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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1877
Page
5
The notice outlines ad rates: business cards up to five lines start at 65 dollars per year with 60 cents per extra line. Business notices in reading columns 10 cents per line for the first insertion and 5 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Black ads 20 cents per line for the first insertion and 10 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Subscription is $2.00 per year in advance. Richards & Co, proprietors.
Former resident and Ft Scott hardware merchant J D Garner toured the city yesterday praising the local crops and urging continued publication of the Journal. The Board of Supervisors met for routine business on Monday and adjourned Tuesday. Advertiser note urges Get Smith Bros. to paint roofs with Gray's Elastic Roof Paint.
West Point and neighboring townships urge J E Phillips to stand as candidate for Stephenson County Illinois Superintendent of Schools subject to Republican County Convention. Names of supporters and a polite reply pledge effort to elevate teaching standards and improve county schools.
Grain prices and market notes appear in the Freeport Market Journal page for Tuesday July 10, 1877. A brief market update lists oat and corn values with quotations from local dealers and merchants in Freeport.
Chicago markets report a quiet to weak wheat session with No 2 Spring near 1.46 to 1.47 cash and July pressures. Corn remains firm for now with No 2 at 48 to 49 cents cash. oats steady, rye strong in cash at 62 cents, and barley dull at 38 to 7 cents. Provisions show limited pork bids and hogs active at shipping trade prices while beef cattle trade remains meager by noon.
A number of individuals declare candidacy for county offices including Superintendent, Treasurer, and President in the upcoming election. Names such as C. W. Moorn and C. M. Shaffer appear, with references to Republican conventions and official notices from Freeport Illinois. An adjacent list notes unclaimed letters at the Freeport post office with recipients like Mary Kennen and Geo M Lambert.
Public notice advertises Gray's Elastic Roofing Paint as a superior coating agent. Agents offer samples at their shop claiming no cracking or chipping and twice the lifespan of ordinary paints. Pricing listed: tin roofs 75 cents per square, shingle roofs 1.50 per square.
The ad touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for liver torpidity and bile disorders. It promises relief from constipation, indigestion, yellow skin, eye whites, and headaches, plus benefits for despondency, nervousness, and vitality. It also promotes a self heating flat iron exhibit by Fancher Judson with agents touring the city.
A Freeport reader offers to trade a stock of goods for 500 to 1500 acres of land in Nebraska. Applicants may contact the office for details and the bargain.
A patient from Irving recounts years of scrofula suffering in Fredonia New York and the West. After Dr Fenner’s Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic, she improved rapidly and fully recovered within a year. Now three years drug free, Anna Adams urges belief in the remedy and cites continued health.
The Toilet Gem manufactured by Mrs Prescott pleases women in Lena Warren and nearby towns for removing tan freckles pimples and other marks. It is harmless and warranted as recommended. Mrs Prescott visits Freeport Brewster House July 1st inviting ladies to inspect. A reliable agent is wanted in Freeport. Call as above.
D Adamson advertises a store sale at 89 Stephenson Street Swarts and Stocking opposite the Court House. The shop claims to have sold more paints this year than ever before and offers all kinds of machine oil at low prices.
Advertises Dr Shiloh system vitalizer for dyspepsia liver trouble and debility with a 10 cent sample and 75 cent bottle. Claims 50 000 die yearly from neglecting cough cold or croup and urges purchase at Emmert & Burrell for chest pain lameness and porous plaster TTACKMETACK perfume included.
It Pays to Trade at 110 Finest Green Rio Colles 25e Pid Good Green 22 Finest Roasted Rio Coffee 80 Good 98 Burrell Bros PHOsProrenk Destroyer A few applications will exterminate Rats Mice Ants and Roaches For sale by Swarts Stocking 22 10 14.
A promotional notice claims wealth comes from energy and honesty while health comes from Greene's August Flower. It targets dyspepsia liver complaint indigestion and related symptoms. Two doses promise immediate relief with sample bottles at 10 cents and regular size 75 cents sold by reputable druggists nationwide.
Smith Bros of this city named sole agents to sell Gray's Elastic Roofing Paint. The company advertises the paint as a valuable addition to their growing business, costing less than half as much as competitors and offering one coat, better than a dozen of the old kind.
