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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1877
Page
5
Advertising rates listed with per line charges and deadlines. Nonpareil notes square line limits for Carl cards five lines or less per year, ten cents assessed for renewals and subsequent insertions. Rates include black type charges and pencil or map formats, with annual subscription at two dollars prepaid.
Voters of Stephenson County invited to a mass convention to support greenback monetary policy, lighter taxes, living wages, removal of standing army use against labor, and remonetization of greenbacks. Meeting set for Freeport Court House on October 6, 1877 at 2 PM to nominate county officers for the upcoming election. Organized by Harwood Proctor and others.
Liscapura Sept 25 The presidential party is greeted at the depot by a large crowd and a cheering procession. Hayes delivers remarks praising restored harmony and equal rights, then visits Charlottesville and nearby towns before returning to Washington. He plans to postpone Richmond visit to next month as Virginia State Fair nears.
The city is invited to inspect Harris Prevost patent kid gloves in a new and elegant side out collection. The notice promotes an unprecedented display of the largest assortment of kid gloves yet shown. WX Walton.
J D Diffenbaugh announces abundance of winter apples at 2 1 2 to 3 50 per barrel and bulk carload availability. Advertisements note ladies linen collars and cuffs stock, English remedy for sore throat sold by Emmert and Burrell, Oyster stews offered at 25 cents by J D Diffenbaugh, and new goods arriving daily from Walton and Wm Warton.
An 1877 newspaper ad lists a guaranteed remedy for dyspepsia liver issues and other ailments with claims of cure and fast recovery. It promotes Suiton's Consump tion Cure and Suiton's Pokous Prastar, notes strong sales and a low price, and names Emmert & Burrell and W. W. Robey as suppliers. It also advertises the Freeport City Mills for sale and cites a high merit award from Centennial Commissioners.
Describes leaving orders for surveying at the County Clerk's office in Freeport. Includes vendors Brown & Vail boots and shoes, Tarbox Block shop under Ford's, Stephenson and Chicago, white lead linseed oil at low prices, Tent and Koenig machine parts, D Apauson's plow work, and Easter & 0's shop. Also seeks twenty cords of hard wood on subscription.
An advertisement extols Bocner's German Syrup as a universal remedy for consumption and lung diseases, promises immediate relief after three doses, urges druggists to sample it to help the poor, cites large sales, and lists prices. Also a local notice seeks the thief who took a willow lunch basket with items from the Ladies’ room at the Fair Ground, leaving a description and contact with Journal office.
Public sale of live stock and farming tools announced by JL Munn two miles north of Freeport on Oct 9 1877. Various tonic and patent medicines advertised by Emmert and Burrell including Dr Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy. Stated refund terms for Great English Remedy and notices for lodging, gasolene, and farm equipment. Also a guide offer for Colorado travel via the St Louis Kansas City & Northern Railway.
An vivid advertisement touts the New Family SayTrTls sewing machine as superior, rapid, and reliable, claiming it outperforms any other machine for any price. It promises easy learning, lasting service, and universal usefulness, urging agents to sell widely from Broadway and Eighth Street, New York.
A $100 scholarship named Salh is available at Rock River University in Digon. It may be used in any branch or department taught. For details call or visit the address provided.
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