Oh What a Cough Cure Claims Here in 19th Century Ad
An old advertisement touts Shilohs Cure for coughs and consumption with promises of relief and a money back guarantee. It also hawks Shilohs Catarrh remedy, Shilohs Vitalizer, and Electric Bitters, plus linseed oil meal for livestock and various patent medicines. Emmert & Burrell sell these drugs. references to prices, guarantees, and a circular offer appear alongside business notices and local shop details.
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Shiloh
Emmert & Urell
Messrs
Emmert & Burrell
Reward offered for information on criminals and posters
A long clipped notice offers a $6.00 reward for information leading to the apprehension or injuring of a person named Richards and others linked to posters and products. The ad includes other promotional lines for fresh oysters and fruit, plus a separate pitch offering $1500 yearly work with a New York firm at Barclay Street and assorted local goods.
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Pd i
Dare Richards
Wilcoxon
B. G. Rideout & Co
Barclay Street
New York
Louis L. Lorillard
East Fifty-fifth Street
Desirable Residence for Sale Near Court House
Two story frame house with seven roofs and kitchen, good cellar, well, out-buildings, and 120 by 180 foot lot, near the court house in Freeport Illinois. Also lists various medicinal advertisements and local goods.
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Court House
D. Hoover
Freeport
For Sale Residence on Stephenson Street
For sale. My residence on Stephenson Street terms easy. Apply to 401 TI. H Stevenson.
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Stephenson Street
H. Stevenson
Property for sale and diverse local notices under oak street
The former residence of T C Gatliff Sr on Oak street is offered for sale a two story brick house 28x34 feet with good basement kitchen 14x28 Lot 100x300 feet Good well and cistern in kitchen Barn 18x28 corn crib wagon shed and abundance of fruit on premises For particulars inquire of CH Heard at Burchard Scott's or XH Gann at German Insurance Company 401 Also notices on electrical advances poise patents and attorneys Presley Green 629 7th St Washington DC plus local ads for dried fruits cider vinegar fresh cow wanted horses taken in payment for organs and sewing machines large city stock and cash buyer inducements roasted coffee 23 cents per pound Burrell Bros
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T. C. Gatliff, Sr
Oak Street
C.H. Heard
Burchard & Scott's
XH Gann
German Insurance Company
Berlin Philorhetonan Society Debates Education Law
The Berlin Philorhetonan Literary Society met January 26 with a debate on compulsory education law in the state, the negative chosen as the decision. Nora Pierce declaimed, music by IF. Barr, G. R. Kramer, and John Jones, officers elected for the month: W. C. Smith president, C Shoemaker vice president, Lizele Caldwell treasurer, Ida Cotherman secretary, E. J. Hoag critic. Marriages: Calvin Porter to Elenor Wilson in Buckeye. Samuel Adams to Maggie J. Bruce in Florence.
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Berlin
Berlin Philorhetonan Literary Society
Nora Pierce
IF. Barr
G. R. Kramer
John, Jones
The
Society
Ameati
W. C. Smith
C Shoemaker
Lizele Caldwell
Ida Cotherman
E. J. Hoag
Marriaces, Porter—Wilson
Buckeye
J._ GO. Irwin
Calvin Porter
Elenor Wilson
Adams Bruce
Florence
J. C. Irwin
Samuel Addams
Cedarville
Maggie J. Bruce
Burrell Bros Teas and Coleridge sleep poem claim
A note praises Burrell Bros for fine teas and rejects higher prices for premium imports. It then states Coleridge's poem Ruble Khan is the only noted sleep?composed work.
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Burrell Bros
Coleridge
Ruble Khan
Prussia Dominates Empire Budgets. Other States Trail
In the German Empire budget data Prussia shows overwhelming totals with 330,629 soldiers and noncommissioned officers and 41,008 commissioned officers against Bavaria, Württemberg, and Saxony. The report notes a broad disparity in armed force strength across the confederation and highlights Prussia’s lead within the Imperial army.
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Prussia
German Empire
Federal Council
Bavaria
Wurtemburg
Saxony
Sensation in the Woods: Hunter Sees Snake Swallow Squirrel
A Georgia hunter in a swamp observed a large eight foot snake coil around a squirrel on a tree limb. The snake dropped, he killed it and the two other squirrels, then resumed his hunt. The tale appears in the Macon Telegraph and Messenger. Good News note follows about an Ohio farm left to a cousin, with quirky humor about tax titles mortgages and possession.
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George Howard
Macon
Newa
Old Bayerton
Ohio
Ben
George
Ezra
Ben Migat
A Woman's Wit in a Naples Barber Story
While Wagner visited Naples a barber sold locks of his iron gray hair to admirers. Wagner’s wife gathered every hair, leaving the barber with nothing. A San Francisco act photo controversy follows, as an agent bought carnival pictures to showcase his troupe.
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Wagner
Naples
San Francisco
Paris restricts sale of vitriol to prescribed cases
Paris authorities curb vitriol sales by prefecture order requiring a physician's prescription or police superintendent permission. Separately the Washington Monument rises to 250 feet above its base.
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Paris
Washington Monument
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Iepond
Journal Printing House
Rnter Wirket Om
Lichtenberger Bros
Chicago Street
Stephenson and
Galena
Illinois
Woglom
N.Y
Emnert & Burell
Emmert & Burell
Shay Brothers
Lichtenbergers Market
Presbrey & Green
Washington
Ab R. Martins
Martins
J. B. Currier
Tate Freeport
Trask
Hame
G. W. Barber
RB. Martins
Bucklen
s.Arnica
Chicago
America
Presley
Burrell Brow
M.’’ Care Journal
John Hea
Wienew
Maracaibo
Java
Alfred H. Wise
Stephenson
Freeport, IL
Sign of the Black Watch
Kundinger &Hart
Kundinger & Hart
Stephenson St
Opera House
Brewster House
Mortimers
O'Brien
Recorder of Deeds
Stephensox County
Alnefs
Cyrus A. Sheetz
Q’brien
Sheetz
Ouse
Bald County
Oscar ‘Taylor
Oscar Taylor
B.js
Gitle
Wade
Taus & Co
Augusta
Malue
Frinton
Whallessle and Tah
Swarts Bros
Enmert
Burrell
Dratars
Barret Bros
H. E. Bogar
Black Hawk
Ues
Ek Toler
Ek Tren
Afcernlatiens
H. A. Pitts’ Sons
MFC
Jefferson Si
Ilte
Japan
Burnell Bros
Jou
Dorserict
Chicago St
Galena St
C. H. Little & CO
I. D. Bentley
Knowlton's Bank
Iil
Elmira
Cuba
Srinidad
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