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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1879
Page
5
Special notice notes a large assortment of goods including underwear with attractive prices. Saw Way Stevens Underwear is emphasized with direct from manufacturer deals, promising low prices as they buy. Seeley and Read are highlighted as suppliers.
A group of individuals including George Grigaby Ridott Homer Aspinwall Florence and John Q Adams Florence appear in a compiled list. Other names tied to Florence Ridott Lena Loran Harlem Silver Creek Buckeye Centre and Kent are noted with various initials and villages. No events or actions are described.
An old publication explains a James Ross patent gold watch case using two plates of solid gold sandwiching nickel alloy. The method yields strong, durable, engraved cases at one third to one half the cost of solid gold. The process involves rolling between steel rollers to form a heavy plated composition, then dies cut the final shapes. Warranted and sold by jewelers with an illustrated catalogue. Also mentions price guides and other products like Dr Price perfumes and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a cure for dyspepsia and liver complaints asserting the liver governs health and that three doses prove its efficacy. It notes sample bottles at 10 cents and sale through Swarts & Stocking, plus a photo studio promotion at McHenry's Gallery on Livingston Street Freeport.
A Rochester reader attests Hop Bitters cured ague, biliousness, and kidney complaints. He used a half bottle on two severely ill girls after doctors advised none could be saved, and the children recovered. The note urges belief in Hop Bitters value and mentions a column reference. It adds a pitch for Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites for professionals under mental strain.
The article extols Kidney-Wort as a remedy for kidney diseases claiming it can curb rising afflictions and speed healing. It urges those who rely on nitre and similar tonics to try the remedy and be cured.
An 19th century advertisement extols Dr Kine's New Discovery as a swift cure for consumption and related throat and lung diseases. It boasts world wide reputation, physician endorsements, and clergy praise. Trial bottle ten cents, one dollar for a large size, sold by Emmert and Burrell in Freeport, Illinois.
An old health advisory promotes Kidney-Wort as a remedy for wasted kidney function. It claims the kidneys act as a sluice and warns disorder spreads everywhere, urging immediate use of Kidney-Wort to purge sand gravel or slime and purify the system.
From Detroit. VETROIS Mieh June 80 1878. An energetic pitch for Dr Fenner remedies including Cough Toney and St Vitus Dance Specific. It lists tobacco brands and Butter Color by Wells Richardson Co. Claims quick reliefs and family usefulness, with a sales note for Emmett Burrell and others.
An 19th century notice quotes J G Starkey praising a Vitalizer as curing long standing liver and catarrh ailments. It promotes Shildrops Catarrh Remedy, Butter Maker claims, and Sells a seller’s cough syrup. Prices are listed in cents.
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