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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1900
Page
8
The spring of 1900 finds the store equipped for helpful merchandising with markets gone through and selections made to suit buyers. Readers are invited to inspect new goods and give verdicts, feeling the store is making a stronger bid than ever for customer value.
Auction style ad offers 1248 ladies pure linen initial handkerchiefs at 11c each. Describes lot as complete and well worth price with selection by any letter.Calendar of stock indicates a limited, exceptional bargain not frequently shown.
Local retailer promotes ladies stockings in black and tan with seamless high spliced heel and double sole. Offers 60 dozen in finer yarn at 12.34 per pair and claims 18 cent stock ings were not better than these. price advantage emphasized across multiple line items.
In a limited run of 540 towels the price drops to 5 cents each or six for 25 cents, while supplies last.
A local seller notes a stock of heavy crash cotton at 60 or 7 cents per yard and offers to move it at 334 cents per yard after buying cheap. The item emphasizes value and wholesale pricing for buyers seeking a bargain in fabric material.
Advertises percale fabrics sold by Simpson's with 34 styles in French blues and 2000 yards at 5c. Mourning, black and white prints offered at 5c per yard. Claims cheaper and better than calico with limited stock of 1600 to 2000 yards and reference to prior season pricing.
Teille du Nord ginghams priced at 6c per yard. Apron ginghams 5c per yard. We offer wearing and washing cottons at 10c per yard, advertised as the best value at the price.
Parcases for this department were made long before wool advances and today we showcase Venetians Homespuns Cheviots and Poplins in black and colors at prices not seen again soon Cheviots 50c 75c 1.00 1.25 1.50 Homespuns 54 inches wide 85 Venetians 50c and 1 per yard 50 pieces of new novelties in mixtures checks and plaids at 59c per yard
Fashion predicts silks will be in high demand this season with new weaves in hem stitch open work and late shades. The collection features 50 styles at 1.00 per yard, many more at 75 cents and several at 59 cents, all affordable for all budgets.
New styles of tailored suits and waists for ladies offered by skilled makers. Inspect the collection including corded Taffeta Silk Waists priced at 4.98 after a 6.00 list, highlighting value and fit.
A local shop advertises a large stock of lace and net items, claiming the widest lines in the city. They emphasize daily buying and selling, quick turnover, and rising prices and styles that attract customers.
Entertainments and meetings of interest to Freeport residents include March 16 events at the Grand Opera House and Good Templar's hall, March 17 St Patrick's Day celebration by Columbus club at St Mary's hall, March 20 Glees Club at Y M C A under Woman's Auxiliary, March 23-26-29 Freeport consistory rendezvous at Grand Opera House, and an April 6 Ball at Armory plus minstrel shows. Also on file is a report from the Mt Carroll Mirror about Steve Hanna pursuing an insurance agent in three counties over a $200 livery bill, a ruined carriage and team, and a missing suspect said to live in Freeport.
Gustave Ulrich of Freeport with the Alba Heywood company on a southern tour earns praise from the St. Augustine Evening Record for his cello solo. He performed Thome s Simple Air and The Spinning Wheel by Popper with refined legato in Confession and graceful rapidity in the Spinning Wheel. An encore followed with The Last Rose of Summer.
The Trinity church annual meeting was held last evening in the church parlors. Reports show a successful year with three hundred dollars raised for missionary work and other expenses covered. Twenty three new members were added, bringing total membership to two hundred. A program followed with an organ selection by Addie Fox a declamation by Minnie Raymer and Marie Meyers presenting the Deacon's First and Last Sermon.
The Wisconsin Central railroad changed payroll to mileage based pay for freight train men at 8 cents a mile for conductors and 2 cents for brakemen. President Whitcomb says the switch affects payroll little. Also quoted is a Bloomington Pantograph reporter urging farmers to raise horses for sale, noting horses' value, and news of Joel Kline's death near Orangeville at about 65, leaving grown children and relatives in Freeport.
Excelsior Lodge to hold a meeting this evening. The Freeport Board of Education also schedules a meeting this evening, indicating local civic and fraternal organization gatherings.
Five family members in Aurora share a birthday on March 10 making one of the era's most notable coincidences. Also news of Hugh O'Tool becoming Amboy company agent and a fatal run away crash at Apple River leaves a 35 year old laborer dead. Smallpox quarantines rise as Dr J W MacDonald leads Aurora health actions.
Low prices on lettuce and celery with multiple unit prices listed. Me 18e 25e je 25¢ de Te 5e lde 15e nm ic wie wee ne Be Fresh Lettuce and Celery always on hand.
A catalog offers skirts and jackets made of woolens and taffeta linings with prices from 7.50 to 16.50. Also features plain and plaid back suits in Browns Grays Blues Oxfords and Black with new style backs and stitching and prices from 4.00 to 9.00.
Black figured brilliantine skirts with percaline lining and coruroy binding priced at $2.00, blue and black all wool storm serge skirts with box plait back at $3.60, and homespun cheviot plaid crepon serge skirts in box plaited and watteau back styles offered for $5.00.
Silk waist prices listed for ladies in china silk and taffeta with features such as cords, hemstitching, and French backs. China silk waists range from 3 to 4 dollars with options in red pink cerise cream. Taffeta waists at 5 dollars claim high quality and fashionable corded fronts.
A violent assault on C. F. Collier of Cherokee Town nearly proved fatal by kidney injury. He endured back pain and could not sit without cushions until Electric Bitters cured his ailments. The medicine, claimed to heal back ache kidney trouble and purify blood, is sold by Joseph Emert for 60e.
A 3-lb can of California Bartlett pears in heavy sugar syrup priced at 123c. A 3-lb can of California peaches in heavy sugar syrup for 5c. A 3-lb can of peach, plum, apple or quince butter priced at 10c per can. A 50c quality of uncolored Japan tea offered at 35c per pound.
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