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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1874
Page
5
Notice from Freeport Illinois that the city will redeem outstanding City Orders numbered 4,454 through 5,070. Interest on these orders will cease on September 1, 1874. City Clerk Wu states the notice date as August 10, 1874.
Farmers urged to sell dairy and other farm products at Ruston's New Depot on Stephenson Street to obtain the highest cash prices for butter eggs lard tallow beeswax and related goods.
Property description in Stephenson County offers eighty acres of cultivated land with an unfailing spring. Located about one and a quarter miles from the Court House. For terms inquire at the law office of Barney & Nerr.
Clayton's trimming from morning to night offers free trimming with paper purchases. G M Clayton provides photographic services at Union Gallery near Elson's Jewelry in McHenry. Jeremiah Dean is the local insurance agent for eight companies with $10,000,000 capital, offering insured property coverage. Newcomer and Zuver advertise as merchant tailors at 147 Stephenson Street. Money to loan on farm property and houses for sale are also promoted.
First Class Work claims 25 years in the watch and jewelry trade and guarantees all work. Finietp and Brainerd invite customers with fine watches or jewelry to call for repairs at 189 Stephenson Street opposite the monument.
WM A Stevens announces a large lot of new goods for early fall trade with special bargains. The sale opens Wednesday and Thursday and the store invites customers to view the new merchandise.
An 1911-sourced notice advertises 2000 acres of premier land for sale in tracts. It also promotes blooded sheep including 20 head of Young Lincolnshire rams from O M Saxby and imported Lincolnshire stock from England, offered to improve Stephenson County flocks. Local contact mentions Cullsoon, R Couzy, Silver Creek, Illinois.
A carom billiard table in good condition will be sold on reasonable terms. Inquiries may be directed to Houanp & Bro at 100 Stephenson Street.
Crowd lines Clayton’s last lot of wallpaper received Saturday with the prettiest patterns and lowest city prices. Impulse buyers swarm the shop opposite Brewster House and Stephenson Street location near the Opera House for rich goods and fast service.
The Damp Rockford exhibit is cited with thanks for Winnobago County Industrial Exhibition at Rockford from September 1 to 4. The column notes Baker’s flour scoop and sisters as popular with ladies, canvassers seeing great sales, and praises the device as ingenious for every home with more galled sales expected next week.
A Chicago physician, Dr Robert Greer, will visit Freeport on August 27 to offer consultations for chronic ailments with free diagnosis and aim for permanent relief. He is advertised as curing without medicine and providing instant results upon entry.
Help wanted for general house work at the Webster Street residence of S F Taylor. Apply in person to the address given.
On Stephenson or Locust street between Walnut and Lincoln a lady's reticule containing a fine lace handkerchief was found. The finder will be liberally rewarded by leaving it at Walton's.
Fire swept through the southwest part of Baileyville on Friday afternoon consuming Mr. Orwell Bailey’s barns, cattle sheds, 14 grain stacks and an eighty ton hay crop. Loss is estimated at eight thousand dollars with no insurance. Children playing with matches are blamed. Bailey was away in town and was summoned home to witness the ruin.
WM A Stevens offers a small second hand Wil der fire proof iron safe for quick sale at a bargain price. The item is described as compact and practical for home or shop use. Sale details include limited availability and first come, first served basis.
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