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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1877
Page
5
The notice outlines advertising rates per line and column for display and classified ads. It lists first insertion charges, subsequent insertions, and discounts, with policies on vanity and repeated lines. It notes additional charges for notices and special formats and credits the proprietor HICHARDS & Company.
The article traces the Festiniog Railway origins as a horse tramway built to transport slate to a shipping point, later adopting locomotive power in 1863. It details engine specs, weights, and the Little Wonder locomotive, and notes international interest in narrow gauge lines and gauge debates, ending with a public auction notice in Jefferson township for farm stock and implements.
Fragmentary text references the Orangeville council and its Cedarville Bellyue Orangeville congregations. Details are unclear and names or dates are missing, making a precise account provisional.
Prof. Griffith offers his ten room Galena Street house for sale or rent near Freeport’s business center. The property is in excellent order with a reasonable price. Call or write box 386, Post Office.
Business notice from A F Broap seeks twenty five canvassers to sell Inexhaustible Magic Ink stands. Claim highlights water-based ink as the best, inviting buyers to consider the product and its promised wonders.
Good Advice promotes Boschrr's German Syrup as a preventative for pneumonia lung fever consumption asthma and croup. It claims three doses cure and one bottle lasts a winter. Sample bottles are 10 cents and regular size 75 cents sold by Swarts and Stocking druggists.
An advertised preparation named Wayne's Diuretic and Alterative Exixm or Bueno JrykPer ACETATE Parasi offered as a remedy for Gravel, bladder irritation, dropsy, rheumatic and gouty affections, and back pain. Sold by 21-41 W A Swarts and Stocking.
An advertisement endorses Edson Bros. in Washington DC as a seasoned patent firm. It highlights their experience and client dedication with fees paid only after patent approval and invites readers to request their informational circular.
Claims the New Family Shuttle sewing machine is the cheapest in the world at 30 dollars and outperforms pricier rivals in speed and reliability. Promises easy learning, long service, and rapid profits for agents, with territory free and agents urged to supply strong demand from Broadway and Eighth Street New York firm A Catley & Co.
Broad's Book Store advertises fine diaries for the year 1877. The notice highlights durable bindings and ample room for notes, inviting readers to purchase early for seasonal planning and record keeping.
Kingsley and Mills move rental office to the corner opposite First and Second National Banks to better suit business. Field and Brainerd advertise holiday gifts with stock being sold out at cost in large convenient rooms.
A $100 scholarship is offered at Rock River University in Dixon. Valid in any branch or department taught. For details call at or address this office.
Dr David will visit Freeport every Tuesday from 8 to 9 o clock p m to treat diseases of the rectum with a no cure no pay policy.
Fresh Baltimore oysters available by can or case at Fifield and Brainerd's with best brands advertised. None Such oysters priced from 25 cents and up. J. D. Diffenbaugh & Son are associated in the notice. The ad urges shoppers to buy Christmas presents while stock remains cheap.
A pocket book lost on Stephenson Street, Saturday January 6, 1877, containing about $25 in currency. A reward of $5 is offered for return of the pocket book and contents to this office.
Persons seeking work are advised to leave their names with the Tem perance Reading Rooms. Those in need of workers will know where to locate them through the listing.
Headquarters for winter apples by the barrel or peck at the lowest market price. Pure home made candies advertised with a policy of one dollar per ounce for adulteration. No glucose in their candy.
A.Cately & Co promote a sewing machine as the cheapest in the world offering rapid, accurate, smooth and strong performance. They promise easy learning, long service, and no wear out with improvements, claiming agents can profit from the high demand and territory free. Located at Broadway and Eighth St New York.
Neat, cheap binding at Journal Office bindery. Inquire of JouRN A MARTIN. Castoria advertised as a safe remedy for infants and children. Centaur Liniments claim cures for flesh and bone ailments. White Liniment for animals. Listed cents and months.
A box containing two packages of good envelopes and a quire of good writing paper bought at Broad's Bookstore for 25 cents.
Aaron Gold declares his return from Pennsylvania and resumes hospitality at the Davis hotel offering good livery in connection with the establishment. He invites both former customers and new patrons to call.
The advertisement promotes W. W. Robey as the best source for teas coffees sugars syrups canned fruits and all grocery needs. It notes pure quality low prices and home delivery from the shop opposite Knowlton's bank.
