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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1870
Page
5
Local notice highlights Royal Standard Double Warp Alpacas offerings praised for superior color finish and lower prices than rivals. Rest and Morean cited as sources.
W. W. Robey buys into Farmers Warehouse Bergman and Kirk, renaming the business Bergman Robey & Kirk. The firm occupies a new brick building behind the Court House with a large wareroom and offers Romery Thresher, McCormick harvesters, Sterling corn planter and sheller, Moline and Dixon plows, Easterly seeder, and other farming implements. We wish them success.
McNamara offers his entire stock of Boots and Shoes Over-shoes Arctics and Rubbers at cost for thirty days to reduce stock before spring store improvements. No. 87 Stephenson Street.
Exhibitors at the Ohio and Indiana State Fairs showcased a stove that outheated rivals like the Oriental Morning Glory Radiator and Empire Gas Burner. It leads the list for efficiency, promising more heat from less fuel.
E L Cronkrite operates a Stephenson street grocery next to Stephenson County Bank offering fresh groceries and provisions. Goods are delivered within the city at no extra charge and are guaranteed to meet recommendations with fair, reasonable profits.
The piece advertises a new treatment called Dr Caner’s Cephalacea or Sick Headache Pill, claiming rapid general use and easy, certain relief. It notes availability at all druggists.
The Stephenson Street millinery and fur goods shop announces new Christmas and New Year stock. Proprietor C. O. Best has sold over two hundred baskets of Oolong Tea, praised as the city’s best tea, at a price of 1.25 per pound.
The notice praises Tandy for selling boots and shoes with dependable quality at cheap prices. It highlights his accommodating service and guarantees on goods, inviting customers to call.
Lawver s and Burchard s advertise meat cutters and stuffers offered at low prices as part of a local sales display.
Mr Charles H Packard offers American and Swiss watches from top manufacturers with full satisfaction warranty. Large stock of silver and silver plated ware for the holidays praised for design and finish, with prices advertised as the lowest in the West.
The Celebrated Tubular Lantern and oil lanterns of every description are for sale at Lawyer and Burchard's.
The county’s only steam printing office boasts more presses and a larger stock of material, enabling cheaper, better, and faster printing than competitors. It invites persons needing job printing to use its services.
Advertisement notes groceries offered at good new and cheap prices at C C Bests located at 151 Stephenson Street. The short item functions as a local commerce notice.
Property protection options offered through the Porter and Wright agency with North American of New York among their partners. Generał C Best imports tea from China arriving via San Francisco priced at 1.25 per pound. Lawver and Burchard advertise heating stoves for wood and coal at low prices.
Bargains offered as business sells off shoes at astonishingly low rates to clear room for a new spring stock. Call early to secure discount footwear and boots at the sign of the Big Boot.
S: The undersigned offers three hundred bushels of excellent sound Yellow Dent Seed Corn. Each tested kernel sprouted in multiple trials. Farmers are invited to inspect at Wilcoxson's new marble block and plant a quantity to verify germination. Office of L P Frazier.
The merchanting town notes that Lawyer and Burchard hardware store stays busy while others murmur of dull trade. The piece suggests their success comes from clear location, low prices, and superior stock, urging readers to visit for hardware needs.
Lawyer and Burchard advertise Imperial Cook and Imperial Stewart stoves for sale. Local shoppers urged to visit the shop to compare models and pricing.
Krohn the tobacco dealer invites customers to browse pipes tobacco pouches and the best cigar brands. He offers smoking tobacco fine cut or plug chewing tobacco and related items to satisfy enthusiasts. Stop in for a smoke.
Haynes the Indian Explorer tours Springfield and other cities giving cures and medicinal lessons from the Indian Territory. He claims faster healing at lower prices with testimonials from professors and clergy. He showcases Indian curiosities and offers free consultation at the Pennsylvania House inviting all to call for details.
The Basket Oolong Tea sold only at C. C. Best’s shop located at 151 Stephenson Street for $1.25 per pound.
