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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1868
Page
6
A cluttered scanned page shows merchants and lawyers advertising in a Stevens Point area. G. M. Clayton touts cottage colors and strictly pure white lead. J. Diffenbaugh promotes a soda fountain. Mayers’ advertises goods at 151 Stephenson St. The listing includes rental notices, insurance agents, and a 60 day campaign paper offer.
A long advertisement for the Freeport Directory touts Freeport as a wholesale city with shipments radiating east to west and local goods like paper hangings window shades and carpets. It alleges Clayton store offers fresh new goods at low prices and urges readers to buy. other sections promote Florence and Emnisrt J & Stitigen's offerings and the durability of items.
A cluttered collage of ads and notices highlights Mrs. CC Wilson Millinery and Grayer and Baker sewing machines, W G Barnes & Co farming implements, and a push for a new City Directory. Crowded prose touts products, cigars, medicines, and a festival program with mentions of local merchants and an inspirational poem by Lizzie Doton.
The column extols Krohn on Stephenson Street as a top tobacco dealer and celebrates home produced photography by Krohn, McHenry, and Paris. It lauds Fry's block clothing sellers, Stine Bro. and others, as offering cheaper goods with full stocks and skilled workmen. It ends with praise for Burdett Organ and a plug for local publishing and directories.
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