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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1871
Page
5
Sept 15 arrival from New York City with dresses jackets suits from top East fashion houses. Opens for cutting fitting and dress making services and seeks liberal patronage from Freeport ladies. Rooms beside Mrs Sheetz's Millinery Store 16 22 1f.
McHenry unveils a new gallery on the first floor at 110 Stephenson Street offering every style of picture available. Visitors can now have portraits and scenes captured without stairs.
Rhodes and Brother continue to serve customers with steaks roasts chops fresh fish and game in season. They keep the best market in the city.
Freeport readers are informed that C M Shaffer and Son have opened a new grocery and provisions store in Munn's building opposite the courthouse. They offer fresh groceries at low prices and pay the highest prices for country produce.
Notice states A Nase Aust Rev Ass’r will visit Robert Little U S Revenue Collector office in Freeport on November 8 9 and 10 1871 for office business. It notes Chicago fire causing price hikes in hardware and advertises Lawver and Burchard selling goods including coal hods and wire clothes lines from Eastern suppliers at low figures.
Senator Conkling defends the President while deriding critics of his long Branch trip. The debate touches on presidential travel, past leaders, and allegedly costly gifts to Grant and other generals, with a cautious note on propriety and public scrutiny.
A fresh shipment of Wisconsin Stripe Ottoman Shawls arrives at Stevens offering handsome styles for shoppers seeking quality textiles. The announcement highlights variety and value in the new stock.
All shoppers are urged to save money by buying at Staver and Snyder's Sign of the Big Boot. The firm promises a large stock and asserts lower prices than any other in Freeport, offering cheap boots and shoes.
Sechrist and Lemon, popular merchants at 12 Stephenson Street opposite the Opera House, report better fits and a larger fall and winter stock than any rival. Their store features latest fashions in woolen goods, hats, caps, trunks, umbrellas, and furnishing items for men and boys.
In Black Hawk county Iowa farms offered from 18 to 20 dollars an acre on easy terms. Down payments range from 500 to 1000 dollars. Properties described as choice land with some good improvements. Contact George Ordway Waterloo Iowa October 1871. 16 28 3m
Bargain sale of a valuable farm five miles from Freeport offering bearing orchard and all kinds of small fruit with ample water. Well fenced and improved. For particulars contact S. C. Buckman at 105 Stephenson Street Freeport. 16-29-84.
Daily delivery of favorite J D D and Star oysters at Oyster Depot no doubt the finest and cheapest option in town.
An advertisement announces the best apples from New York and Michigan available at J D Diffendaugh's Confectionary store located at No 3 Fry's Block. Heavy barrels full of apples prepared for winter and spring use are featured.
A historical note touts a fragrance named Sorodant that claims to make breath sweet and gums pink, with teeth turning ruby and pearly like a coral vase. It exhorts a complete toilet and promises quick cosmetic effects.
A local notice lists names including Elizabeth Morvan Johnnie Molter Philip Niles Eliza Peck J M Patten Jussie Rishards and others in connection with an advertised lot and letter. The notice invokes Union Insurance Company as part of the matter and mentions Walker and related parties.
G. W. Tandy’s at 113 Stephenson Street offers a heavy stock of summer and fall boots and shoes from top factories. The ad promises great bargains and a new, superior stock, urging customers to protect their feet with durable footwear.
Property listing describes 200 acres with 160 cultivated, 40 acres timber, a spring, dwelling and outbuildings, bearing orchard, large garden and fruit varieties. Located two miles west of Loranjin, Daviass County. For details call Pranor Mo Ginnis, Proprietor. 16-20-44.
Churches and benevolent societies will be furnished musical instruments at cost by Johnathan Hay of Exchangestreet Preoport Tb 16 80 37.
The notice outlines train arrivals and departures for freight and passenger service. It highlights eastbound trains to Belvidere and Freeport with day and night services, westbound runs to reports and Chicago, and notes on connections via the L. & Q. line, with emphasis on faster Chicago travel and meal breaks.
W A Stevens advertises bargains on domestics and funnels at the old staunch location 12 Stepherson Street. The notice cites a sale with reduced prices and limited stock, inviting readers to visit.
In Casine Maine, 82 year old Dr Joe Stevens performed thigh surgery on a 66 year old patient for a forty year long ailment. Two days post op the patient sat up and shaved, later rising each morning to dress. The account notes a change of patient and surgeon and claims a successful outcome despite long duration of disease.
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