28 Nov 1888
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1888
Page
1
Freeport Daily Journal announces subscription terms for 1888 with options for one year in advance and weekly rates by cartier, excluding Sundays. Publication office listed as Stephen son and Chicago Streets, Watered at the Portoghce in Freeport.
From Our Own Correspondent reports a jumble of local notes: church events, school matters, and community doings across Freeport and nearby towns. Mentions of holidays, exams, fairs, services, and modest notices outline a bustling midwestern scene with many named locals and churches.
A humorous Texas Biftings sketch on the jack rabbit native to Texas California and western states. It jokes that the rabbit multiplies rapidly, depleting farmers grass and challenging protection. The piece notes riders chasing rabbits on horseback and the horse sometimes stumbling, ending with a lighthearted conclusion.
A German captain visiting New York observes the city’s young society set, calling New York’s men tiresome and snobbish while praising English hospitality. He recounts experiences at Belmonico’s luncheon and Washington, noting abrupt recognition, poor courtesy from a New York host, and broader cultural contrasts with Berlin, London, and Paris society.
Order at once for silk porcelain china and opal glass graphics. New and elegant picture frames in any size to order. A5 bromide enlargements as holiday presents. Her Looklin & BCHARD at 27dlw 118 Stephenson St.
The piece discusses Chinese ancestral spirits or joss as invoked guardians in daily life and beliefs. It contrasts living gods with ancestral spirits, noting how courage and ritual shape behavior, then shifts to jewelry making and historic coins, praising ancient mint artistry and the relevance of Coign and medals through history.
A fragment cites Freeport population around 12,000 noting at least half troubled with throat and lung complaints. The ad urges Kemp’s Royalasma remedy and lists various local businesses including a 99 cents store and a fresco painter touting services under Chamberlin’s store in Fry’s block.
Advertises Dr Mike Nervine as a nerve food medicine claimed to cure headaches dizziness stomach issues and nervous prostration after many physicians failed. Noted cases include Mrs 1 Mrs K and others from the region with long histories. Sample bottles offered at Swarks Bros Drug Store. 99 cent store advertises new albums at low prices.
A promotional notice claims Electric Bitters can cure gout digestion and liver, stomach, and kidney diseases. It asserts thousands seek the remedy daily, promises universal access, and offers bottles for 40 cents or one dollar through Bairnert & Barrall Drugists.
From the Wc Store comes a display of Papa and Mamma dolls, dolls with teeth and natural eyes, Bise and King Dolly patent wax varieties, and every kind manufactured. Bold pricing and availability noted.
Shortness of breath chest pain fainting spells and ankle swelling signal heart disease. Do not try home remedies. Sold at Wert’s Rxos drug store for relief and guidance.
An advertorial style blurb urges parents to give children cough remedies, criticizing costly doctors and recommending REGGS' CILER RY COVA SYRUP offered by Emmert & Barrell, druggists. It promotes rapid relief from fever or consumption-like symptoms with a strong sales pitch.
A waif-like woman near death from consumption reads of Dr King’s New Discovery on wrapping paper. She uses it, then a larger bottle, and rapidly improves to robust health. A trial bottle offer is advertised by Emmert & Burrell’s Drugstore in Fort Smith.
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