A compact record lists sugar varieties with codes and quantities. Entries include Standard A Sugar Ib White Extra C Sugar and Standard Yellow Sugar with indicated amounts and unit hints. The text resembles inventory shorthand or OCR fragments from a grocery or storage ledger.
The trip departs Freeport Wednesday July 25 at 1 20 p m and travels through Topeka Emporia Florence Peabody Newton Hutchison Sterling Great Bend Larned to Kinsley. For excursion rates and land circulars contact L H Waitson district agent A T S F BR Davenport Iowa.
Freeport's oldest cooper Jacob Hime returns to his city and resumes coopering at his old corner of Washington and Liberty streets. He holds the Illinois Refining Co. contract for barrels and will operate large shops to fill orders promptly. He previously worked at Bos Cobel Wisconsin.
A fragrance advertisement announces a new perfumery item described as delicate sweet and lasting for both ladies and gentlemen available for sale by Swarts and Stocking located at 22 10 w4.
BuRRELL Bios advertises Freeport corn syrup at 55 cents a gallon, highlighting price deals and trade terms.
Exuberant advertisement touts a “New Family Sewing Machine” selling for 25 dollars, claiming it outperforms every rival at any price and will serve the family as a reliable, fast, neat, and durable helper. It promises easy learning and management and invites agents to join with territory free.
We recommend W. W. Robey opposite Knowlton's bank for teas coffees sugars syrups canned fruits and all grocery needs. We find his goods pure and good and his prices as low as any dealer. Delivery to your door. Remember Robey for good goods at low prices.
Advertisement from W A Barnett in Opera House Block offering $5,000 worth of new boots and shoes at unusually low cash prices. Barnett claims to undercut all competitors and invites customers to inspect goods before buying elsewhere in Freeport and vicinity.
A pair of gold-bowed spectacles are missing and will be rewarded if returned to Smith and Porter, grain dealers.
Brown's Spring Wheat Flour priced at $2.00 per sack under Burrell Bros listing.
County Surveyor FE JoseEn requests individuals to leave service orders at the County Clerk’s office in Freeport. Include name range township section and preferred day. Office located in the Court House.
An Improved Winchester Sixteen Shot Rifle in good as new condition offered for sale or trade for a breech loading shot gun. For particulars inquire at this office. Also First-Class Farm Machinery offered at lowest prices at Easter & Coq's Warehouse.
Plows cultivators and other farm machinery repaired at SAWEIUD AL EASTER CO S Shops. For something cheap and stylish see a sample of the new stencil border for rooms by Smith Bros painters.
Cheap John John R. Wagner, agent opposite the Brewster House, advertises the lowest prices and the best goods. He proclaims the largest stock of groceries in the city and urges customers to call and be convinced.
A $100 scholarship available at Rock River University in Dizon. Open to any department taught. For details call or write to The Cheapest And Finest Parlor and Chamber Sets at No 89 Stephenson Street upstairs Heny and Kornia.
Twenty cords of hard wood wanted on subscription at this office immediately.
Help wanted ad style notice indicates warehous e space for rent at 91 and 93 Galena Street. Inquiry directed to W. G. and W. Barnes for details and arrangements.
Medical guidance outlines two headache types sympathetic and nervous. Treatment emphasizes restoring stomach health with an emetic followed by Roback's Bitters and regular bowels, plus small, frequent Blood Pills doses. The note is dated 22-10-14.
To the farmers of Stephenson County and vicinity we announce our selection as Managing Agent for the Stephenson County Farmers' Co operative Association. We stock a complete line of farm implements from a hand rake to four threshing machines, all of the best manufacture. Satisfaction guaranteed or no sale.
For sale a valuable flouring mill property known as Freeport City Mills on the Pecatonica River with good water power three burrs and in running order. Sold cheap on easy terms. Enquire Wesster and Knopxs Proprietors Freeport MWlingis. April 19 1877.
Dr Kings New Discovery touted as a speedy cure for consumption and related lung diseases including coughs colds bronchitis asthma and sore throat. It claims world wide reputation with physician and clergy endorsements and offers trial bottles free or regular size for $1.00 from Exuenr Burnenn agents.
Local ad claims Brown and Vail offer boots and shoes for work and fashion with fit guaranteed by policy no sale without satisfaction. Located in the basement under Ford's Jewelry, Tarbox Block, Cor Stevenson and Chicago streets Freeport Illinois. Also notes imported malt vinegar and cider vinegar from Burrell Bros.
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