A prominent local merchant gained fifteen pounds in two months after using six bottles of Dow's Liver Cure. The ad claims digestive and liver benefits, highlighting vegetable ingredients, improved digestion, and toxin cleansing. Draper and Swarts Stocking advertise availability with a $500 reward for untreatable headaches or bilious complaints.
An ad seeks 1,000 magazines to bind at the office and promotes Broad's large stock of blank books as the best bargain in town.
The February Galaxy will feature a new serial story by Justin McCarthy titled Miss Misanthrope running through the year. Henry James Jr contributes The Letters of Tlenore de Balzac, Walter Burlingame writes on the Murder of Margary, and Secretary Welle’s Lincoln Administration articles continue with Applied Sciences by Charles Barnard. Poems by Bret Starte, W Winter, and Mary Ainge De Vere round out the issue.
Parties are urged to visit the FirreLto and BRAIVERD store to explore a first class cash investment opportunity presented in this public notice.
Call and leave your orders for an Overcoat Suit etc at Stines Star Clothing House. An elegant and choice stock to select from at prices to insure sale.
Advertisement offers a high quality Chickering piano for rent at a modest monthly price. Inquiries directed to Mr Walter Diffenbaughil.
An advert claims the SCANDINAVIAN Bioop Purifier is an infallible remedy for nervous complaints and diseases arising from impure blood. It says the purifier acts on the liver and offers a perfect permanent cure. Available for sale at 21-41w4 Swakrs & STOCKING.
An old classified item promotes Swarts and Stocking selling Bach's Sugar Coated Pills as a mild aid for stomach illness. The notice notes occasional use when the disease affects the stomach and lists the sellers as BWARTS & STOCKING.
S W Chapman opposite the Monument has bought out late partner Col lins and will sell groceries provisions and canned fruits at very low prices with free home delivery. The notice urges remembering Chapman for best goods and lowest prices and notes Ti field Brainerd store selling supplies cheaply. A Carlipp provisional assignee.
The Kansas Pacific Homestead, published by the Kansas Pacific Railroad Land Department, outlines over five million acres granted by Congress for its belt of land along the road extending to Denver Colorado. It describes favorable climate soil and production and offers liberal payment terms with lands not taxed until patent issues. Free circulation via inquiry addressed to S J Gilmore Lawrence Kansas 21-34 12w.
A local listing seeks parian ware including busts and figures. Items mentioned include Milton Scott Burns Dickens Chas Sumner US Grant Shakespeare Sankey Moody Handel Bacchus Flora Apollo and others. Sale notes indicate a market for antiques and decorative pieces with focus on busts and figures.
Now is the time to buy a long-talked of piano from the stock of Fifield and Brainerd at first-class instruments offered at actual cost.
The Dr Morris Syrup of Tar Wild Cherry and Horehound is billed as a reliable staple pulmonary remedy. It claims to cure coughs colds croup bronchitis asthma incipient consumption and whooping cough. It is priced trial size 10 cents large 50 cents and one dollar sold by Emmert and Burrell with agents for Parkers Pleasant Worm Syrup. Also an ad for music scholarship through a teacher offering 20 lessons for eight dollars with P O Box 790.
Cheap John John R Wagner a grocery dealer opposite the Brewster House touts the lowest prices and best goods. Known in town he claims the largest stock and urges customers to visit his store to be convinced by aston ishing low prices.
Old Doctor Samuel Pitcher of Barnstable Massachusetts developed Castoria a honeyed castor oil laxative for his practice. It claims to be palatable yet preserves laxative strength used for years especially with children and is now being introduced to the public.
The Tobacco House or Jacob Krohn, a long standing and prosperous city establishment, ranks as a popular cigar resort. It features the famed "Roln's Own" and the Tavanna filled "Sabrina" as favorites among patrons.
A. Dahl offers repair of all kinds of sewing machines and sells machine needles and oils at J. Z. Dittman's gun shop on Exchange Street opposite the Court House.
Doctors report surprising and happy results from Sales Don’t Corpion as a cough remedy. N A Draper, the local druggist, guarantees a cure or money back after using half the bottle. Pleasant taste makes it suitable for children.
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