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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1877
Page
5
Advertising rates shown for mainess cards up to five lines at eighty five per year. Ten cents per line for first reading column insertion and five cents per line for subsequent insertions. Black ranks twenty cents per line first insertion and ten cents per line subsequent. No discounts. Subscription price two dollars per year in advance. Proprietors Orichards & Co.
Harvest is past in Orangeville as threshing machines hum across fields of oats and winter grains while spring wheat and barley suffer from chinch bugs. A concert and ice cream festival at the Masonic Hall for the M.E.F church drew a full crowd with performances by Freeport Quartette and Orangeville ensembles, toast speeches, and piano solos. Attendees enjoyed cream, cake, and fruit, praising Orangeville as a top place for festival entertainment and value.
The Sunday School Convention of Loran will convene at the Lutheran church in Babb's Grove on Sunday August 19 1877. The program includes morning devotional reading of minutes opening address discussion reports essays and a vestry benediction with music from various schools. J A Gheen Secretary invites all to attend.
General A D Cook and General Terry to represent the army. Cabinet approved raising the regular army to 50 000 men. Contemplates building ten harbor gun boats to defend water sites and government properties from mobs, with a policy to situate buildings near navigable waters for naval protection.
The item lists numerous names tied to the Freeport Illinois post office for the week ending August 18, 1877. It also features an editorial encouraging professional medical aid and promotes Hosetetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy, plus a public letter from J E Philips of Lena dated July 11 1877 supporting a run for Stephenson County Superintendent of Schools.
A benevolent innovation named the Favorite cooking stove is promoted as a practical boon for the suffering and thrifty in the home. The advertisement urges households to adopt the stove as a staple kitchen appliance, implying efficiency and necessity.
Dr Fenner's Capitol Bitters praised for stimulating appetite warming digestion and toning the entire tract. The ad claims increased strength warding off disease with seasonal use and urges laborers to take bottles. Testimonials from J L Bugbee Stockton NY dated July 21 1873 endorse scientific formulation and blood digestive benefits. Sold by Emmert & Burrell as Freeport IL wholesale agents.
A new dwelling house is listed for sale or rent by VY Averill. The notice provides a brief property offer and contact reference for interested buyers or tenants.
Notice from Mrs. ALEXANDER seeks temporary boarders at the Bechtel property on Galena Street. Limited spots available by the day or week.
FOR RENT. I will rent my house furnished if desired or rent 3 or 5 rooms, Jackson Street near Walnut. F C Welch. Our entire stock of wall paper and aged window shades selling out at cost to the room. D Adamson S Stephenson St.
The city of Freeport plans a special election on August 25, 1877 to decide borrowing Thirteen Thousand One Hundred Dollars to issue bonds at eight percent interest to redeem due bonds and fund city needs. Voters will indicate with ballots read Issuing Bonds or Against Issuing Bonds.
My next Grand Excursion to South west Kansas will leave Freeport Aug. 22 and Sept. 19 at 1 20 p m The excursion will pass through Topeka Emporia Florence Peabody Newton Hutchison Sterling Great Bend Larned to Kinsley For excursion rates find circulars apply in person or by letter to L H Wittson District Agent A J & S FRA 217 Perry st Davenport Iowa
A vendor named Diltenbaugh urges buyers to prepare for a record peach shipment and a wide selection of fruit at very cheap prices.
A special election is set for Saturday August 26 1877 to authorize issuing 18100 in city bonds to replace bonds maturing September 4 1877 Polls open 8 am close 7 pm in Tremont House First Ward Pennsylvania House Second Ward New York Hotel Trembor City Clerk Freeport Illinois August 6 1877
Local ad lists coffee prices and brands including Finest Green Rio Coffee at 25¢, Good Green at 92, Finest Roasted on Coffee at 80, and Burren Bros at 28, signaling a promotional trade listing.
Dixon location opens the fall term on Monday September 3 with students from five states and eleven counties. The outlook is favorable and plans include two more departments and two or three additional professors to reinforce the faculty.
Freeport corn syrup priced at 55 cents a gallon. Burrell Bros advertise all kinds of machine oil at bottom figures, available through D. Adamson at 89 Stephenson Street.
An advertisement proclaims the New Family SourTix sewing machine as a superior, rapid, and versatile helper for households. It claims exceptional performance, easy use, durability, and low price at 25 dollars, with agents urged to supply the high demand and territory free, by A Cately & Co at Broadway and Eighth Street, New York.
An old advertisement touts Shilohs Cure and related tonics for consumption cough asthma and lung ailments with guarantees refunds and prices of 10 cents 50 cents and 1.00 per bottle. It also promotes Shilohs Ponous Paster and System Vitalizer plus Hackmetack perfume sold by Emmert and Burrell with catalog numbers.
The ad urges shoppers to buy at W. W. Robey opposite Knowlton's bank for teas coffees sugars syrups canned fruits and all grocery needs. It promises pure quality and low prices with home delivery. Remember Robey for good goods at the lowest prices.
County Surveyor E. Josén invites patrons to leave orders at the office of the County Clerk with their name range township section and day desired. Office located in Court House Freeport.
Cheap Johi John RR Wagner, Agent, opposite Brewster House, offers the lowest prices with the best goods. Wagner, a long established grocer, boasts the largest stock in the city and invites customers to visit and be convinced.
The schedule lists eight Aug and Sept gatherings across Loran Village Church Jefferson Ebenezer German Church Entent Van Brocklin ME Church Loran Wutheran Ridott Center School Line Van Brocklin and Ridott U B Freeport and Silver Creek Reformed Church with Freeport hosting the Sept 16 county meeting led by C Foster County Agent.
A $100 scholarship is available at Rock River University Dixon. It applies to any branch or department taught. For details contact the office by phone or mail.
Item describes One Bartletts Littlefield Furnace No 17 with heating pipes and registers in good order. Price listed as 150.00, sale for 75 cash. Contact LT Lemon for inquiry.
Machinery including plows and cultivators received quick repairs at a central workshop amid a surge in farm equipment service. the note mentions a popular Mead beverage served at Diffenbaugh's Soda Fountain.
The Stephenson County Farmers' Co operative Association announces a full line of farm implements from hand rakes to threshing machines. All items are sold on their merits with guaranteed satisfaction and no sale with harsh terms.
Describes symptoms of indigestion and liver complaint and promotes Green's August Flower as a proven remedy. Claims 2,400,000 bottles distributed as trials and offers sample bottles at 10 cents and regular size at 75 cents. Advertises Swarts and Stocking as sellers in the United States through druggists.
For sale is the Freeport City Mills flouring mill on the Pecatonica River with water power, three burrs, in good running order and offered cheap on easy terms. Enquire Wensten and Ruppes, Freeport, Illinois, April 10, 1877. Plows repointed sharpened polished at Easter and Co. Boots and shoes by Brown and Vail with fit or no sale guarantee. Shop in basement under Ford's jewelry store Tarbox Block Freeport Illinois.
Burne Le Bros advertise cheapest and finest parlor and chamber sets at their new store No 89 Stephenson St upstairs Hint Koenig promotes article with 110 trade pricing for wheat flour 82 0 per sack and emphasizes value.
A classified snippet advertises rental spaces Warehouse 91 and 93 on Galena Street with inquiries directed to W G and W Barnes. It also lists farm machinery for sale at Easter and Co s Warehouse and imported vinegars at Burrell Bros with fruit prices noted.
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