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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1869
Page
7
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Advertisement for Best and Morgan offering Royal Standard Double Warp Black Alpacas praised for superior color finish and lower price than competitors Bust and Monaan in the market.
A Lena firm McEathron Bros faces suspension of payments after declining goods value and rising debts. Creditors call a meeting at the firm’s store on Tuesday October 5 at 10 AM to decide next steps. Also notes local lumber yard and Prohibition columns in the Hartford Gazette with editor C W Cross.
Numerous notices announce sales at farms near Freeport Cedarville Ridott Andrews Loran and Dakota village. Items include horses cattle hogs farm tools vehicles and household goods. Dates range September 20 to October 12 with several auctions at the New York House hotel and other farm locations.
J M Mumford of Hope Mills Rhode Island visits Pawtucket and orders a full suit to be sent to North Carolina. Dexter the new cutter promises fine work from Stephangon County as Walton expands from dry goods into merchant tailoring and Cedarville Hall hosts Prof Leland's class of sixty five singers in a successful show. McHenry promotes photography while Pine Lumber Rowell and Sanford boast a large Michigan lumber stock at lower postwar prices.
An advertisement set touts Messes, Page & Sprague of Chicago selling Crystal Carbon oil guaranteed to withstand 175 degrees fire test at 60 cents a gallon. It also promotes Best & Morgan fall cloaks and shawls, announces the Steamer Tioga Company meeting on October 6, and invites readers to Turner Fair fund donations at Fry's Hall with item drop-off by Saturday.
An 1869 Rockford notice extols the New American Cyclopaedia, urging purchase through agent A. L. Ormsby and listing local subscribers. The page then promotes fall goods, lumber yards, and area firms, with ads for dry goods, boot and shoe stores, furniture, and a county fair, naming multiple merchants and locations in Stephenson county.
Lena community notes cover a Tyrolean concert at the Lena Hotel expansion, business moves by Harry Fowler and Stover & Smith, a garden bee theft attempt at J Foley’s yard, a rope and trinket sighting, and a bee attack aftermath. Also lists marriage and obituary notices for September.
An 19th century style collage notes cheap fabrics and ready garments at 14-22-m3 on the Corner, touts Dexter's experience from New York Chicago and Boston, promises low prices with no profit on making, and advertises woolens, silks, and groceries with weathered local chatter and product mix.
Concerts Tuesday and Wednesday evenings by the Tyrolean Troupe received praise for meritorious performances and strong musicianship though attendance lagged. A bouquet honors Mrs. James Sleusburg for her generosity with flowers. Fire destroys property this season as insurers Muessra Porter Wright pledge policy with North American Lipsmanes Company of New York at low rates.
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