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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1881
Page
5
Advertisement offers agents and canvassers $25 to $50 weekly for selling books for E. G. Rideout & Co at 10 Barclay Street New York. Send for catalogue and terms. Also Burrell Brothers advertise choice large Messina lemons at 30 cents per dozen.
Advert says Chicago leads as western metropolis and praises Electric Bitters for intrinsic value. Claims the remedy cures where others fail and notes price at fifty cents a bottle sold by Emmert and Burrell.
An Ashton Salt agent, M. W. Brown of Jower Stephenson street, announces Ash ton Dairy Salt on sale for dairy use. The ad promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin and injury care and lists varied grocery items at low prices from Emmert & Burrell and the C. O. D. Grocery, with tobacco accessories from the Winnesheik Tobacco Store and merchants like Borrell Brothers.
Fitch and Rogers, ice merchants on upper Stephenson Street, report a large supply of pure, clear ice cut above the city. The firm promises prompt service, season contracts, and delivery by wagon starting Monday. Orders taken at Fitch's bakery.
Fish offers include white fish trout lake herring California salmon and mackerel in kits quarter or half barrels with guaranteed quality and lower prices. Patent Office General Land Office Pension Office and other government work rise with Pres brey Green attorneys 529 7th st Washington. Burrell Brothers sell pure sugars from top refineries at lower prices in Northern Illinois.
For Thirty Days, best card photographs offered at McHenry's Gallery 108 Stephenson Street Freeport. Price is $1.00 a dozen.
Advertisement extols Shilohs Consumption Cure as the most successful cough remedy and claims it cures coughs croup bronchitis and consumption with a guaranteed test. It lists prices 10c 50c and 1 and notes use of Shilohs Porous Plaster for chest back or lung pain. Sold by Emmert and Burrell.
An advertisement claims many suffer from indigestion constipation dizziness loss of appetite and yellow skin. It promotes Shiloh's Vitalizer guaranteed to cure, sold by Emmert & Burrell for 75 cents.
An advertisement touts Shilot's Catarrin Remedy as a cure for catarrh diphtheria canker mouth and throat ache. Each bottle includes an injector at no extra charge. Price is 50 cents and is sold by Emert and Burrell.
A promotional claim extols Dr Kine’s New Discovery for throat and lung illnesses. It asserts the product cures coughs colds bronchitis asthma hoarseness croup hay fever and other chest and lung afflictions with trial bottles at ten cents and regular bottles at one dollar, sold by Emmert and Burrell.
Local grocery ad lists fresh onion seeds by the pound at C Q O D Grocery with guaranteed freshness and ready availability for customers seeking horticultural supplies.
The advertises Formosa Colony tea at 8714 cents per pound and New Uncolored Spring Leat Japan at 68 cents per pound, claiming unmatched flavor and value. It highlights twenty other grades of Green, Black and Japan Teas at lower prices.
A Russell Street roof blaze ends with insurance survey showing actual damages near two dollars. The owner balks at the payout while an exaggerated negotiation unfolds with misquoted currency and a dog theft joke, highlighting stubborn insurer policy limits.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Trask’s Magnetic ointment provides quick relief for piles chafing and all inflammations praising its superior effectiveness and range of uses.
Mrs T Pettebone of Warren visits her Culver relatives in Shelbine Mo and old neighbors. Mr Davis is recovering after a bee sting. Two newcomers arrive in Eleroy this week. Culver baby boy born Thursday and Beard welcomes a girl. Harvey Latham sells his farm to Vehmeier of Harlem Metz Co begins threshing at J W Stocks.
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