Local notices and ads from Stephenson County office
Broad's Stationery sells writing paper tools envelopes and campaign badges at Stephenson Street. Local editor urges readers to send in notices on county happenings, while a report on a reaper trial and a society social invites attenders. Protection Life Insurance Company of Freeport touts stock plan with leaders Adams and Lemon. note on fiscal soundness and public confidence.
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Protection Life Insurance Company
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Insurance “Times
New York City
Protection
Good Ag
Protection Lim Insurance Company OF
Freeront
Inn
John H.addama
Second National Bank
Freeport
Twenty-Second
Young
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John R. Lemon
Ara
Broad
Freeport Camp Meeting and Barnum's Living Wonders Arrive
Community notices announce a camp meeting on Benjamin Snyder’s farm near Freeport with strict peace, low-cost boarding, and invitations to ministers. Barnum’s Animated Menagerie arrives in Freeport for levees at Fry’s Hall featuring dwarfs, giants, albinos, and other curiosities at 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. Also reported are local burglaries, a missing cow, and a near-fatal poisoning attempt at a woolen factory, with officials urging vigilance.
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Freeport
Benjamin Snyder
Cedarville
A. Brandiann
P. By
Com
Barnum
Europe
Museum i
Gulliver
Showman
Lillipit
Brobdignag
Mysterious 104 Figures Haunt Chicago Shop Window
A Chicago bankruptcy sale prompts a flood of questions as handbills bearing the number 104 appear citywide. Residents wonder who is 104, where it is, and what the hidden meaning on the wall writes about, while a local stationery house seeks answers and shuts no doors.
All Lovers Of The National Game Meet For Baseball
All lovers of base ball are requested to meet at the old Fair Grounds this Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 for a good old fashioned game. The gathering invites both club members and nonmembers to join in a friendly outing.
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Old Fair Grounds
New Locomotive Headlight Improves Night Visibility
A new locomotive headlight device using a gas burner fed by steam on a gasoline tank has been adopted by the O. & N. W. RB. R. Company. The invention reportedly lets engineers see objects on the track nearly twice as far as before and is said to work well. Local residents Wun McHenry and S. B. Frazier are away in St Paul. The city burglary from Sunday night remains under investigation, with detectives pursuing the thieves.
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O. &N. W. RB. R. Company
Advertising balance in weekly papers and public reaction
A criticism argues weekly papers cannot rely solely on news content, noting high costs of publishing and the need for advertising revenue. It urges limits on ad space to protect reading columns, and questions Democratic coverage of Horatio Seymour, implying bias in how political material is presented.
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Ittmake
St Vries
Journal
Horatio Seymour
Long fragmentary notes and quotes from 1868 era sources
A jumbled collage includes telegraph line projections from Port Byron to Racine, a Cincinnati player’s bat distance record noting 896 feet, and various political comments. It also quotes the New York World on Seymour Blair and features a Dutch orangeville donor note with signatures and distribution plans for gifts.
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Westhen Union Telegraph Company
Western Union Allroad
Port Byron
Racine
V. B. Hatfield
Cincinnati Bage
Wade Hampton
Seymour
Blair
White House
New York World
Pendiétori
Tisdale
White Pine Compound touted as best remedy for blood diseases
Local items note that for throat, lung or kidney ailments one should test the White Pine Compound. Physicians have tested and recommend it, claimed to be the best remedy for ailments of the blood. Sold in large bottles by Brimert & Burrill.
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Orangeville
Martin Bowsn
Henry, Druggs
Henry Shreyar
Jacob Magle
Brad
Bowser
A. Lurg
Cras. Mooreg
Joan Bowonr
J. W. Poland
Brimert & Burrill
Hair Regenerator Promises Restored Color and Growth
A vintage ad touts Tobyatt's Physiological Wir Regenerator claiming to restore natural color, softness, and fullness to hair, even on bald heads. It declares the product prevents hair loss and promotes vigorous regrowth, sold by Eminent & Burrill in 1913.
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Tobyatt
Eminent & Burrill
Dyspepsia and Kidney Complaints Cure Claims
The Herald of Health notes a Pennsylvania Medical Institute touting Merb Bitters as the sole cure for dyspepsia chills fever and kidney complaints after two years of use in practice with no credible counterexample. The piece advertises the product as sold by pharmacists and dealers and lists Dr B. Wartman & Co as proprietors Lancaster PA. It also mentions vinegar preparations and a Chicago firm.
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Pennsylvania
Mishler
Willigut
B. Wartman & CO
Praprigtrs
Lancaster, Penn
Ivan
City Crockery Store Ad Next Door to Brewster House
An old advertisement describes City Crockery Store, importer and dealer in china, glass, silver plated, tin ware, and lamps. It promotes new wax-seal fruit jars with tin caps, claiming reduced wax use, heat safety, and acid imperviousness, plus a full stock of sealing jars and glass items at New Town next to the Brewster House.
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City Crockery ' Store
Brewater
Sry
New Stown
Brewster Iouse
Forsyth and Wise Van Watch NS Hepatic UY THA Burst of WVU EN
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Ford and Wise with a watch on hepatic issues and a burst related to WVU on a date in 2008. Details are unclear, but names and a medical or institutional context appear.
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Ford & Wise
van Watch
Wvu
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Wings
Catherine Stemidow
Teat Uits
Worldme Ofer
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James N.prouty
Herron & Prouty
Piers
Bishop Store
Stephen St. Freeport
Henry Seytley
Low Hoek
Chicaga
Clase
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Francis
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Krohn’s
Hyde
Wright & CO
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See & Neff
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Lou Siore
Stephenson Ateset
Freeport News Co
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