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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1882
Page
7
A 19th century note highlights home remedies and local ads. A man claims placing Peerless Cough Syrup bottles near tomato plants protects them from frost. The list then covers various goods from dry goods to mowers, lace curtains, paint, coffee, oil stoves and hardware. It also includes personal notices and a wife leaving her husband with a debt disclaimer dated May 16, 1882.
Promotion for AveEr's S isa- PARILLA claims permanent benefits for tens of thousands, as a vegetable alterative with iodides of potassium and iron. It purportedly cures scrofula, skin diseases, boils, humors, and blood disorders, while aiding liver issues and female weaknesses. Sold by all druggists and lauded for forty years as a premier blood purifier.
Chicago markets report for Thursday Evening May 1882 and a carpet shop ad. Listings include Maynard Carpets claims largest stock in Northern Illinois, plus olive oil and canned vegetables. OCR fragments mention Ayer's Sarsaparilla ad and Freeport market prices for wheat corn oats rye hogs cattle butter onions cabbage apples and timber dimensions.
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