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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1877
Page
5
The ad page lists varying rates per line and column for advertisements with a 10 cent first insertion and 5 cent for subsequent insertions. It notes 29.00 a year in advance for subscriptions and names Richards & Co. as proprietors.
Yesterday, September 18, the fifty jubilee of Je Bolender and Catherine Decker was celebrated. Bolender, born 1827 in Union now Snyder County, Pa, and a long-time farmer near Stephen County, Ill, has had only one sickness in fifty years. Their family of twelve children present plus twenty-seven with thirty-one relatives totaled 84 attendees. The couple, married since 1827, were praised for enduring health and hospitality as guests enjoyed plentiful cakes and pies. Journal thanks guests for cake and wishes for a continued bright life together.
A recent inspection reveals a new house occupying the old site two years after a fire. The interior showcases white varnished parlors, maple-like wood, light oak dining room, dark parlors, and French walnut finishes. Builders Wi Brus display skill, with a note on reasonable prices and a cautious invitation to view before contracting.
The Illinois Department of Agriculture issued a late August synopsis showing corn acreage slightly down in 1877 and a favorable overall yield near 38 bushels per acre, with wide regional variation from drought and frost risk. Winter and spring wheat, oats, hay, tobacco, and potatoes also detail acreage shifts, yields, and values across counties, noting insects and weather as key factors.
The text notes miasmatic illnesses rise in certain seasons and urges districts prone to fever to prepare with tonic remedies. Trostetter's Stomach Hitters is highlighted as a strong invigoration, recommended for fortifying the system against endemic and epidemic matches.
Prof McCosh presents first Grand Concert at the Opera House Friday evening October 14 featuring violin solos by Prof Moses tenor solos by Smith of Dixon classical band and orchestra selections Admission 50 cents with reserved seats on sale at Sauborn's Monday October 8
A fragmentary lodging notice references a PLO box 47 in Australia and an individual or entity named BuesMan. The readable text is limited and lacks clear dates or locations.
Public sale of live stock and farming tools scheduled two miles north of Freeport on October 6 1877 at 10 oclock a m terms eight months without interest ten percent discount for cash Also notice of State Fair Executive Committee meeting and appeals for subscription payments and bill submissions. Also offers free illustrated Colorado guide from St Louis Kansas City Northern Railway and testimonial for Fenner s Golden Relief with a sample letter from Dunlap. Also notices on county orders redemption and local advertising for radiators paint and machine oil firms.
The Olrhew store at No. sd Stephenson St upstairs offers the best Wis as White Amber Winter Wheat Plane at $1.90 per sick and all Uri of Spring at $1.00. None better in the market.
Easter and Co advertise sewing machines the New Fasy Lourre at 25 dollars with rapid, easy use and long service. They also push groceries from Robey and promote a Freeport flour mill sale, plus a wallpaper sale and farm machinery repair at Easter & Co shops.
A $100 scholarship is offered at Rock River University Nixon good in any braconen department taught. For particulars call or address this office. Also twenty cords of hard wood wasted on subscription account are this office immediately.
A Stephenson County Farmers' Co-operative selection announces a new managing agent and offers a full line of farm implements from Tand Rakes to threshing machines. The sellers promise satisfaction guaranteed or no sale, emphasizing merit over price.
Questioning readers about dyspepsia liver complaints and indigestion touts Green's Argust Flowen as a universal cure. Claimed 2,400,000 bottles distributed in the U S with two doses proving its value, price 10 cents for trial bottles and 73 cents for regular size, sold by Swarts Stocking and all first class druggists.
Rock River University in Dixon begins its third year on Monday with Prof. Wenworth D. I Wurd of the State Normal of Massachusetts elected principal of the Northern Tinois Normal College now affiliated with this institution. He is acclaimed as one of the ablest normal educators in New England and is expected to be a valuable acquisition to the school and the northern normal interest. The paper urges a cordial welcome and anticipates strong attendance to support his initial educational efforts for the youth.
County Surveyor announces that persons needing services should leave orders at the County Clerk's Office, noting township and section details. Brown & Vail, boot and shoe makers, advertise they cannot be beat in work and offer fit or no sale, inviting customers to shop in the basement of Ford's Jewelry Store in Freeport Illinois.
Plows were repointed sharpened and polished at Easter & Co stores as part of a local maintenance effort. The work aimed to restore farm implements to serviceable condition for the upcoming planting season. Workers reported steady progress and attention to tool integrity.
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