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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1871
Page
5
Sechrist and Lemon, noted merchant tailors and clothiers, report superior fit quality and larger business this year. Their stock for fall and winter is complete with the latest styles bought before woolen price increases, offering customers a clear advantage. They advertise a large assortment of hats, caps, trunks, and general wearing goods.
The Freeport Journal advertises a book binding service at its office. Blank books and magazines bound to order, pamphlets bound on short notice, old books repaired and bound over, at reasonable rates.
The Dixon Telegraph and Herald presents notices for Harry Buckman’s Billiard Hall on Stephenson Street, touted as popular for billiards with new tables, cigars, ales, liquors, and free lunch. Also advertised is Chancellor Martin at 83 Stephenson Street promoting Cook Stoves, featuring the Base Burning Radiator as a leading, economical heater in Freeport with ongoing additions.
Prussing’s celebrated White Wine Vinegar praised for purity and pickle preservation. First premium at U S fairs. largest vinegar works in the United States. Established 1848. Orders and correspondence promptly attended to Chas G Prussing 339 and 341 State Street Chicago.
When in want of hardware from nails to stoves call Lawyer and Burchard. They cannot be beat on prices and offer the best stock in the city.
C M Shaffer and Son have opened a new grocery store in Munns building opposite the courthouse and invite all in need of groceries to call. They offer free delivery to all parts of the city.
The Improved American Base Burner and the Superb are praised as the best handsome and most economical coal stoves. A bold claim is made that they are the best value in the market for hard coal. Sold exclusively by Lawvser and Burchard at 16 to 21 cents per unit.
James Murray of Jefferson plans a sale of all farming utensils stock grain and household furniture on September 20 at a location one mile west of J Green's and two and a half miles southeast of Loran. He is moving west and needs to dispose of his property creating a rare bargain opportunity.
Mrs Lefler to return Sept 15 from New York City with latest dresses lacques suits and styles. She invites former patrons to call for cutting and fitting at rooms next to Sheetz’s Millinery Store Freeport promising to please all ladies with skilled dressmaking services.
Lashell Marten & Co of Shannon Illinois advertise the largest and most complete stock of dry goods groceries boots and shoes hats and crockery in Carroll and Stephenson County. They do not promise to beat the world but guarantee equal treatment to all patrons, inviting those needing goods to give them a try.
Good News to Art. No more climbing etaira to get your pictures taken. MacHenry's new gallery on the First Floor at No. 110 Stephenson Street invites visitors to view every kind of picture known to the art.
For the Very Best Styles of Photographs go to W B and B White's, located over A Pelion and on Piano and Jewelry Store. This brief advertises photography styles and the shop's location.
C M Shaffer and Son announce the opening of a new grocery and provisions store in Munn's building opposite the courthouse. The ad pledges fresh groceries at the lowest prices and promises to pay the highest prices for country produce.
A Newburyport grocer is lampooned in a tale where a salt cod sign on his shutter is repeatedly edited by critics and a obedient boy until only a codfish remains. The joke ends with the crowd observing the plainly labeled codfish.
A rural journalist questions a New Yorker’s grasp of place names, ridiculing attempts to rename locations with European style phrases such as Hackensack on the Hudson and Herslem-on-the-Spuyten Duyvil Creek, and asking where his geography came from.
The Lena school is commended for its large well designed building and complete appointments. Principal Ford in his fourth year is noted as an efficient educator who combines Christian character with firm order. Miss Philian Smith has joined the grammar department and made a favorable impression. The writer urges intercommunity exchanges of school visits to share methods and improve all districts.
Tam announces great bargains in dress goods shawls domestic and all dry goods this season. Sales have grown this month and new goods will arrive. A bargein in black silks to be opened at 104 Stephenson Street by Watton’s.
Mr J Krohn runs an elegant Stephenson street store in the Krohn Block. The shop is superbly stocked with cigars and tobacco of superior quality, praised as unrivaled in the Northwest. Krohn, noted as a successful tobacco agent, is highlighted for his eminence.
G. W. Tandy's offers a large stock of boots and shoes at 113 Stephenson Street. The store touts summer and fall goods now on hand and a forthcoming influx from top manufacturers. Protect your feet with durable footwear at this address.
Fragmentary timetable notes list East West and Southbound departures for Western Union and Illinois Central trains. Mentions Freeport Mendota Chicago connections with times such as 7:00 PM and 8:15 AM, and references O R T rail service to Chicago via 0 & N. lines. The text emphasizes early morning and evening departures and connections for passengers and freight.
A farmer without straw in winter finds it essential for a dry sheltered yard and soft bedding. Bright straw supports health in horses and cattle, while hay and richer foods suit milch cows and young stock. Proper stacking, topping with fine hay, and careful finishing keep straw bright and dry through winter.
Mr Chaai An Booth of tha Manroe Wisconsin Sentinel secures a complimentary ticket to the seventeenth annual Fair of the Green County Agricultural Society and Mechanical Institute.
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