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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1880
Page
5
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For sale by owner a 155 acre farm well watered and timbered one mile from city limits. Terms available. Inquire of N Y JOHN COATES.
Public sale listing describes a new house in Knowlton's second addition Freeport with modern improvements including a cistern. Inquiries welcome at Gro. Claus, 107 Galena St, Rh.
The firm declares independence from larger outfits and vows to undercut rivals with stylish, well made clothing at lower prices. It warns customers not to invest until seeing its stock and denies using decoy sales tactics. Leaders claim a lasting presence amid high price opposition.
Various notices include medical remedies from Dr Fenner and product pitches for Blood and Liver Remedy Nerve Tonic and St Vitus Dance Specific, a lost mink fur boa, Higgins Liverpool Dairy Salt, and Burrill Bros coffee pricing. Also mentions New York Clothing House director bus calls and a local editor note.
County treasurer W W Hurgison announces payment of jail orders No 159 to No 173 and stops interest on March 16 1880. Also a lost pocket-book found near Burrell Bros store contains money and a letter dated April 10 1843 at Helena Arkansas. owner must identify and pay for this notice.
Burrell Bros. offer Silver Japan Tea Dust described as nearly equal in flavor and strength to the best Japan Tea. Priced at 28 cents per pound, the product invites customers to try it.
An advertisement touts a universal salve for cuts bruises and skin eruptions with money back guarantee and 25 cents per box sold by Emmert and Burrell in Freeport Illinois. Burrrell Bros promotes pure sugar syrups and New Orleans molasses at low prices.
Partial notice lists samples valued from five to twenty dollars offered by Stinson Co at 2433 Portland Maine. The readable lines mention a home setting and sale context with the company name and street address.
Presley and Green of 509 Seventh Street Washington offer extensive experience across all government departments including Patents and Land Claims. They claim success in securing patents and handling contested mineral and land claims before the General Land Office and invite potential clients to send for information.
Freeport deals feature Burrell Bros. selling sugar at ten cents per pound with other grades in proportion. Local ads promote ham pieces dried beef pickled pork and syrup products. City funds notice states redemption window ending March 16 1880 and Dr Sellers cough syrup touted as effective. A dress maker advertises services and patterns with shop details.
A six room house with good well and cistern on the hill west of River School House. Rent five dollars per month. Enquire of 8 W Allen. Also an advertisement: $72 a week or $124 a day at home easily made with a costly outfit free. Address Trugg & Co., Augusta Maine.
A fine display of extra choice butter won prizes at the International Dairy Fair. Winners featured gilt edge butter in perfect quality and color, many colored with Wells Richardson and Co Perfected Butter Color. A Davenport Iowa woman credits two bottles of Dr Averill's Great Anti Morbific Remedy with a permanent cure after two years of immobility. See another column.
Public notice sets April 1880 election for City officers in Freeport Winds. Voters will choose one Alderman per ward and city officials including Clerk Attorney Treasurer Marshal Street Commissioner and Surveyor. Polls open 8 am to 7 pm with ward locations listed. March 9, 1880.
Reports claim over 500 000 bottles sold with more than 2000 consumption cures. Coughs croup asthma and bronchitis are said to yield at once, and users praise Shilohs Cure. For lame back or chest pain Shilohs Porous Plaster sold by Emmert and Burrell.
An old advertisement claims discomforts such as indigestion constipation and general debility can be cured by SEHILDIPLS VI TALIZER sold by Emmert and Burrell. It also promotes a catarrh remedy SITUOIUS CA TARRIL REMEDY with a nasal injector free. Price 40 cents, advertised by Lammert and Turreil for health and fresh breath.
WM. A. STEVENS advertises a large stock of gloves and hosiery now available with prices well below what they will be in thirty days. Local shoppers urged to visit and choose early.
A sick man asks for a cure from a druggist after noting backache and disordered urine. The druggist recommends Kidney-Wort, claiming a quick cure. The ad urges readers with similar symptoms to buy a box today and mentions Dirksens' Bus service for five cents.
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