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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1873
Page
4
Readable fragments advertise discounts on custom garments until September 1st. Local ads promote envelopes at 5 cents, Green's August Flower for dyspepsia, free sample bottles, a high rush at J D Diffenwaugh, ice cream plates, affordable goods from Shaffer & Son, Grand Central meals, Payne's flour and ink at Brand's.
Local meeting called for August 2 at 1 PM in Freeport Court House. Miscellaneous items include licenses issued, Milwaukee trade report, 70th anniversary of Dr. S Ingham and wife, a surprise music donation to the Young American Band, death of Belvidere resident Mr Purling Plane aged 106, Boone County land values, Lena area weather and farm activity, wagon accidents near Lena and Winslow, Sabbath school picnic plans, discussions of a new passenger depot, and scholarships from Louisville Medical College for poor medical students urging early applications.
A historic notice promotes a home remedy for cholera claiming it is the best bowel cure yet devised. It lists equal parts tincture of opium red pepper rhubarb peppermint camphor and instructs dosing of ten to thirty drops for diarrhea. The panacea is described as portable and non alcoholic.
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