Freeport Journal in Freeport, Illinois

Vast Local Advertising and Patent Office Trade Growth

The passage notes a sweeping rise in business at the Patent Office General Land Office Pension Office and other government departments with cases of patent claims contested land entries and related matters routed to Presbrey Green attorneys at 629 West Washington. It lists a flood of assorted ads for medicines groceries and services from Emmert Burrell and Burnell Bros urging readers to try Dr King s New Discovery for consumption Shiloh s remedies and various household goods and groceries from local merchants.