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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1882
Page
5
A promissory sales pitch extols Shilohs Cure as a cure for coughs and consumption with claims of over a million bottles sold in the past year. It urges mothers to buy and notes Shilohs Cure relieves croup and whooping cough and recommends Shilohs roorous Plaster for lame backs and chest pains.
Cleveland area ad copy offers Shiloh’s Vitalizer for dyspepsia and liver complaints with a 75 cent guarantee. Shiloh’s Catarrh remedy includes a nasal injector and 50 cent price. Also promotes linseed oil meal for livestock and mentions Inventors Attorn ey service by Presbrey & Green in Washington.
A testimonial claims economy leads to riches and health with Electric Bitters curing debts and medical costs. The speaker credits the remedy with happiness at home and notes it costs 50 cents per bottle, sold by Emert & Burrell.
A five dollar reward is offered for information leading to the apprehension of anyone mutilating or injuring the Bill cards or the paper on them anywhere in the city.
A fragment from a catalog item lists a full line men s fine y opt min te in a shorthand catalog entry. The note implies sizing and style details but lacks complete description or pricing.
A shop advertises a full stock of wall paper paints oils and glass with low prices. It promotes Wag goneer's mixed paints Masury's railroad paints and pure linseed oil, window shades fixtures tassels and artist materials. September sale offers 20 percent off all patterns.
An advertisement notes a paint and glass dealer near Brewster House offering Dr King s New Discovery for coughs colds bronchitis hay fever asthma and related lung diseases. It claims wide physician clergy and press praise and sells trial bottles at ten cents and regular bottles at one dollar through Emmert and Burrell in Freeport.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as best for cuts bruises sores and skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Priced at 2b-vents per box. Sold by Emmert & Burrell Freeport Tl 2539-ly.
Sugar and coffee prices listed with per pound rates. Burrell Bros promotes own roasting of Maracaibo Coffee at 23 cents per pound roasted daily, claiming equal quality to roasted Java.
The ad touts Electric Bitters as a perfect remedy for exhausted constitutions and female weakness. It claims quick, permanent cures for kidney and urinary complaints and urges perseverance, noting the product sells for fifty cents a bottle through James and Burrell.
Henry Branyan, collector for the town of Freeport, announces taxes are due and demands payment by law. Office over Middleditch and Potter’s upper store. January 5, 1882.
Promoted as a simple trial remedy, Trask's Ointment claims to give a new lease on life for sore eyes and excels against piles aches and sores with effective results.
For sale notice advertises a residence on Stephenson Street with easy terms. Apply to H. H. Stevenson, 4otf.
The former residence of T. C. Gatliff Sr. on Oak Street is offered for sale. A two story brick house 28 by 34 feet, with basement kitchen 14 by 28, Lot 100 by 300 feet, good well and cistern, barn 18 by 26, corn crib wagon shed and abundant fruit. Inquiries to C. H. Heard at Burchard Scott's or F. Gund ae German Insurance Co 401. The age predicts great electrical advances and patent work highlighted by Presley Green 529 7th St Washington DC.
88 Pure Cider Vinegar and Boiled Cider for sale in any quantities desired. Par ties ordering by mail will address Mrs. M. B. AVERILL, Box 472, Freeport, Ill, FRESH COW. WANTED, I went to buy an A No. 1 Fresh Milch Cow, Address M, care Journal Office, and Canned Goods of all kinds at bottom prices at R. Mertins. For fine Dried Fruits, extra Canned Fruits and Vegetables, at lowest prices, go to BURRELL Bros'.
The column records numerous weddings and engagements as the new year begins, noting Eber Babcock and Ida Ritzman, J Membury and Mary Newmill er, John Zerbe and Kate Laborde, and other nuptials. It also mentions school events, a church Sunday school, vaccination talk, the M. Sunday school, local accidents, a kerosene lamp incident, snow and sleigh bells, a few deaths, and community updates from Oneco and nearby towns.
Excursionists left Baileyville last Thursday the 12th for Ackley Iowa on a projected farming purchase. The creamery begins operations on a limited scale and should grow with proper management. The German Baptists have a new minister and bought T M Wilson’s former house as parsonage. Rev T H Wilson of the Central Ohio M E Conference preached at Baileyville church and will return next Sunday. Mr Wilson and wife visit friends while J F Derricks travels from Missouri Kansas and Iowa toward Fremont Ohio.
Loran, O, greets a snowy mood as new merchant Wm. Mendenhall prepares to serve customers. Rev. Hemstreet starts engaged meetings at the M E church. The Literary Society under H. S. Knoll advances with new debate aims. A long absence of a local grocery is noted amid concerns over youth drinking near the old tavern. Burrell Bros sell Genuine Panfired Japan Tea for 68 cents a pound, with London underground rail proposal hinted.
The column notes the New Year arrival and local sentiments. It lists church efforts at the Evan gelical Church of Cedarville, visiting relatives Mis Peter Ep ley and son with Lizzie Siegfried, and various social mentions. It records Buckeye Insurance annual officers, visits by Jonathan Mesner of Richardson county, and multiple sickness and travel notes including John Piles’s death and remodeling at Addams’ grist mill.
A refined tea connoisseur is courted by Burrell Bros as a local seller promises no higher prices for premium imports than for ordinary blends. The pitch targets discerning shoppers seeking quality without overpay.
A Nevada schoolteacher died recently and local papers report the loss under the headline Loss of Waaler, noting the educator’s death in brief notices.
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