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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1882
Page
4
A long reader of Freeport items reports on church services and Thanksgiving planning, plus updates on residents: Victer Messuer and Wilbur Burbank sick, Mrs. Lewis Lebian’s death, the Ladies Christian Temperance Union meeting, and Rev Byers recovering. Also covered are water works progress, electric lighting plans, school and Sunday convention notes, and local weather and farming notes.
A jumble of local notices promotes Lil's Peerless Cough Syrup, Brown's Iron Bitters, and Charlee's Caramels, with advertisements for hosiery, sugar, canned meats, flavor extracts, and undergarments. Also mentions McHenry's Gallery photographs and Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as throat remedies.
Local ads tout fresh roasted coffee blends and new fall goods from Burenn Bros Maynard and Sverell Bros with low prices on green Rin coffee. A dubious health tonic claims cures and blood cleansing for 50 cents a bottle at Hummert A Burrell's while quirky lines promote a “muld philosopher” wrapper and unrelated remarks.
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