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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1877
Page
5
The clipping lists advertising rates for solid tunes and small notices, detailing charges for business notices, cards, and village reading column positions. It notes five line maximum for business cards, ten cent per line for subsequent insertions, and twenty cent per line for first line in some sections. Subscription price is 2.00 a year in advance.
Advertises several late publications from G P Putnams Sons and other publishers. Highlights The Science of Wealth by van Sturtevant and Sinners or School Days in Ban Valley by Campbell Wheaton, with prices and selling locations. Also promotes Legal Tender in the United States by H R Linderman and Signal Boys by George Cary Eggleston, noting target audiences and merits.
A fragment from the Boston Traveler features Mrs. Jones lamenting harsh Sabbath labor rules and a comparison to moral pitfalls. The text half recalls penalties for working on Sundays in Cambridge and uses a carving knife and shaving brush as sharp metaphors for moral risks.
A historical notice promotes a herbal remedy for coughs colds asthma and throat and lung issues offered free as a trial. It claims many hopeless cases have been cured and urges readers to try the remedy sold by Em Burrell in Freeport with a price of 22 to 2m8 dollars.
Rome news reports the Pope’s life in grave danger with physicians predicting possible death at any moment. A medical consult with Signor Ganzetti and other experts advised prognosis, noting paralysis of the lower limbs and only temporary hope if a rally occurs.
In the Rhone deputies plan a resolution demanding immediate stop to prosecutions and release of imprisoned deputies. The measure seeks Bonnet Duverdier's release amid Cabinet deliberations over whether to free him before elections. Meanwhile Jules Grévy elected president of the Chamber with 299 votes. General Grant attended President MacMahon at the Elysee with the diplomatic corps present.
In a Connecticut district school a six year old boy whispered and denied it when questioned. The teacher kept him after school and asked if they were told in Sunday School where bad boys who tell falsehoods go. The boy sobbed and replied it is a place with a fire but he could not recall the town’s name.
The discussion notes that Hume found devout people melancholy and Bishop Home suggests two reasons. First, Hume may have seen few devout individuals among friends. Second, merely seeing him could cause a devout person to appear melancholy.
The 1878 edition of Hostetter's Almanac is available without cost from druggists and country dealers across the United States and British America. It features health advice, light reading, and carefully prepared calendars and astronomical items. Propriety by Hostetter & Smith of Pittsburgh is noted with mail delivery on a two cent stamp for distant readers.
A brief ad notes oyster prices with mediums at 25 cents per can standards at 30 cents and a bulk offer of 400 at a stated rate. The fragment suggests a sale push in a historical grocery or market page.
Dr Kuenner announces over eleven thousand square feet of floor stock including parlor and chamber sets. These items will be sold for the next sixty days at greatly reduced prices, promising cheaper options than the cheapest existing stock.
Arbuckles Ariosa Coffee 1 lb papers 30c Finest Roasted Rio Coffee 30c per pound Prime Roasted Rio Coffee 28c per pound Good Roasted Rio Coffee 25c per pound Roasted O G Java Coffee 40c per pound We grind roasted coffee without extra charge Burrell Bros.
It Pays to Trade at 110. Finest varieties Michigan Winter Apples price at 8.75 per barrel and Illinois Winter Apples 2.75 to 3.25 per barrel offered by Burrell Bros.
The Rock River Seminary at Mount Morris Illinois invites both sexes to a winter term starting November 26 Special attention is given to common branches and book keeping Students may select any qualified studies A faculty member will visit Freeport at the Brewster House on November 17 to discuss enrollment Circulars addressed to N DOUGHERTY Principal.
A drug store ad urges purchases at Emmert and Burrell for a Great English Remedy. It claims quick relief from sore throat cough cold and asthma and promises astonishing benefits from a single bottle.
J. D. Diffenbaugh announces abundant winter apples available to customers and the public. Prices range from over $2.25 to $3.50 per barrel with additional bulk carload availability.
J D Diffenbaugh specializes in oyster stews and plans to serve them in the best styles at 25 cents each. The note highlights his focus on quality seafood dishes and affordable pricing.
A minister claimed the Great English Remedy could cure bronchitis or sore throat, selling Emper?r and Burrell medicines with full directions. The product was advertised at Swarts and Stocking's Drug Store opposite the Court House.
James Tobias offers auctioneering services for Freeport and surrounding area. Leave orders at the JOURNAL office or send to P. O. Box 219.
Testimonial from Rootstown Ohio touts Blood and River Remedy and Nerve Tonic by Dr. Fenner of Fredonia New York. James Phelps, sick five years and spent about two thousand dollars, cured after six bottles. Claims include purifying blood, clearing symptoms, and aiding nerves. promotion by Green and Spelman Merchants and Emmert & Burrell as agents.
Advertises the New Family Startiz sewing machine at 25 dollars as a fast, reliable helper for all home tasks. Claims easy learning, long service, and never being out of order, with agents urged to supply the demand across territory. Address Cately & Co. Broadway and Eighth Street, New York.
Cheap John John R. Wagner Agent advertises the Brewster House opposite store offering the lowest prices and best groceries. He claims the long grocery business in town and urges customers to call at his shop to be convinced.
Free of Cost. Any buyer of the Great English Remedy for coughs colds sore throat asthma etc is guaranteed. If not fully satisfied after using one quarter of a fifty cent bottle the full price will be refunded on return of bottle and unused contents. EuMert & Burrell 380w4 Druggists.
Property advertisement offering a house and 114 acres at the Elk and West streets corner for sale on easy terms or trade in part for Western lands. Mentioned by A. A. Orary.
Local advertises cultivated cranberries available from BURRELL Bros at ten cents per quart. Buyers inquire at the farm or nearby markets for fresh produce offerings from the Burrell brothers.
D. Adamson on 8 Stephenson St announces a complete sale of wall paper and window shades at cost to clear stock and make room for a full replacement.
Authorized claim touts a remedy for dyspepsia liver trouble and general debility with sample pricing and warnings about neglect. It markets Simnon's Consumption Cure and Strmor's Porous Plaster via Emmert & Burrell with a 22-14m6 listing and mentions a 50,000 annual death figure due to neglect.
The advertorial notice promotes W. W. Robey opposite Knowlton's bank as the top grocery source. It endorses his teas coffees sugars syrups canned fruits and all needs in his line saying products are pure and good. It also claims the lowest prices and door delivery.
Valuable flouring mill property known as Freeport City Mills with strong water power three burr runs in good running order to be sold cheap on easy terms inquiry to Webster & Ropes Freeport Illinois April 19 1877
The Radiant Home Stoves received the highest award from the Centennial Commissioners in Philadelphia in 1876. Large shipments abroad show demand exceeding previous levels. These stoves are praised as the most powerful radiator and economical, sold only by F Barrier at 75 and 77 Stephenson Street Freeport DL.
County Surveyor F. E. Josex requests persons needing surveying services to leave orders at the County Clerk's office. Include name range township section and preferred day. Office located in the Court House Freeport.
Freeport shop advertises Brown and Vail boot and shoe makers offerings with a money back guarantee. They promise a fair trial and say they cannot be beat in work or prices, located in the basement under Lords Jewelry and Tarbox Block at Stevenson and Chicago streets. Adamson's paints also promoted.
The Cheapest And Finest Parlor and Chamber Sets at our new store No. 89 Stephenson St upstairs Venr & Kornta. All kinds of Machine Oil offered at bottom figures at $9 Stephenson St. D Adamson's.
A $199 scholarship is offered at Rock River University in Dixon for good students in any department. For details call or visit the big office for particulars.
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