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Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1880

Page

3

Popular Vote for Garfield in 1880 Record Doubles Previous

The 1880 presidential tally shows Garfield ahead by 38,008 over Hancock and fusion totals, with an overall vote plurality. The popular vote exceeds the 1876 figure by about 772,678, while the oral vote numbers reach 9,00,8c6.

Garfield Hancock California Dude David Verry D.C. Broderick Indiana Greenback Men Teket Beattle Virginia Hiancock Maine Weaver Han Louisiana Keattia

Profitable Patients Hop Bitters Praise

The Cincinnati Star extols Hop Bitters as the most wonderful cure for wasting illnesses. It claims sufferers improve from the first dose and regain perfect health with continued use, urging anyone afflicted to obtain Hop Bitters.

Cincinnati Star

Damages Awarded in Limerick Breach Case

A jury in Limerick awarded $3,000 damages to a young man in a breach of promise case. Witnesses for the plaintiff included a Roman Catholic priest who reportedly was asked to supply a sacerdotal document known in Ireland as a certificate of freedom to enable the defendant to marry his current wife. Judge Dowse remarked he had never heard of such a certificate of freedom outside bondage.

Limerick Wotan Amon Ireland Dowse

Eclectric Oil and Horse Cru cifix Triumphs

Beware of impostors claiming fake remedies and know Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil. Crucifix, winner of the Owka for Lord George Bentwick, dominated English turf with twelve starts in less than a year from July 9 1839 to June 5 1840, earning 10287 pounds in public stakes.

Crucifix Lord George Bentwick

Not A Beverage And Odd Victorian Pearls

A compilation note discusses Hop Bitters as not a beverage but a medicine with curative properties. It covers Paris gossip on jewelers and swindling, the ex-Queen of Naples at the Hippodrome, fashion trends in dog breeds, a Greenville plant blooming since a 33-year-old marriage, a dog poisoning case in Minster, England, views on selecting lovers, Carter's Little Nerve Pills for nervousness, and a Minnesota organist’s performance.

Rochester Naples Paris Horge The Madeleine

Tribune President Foresees 1881 Growth and Liberal Policies

The New York Tribune reports record yearly circulation surpassing all but Lincoln campaign peaks and pledges to continue strong journalism in 1881. It aims to promote free fair suffrage, sound money, home industry protection, practical internal improvements, and civil service reform. ItsAgricultural, Household, Young Folks, literary, scientific, religious, and market sections will be maintained and expanded as opportunities arise.

New York Tribune United States Tribune

The Semi-Weekly Tribune and Weekly Tribune Rates

Public notice lists subscription prices for the Tribune editions including semi weekly and weekly. Rates show single copies and multi copy club pricing, with volume discounts and payment options via draft or money order.

The Tribune Premiums Offer Bible Concordance

The Tribune introduces two premium offers including Robert Young’s Great Bible Concordance. It combines concordance lexicon and gazetteer in a large quarto, originally priced at $15, now bundled with Tribune subscriptions at varied rates. Postage 40 cents. options include multiple copies over five years or one year. The second premium is announced but details follow.

Tribune Robert Young LL. D England The Weekly

Enriched Library Offer for Universal Knowledge Volumes

Embracing Chamber's Encyclopedia with additions by American editors expands the work to 16 handsome octave volumes. The Tribune offers packages linking Library of Universal Knowledge to multi-year Tribune subscriptions, with prices from 15 to 20 dollars. Five volumes are ready. mail postage 21 cents per volume. express cheaper in packages.

Chamber Tribune Library of Universal Knowledge Weekly Tribune

Free library offer for 2000 orders in 19th century ad

An advertisement promises Reader's Library of Universal Knowledge publication with free ayew preset from Trivune Macaulay History of England in three handsome volumes. Bound in cloth, printed in large type. Subscriber pays postage by snail or express. three volumes postage 21 cents.

Library of Universal Knowledge Macaulay England

New-York Tribune Subscriptions Include Free Freight

Advertises subscriptions to the New-York Tribune with options for five years or multiple one-year periods. Offers Webcester's Great Unabridged Quakellustrated Dictionary bound in sheep, 1879 edition, mailed free with advance payment, plus options for domestic delivery and cheaper local express. Includes pricing in dollars for various term lengths and delivery methods.

The New-York Tribune New York City Webcester

Augusta Firm Admits High Cost of Outfit

Local notice from Arevs TRUE & Co. at 2433 Augusta, Maine, outlines expensive attire. The brief entry lists a high price tag of 72 dollars for a days wear, noting difficulty in sourcing affordable garments.

Arevs True & Co Augusta Maine

Fete Sponsored Event in Poland Maine Details Unclear

Fragmentary text notes a fete with a price range of five to twenty dollars, mentions Poland Maine, and shows garbled wording making specifics uncertain.

Poland Maine

Weekly West Review of News and Markets

Condensed comprehensive weekly issue recaps news of the week, editorials on current topics, and full market reports with market reviews. Describes a broad variety of literary and miscellaneous reading matter offered by a prominent West Coast weekly.

West

Daily Journal Weekly Sketches and Poetry Supplement

A two page feature in The Daily Journal Saturday issue and every Weekly issue filled with sketches literary reviews poetry and anecdotes from the ac company.

The Daily Journal Weekly

Daily Journal Subscriptions and Mail Rates Notice

A historic advertisement outlines subscription prices for the Daily Journal and Saturday Journal with supplement, including annual and weekly rates. It notes postage included and payment methods via post office money order or registered mail, with the caution that the publisher accepts risk only for those methods. The notice requests the full post office address including state and county.

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