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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1866
Page
5
Chamberlin's Hat Store displays new business cards and updated ladies and gents wear. Top kit gloves and mitts, hats, and hats latest styles fill the shop. Shoppers are invited to see fresh, neat, and fashionable arrivals at Chamberlin's.
Notices announce preachings at the Free Methodist Church Concert Hall nightly at 7 0 clock this week and a quarterly meeting on October 27. Oyster suppliers Mesars Casse and Tinkham tout top quality fresh oysters. Hutchinson family Easter entertainments set for Fry's Hall tomorrow with new and old selections promised. Rev Dr Kerr resigns from First Baptist Church after five prosperous years and heads to Syracuse with Europe visit planned. Ellinger Foote act, the smallest trio with a large company, to perform at Fry's Hall on Saturday October 27 with an afternoon show for families.
At a regular meeting Amity Lodge No 563 I G T adopted resolutions mourning the death of brother Orman i Clarey who died October 1 1866. The lodge pledges compassion to his parents and friends, drapes hall in mourning for 30 days, and asks the Freeport Journal and Bulletin to publish the resolutions.
In a storm battered gathering Gen Butler and Gov. Hahn spoke to about two thousand attendees in Stephenson County. Butler defended Republican doctrine tracing party history and Reconstruction policy while Hahn touched on current political issues ending with loud cheers for speakers and Congress.
Real Estate notices show Freeport area transactions including Buckman, Ordway, and Davis parcels with prices from $50 to $2,500. Taylor & Aspinwall announce complete abstracts of county lands and offer to furnish copies, draw deeds, and handle trades on commission.
The November issue highlights Autuun's Home Magazine with The Aixpecter Letter and Waiting for a Bite engraving. It lists stories by Mrs Denison T4 Arthur F L Sarmiento Wm Henry Wood Harriet Francis and Virginia Townsend among others. Galaxy No 13 November features Trollope The Claverings back chapters free with the issue.
Broad and Bright advertise winter boots and shoes to warm and dry feet. A. J. Wise, boot and shoe dealer at 94 Stephenson Street, invites all ages to shop for footwear. Neff & Swarts offer a large stock of drugs medicines perfumery and patent medicines at old prices. Emmert and Stibgen promote cast iron reversible flue parlor stoves and fuel saving heaters. Ford & Co advertise clocks and Scotch pebble glasses. C G Clark & Co. offer a $100 reward for a medicine curing coughs colds and croup. Cage’s Cough Balsam promoted as quick relief. Coe’s Dyspepsia Cure claimed to cure stomach and bowel ailments.
Broad claims on gold and watches undersold in Freeport while urging trust in B C Davight Co. and LB Peale. Personal testimonials praise Dr. McGrew for cures in Freeport 1866, with multiple residents attesting relief from liver, rheumatic, and back pains. Openings for sales, real estate, and music items fill the page.
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