Skirt and Nightdress Sale Noted for Low Prices
A local advertisement proclaims discounts on skirts night dresses corset covers and drawers sold well below material cost multiple times.
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1899
Page
8
A local advertisement proclaims discounts on skirts night dresses corset covers and drawers sold well below material cost multiple times.
The Big Store repeats a flour sale for another week after strong turnout. Deals include White Satin flour 0c per sack, 10 lb sacks of whole wheat 25c, Tippicanoe pancake flour 2c per 10 lb, and self rising pancake flour 5c per 21 lb. Also offered are sugar, salt, canned tomatoes, soaps, butterine, yeast, jelly, mince meat, Worcestershire sauce, oats, breakfast foods, candies, fresh bread, bakery wagon service, and low meat prices. The store claims pricing cuts benefit bakers and consumers and promises continued specials on meats and groceries.
F A Schulz, wholesale and retail at 75 and 77 Stephenson Street advertises distance telephone No 171. Maitan telephone orders receive prompt attention.
The will of the late Judge Hinds of Lena filed for probate in Illinois, dated Oct 29 1898, distributes an estate valued at 100000 among his children. Provisions name Laura Taft, Idella M Rybolt, Mary D Howe, and F P Hinds with leases and advances to be paid before or after division, and executors J D Hinds and Eli Hinds.
The Dubuque Times reports Mrs Sophia Chevalier Girard widow of Hyacinth Girard died at 5 p m Thursday at 855 White Street She was born July 12 1839 in Munster Switzerland came to the U S in 1854 lived in Fort Wayne and Jesup before settling in Dubuque She leaves two sons August of Freeport Trem and Henry of Dubuque along with three brothers and two sisters
A man named Charles Brown, an amputee inmate at the county poor house, became insane and wandered off into the woods during the night. He was found by a farmer beside the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul tracks near the city this morning. The missing man, with a healing stump, dragged himself over miles of rough ground before being recaptured. He has no known relatives and was returned to the poor farm.
Weather notices from Foster predict storm waves crossing the continent from Jan 19 to 23 and recurring patterns into February. Forecasts include warm and cool waves across the West, Great Central Valleys, and Eastern states with temperature and rainfall expectations. A funeral note for Mrs. Catherine Murphy follows, with details on services and pallbearers.
A male quartet formed by A. C. Kennedy, Frank Kennedy, R. K. Farwell and Mr. Wilson the YMCA physical director will provide music at the First Presbyterian church tomorrow.
Doc Mathews, once of Stephenson county, now based in Little Rock, Arkansas, edits the State Republican and publishes a first class newspaper.
The regular meeting of the ministerial association will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the parlor of the Y M C A. A paper entitled The Ideal Chair will be read and discussed.
Major Schriner of Chicago who spoke here during the presidential campaign died in Chicago Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. The body was taken to Miliftown, Pa., for burial.
A thirty foot long eight foot through tank arrived today for a new oil plant near the Burrell vinegar factory. It was moved to the site by Yordy’s gray team. Emmert and Burrell promote Rocky Mountain Tea as a hopeful, renewing product.
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