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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1867
Page
7
An old advertisement extols D. B. DeLand & Co. Best Chemical Saleratus as pure and superior for all uses. It warns against foreign imitations and touts Phalon's Night-Blooming Cereus as the leading floral extract sold by druggists nationwide.
Market listing shows Wheat winter prices at 2.60 and 2.40 for different grades, No 2 winter at 2.30 and 2.40, spring prices 1.60 and 1.46, oats 43 cents, corn shelled 55 cents, barley 10, flour 13 16 a barrel, butter 10 cents per pound, eggs 12 cents a dozen, lard 1.00, rags 2.44 to 3e at this office.
Prices show little overall change in dairy and grain markets with fair demand for Spring extras. Wheat No 2 Spring opened high and closed lower amid volatile trading. Corn No 1 fluctuated with firm close, No 2 active in shipping. Oats and Rye mixed with declines and modest support. Provisions demoralized by New York dispatches with modest lard, butter and flour activity noted.
New York Market shows steady flour with fair demand and varied state and Western prices. Wheat and rye range with Western highs around 2.60 to 2.70 for white California wheat, while corn, oats, and barley show dull or lower trading. pork and lard soften and bacon remains quiet with mixed pricing across districts.
New York live stock market shows beef prices easing with a large supply of 6 025 beeves 17 750 sheep and lambs and 10 147 hogs. Trade remains light as butchers await further fall supplies before Wednesday with only sparse sales and lower prices across most categories. Prime steers hover around 180 to 1814, sheep and lambs mixture softer, hogs steady to lower, weekly totals show 11 304 sheep and lambs sold.
Market notes from New York on June 1 indicate gold prices firming with the metal opening at 1364 and ending at 1.3714. Government bonds show varied coupons and issue figures, while names like New York Central and Reading figure among listed securities and prices.
Advertisements listed in the Freeport Illinois cost office records from January 4 1867. The fragment notes new notices and public postings appearing in local commerce and public listings.
A sensational ad touts Madame Remington a famous clairvoyant offering a life like picture of a future spouse via the Psychomotrope, with a request for birth details and a fifty cent fee. It promises testimonials, confidential mailing, and employment of a trade name, while also promoting a separate circular about personal improvement and a health product Helmbold’s Buchu for vigor.
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