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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1897
Page
5
Our Dry Goods store offers full lines of cloaks dress goods underwear blankets table linens and more. We have received hundreds of dollars of new goods since Christmas and aim to keep stocks complete at all times. Prices are generally below competitors and qualities are reliable.
Our grocery operation reports rising business as customers discover high profits from trading with us. We offer better goods, frequent turnover, and consistently fresh, fine stock.
A store advertises a wide range of house furnishing goods including tinware galvanized ware and granite ware offered in very best qualities at low prices. Other items are also available.
A full stock of office supplies is advertised at prices lower than ever before. Ledgers journals day books invoice and bill books filing cases letter copying books and diaries for 1897 are available along with calendars reminders envelopes inks and all other items used in offices.
BPW and Vollmeyer advertise a holiday sale offering mufflers, ties, gloves, mittens, umbrellas, shirts, cuff buttons, watch charms and more. Each purchaser gets a 1897 calendar. store location listed as 107 Galen St with offerings from Ennenga & Wagner.
The Mississippi River rose nearly an inch per hour reaching 26 feet 6 inches by nine this morning. Over 125000 feet of lumber washed away and cotton stores along the levee suffered damage. Salt River lands near Louisiana inundated two feet while Gasconade River near Richmond surpassed records. Bridges between Richland and Waynesville swept away. Osage River and Linn Creek areas reported damage and possible loss of life as livestock drowned.
A fire this morning destroyed stores two dwellings a warehouse and two livery stables. The loss is estimated at $20 000 with insurance status unknown.
The Lansing theatre in Lincoln Nebraska was packed with supporters as William Jennings Bryan spoke at the state bimetallic conference at 11 this morning. His address drew loud applause and highlighted the silver issue.
Springfield Jan 6 special report details caucus results with Curtis of Kankakee named speaker candidate while Isaac H. Craig wins Democratic nomination as a parliamentarian ally. Aspinwall seen on powerful committees. Madden opposition forms among Republican senators.
The January term of the district court opened in Des Moines Iowa with the grand jury summoned to investigate boodling charges against former city officials. The proceeding marks the start of the official inquiry into alleged corruption within city government.
In Furrow Illinois on January 5 Professor J E Bittinger succeeds Prof R A Morley as president of Northern Illinois College. Bittinger, formerly on the faculty, immediately takes charge and enacts governance changes while attendance rises. Trustees overhaul the main building damaged by fire recently on a modern plan.
Senior physician at the principal hospital in Bombay died from bubonic plague. The epidemic prompted mass exodus with an estimated 325,000 people fleeing the city carrying contagion to new areas and regions previously free of major cases.
A boiler explosion at the Fisher Oil company plant on the Davis Howell farm in Sistersville West Virginia fatally killed Sam Bigler and William Austin and seriously injured James Nolan and Charles Hinkle. The cause remains unknown.
A convent fire in ReBeRVAL LAKE near St. Joans Quebec destroyed the building last night. Mother De positaire and seven nuns are missing and presumed dead in the flames.
Closing quotations show January wheat at 78 cents, May 81 cents, oats 153, corn 251 and pork 7.55 per hundredweight. Union Stock Yards reports cattle 17,000 steady with steer prices 3.50 to 5.45, hogs receipts 28,000 with mixed and butchers 3.25 to 3.55, sheep 16,000 natives 2.50 to 3.80.
Brief items report visits and illness among residents, a plumber’s new shop location, a funeral arranged for Mra Z T Turner, a court appearance for Fred Boedeker, farmers institute planning with postponement to late February, and an Odd Fellows funeral procession for H E Smith with a march from Stephenson lodge to prewater horse.
A Harrodsburg dispatch reports the toll gate raiders did not show in Mercer county last night because of severe cold. The Lexington and Harrodsburg militia returned to town and troops remained in ambush awaiting the raiders.
Des patches from Havana report Gen Luque defeating insurgent leader Maximo Gomez in Santa Clara province. Gomez allegedly left 106 dead on the Arroyo Blanco field as the clash concluded.
The Toronto wholesale dry goods house McMaster & Co. assigned today. Assets amount to $345,000 with direct liabilities of $215,000. The firm, among the oldest in the city, has a sixty year history.
Chicago January 6 report forecasts generally fair conditions across Illinois tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures expected on Thursday. Winds will shift from westerly to variable.
Mayfield Ky scene reports four major fires in a single period with significant damage and author investigations. Officials outline causes and response, noting repeated incidents disrupt the town, with residents evaluating safety measures and insurance claims as first responders assess losses.
Notice states that J. and W. H. Dickover dissolved their partnership by mutual consent and the firm will operate as W. H. Dickover at 137 Galena Street. Debts of the old firm will be assumed by W. H. Dickover and all outstanding accounts should be settled promptly.
Classified note from J. H. Bender of 75 Chicago Street Blenner suggests recruitment of two or three capable men at once for unspecified work. The terse appeal emphasizes urgency and locality.
Miss Baker forms a new fancy club Swinging and other branches of physical culture at Emmert & Burrell hall. Term begins Saturday Jan 9 at 3 30. Tuition is 5 dollars for a 12 lesson course. For details call 186 West street or telephone 190 1 5 did.
A. O. Thomas of 255 Galena Street advertises hair work in all branches with special pricing and service options.
An historic advertisement notes the Plated Tower store of C. H. Established 1859 now occupies fifteen to sixty feet of floor space. The copy promises improved quality while prices hold steady as the store opens today.
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