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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1877
Page
5
Advertising rates listed for business cards notices and adverts with charges per line or square space. Subscription priced at £2.00 per year in advance. Net pave rates no discounts and terms offered by Richards and Co proprietors.
County Court actions list multiple estates with decrees for sale probates and appraisals. Executors and apprisers named. inventories filed. and a May 18 case against Louis Haubach for keep open tippling house with a ten dollar fine plus costs.
Wisconsin towns York township in Grant county Jourdan in the same county Perry in Dane county vote funds 10000 5000 and 310000 in aid of the Lone Rock Dodgeville and Freeport Railroad. Representatives from Richland Center Lone Rock Dolgeville Blanchardville Argyle Winslow MacConnell's Grove and Orangeville will meet Freeport on Thursday May 31 to confer with citizens on the road's interests. Engineer E B Lowth urges swift work and broad turnout.
Letter from Charles G. Payne recounts a 1877 rail journey from Freeport to Deadwood via Sioux City and Yankton. The diary notes train routes, ticket prices, a luggage incident, and stops including Bed Pierre and Fort Pierre with remarks on travel conditions and hotels.
A river voyage aboard the Kate Kinney describes its 200 foot steamship, 1100 ton capacity, government service cargo, 150 passengers with about 100 to the Hills, and Master J B Kinney praised for hospitality. The party notes weather, ducks, and a pistol discharge near Bon Homme after Yankton, with the Fannie Tatum seen nearby.
A.J. Creigh of Emerson Fisher Co Cincinnati Carriages invites farmers and buyers to a Saturday June 2 1877 1 pm auction in front of the Court House Freeport for New Top-Buggies. Cars feature hickory gear Swede steel springs Anchor Brand Axles and one year warranty. Wholesale trade invited with cash discounts and notes with interest.
Smith Brothers, House, and Sign Painters announce readiness to perform Fresco Painting in the latest styles. They have arranged with the Scandinavian Painting Association to handle all fresco work on short notice. Call at the shop on Galena Avenue for quotes. all work guaranteed.
For sale a family horse a buggy and half top two seated wagon inquire at this office for details and information.
Advert says best salt ever brought to Freeport for butter makers. Recommends using salt and packing butter in tubs. Sold at Ruston’s Butter and Egg Depot.
A painless and stain less cure offered by Dr. Quincy A. Scott of 275 Pensive Pittsburgh. Orders accepted from druggists with a liberal discount to dealers and circulars available free.
A bold claim touts Da Costa's Radical Cure as a near immediate and permanent remedy for stomach and liver disorders. The advertisement asserts widespread testimonial support and urges readers to try a trial size, priced at 25 cents, sold by Eimert & Burrell and Professor Parker's Pleasant Worm Syrup at 22-7-3ml0.
A farmer in Rootstown writes of a blood and liver remedy that cured a five year illness after spending about two thousand dollars on medicines. He details abscess healing, improved health, and recommends the product as a universal tonic and purifier. Emmert & Burrell are listed as Freeport wholesale agents.
Dr Roback’s Blood Purifier and Blood Pills touted as the best remedies for blood diseases. The purifier allegedly uses imported Swedish drugs, while the pills use Podophyllum active principle as a mercury substitute. Sold by Swarts and Stocking. 22 ow
Plows repointed sharpened polished at Easter & Co's Shops. Brown & Vail boot and shoe makers promise best work and prices with fit or no sale. Located in basement under Ford's jewelry store Tarbox Block Cor Stephens on Chicago streets Freeport Illinois.
Waynes Diuretic Elixir Of Buent Juniper And Acetate Port Asi a new and valuable preparation for relief and cure of Gravel Irritation of the Bladder and Urethra Dropsical Rheumatism and Gouty Affections Pain in the Back and Loins etc For sale by Swarts Stocking 22 Wall Paper new styles at D Adamson’s 89 Stephenson St.
W LE Barnett of the Opera House Block announces a sale of 5000 dollars worth boots and shoes. He states the stock is new and bought for cash to undercut the cheapest house and invites customers to inspect goods before buying to prove no competition can match his prices.
