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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1896
Page
2
Public notice dated December 28 1896 announces the Freeport Illinois post office addition as a second class matter and records the entry under the Freeport publication.
Numerous notices from Freeport area detail visits, illnesses, and travels of residents. J B Taylor's mother critically ill. Dr James Swarts of Chicago visiting relatives. Miss Alfreda and Clara Harter home for Christmas from the Catholic University of Chicago. many locals return for holidays. Community events include a Masons and Eastern Star installation, a funeral, church services, and a concert schedule.
George Snyder aged over 90 dies at home after a hearty supper at his daughter’s house. The Pennsylvania born farmer and reader celebrated his 67th wedding anniversary with Anna Hill in 1829. Survived by six daughters and two sisters and a brother, he lived in Michigan Illinois and finally Freeport with his daughter Mrs. J N Galloway. Mrs Pontius dies aged 66 in Freeport from heart disease.
Winnebago County moves to clear title to the 260 acre Harrison farm via a forfeiture statute allowing alien heirs. Richard Horsfall died in 1894 without a will, leaving no local heirs. England’s heirs are named as potential claimants. State’s attorney drafts a bill to remove a cloud from the tax sale and declare the land county property, with trial set for the April term.
Ed Hale of Wayne township died after a fight at Gratiot dance hall. Dan Collins and John Campbell are held on manslaughter charges. coroner’s jury links death to blows, while doctors cite brain vessel rupture. Campbell surrendered in Darlington as inquiry continues.
A historical notice touts Dr C Nd Wright of Blaine as endorsing Tallerday's Female Tonic. It claims many patients were cured after other remedies failed, noting the tonic controls pain and restores strength and gait, with medical author Dr. Wright asserting its efficacy.
Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Junction City Ill was told she had consumption but two bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured her and saved her life Mr Thomas Eggers of San Francisco suffered a dreadful cold and near consumption yet one bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery cured him in two weeks Free trial bottles at Emmert Burrell’s drug store Regular size 500 and 1.00
Read the ad for Kingsleys Xmas sale offering dinner supplies and holiday food items. The brief notice invites shoppers to prepare their festive table with available goods and discounts.
A 1900s style advertisement promises a ten cent sample of Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and hay fever. The note cites a testimonial from A. O. Clarke of Boston who recovered after using two bottles and endorses the product, with mailing address for Ely Brothers at 56 Warren Street, New York City.
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