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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1869
Page
12
Fragmentary text from an old neighborhood notice mentions names and places in garbled form. Readable elements include references to a sheriff, a person named Mandierareteious, and a Tus, Co location, but the overall meaning is uncertain.
Advertisements pledge wide circulation and agency reach for Lena Star and Journal. G M Clayton promotes Cottage Colors and Strictly Pure White Lead claiming greater coverage and longer weather resistance with farmer friendly pricing. Local stores offer cheap jewelry, boots, tobacco, and surveyor training while a Freeport trades a city dwelling for farm property.
Thirty acres of improved land near the county limits for farming or gardening with a stone quarry and a house, well and cistern. Also offers for selling produce in exchange for subscrip tions. Advertises a variety of goods and services including ice cream, soda, white lead, printing, and a large stock of toys and brushes. Includes prices and contact note for G M Clayton and D Diffenbaugh.
A damaged Freeport page praises Photographic Art by Mr. Wm. McHenry for fine counterfeits, and advertises G. M. Clayton’s Pure Lead, Staver and Snyder boots, and Lawyers and Burchard hardware. It touts Ladies Travel Baskets, yardware, and a broad stock at low prices, urging readers to visit for quality goods and remedies.
Wide fragment list of market ads and notices including meat and fish stalls, household goods, stove ads, local figures like William Pitt Fessenden, and anecdotes on Niagara rapids rescues. Mentions Dutch pipe incident, patent stoves, laundry profits, and local commerce with scattered dates and place names.
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