A writer proclaims sun pictures surpass pen pictures and heart pictures, suggesting that a friend’s image etched on the heart may still crow in memory, and recommends McHenry’s as the place to obtain a photograph to keep that memory bright.
Owing to important changes in process Best and Morgan announce tremendous bargains in dry goods to reduce stock and make room.
Wart cure claimed to treat chilblains and frosted feet with universal efficacy and recommended by druggists for sale through pharmacies.
He has great experience in photography and can take pictures unrivalled for tone and finish. He matches all sizes and styles and defies competition in quality while offering prices as low as the lowest. Located on Stevenson street at the corner of Exchange, upstairs.
J D Diffenbaugh relocates to Fry's Block three doors east offering a larger stock and cheaper goods. Diffenbaugh will wait on customers with a wider assortment than before.
Still continue to furnish their custom ers with the best meats game and fish to be had in the country. If you want the best of lake fish or a good roast of beef or a mutton chop call on Rhodes & Brother opposite the Soldiers Monu ment.
An experienced agent for the Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine is now located at G M Clayton's dealer in paints oils and fancy goods. He will keep on hand a variety of machines and all related items. Old machines adjusted and repaired. Local agent A McDonald.
An advertisement touts top quality tobacco and cigars available at Kummerer's cigar store offering a range of leading brands and products for discerning customers.
Mrs M M Sheetz operates a millinery and dress making shop in rooms formerly used by Mc Cutcheon as a flat and cap store. Mrs Grove oversees cutting and fitting with high regard for skill. The business seeks liberal patronage.
Very important meeting to consider altering the constitution and organizing the society on a stock plan. All holders of interest in the Agricultural Society should attend at the City Clerk's office Friday at 10 o clock a.m. A letter for Walsh and Mutchingon was found in the City Post Office. Do they live in Freeport?
The Masquerade opens at seven with the Silver Corner Band leading a torch lit procession to the hall. Crowds fill the decorated venue as masked guests display varied costumes, a grand throne on display, and a comedic machine that reveals clownish figures. Dance continues until daylight with high praise for the season’s best carnival.
Evoking the famed orator John B. Gough, the notice urges attendance at Wilcoxson's Opera House tonight. It also notes publishers pas Fields Osgood Co offering Every Saturday, a prominent illustrated weekly. The piece cites a call for depot improvements by "Mr Improvement" directed at Illinois Central and Northwestern railroa ds.
A letter from Gro. S. BowEng and officers invites Sir to speak at Library Hall on Monday evening Feb 14 with an address titled Wash and a musical sugar hogshead for entertainment. G Welch president accepts and outlines couponed admission with profits donated to the Merchants and Commercial Travelers Association.
Thirty five marriage licenses were granted in this county in January. Mrs Woodhull and Mrs Tennessee Claflin opened a share shop in Broad Street New York and claim to engage in banking. The Claflin of this firm is derided as a humbug. The Singerbund will host a German Singing Festival June 14 to 16 with societies from several cities. Since November 1 1864 the Money Order system began at Freeport Post Office, paying out 172501 dollars on orders drawn on this post office and 5775 orders drawn on other offices, ranging from one to fifty dollars.
A racy private letter printed in the Chicago Journal targets Thomas J. Turner with sharp political jabs. The writer recalls Turner’s Ohio origins, early support for Andrew Jackson, congressional service, and shifting loyalties through the anti Nebraska period, ending with a pointed appeal to adjourn.
The management promises grand decorations and a crowning triumph of the season. A parade features a procession of grotesque characters on wheels and horseback with every available horse engaged for the event. Performances at the hall are billed as surpassing expectations in originality and splendor.
The week included sales bills for Dan Brigham near Kleckner's mill Suiday, Urich Woodring near Orangeville, Sarah EB Smith near Freeport, Josiah K Brentzer near Rock Grove, and Ht 41 Diemer near Cedarville. Dates show Reb 21th and March Sth 1870 with locations scattered across rural areas.
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