons. A dated December 5, 1907 letter urges cooperative, unbiased reporting to help them act in what they call the public interest.
An old medical advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a quick fix for a dangerous deadlock of liver and bowel functions. The copy claims guaranteed satisfaction with a money back guarantee at Joseph Emmert’s drug store for 25 cents.
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