G M Clayton proclaims arrival of new wall paper patterns at Clayton's Old Headquarters. He invites former customers to view every pattern described as a Gem and offers painting and calci mining services with warranted work.
Will sell residence on reasonable terms. Abundance of good fruit on premises. Owner HH C Turciison.
Local ads promote Easter and Co shops for farm machinery repairs on short notice and Clayton's as the best spot in Freeport for fresh wall paper. Clayton's also touts durable children's carriages and old stock clearance, with other items like citrus and maple sugar at DIFFENBAUGH'S.
The Star Clothing House reports a full stock of ready made apparel for men youth boys and children near equal to custom work. Best judges call it superior to any offered in this market. Also at D Adamson 89 Stephenson St large stock and best patterns of wall paper.
Spring 1877 advertisement from J D Diffenbaughil announces new spring styles in menswear and childrens items at bottom prices. It claims six thousand dollars of toy and hobby stock must be sold before January 1 1878 to make room for fruits and confectionery as the business expands.
A promotional note extols Dr Kina's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds, claiming reliability and quick relief for asthma bronchitis and worn patients. It promises immediate relief and pleasant taste with trial bottles free, offered by ExMERT & BURRELL as sale agents.
Advertises a low priced sewing machine claiming unmatched speed accuracy and ease of use. Promises late improvements, simple maintenance, durability, and profitable agent opportunities with territory free from A. Cafety & Co. in New York.
Help wanted notice seeks twenty hardwood cards for subscription account at this office immediately.
The Place to Buy recommends W. W. Robey opposite Knowlton's bank for pure teas coffees sugars syrups canned fruits and other grocery needs. Customers affirm quality and low prices with home delivery.
Urgent advice urges families to stock Boscome's GEN- MANSYRUP to guard against pneumonia bronchitis and other fatal illnesses by claiming quick three dose cures. Sample bottles priced at ten cents and regular bottles seventy five cents are sold by Swarts and Stocking druggists.
Advertises Hale's Conan Cordial as a trusted remedy for frequent colds coughs and sore throats among children. Claims physicians praise its results and guarantees a cure or money back after half the bottle. Druggist N A Draper endorses it as pleasant for children and best cough medicine he has sold.
The Stephenson County Farmers' Co-operative Association announces it has chosen a managing agent and will offer a full line of farm implements from hand rake to threshing machine. Implants sold on merit with satisfaction guaranteed or no sale.
A $100 scholarship is offered at Rock River University Dixon good in any branch or department. For particulars call at or address this office.
Valuable flouring mill property known as the Freeport City Mills on the Pecatonica River with water power three run of burrs in good running order offered cheap on easy terms inquire Wensten and Ruppes Freeport Illinois at April 10 1877 Allsey wallpaper no old stock Clayton's
Neat, cheap and durable binding dope offered by the Journal Office bindery. Advertisement urges customers to use the bindery for soda water, lemonade, and temperance drinks needs by J D Diffenbaugh.
An improved Winchester Sixteen Shot Rifle, good as new, or will trade for a breech loading shotgun. For particulars inquire at this office. Prices of binding reduced to suit the hard times at the Journal bindery. Don t buy Wall Paper until you examine my stock. Best shirt in the market unlaundered for $1 at Star Clothing House.
Estray notice lists a stray black mare from April 14 weighing about 900 pounds with two white hind feet and a star on the forehead. A reward is offered for information leading to her recovery. contact REINEKE & Oro at Galena Street, Freeport.
A notice offering twenty hardwood cards for rent at Galena Street warehouses 91 and 03. Inquiries directed to W G. and W. Barnes for details and terms.
A sale or transfer of floor, stair and table oil cloths occurs to Jonathan Bogers, located opposite the Monument. The context suggests a local trade or procurement notice in a community catalog.
WANTED AC this office 1,000 volumes of magazines to bind at bed rock prices. Great Slaughter in Children's Carriages. Must be sold at from 4 to 15 dollars latest improved styles at J D Diffenbaugh's. You can get wallpaper at bottom prices at DD Adamson's.
A lumber yard currently occupies the site and rents are sought. Apply to J M Bailey for terms. Also advertised are fresh and prime candies at J D Difenbaugh's for purchase.
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