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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1896
Page
7
Guests gathered at a home on South Walnut Street for a discreet event labeled the Silver Tie. Invited attendees included local residents and acquaintances, with observers noting the occasion as a formal social gathering.
A Freeport couple Mr. Robert M. Keever and Miss Emily Bliss celebrate their twenty fifth anniversary at their South Walnut street home. Surrounded by friends, they recall a life of “sunshine nearly all the way” and receive guests from 2 pm to 11 pm with holly chrysanthemum decorations and silverware gifts.
Mr. J. Y. Schench editor of the Caddo Banner recalls his two year old daughter's croup scare. With the family physician away he bought Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which relieved her immediately. Emmert & Burrell sell 25 and 50 cent bottles.
A traveler recalls a dramatic encounter where a young Zulu bull named Hulo challenges a rhinoceros. After an initial crash and a long struggle, the beast tires but the bull uses strategy to wound the rhino and, with steel bullets, the predator is killed. the bull stands triumphant.
The Water Co announces extended hours this week from 7 to 8 PM to allow customers to pay water rent after work and convenience.
One mile of extra choice evergreen for interior decorations or wreaths offered at a very low price. Special prices for churches and societies on large quantities. Also extra choice eastern holly at equally low prices. Kinsccey’s Dept. Store 12-14dtf.
A Ras Chulz ad promotes everyday low prices and a price guarantee. It promises cheaper goods than rivals and refunds if customers are not pleased, inviting shoppers to compare prices across stores.
The advertisement lists numerous pantry and grocery items with reduced prices including flour, sugar, coffee, lard, canned fruit, and nuts. It highlights Golden Piulace Minnesota patent flour, White Star four, Java and Mocha coffee, Baker's chocolate, lard, canned fruits, oysters, and candy, plus a meat department claim of selling 2 to 4 cents per pound under competitors.
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