Local merchants advertise new goods and looming price rises
Bargain in Booth and Shoes at Staver Snyder’s promote big boot styles and early stove purchases. Stine & Bro announce extensive clothing and furnishing stock with a new sales room in Fry's Block and promise underselling rival dealers. Carr & Grove and W. W. Smythe invite customers to Millinery, shoes, trunks, and ladies wear with favorable terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staver ¢ Snyder's
Nobey
Chicago
Bbuy
Stine’s
W. W. Smythe
Fry’s Block
Reynolds Bros
Blocher
Smyth
Six reasons for buying at Wal ton's first
Six reasons to shop at Wal ton's first. The largest stock in the state outside Chicago. Buying in large quantities lowers prices. Selling more than any other house outside Chicago means cheaper goods. All items marked in plain figures. Children can buy as cheap as adults. Return unsatisfactory articles for a refund. Goods warranted as represented. He will save you money on every purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawvre & Burenarp
Walton
Chicago
Millinery styles and Castoria advertised
Mrs C C Wilson at 114 Stephenson street announces fall and winter millinery with new season novelties from Eastern markets and a first class trimmer. Castoria is promoted as a safe vegetable remedy for children, claiming to replace pills and syrups, with benefits for digestion and sleep and priced at thirty five cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson Sr
C. C. Wilson
Stoves In For Fall And Winter Trade At Low Prices
Lanvegn and Burcuarp advertise heating and cooking stoves with fine styles and good quality at low prices for the fall and winter trade. Swarts and Stocking's Drug Store offers stereoscopic views of the Chicago ruins, boasting the largest stock in the city opposite the Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swarts & Stocking
Court House
Dunham
I. O
Bigler
Lanvegn & Burcuarp
Chicago
Opening of Fat and Winter Goods at City Clothing Store Sechrist
Sechrist and Crain announce a grand opening of fat and winter goods featuring a large selection of suitings coatings vestings and pantaloon goods. The store highlights its own ready-made line and tailor department with guaranteed style quality and fit. Pews rental at First M.E. Church to be auctioned Wednesday Oct 16 at 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sechrist & Crain
First M. BE
New Carpets at Walton's This Week
Walton's announces new carpet styles Tapestry Brussels Three Ply and Ingraines Lastina Loveliness for the week. An older beauty product, Hagan's Magnolia Balm, is praised as a pure botanical cosmetic that restores bloom to the skin and remains popular after two decades of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton’s
Tapestry
Brussels
Lastina
Hagan
Morgan County Farmers Race to Harvest Big Corn Crops
Morgan County farmers are unusually busy gathering in their large corn crops as the harvest season peaks. The busy fields reflect strong yields and labor across the region.
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Morgan Country
Walton's Specialty Ready Made Clothing Ad
An old newspaper ad touts Walton's Specialty offering the greatest inducements in ready made clothing and merchant tailoring. It claims the cheapest and best stock in the city, with the lowest prices in the Northwest and no extra expense in operating departments. A trial will prove the savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton’s
Walton
Northwest
Insurance Agents and Local Notices in Persistent Harsh Tone
John R. Lemon is listed as agent for several established insurers including Hartford Phoenix and Franklin Fire with a combined capital over twenty five million dollars. The agency sits over Staver and Snyder’s boot shop, Mary’s Lamb oddities are referenced, and local items note a Chicago shooting, the Ford and Wise jewelry and musical instrument firm dissolution, and a Delaware election victory for Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Lemon
Asta Ing, Co
Hartford
Mayor Cronkrite Builds Notable Front Walk
The mayor recently completed a sturdy sidewalk in front of his home, a practical example that readers hope other residents will imitate.
