Brockhausen Welcomes Visitors to the City Shop
The Brockhausen store invites people to call and visit when in town. The note emphasizes a warm reception for customers whether they plan to buy or not.
01 Jul 1899
Page 1
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1899
Page
1
The Brockhausen store invites people to call and visit when in town. The note emphasizes a warm reception for customers whether they plan to buy or not.
Full fancy patent flour Occident 89c a sack. 2 pkgs corn starch 5c. Large new potatoes 18c peck. Ivy soap 10c bar. Grandma’s washing powder 12c. Arm and Hammer soda 4c. Crackers and ginger snaps 4c a box. Cigar sale including Toma cigars 25c sale, Cremon cigars 1.65 a box, good cigars 65c. Salt 6c a box, matches 8c a box.
A brief line notes a prominent Indian figure at the store during a recently captured air event. The wording is unclear and fragmentary, but it suggests a promotional or attention grabbing scene involving a notable person and an air capture moment.
Filipino insurgents operate around San Fernando as 3,000 troops are seen marching north of town. Americans brace defenses overnight while President directs Otis to secure necessary manpower for renewed operations after the rainy season ends. Cabinet notes praise plans to reinforce Otis and prepare for large scale action.
Spring Valley Illinois reports a scheme claiming Western Indiana glass interests offered a $6000 bonus and removal of a glass plant to Troy Grove. Plans to relocate 200 glassblowers were exposed as a fake after subscribers realized the project lacked substance amid the gas shortage claim. Also today Omaha Populists and Old Line Alliance reject fusion in Nebraska. Emma D Southworth authoress dies in Washington at 79 after weeks of illness.
Charles M. Murphy of the Kings County Wheelmen rode a mile on a two mile board track near Maywood Illinois paced by a locomotive and day coach hood as windshield. The feat took 57.4 seconds before about 3,000 onlookers. Two men on the train helped Murphy aboard, likely saving his life as he was dazed and exhausted.
Bradstreet's notes continued strength in the general business scene as the first half of 1899 closes, with high staple prices and notable gains in iron and steel. The Iron trade shows a strong outlook for profits, agriculture remains favorable despite some irregularity, and iron, lumber, and woolen goods lead activity as prosperity broadens across sectors.
An odd case from Grant township Huron county details Mrs. David Quant taking laudanum for ill health. A physician saved her life but she planned to repeat the act to die on Friday so a Sunday funeral could be held. Her husband urged postponement until corn planting finished. Funeral occurred Monday.
The CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO promotes a pleasant tasting laxative made from senna and aromatic plants. It claims to cleanse the system, relieve colds, headaches and fevers, and aid chronic constipation without irritating kidneys or bowels. Sold by druggists for 50 cents per bottle with the full company name on each package.
At a bishops meeting a proposed measure sparked incoherence and confusion as speakers failed to clarify the issue. Bishop Benjamin Smith of Kentucky and others spoke before Connecticut’s Bishop Williams offered a quip about the mess being greater than any in his brethren. Also notes a Calfornia man praising Chamberlian's Cough Remedy for children and cautions about mercury in metal polishing powders.
A brief testimonial states Foley's Kidney Cure is absolutely reliable for all kidney and bladder diseases. Signed by H. J. Moogh, W. F. Jungkunz & Co.
In a village beer house during a downpour, four or five men drank as one jokes about rain stirring the ground. An older man, famed for being henpecked, quips that he hopes not, claiming he buried his wife just yesterday.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrh case using Hall's Catarrh Cure. The affidavit dated December 6 1885 before notary A W Gleason notes the cure is taken internally and claims it affects blood and mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials. products sold by druggists in Toledo Ohio.
A Missouri traveler in Washington county Arkansas saw a tombstone inscription for Alfred A. Caughman born January 28 1826 in Izard County Arkansas and died March 3 1871. The epitaph notes he killed over 100 deer in his early days and that he was a frontiersman's son who ultimately gave up his life and his gun.
An advertising snippet touts Foley’s Kidney Cure as guaranteed to fix kidney disorders with strong patient endorsements. It mentions Ht. J. Moogh and W. F. Jungkunz & Co and adds unrelated data about beer imports in India and Banner Salve claims.
Dreyfus arrives in Rennes aboard a special train after landing at Quiberon as Paris political tempests unfold. In Rome, deputies clash in a near riot. Socialists attack, chairs fly, and a secret ballot triggers renewed violence plus the seizure of voting urns amid a government bid to close parliament.
Brussels reports a near revolution a truce declared by the government and a withdrawal of the electoral bill with an estimated 100 wounded in riotings. A socialist procession and support for universal suffrage marked the night, while M Daens praised their success.
The peace conference committee discussed war and marine sub committee reports on Russian proposals not to increase the effectives or military budgets. The sub committee recommended referring the proposals for ulterior decision to the governments, a recommendation adopted.
Three men in a buggy rode to the Dewitt Northwestern station at 10 AM and, armed with revolvers, held up the operator, blew open the safe, and escaped with $100. No clues were found. The incident occurred in Rapids, Iowa, on July 1.
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