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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1882
Page
5
The entire stock of dry goods and millinery from T. K. Best, damaged by the recent fire through smoke water and removal, is offered at auction. It claims to be the city’s largest dry goods and millinery sale and must be closed out for whatever it brings.
A renowned Chicago auctioneer, hailed as one of the best and fairest on the American continent, will conduct a major regional sale. The event promises notable bidding and broad participation across collectors and dealers.
A rare chance invites Freeport residents to a vast and varied stock sale described as a life time opportunity. Auctions run daily at 1 30 and 7 30 evenings with special arrangements for ladies.
The home circle argues farmers have ample room to keep fowl and build cheap houses for a hundred or two birds to supply fresh eggs or cash. It claims high returns from poultry exceed those from pigs or sheep, with minimal labor in breeding season and recommends interested farmers to pursue this profitable rural enterprise.
A band of Government cattle and 800 animals including 40 or 50 mules roam the wilderness between the Bear Paw Mountains and the Big Horn ranges. They detach occasionally toward settlements and are shot. one was captured near Glendive. The piece contrasts herd behavior with human impulse. Also from Bangor Whig, Webster and Hayne anecdotes recount a derisive aside and a humorous President's reception exchange.
The Boston Traveler notes a Wisconsin breeze challenging marriage legality requiring ministers to file ordination credentials. Few clerics do, risking inheritance disputes and property doubts. A Youngstown prank with a pistol and a sleeping man ends badly, underscoring social limits of mischief. The piece also promotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and Burrell Bros Coffee Roaster products with promotional tone.
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