Train timetable fragment with stops and arrivals
A garbled timetable lists departures and arrivals for multiple trains including Pacific Express and Atlantic Express. It mentions stops at Galesburg Mendota Rochelle Aurora Chicago Forreston Mt Morris and Oregon with times and passenger freight notes. Sam Powell and E Hinkley are named as ticket agent and GM respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad
Freeport, Main
Chi
Freeport
Thel.c. R.R
Chicago
Tne
Pacific Express
Mendota
Atlantic Express
Quincy
Galesburg
Burlington
Iowa
Nebraska
Pulncy
Missouri
Kansas
Sam’s Powell
Gen
Forreston
Mt. Morris
Regon
Rochelle
Aurora
de Rochelle
de Oregon
E. Hinkley
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Utatines
Nomparell
Fick
Lee
Tyr
Enans
Ggall Communications
Artenols
Atkins & Guilford
D. Atkins
I. D. Lawyer
Er Pelton & Co
R. Harding
mey-at-Law
Eeport
T. Abrams
Abram, Co
C. Shuler Abrams & Shuler, Iy, Chancery
Treeport
Illinois
Court House Square
Soldiers’ Monument
F. K. Hill
Burchard, Barton
Barnum
Stephenson &Treet
Frees
Harrison E, Green
Kney
At Law
Freeport, Il
S. R. Payne
Mey
Councellor
Mirim
Eporty TE Uh
Freeporty
U. D. Meacham
AM Bright
W. Scott Agney
E. P. Hodges
Munn
Banks
L.A. Knowlton &Son8
Corner Stephenson and Exchange
Irst National Bank, United States Depositary, Capital
Bidwell
Kcond National Bank
Crarry
Milwaukee
Wyork
Philadelphia
Ireland
John H. Addams
Cimkau
Kingsley & Mills
Dentists
Free Art
Illnois
Aéoneman
A. Knowl- Song’ Bank
Dr. Garber
J. Musser
Stangeville
Swengel
Beni
Balti. Sigler
Stephenson
D. Burrell
First National Bank
Llls
Scroggs
Ieee
Ally
Poe Z
Esther W. Taylor
Munn's Block
Stephenson Street
D. B. Bobb
M. D. Dakotz
J. G. Whitcomb
Webster Street
Wadtell’s
Drees
Watton
Lawyer & Burcnarp's
Dr. McLane
Fleming Bros
Pittsburgh
U.S
McLane
Stine & Bro
Carr & Grove
Brewster House
Porter & Wright's Insurance Agency
Imperial
London
Lycoming
Insurance Agency
WM. Trembor
Wilcoxon
Springfield F. & M. Ins. Co
Springfeld
Mass
Girard Ins.Co
WM. Massenberg
General Life and Fire Insurance Agency
Ins.co
United States
Europe
New England Mutuel Life Ins, Co
Wynkoop
Stiles, Jenkins & Co
Geo
F.swarts
C. H.stocking
M.D
Sswarts & Stocking
Samuel J. Dodds
Lena
Messrs
Taylor & Aspinwall
Mesers
Ira Babcock
Ill
D. B. Schulte
Stephenson Btreet
Cor
Chicago-st
Ly . E. Brown
R. Pelck
Fire Arms
Shopon
Elierner Eaoe
Peter Sheckler
Sheckler
Orangeville
Ilineis
Chas, H. Packard
Giles Bro. & Co
West Branch
West Madison St
Elias Howe
Co. C. Wilson
A. W. Ford, Watchmaker
Howard Watches
Elgin
Waltham
Springfield
Lazarus & Morris
A. W. Ford
Wisconsin & Michigan Lumber Yard
Mechanic Streets
Sanford, Bidwell & CO
Propr’s
Chamberlin’s
Muar
Rhodes & Brother
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Personal Liberty League
West
Mississippi
Ohio
Union
Mary
New York Sun
Horace Greeley
Ford
Delaware
Greeley
City Crockery Store
C. HL. Little
Brewster
Mason, Gems and Hero
Peoria
North-Western Railway
Passonzet
Belvidere
Western Union Railroad
Corvean LQ
Aia Aaee
Sanweene
Toave
Rockford
Rock Island
Louis R. R
E. St. Louis
St. Louis
T. Pen
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago & Iowa
R. R
Freeport College
Shaffer
Board of Trustees
Publi
J. W. Shatter
Agen
Isaac FB. Cirey
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