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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1872
Page
5
Merchants advertise a wide array of footwear and ready made clothing with new stock arriving. Promotions urge early purchasing ahead of anticipated price rises and store openings in Fry's Block and nearby regions.
Six vendors advertise advantages of buying at Walt on s. The largest stock in the state outside Chicago and volume discounts promise cheaper prices. Goods marked in plain figures. returns accepted with refund. Store claims prior wool purchase allows undersell. Merchant tailoring offers vast selection and guaranteed fit.
Mrs C Cy Wilson at 1H Stephenson Street advertises fall Mil linery and a first class trimmer. Castoria is pitched as a safe, effective remedy for teething and stomach issues. Also notes receipt of heating and cooking stoves for fall and winter. Swarts Stocking Drug Store offers stereoscopic views of Chicago ruins.
Over twenty years the Mustang Liniment gained fame for treating external horse and cattle ailments and extended to human uses. Its rapid spread across states and territories crowned it a standard cure for rheumatism gout neuralgia earache toothache and other pains and injuries.
Walton's Specialty advertises the greatest inducements in ready-made clothing and merchant tailoring. It proclaims the cheapest stock and best variety in the city with the lowest prices in the Northwest. The ad asserts Walton's can sell clothing cheaper than any other house, inviting readers to compare.
The item lists agencies representing major insurers with capital totals over twenty five million dollars and notes an agency location over Staver and Snyder’s store. It also mentions Mary’s Little Lamb parody, a Chicago shooting, and dissolved firms Ford and Wise with remarriage of plans for jewelry and instruments.
Walton's unveils new carpet collection this week featuring Tapestry Brussels and other rich styles including dreshly and ingraines to lure homemakers with durable patterns and warm tones.
Twenty years after its release Hagan's Magnolia Balm is advertised as a pure botanical cosmetic that preserves skin softness and a rosy tint. The copy claims it avoids artificial enamel and harmful beautifiers, offering a durable glow from youth to age and cites a user whose complexion improved after decades of use.
The Delaware vote produced a Republican win in the election of election inspectors signaling party gains in local administration.
The farmers of Morgan County are busy gathering in their large corn crops as autumn work proceeds.
A recent sidewalk project in front of Mayor Cronkrite’s residence is praised as neat and substantial and urged as a model for others to follow.
The notice lists multiple train departures and arrivals including the Night Express at 9.55 am and 8.55 am, Mendota Passenger at 6.20 am, Atlantic Express at 11.25 am and 11.45 am, and Quincy Passenger at 12.05 pm and 12.25 pm. It mentions a direct route to Galesburg Burlington and all points in Southern Town and Nebraska, Quincy and northern Missouri and Kansas, sold by Sam Powell, General Ticket Agent.
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