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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
8
Winds presents enhanced merchandising across great markets with carefully chosen selections aimed at the best buying interests. The store invites customers to inspect the new goods and feel that it is making a stronger bid than ever before for their patronage.
Ladies linen initial handkerchiefs lot 1248 pieces offered at five cents each or eleven cents each for tiered choices. Advertisers claim this is the greatest bargain seen in handkerchiefs.
A sales note touts 750 pairs of ladies hose in black and tan with seamless design, high spliced heel and double sole. Stores charge 1s per pair, our price is 20c per pair, with a dozen in finer yarn at 12c per pair. Also notes 18c paid previously for stockings not as good.
Limited stock of 540 cotton Huck towels offered at 50 cents each or six for 25 cents. Shop closes quickly as remaining towels go to first buyers.
A commodity deal pitches cotton yardage at 3 1 4 to 7 4 cents a yard, advertising a heavy crash in value. The seller claims the material is solid quality, unlike cheaper thin varieties, and states they secured it cheaply to offer at a reduced rate.
One yard wide Percales in light and dark new styles priced today at 8c, offered at 63c, cheaper and better than calico with 1600 yards available. Simpson's 34 percales in French blue tones 2000 yards at 5c yd. Mourning and black and white prints all 5c yd.
The ad boasts Teille du Nord ginghams at five cents per yard and aprons ginghams at five cents with best wear and washability for the price. It emphasizes value and quality for cotton fabrics per yard and per yard terms.
Purcases were made for this department long before wool prices rose. Today we show Venetians Homespuns Cheviots and Poplins in black and colors at prices unlikely to last. Cheviots 50c 75c 1.00 1.25 1.50 Homespuns 54 inches wide 52c Venetians 50c and 1.00 per yard 50 pieces of new novelties in mixtures checks and plaids at 50c per yard.
The article praises silks as popular this season with new weaves in hem stitch shirted and open work in late shades. It notes prices for about 50 styles at 1.00 per yard, many at 75c and several at 59c, claiming affordability for all shoppers.
A local shop advertises new tailor-made ladies suits and waists. It invites inspection and notes garments are crafted by skilled makers. Corded ta ffta silk waists are offered at $4.98, down from $6.00.
The shop advertises a large stock of laces nets tuckings and puffings with daily buying and selling. It claims fast turnover and competitive prices and styles drawing customers to purchase as items move quickly.
March 16 Coon Hollow Grand opera house hosts events. March 10 17 I O G T district lodge meets at Good Templar's hall. March 17 St Patrick's day by Columbus club at St Mary's hall. March 17 W R C supper and social at Blust's hall. March 20 Warren Academy Glee club at Y M C A under Woman's Auxiliary. March 20 Next Door at Grand opera house. March 23 Cy Perkins at Grand opera. March 26 29 Freeport consistory rendezvous reception. March 30 Beach Bowers Minstrels at Grand opera house.
John M Wise extols the hydrangea paniculata grandiflora as a regal Japanese shrub. It grows six to eight feet, blooms in pyramidal panicles, tolerates cold, resists pests, and offers fragrant white to pink blooms. With rich soil, liberal watering, and spring pruning it prospers. plant deeply for stronger roots.
The county names new enumerators with twenty five days to complete the work starting June 1st. The note ends with a personal verse from Joseph Emmert about paying for a Rocky Mountain Tea.
A Freeport resident claims to have seen a robin, though a cold night left it likely dead from the chill. The item quips about spring’s arrival and features humorous verse lines on the failed fowl.
Miss Lantzer’s resignation triggers moves among teachers with Miss White likely shifting from East Freeport to Lincoln Avenue and Miss Goddard moving from Lincoln Avenue to First Ward. Miss Cox may become a teacher, with candidates Miss Sherbonda or Miss Nina McCullough. Mystic Workers of the World meet in Fulton confirms headquarters staying in Fulton. Dixon and Sterling pursued the HQ, a reserve fund proposal was rejected.
F M Pierce of Freeport paid 240 dollars for Queen Den mark a 6 year old saddle mare at the Dixon Hughes horse sale this week. The District lodge of Good Templars will convene here tomorrow at Good Templars hall and will last two days.
Freeport Consistory will hold a meeting this evening at the Masonic hall to act on petitions of candidates.
An attack on C F Collier of Cherokee Iowa nearly proved fatal, damaging his kidneys and back. After trying Electric Bitters he reports a miraculous recovery, saying he feels like a new man. The remedy purifies blood and boosts health at 50c from Joseph Emmert.
M S Gist of Hawesville Kentucky testifies that Electric Oil relieved a months long sore throat in a day. Joseph Emmert.
Applications are being filed nationwide for census enumerator posts. District superintendent H C Burchard forwards applications to Washington where they are screened and appointments granted. Political influence is reportedly minimal. success hinges on examination performance. Boone county will have eleven regular enumerators across townships and city districts, with additional district positions.
A local sale offers all on hand wallpaper at reduced prices to make room for new stock. Former prices of 25c, 20c, 12c, 10c, and 8c drop to 15c, 10c, 12c, 6c, and 5c respectively with ingrains at 12c. Paper hanging painting calcimining at lowest rates. Estimates furnished by Joan EK, ApAmson, 56 Stephenson St.
A fragmented OCR snippet hints at partial words and phrases, showing unclear references to locations or people. The readable bits mention yeast, foam, and routine actions, but no coherent event or identities emerge from the fragment.
F A Schulz touts bargains across departments with items within every purse. Readers are urged to view goods, note prices, and exercise judgment to shop within their means.
A penny list of grocery items with prices and guarantees. White Rose flour 89c a sack, potatoes 25c per pound, broom 25c each, Quaker Oats 8c, buckwheat flour 10 lb 30c, buttering 13c, Klondike washing powder 4 lb 10c, California prunes 5c, Swift's Mohawk soap 10 bars for 25c, 1776 washing powder 3c, Gold Dust small pkg 4c, Victorine 50c pkg 25c, lemon or vanilla extract 10c bottle or 3c.
House furnishing dept offers fancy gold brooches at 12 cents, sterling silver hearts 8 cents each, scarf pins 6 cents, chain bracelets with locks 9 cents, cuff buttons per pair 10 cents, fancy glass tumblers three for 10 cents, porcelain tea pots for one week at 23 or 25 cents, china plates 18 cents, pint cracks two cents each, milk cracks four cents a gallon, nickel plated tea kettles 20 cents, children's nickel plated plates three cents each, single trees 20 or 30 cents each, snaps three for five cents, curry combs ten cents each, stove lifters one cent, nut crackers one cent.
A sale features all wool homespuns cheviots and serges in skirts jackets and outfits priced from 4.00 to 16.50. jackets lined in taffeta silk or romaine. compare with suits 25 percent higher. Browns grays blues oxford and black fabrics with modern backs and stitching offered at low prices.
Black figured brilliantine skirts with inverted peat backs priced at 2.00, storm serge box plait backs at 3.50, and handsome homespun cheviot and crepon skirts from 3.50 to 3.50. Various fabrics including serge, plaid, and silk trim, all offered at bargain prices for immediate selection.
New silk waists offered in red pink cerise and cream at 3.00 for ladies china silk with new back small sleeves and stock collars. 4.00 front and back corded china colored silks. 5.00 best taffeta waists shown in city in black and colors corded and hemstitched with satin taffeta options priced 6.00 to 7.00 as value.
We offer a handsome line bought before the price advance. Since the goods will rise, ladies gain by calling to examine and compare. The sale promises savings and value, inviting careful inspection to secure low prices now.
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