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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1879
Page
5
A dense 19th century ledger style notice reviews Illinois state finances including debt totals, taxation rates, and disbursements for general revenue and school funds. It notes bonds outstanding, payments made, and projected tax needs, with ancillary ads for groceries, medicines, and local services interspersed throughout the page.
A historical ad promoting Dr Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry claiming cures for coughs bronchial and asthmatic troubles. Details note Dr Swayne’s Philadelphia credentials and prices for trial bottles and large sizes. It also promotes Swayne's All Healing Ointment for piles and skin diseases with testimonials and mail order.
A Wilson North Carolina citizen touts London Hair Color Restorer claiming his wife’s dry tetter scalp, dandruff, and thinning hair were cured and color restored. He urges readers to mail order a dozen bottles, with price references and the Philadelphia proprietors. Also promotes dried peaches at four cents a pound and Swayne’s Fever and Ague Pills with prices and mail order details.
Advertises Centaur Compan y tonics for humans and animals, claiming King’s Ambrosia hair restoration works for aging or gray hair. Notes testimonials wrapped around bottles, availability through druggists or the Centaur Company, with a Freeport contact and a property sale offer nearby with a well and stables. Potential trade for a farm. inquiries directed to F. Hawke and Jacon Enaporp.
For severe throat and lung complaints readers are urged that Dr Kina's New Discovery provides immediate relief. The advertisement claims hundreds of cures and offers trial bottles for ten cents at Emmert & Burrell's Drug Store, with regular bottles priced at one dollar.
A persuasive 19th century style sales pitch promises liver cure and relief from dyspepsia. It asserts personal disbelief as the only barrier to health, touts nationwide distribution on the Western Continent, and offers four sample bottles for a penny with three doses claimed to help. Swarts & Stocking are named sellers.
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