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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1880
Page
5
The notice details advertising rates including two cents per line for new insertions and reduced charges for subsequent insertions. It lists subscription at $1.50 per year in advance and mentions black type rates, with prices per line and line limits across columns.
The firm proclaims independent stance against larger sellers and vows to undercut rivals. It touts stylish, well-made clothing at lower prices than “trash” in Freeport and warns customers not to invest until viewing its stock.
An 8 prominent chemist from New York, Albert Dung of 61 Bowery, endorses St Jacobs Oil as a reliable remedy and recommends patent attorneys for securing patents. Presley and Green of 590 Seventh Street Washington, D.C., highlight their years of experience in patent practice and government departments.
The article promotes Green's August Flower as unequaled for curing dyspepsia and liver troubles. It claims the liver governs health and that the tonic improves digestion, heart and brain function. Sample bottles are offered at 10 cents and three doses are said to prove its efficacy, sold by Swarts & Stocking across Western towns.
A local notice promotes Shilohs Cure for coughs croup and consumption and Shilohs Porous Plaster for back and chest pain with price points. J G Starkey of Iowa City claims Shilohs Vitalizer cured his long standing indigestion and liver issues, praising its effectiveness. Sold by Emmert & Burrell.
A cure for catarrh diphtheria canker mouth and headache advertised with a nasal eugeeter included at no extra charge. Bottle priced at 50 cents and sold by Einmert and Burrell.
List of named individuals including Miss Kate Breard Mrs Mary Briggs and John Wald among unclaimed letters for the week ending February 2. Office hours stated with Monday through Saturday operation and holiday service details. Postmaster Smith Atkins notes the advertising letter requirement and date of advertisement.
Six room house with good well and cistern available for rent at five dollars per month. Located on the hill west of River School. Inquire at 8, V. Allen.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve marketed as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers and all skin eruptions. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded priced at 24 cents per box sold by Kimmert & Burrell Freeport TH. JDASGLY
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a universal cure for consumption and related lung diseases. It claims physician endorsement and journal approval, urging readers to buy a ten cent trial bottle or a one dollar regular size from Emmert & Burrell in Freeport and to subscribe to the JOURNAL.
For Thirty Days Best card Photographs priced at $1.00 a dozen offered by McHenry's Gallery at 105 Stephens on Freeport. Also drugstore remedy promises Dr Sellers' Cough Syrup relief on short notice. Butter making improvements from Cilt-Edge Butter Maker claim faster churning, 6 percent more product, 20 percent higher quality, golden color year round. Sold by druggists grocers and storekeepers.
In a dated ad style notice Burrell Brothers tout 442 coffees green or roasted at old prices and sugars below Chicago wholesale quotations. The message hypes Hop Bitters as a cure all and offers remedies for dilapidated habits and general ailments.
The text urges regulating the stomach first and the liver second to restore perfect organ function. It claims Hope Bitters is the sole remedy to ensure natural healthy action of both organs, implying it can prevent most illnesses across climates.
Kidney diseases afflict many and rise steadily. The virtues of Kidney-Wort are known to relieve and speedily cure. Readers urged to abandon spirits of nitre and similar remedies and try this great cure.
The committee of experts deemed the Wells Richardson Butter Color from Burlington VI superior to all others and awarded it the first and only prize. Darry nen should remember this and insist on having the best. Sold by all druggists and Grocers. Send for circular. Order Vienna Pare Patent Flour from Burre y Bros for better bread.
Frustrated reader is offered work at home earning 72 dollars per week plus 12 dollars per dig. A costly outfit is provided free and the ad directs readers to TRUE & Co at 2493 Ty Aumista Maine for details.
A Burrell Bros advertisement touts garden grown Japan tea at 68c per pound and discounts on coffee from 18c to 12c per pound. It promotes Southern kiln dried white corn meal Kansas white winter wheat flour white wheat Graham flour and canned peaches and sugar corn with multiple price points and fresh roasted Rio and Saates Coffee offerings.
A sales pitch urges readers to send Kidney-Wort to a sick friend with kidney disorders arguing it acts as a powerful tonic, quickly relieving distress and curing disease. The tone asks readers whether they have tried the remedy.
A letter from Dr. Alb Jennings of Fredonia New York endorses Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic for chronic diseases claiming it removes the disease cause. Also advertised are Dr Fenner’s Cough Remedy and Golden Relief with sample bottles offered, sold by Emmert & Burrell.
Per day at home samples valued from five to two thousand thirty nine dollars noted in Portland Malng listing. Audreys Stinson and Co appears as the firm handling the samples and fee structure.
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