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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1879
Page
5
Presley & Green of Washington D C claim extensive practice in all government departments including patents and land and mineral claims. They offer services to inventors seeking patents and to clients pursuing contested claims before the General Land Office. Send stamp for information.
Burrell Bros advertises old price coffees green or roasted and sugars below Chicago quotations. It touts the largest stock of canned fruits and vegetables in Northern Illinois with low case prices. Offers Porto Rico Molasses and New Orleans Molasses, corn syrup, Vienna Pure Patent Flour, and other staples at discount, urging orders for barrels of flour.
In less than a year and a half the store has built the largest business in Freeport by offering a stock twice as large as competitors, a clean cheerful shop, and prices lower than customers expect. The ad promises fair dealing and no overcharging, even for a three year old.
Advertises boots and shoes selling cheaper than any other firm in Freeport. Any person with ready money can buy a pair, at the Sign of the Big Red Boot.
Over 60 000 copies of Common Sense in the Household have been sold and the author’s new work A Talk with Mothers about their Daughters is expected to gain similar popularity among readers.
In recent months over 500000 bottles of Shilohs Cure have sold and more than 2000 cases of Consumption cured. The ad claims rapid relief for Cough Croup Asthma Bronchitis and recommends Shilohs Porous Plaster for lame back and chest pain. Emmert and Burrell distribute.
In this community notice a patent remedy scene offers SHILON'S VI TALIZER as a cure for digestive and debility issues with a nasal injector listed free with each bottle. Also promoted are SHILOE'S CATAB R EMEDY for catarrh and throat ache, priced at 40 cents, with Emmert & Burrell as sellers and Burrell Bros. offering garden Japan Tea at eight per pound and other teas at low prices. A new two seated open carriage is for sale via W P Emmert or Emmert & Burrell.
The First National Bank of Freeport calls annual stockholders meeting for January 13 1880 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to elect directors and conduct other business. Gro F DeForest cashier Freeport Dee 8 1872. First Picking Garden Grown Japan Tea 68 cents a pound at BurRRELL Bros Subscribe for the JOURNAL.
An advertisement touts Top Bitters as a remedy for languor fatigue and irritability. It claims improved energy, relief from irregularities and obstructions, and permanent removal of periodic pain. It urges readers to try the product.
Readers asked about St Jacobs Oil with claims of miraculous relief and cures. The note explains it is available from retail druggists or can be procured within days from wholesale houses upon request.
Burrell Bros promotes a ready mince meat made from quality meat fruits and cider. It claims savings in labor and cost compared with homemade preparation and invites readers to try the product.
A Gentle Remedy describes Kidney-Wort as a mild constitutional treatment for a torpid liver unhealthy skin weak bladder and enfeebled stomach. It claims to cure acute lumbago and piles and to soothe indigestion with cases of twelve years standing reported as cured. Drug stores stock it.
An unsigned advertisement from HWALLErr & Co of Portland Maine offers terms and a weekly $66 payment in town. It claims no cost and provides a contact address at 2433-Ly Portland.
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