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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1896
Page
4
The new holiday stock fills the Freeport store with attractions for Christmas. Decorations are more profuse and pleasing than ever, inviting everyone to stroll through all aisles and departments. All items are marked in plain figures and one price to all.
Miss Hatte Barton Kerlin and pupils present a recital next Friday at Germania Opera House with Miss Mary Adele Rockey Miss Isabelle Williams Mr Oscar Wagner and others. The program features works by Schumann Mozart Godard Mendelssohn and Luck with vocal solos piano pieces and a cello duet.
Doctors often advise change of air for catarrh, proving it is climatic. If you cannot leave home, use Ely’s Cream Balm applied to the nose area for instant relief and a satisfactory cure after short use. No mercury or injurious drug is contained in the Balm.
A 12 to 15 line dated list details prices on household staples from F Miller & Co at Cor Stephenson Street and Galena. Items include sugar 22 lbs, tea 19c, syrup 50c value for 25c, yeast cakes 30, ammonia 12, laundry soap 25c, washing powder 3c, pancake flour, self rising buckwheat 7c, oats 2 lb 8c, canned goods with raspberries 10c, peaches 8c, tomatoes 7c, corn 5c, Van Camp’s beans 7c, string and lima beans, succotash 6c, French peas 14c, candy 5c. 12-15dt26
Our calendar lists numerous social gatherings and performances. Highlights include Home Forum banquet December 17, Germania Society exhibition and ball December 17, Eureka Pleasure club dance December 17, Miss Kerlin’s pupils concert December 18, Lexington club dance December 21, Gee-Wee Baris midwinter dance December 20, Lois Powell Bates entertainment January 5 6, Hoyt’s Bunch of Keys January 6, Len Salisbury orchestra January 27, Bancroft the magician February 2, Sousa’s Band February 4, Wang February 8, Stephenson County Farmers’ Fair February 9 11.
P J Wilson visits Chicago while W L Beebe and wife plan Florida winter. Local residents travel, visit relatives, and attend social events. Pardon petition for Tom Beverly filed. Illinois Central line officer changes rumored. Reads of arrivals, marriages, club events, and weather reminiscences with multiple named people and places. Brighton items from nearby exchanges include court rebukes, elections, and local anecdotes.
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