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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1873

Page

7

Real Estate Sales At Fort Lane Office 1872

ForePORT Lane Office reports August 1872 real estate activity with several transfers. Listings include 85 acres on Silver Creek sold for 4250 dollars, lots in ock City for 800, and multiple parcels around Silver Creek and Buckeye with prices ranging from 450 to 5200 dollars. Other transfers note land in Plattville vicinity and Colorado prospects. general market conditions and local names appear among the scattered entries.

Foreport Lane Jeffrey J. H. Wessells Gilver Creek Greinester Peter McHees Ock City Frederic Medika Loran Promer J. D. Folgate Buckeye Uitchell Jacob I Myers Eh Dickey James I Neff Pt Sock Vreaport David DeGraff Ms d Bollman George Smith Peck Kramer Davis Darling Cordelia E. Chatter Varger Noah Smith Ye Mand John Hanna Noah

Freeport Markets Grain Prices and Provisions Listing

The Freeport Markets page lists grain prices per bushel for wheat and corn, plus provisions pricing per unit. Entries show per bushel wheat and corn figures, with provisions priced per dozen and per bound, reflecting a general market snapshot.

Latest commercial reports for wheat corn oats and hogs 1872

Market notes show No 2 wheat at 1.18 and 1.17½ in September and October futures. Corn No 2 dull with October seller. Oats 2 cash 25¼ to 25½ c. Barley 67 67½ c. Provisions inactive with pork at 14.62½ to 14.75 cash or Sept seller and winter rendered at 8c. Beef cattle abundant. shipping grades 20–25c per 100 lbs lower, but active on lower prices. Texan to native beef sales around 2.30 to 6.75. Hogs active and firm at 4.90 to 5.20 with occasional gains.

Tremendous Reduction in Dry Goods and Millinery

Best and Morgan announce a sweeping closeout of their Dry Goods and Millinery, offering the entire assortment at a tremendous reduction to clear stock. The sale claims the largest and most daring price sacrifice yet, driven by a stock excess of twenty five thousand dollars.

Best & Morgan

Tremendous Reduction on Seasonal Stock Sale

Due to a large stock at this season we have picked job lots and small lots across departments and marked them at temptingly low figures to insure quick, lively sales, offering customers the balance of each season's stock at almost their own prices.

Bargain Lot of Fancy Dress Goods Displayed

A sale offers Fancy Dress Goods from 15 to 35 cents per yard and various textiles. Black Alpaccas, Scotch Plaids, Striped Grenadines, Melanges, Wash Poplins, and imitation Jap Anese Poplins priced 16 to 92 12 cents per yard with many items worth double. Early selection noted as best.

Best & Morgan Clears Out Dry Goods Millinery Sale

This bold price slashing sweep across departments offers printed lawns, grass cloths, seersuckers, towels, crashes, and table linens at deep discounts. Millinery, bonnets, hats, flowers, and feathers are on sale, parasols included, with a campaign to close out stock never to be carried over, promising bargains the city may not see again.

Best & Morgan

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