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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1896
Page
7
Rev Dr W H Haight former Rockford pastor is gravely ill at his Freeport home after days of worsening heart and kidney problems. Doctors from Rockford and Embury church aides note exhaustion from overwork and serious condition with uncertain recovery prospects.
A Nassau Street horse attached to a delivery wagon bends forward at a 46 degree angle to lower its body and touch its lips to the pavement. It then lifts its head to pick a pear and later a apple core off the ground to the delight of a crescent crowd before the driver quietly departs.
Rock Grove and nearby towns report social visits and sales events. Marriage of Miss Anna Fenn to Charles McCauley in Monroe, Wisconsin, followed by plans to travel west. Local business and residents attend sales, town meetings, and church events as winter begins.
A holiday advertisement from Schulz promotes extensive discounts at Big Store No 76 77 Stephenson 81. It touts low prices on groceries coffee lard flour tea baking powder potatoes pickles oats tea and more with specials on Christmas trees cigars honey syrup candy nuts and dried fruits. Customers urged to shop now to beat the rush.
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