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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1866
Page
5
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A Geneseo woman offers $1,000 to villagers to establish a Public Reading Room. Initiatory steps are under way. The report lists numerous 1866 political, legal, and social items including libel suit by Mason G. Smith against Milwaukee Sentinel and other postwar events.
The page lists Freeport merchants selling gold pens, clocks, watches, ink, paper, drugs, medicines, and silverware at low prices. It also promotes subscriptions, clothing, boots, and farm goods, all touting bargains and reliability. Notable notices include Dr Samuel G Armon’s election to a prestigious pharmacology chair.
The City Crockery Store offers a wide stock including crockery glassware silver plated Britannia and tinware wall mirrors kerosene oil and table cutlery opposite Brewster House. The proprietor promotes chandeliers lamps and new porcelain shades emphasizing lighting and utility.
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