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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1866
Page
5
Ad from Chamberlin's Hat Store promotes kid gloves and mitts with a bold sales push. Public notices highlight discounts and new arrivals as shoppers are invited to visit the store.
A fragmentary poem attributed to a president declares self governance and personal gain while criticizing Sumner and Stevens. It laments congressional strife and a narrow policy, predicting the party’s downfall and a dawn after impeachment.
An old yarn in Rochester riffs on radicalism and a stubborn carrier shouting My Policy as the Pine State vote withered. A parallel scene shows a tailor buried in votes, the rebel banner finally yielding to an increased Union turnout in New York State.
A crabbed roundup covers Fenian trials in Montreal and Quebec fires, census estimates, political shifts in Mississippi and Pennsylvania, Paris to Boston travel notes, Oregon and Mexico reports, and odd anecdotes from Mary Walker to a Texas turkey collision. Many named places and figures appear, reflecting a broad 19th century telegraphic news page.
The ad listing notes Brand's store offers the largest assortment of alums and a broad selection of cigars kept on hand. It highlights Youngman Brubaker's cigars, buckwheat cakes enjoyed by cigar lovers, Broad's stock of school books, and A J Wise opening a boots and shoes shop at Stephenson and Chicago.
Advertisements urge in house use of HousEnoLp Friends Coe's cough balsam and Coe's dyspepsia cure for quick relief of duoden attacks and stomach ailments. They claim low Gold and Silver watches, clocks, and general goods from E C Dwight Co and A W Ford & Co in Freeport.
City Crockery Co. HH Little importer and dealer in crockery and glass announces a well stocked open shop opposite the Brewer House. The store offers three patterns Navy Athens and Florence in stone china and common ware, with pieces matching throughout and prices reflecting direct import from English manufactories.
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