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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1900
Page
8
Is it a dress or a skirt you seek for spring. Explore our black goods and wash silks. The new Jap Silks are here at 59c per yard and promise cool comfort and low cost for repeated wear.
March 20 Warren Academy Glee club at Y M G A auditorium under auspieces of Woman's Auxiliary. March 20 Next Door at Grand opera house. March 23 Cy Perkins at Grand opera. March 26 29 Annual rendezvous and reception of Freeport consistory. March 30 Maccabees social dance lunches. March 30 Beach and Bower Minstrels at Grand opera house. April 3 Annual township election Freeport. April 34 Spring meeting Freeport Presbytery at First Presbyterian church. April 16 B of L Fo annual ball at Armory hall. April 19 Ball at St Marys hall Ladies sodalities sponsors.
Warren Academy Glee Club appears tonight at the Y M C A auditorium with Miss Margaret McKibben and Miss Clara K Sheen. The program includes songs, readings, and a piano solo, under the auspices of the Woman Workers of the First Presbyterian church. The event promises a rich musical program and features the Glee Club and guest artists.
A gathering for teachers and officers of the Baptist Bible School and others interested will be held at Mrs. J. H. Stearns home on Oak Place this evening.
At a regular meeting of Division 27 First B L E notes the death of J I Hoffman. Expressions of sympathy are offered to his widow and the charter will be draped in mourning for 60 days. A notice will be placed in daily papers and a copy sent to the widow. G W Hate d IS Moore Committee.
West Jefferson Ohio resident Renick Hamilton suffered months with a rectal fistula and doctors warned of death without costly surgery. He reportedly cured himself using Bucklen's Arnica Salve, touted as a universal pile cure and best salve, sold by Emmert successor. Cuas Trunck announces brick supply and services from North Galena avenue and lime house near Henney buggy factory.
Letter from W B Reri recounts training as a nurse in Bellevue New York City, serving on ambulance ship Solace and hospital ship Maine in the Cuban and South African wars. He describes Cape Town, the Zulu and other locals, the ricksha carts, fruit, a rough Bay of Biscay voyage, a gale, and serving 98 patients aboard Maine. He mentions family ties near Freeport and Manterville, Minn, and hopes for letters from home.
Oak street between Homer and Broadway is closed to traffic due to the critical illness of Mr. Zieslaff. He was first stricken with typhoid fever and now has pneumonia, prompting the precautionary closure.
An attack on C. F. Collier of Cherokee Iowa nearly proved fatal, injuring his kidneys and leaving his back painfully stiff. He found relief after using Electric Bitters, reporting a transformation to feeling like a new man. The remedy purifies blood and boosts health. Only 50c at Joseph Emmert's.
White Satin flour special 90c a sack Franklin flour 34c b Fresh roasted peanuts 3c a quart Good potatoes 25c a bushel Rutabagos 1c b Lion coffee package Capitol corn flour 8c pkg 2c Flake hominy 3c lb Maple syrup 25c a large bottle Bromangelon 0c a package Chicken tamale 5c a can Butterine 13c lb Mustard 3c a jar Lemon extract 10c bottle 3c Machine oil 10c bottle 3c Jelly 5-lb pail 18c a pail
House furnishing dept. augurs worth 1 25 for 75c. Shelf paper all colors 2c a bunch. Yard pictures gilt frames worth 1 25 for 85c. Envelopes large bunches 3c. Writing paper three large bunches for 5c. Wash bowl and pitcher 75c value for 65c. Toy pint jugs 2 for 5c. Milk cracks 4c a gallon. Pint cracks 2c each. Straw cuffs 2c a pair. Wire potato mashers 3c each. 10 and 12 quart granite water pairs 29c each. Slaw cutters 3c each. Hammer and hatchet handles dc each. Marbles 20 for 1c. Wire photograph holders 5c each.
Fresh bread 3c a loaf. Bread one day old 2c a loaf. Buns rolls cookies and doughnuts 6c a dozen. Pies and cakes 8c each. Zweiback 3c per dozen. Uneeda biscuits 4c per dozen.
A reprinted classified ad from S Hermsmeier & Son urges value pricing on groceries. It lists boneless codfish at 10c per 2-lb brick, seeded raisins, Van Camp soups 7c per can, matches 10c per 12-box package, preserves 8c per 1-lb jar, figs 8c per lb, baking powder 10c per 1-lb can, salmon 10c per can, fresh eggs 15c per dozen, crackers and ginger snaps by weight, butterine 14c per lb, California cherries 24c per can, Bartlett pears 12c per 38-lb can, California peaches 15c per 3-lb can, apricots 15c per 3-lb can, Plymouth Rock corn 7c per can, Plymouth Rock peas 8c per can, solid packed tomatoes 7c per 3-lb can, Golden Palace flour and Favorite flour prices per sack.
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