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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1880
Page
5
An OCR fragment lists advertising rate figures and ranges with multiple numbers and symbols. The legible items hint at pricing tiers or measurements but lack coherent context or complete labels. No identifiable entities or events are present to anchor a full summary.
Burrell Bros. continues to supply the greater part of Stephenson county with sugars at less than Chicago prices. Ider your supplies at 110. Use Anti-Morbific the great liver remedy. See PRG money to loan and a $450 School Fund loan for one to five years. J Brown Taylor, Treas. Picnic parties find canned meats and fruits at Burrell Bros.
Farmers are urged to choose the New End Shake Sweepstakes thresher for thorough cleaning and fast threshing to prevent grain loss and price reductions. Aultman & Co advertise the Miller’s New Model Vibrating Thresher as superior for no apron threshing, with customer testimonials praising flax threshing at one bushel per minute. The firm invites buyers to visit their warerooms to inspect the claim.
The notice calls public attention to Fred Flachtemeier's marble and stone works at the corner of Galena and Adams in Freeport Illinois. He claims to sell 25 percent cheaper than rivals, guarantees satisfaction, and states no agents canvass. invites inquiries before buying. Also mentions new crop Japan Teas from Burrell Bros and photo services at Allen's gallery.
The ad promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Emmert & Burrell Freeport offer the product at 25 cents per box and urge friends to compare the green Rio Coffee at 18 cents a pound versus 23 cents elsewhere.
Best card photographs offered for thirty days at McHenry's Gallery located at 103 Stephenson Street Freeport Illinois. The advertisement lists prices at $1.00 per dozen and promotes a limited sale event to attract customers.
Five hundred thousand bottles of Shilohs Cure sold in months. Over two thousand Consumption cases cured. Coughs croup asthma and bronchitis yield at once. If you have a cough or a child with croup try Shilohs Cure and Shilohs Plaster sold by Emmert and Burrell.
Old advertisement touts Shilohs Vitalizer as a cure for Dispersia Liver Complaint Indigestion Constipation and General Debility with a nasal injector free and a price of 50 cents Sold by Emmert and Burrell Also Burrell Bros advertise fishing tackle lines rods hooks and accessories for sale in the same notice
The notice touts Dr Fenner's Golden Relief for neuralgia toothache headache and any pain claiming instant relief. It also claims cures for rheumatism backache kidney disease colic diarrhea dysentery burns and bruises with a sample bottle offered at 10 cents and a subscription option for the Journal.
An advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a cure for liver complaints and dyspepsia with a long list of symptoms. It promises quick relief, claims wide sale across western towns, and offers a sample bottle for 10 cents via Swarts & Stocking.
Unclaimed letters listing names including Miss Anna Roache Miss Anna Nolin Mrs Mary Smith Mrs Jennie Ed True with dates and hours. Notices show post office hours daily 7 AM to 7 PM Sundays 9 AM to 12 PM and 12 30 PM closing. Postmaster Snyder expects inquires to include advertised letter and date of advertising.
A report from the Editors' Convention at Waukon notes E. G. Robbins and H. G. Grattan hosting visits at Ludlow township. It highlights Grattan 240 acre farm, 150 Poland China swine, Durham cattle, a Spring of Yellow River water site for a creamery, and Grattan’s early printing career with Illinois papers.
An 1879 advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pellets as blood purifiers and laxatives, with patient testimonials praising cures for liver issues and general debility. The piece also briefly notes a camp meeting incident and local notices about fines for noisy behavior and a missing Knight Templar cross.
In this 1880 notice the piece extols Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption as a cure for coughs throat and lung ailments. It invites readers to Emmert and Burrell’s Drug Store in Freeport for a ten cent trial bottle or a dollar regular size and notes an advertisement inquiry for board and schooling assistance at Mrs H M Guiteau’s corner.
Taken up on premises in Harlem Galena road red yearling steer owner to claim or it will be sold. For sale house and two lots with stable carriage house well cistern fruit varieties on Carroll Street opposite 3rd Ward Park. Enquiries at Mrs. V C Rusten or N F Taylors office over Stevens store. Terms easy, price not stated.
The Cincinnati Gazette argues the nation must bury the Rebel era and its conflicting principles to preserve prosperity, framing the upcoming election as the North’s duty to suppress any future rebellion and settle the lost cause as beyond resurrection. It credits Octave Thanet as Alice French of Davenport Iowa, a graduate of Abbott Academy.
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