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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1871
Page
5
Rhodes and Brother continue to serve customers with steaks roasts chops fresh fish and game in season. They claim the best market in the city.
Farmers are urged to recall that C C Best offers the highest prices for produce, ensuring competitive rates and reliable cash returns for their harvests. The message emphasizes strong local market standing and consistent buyer trust.
Kee port retailer Neff and Bab cock advertise chillblains treatment. The notice notes Stephenson street location and selling point from Druggists Kee port.
The committee offers various styles and sizes of photographs of the soldiers monument. Proceeds go to the Monument Association to cover several hundred dollars owed to workmen. Available at Jacob Krohn's store with exhibition in his show case, alongside his meerschaum pipes and Havanna cigars.
In Freeport Smythe's offers Reynold's U T K Button and Polish Gaiters the best fitting shoe. Misses and children's shoes in the same style. Also a full line of gentlemen's boots at low prices. All goods marked down to a gold standard at Smythe's Corner Store Fry's Block.
Tobaccoed ad copy claims a product for chillblains or frosted feet with no cure and no pay. Offered by Neff and Penoate at Be Stephenson Street, Reemport.
Promote health by choosing wool lined overshoes from Tandy. Durable footwear designed for warmth and protection in cold, damp conditions.
The notice lists new arrival and departure times for Illinois Central trains going south and north, detailing passenger and freight arrivals and departures at various hours. It also covers Northwestern Railway passenger and freight timings with arrivals late at night and early morning, plus standard daytime slots.
Ladies are advised to patronize G. W. Tandy when seeking stylish gaiters and shoes. The note promotes the store as the go to source for fashionable footwear and accessories.
A local notice highlights a sale by C. C. Best featuring a fine lot of teas offered at unprecedented prices with emphasis on value and selection for customers.
A short listing notes slippers of all kinds available at G. W. Tandy's. It mentions dainty white bath slippers and others for both indoor and outdoor wear, indicating a broad selection.
Tandy offers a large stock of boots and shoes at greatly reduced prices. The store advertises everything falling to the lowest level, urging customers to visit and take advantage of the cut prices aligned with the gold standard.
A classified ad notes groceries offered at Best's store located at 151 Stephenson Street with emphasis on quality and low prices. The listing presents a brief promotional line targeting shoppers seeking bargains.
Ladies Furs in Mink Fitch Siberian Squirrel Alas ka Coney in new styles for ladies and children offered at prices much lower than before. Chamberlin's Hats Store located at 27-f Fry's Block corner Store.
Weather turns cold and the retailer Saw yer and Burchard advertise a wide range of parlor stores to keep homes comfortable during approaching winter.
Collector’s tax books are offered for sale at this office. The advertisement notes availability and invites inquiries for purchase.
Chamberlin's Hardware Store showcases a wide range including buckskin gloves, calf-faced wool mitts, and fur-top kid gloves. Located at 99 Ivy's Block corner Store, Alaska Mit-something new-st CHAMBERLIN'S Har Store.
Local printer touts as the county’s only steam printing house with multiple presses and a large stock, promising cheaper faster work than rivals. Includes a correction from United States Claim Agent noting W. Scott Agney as successor to O. O. Shuley’s blank publishing firm.
The Polk County Press reports a mammoth Chester White raised by Jerry Mudgett of Farmington was slaughtered last week in the St. Croix Valley. The hog measured six feet nine inches from nose to rump, stood eleven feet long, and weighed about 1,150 pounds, yielding over five barrels of pork.
A fragment notes Jonny Lind cigar, described as a fine Habana cigar kept only by C. O. Best and acknowledged by locals as the best in the city.
The Agency of Messrs. Porter & Weight invites applications for policies written through their network. They are agents for reputable U S insurers including North American of New York, and urge customers to have a policy written with this company.
New gallery at 110 Stephenson Street on the first floor offers every style of picture to suit all tastes. Call for appointments and explore a wide range of photographic options.
Fifteen sales in the past month listed with buyers such as Ira Crippen and Susan Roth, transfers including lots, blocks, and acres in Freeport Lena Oneco Florence Rock Grove Knowlton’s add and Waddell’s add. Taylor & Aspinwall advertise abstracts, deeds, mortgages, and land-office services.
For the best and cheapest waterproof overshoes visit G W Tandy’s store. Warm options are highlighted among the selection.
Detroit Tribune notes a girl in St Paul used arsenic to improve her complexion despite warnings. Friends warned of danger while authorities had to break crusted ground with crowbars to bury a victim as cold weather delayed the grave. The New York Sun contrasts Grant and Gresley over a funeral ride and an English mission.
Onlookers describe scores of rosy cheeked young schoolgirls in short dresses as they stroll the streets, seen as oasis amid the dull crowd. The piece notes how "the boys" perceive the lively scene with interest.
A Lee County farmer seeks bee keeping guidance from Horace Greelay, who suggests husking bees and a china nest egg with extra feeding to boost honey. A little girl asks her mother why men want marriage less than women, noting local chatter about wedding plans.
Notice invites readers to consider Union Pacific railroad lands advertised in another column. It urges that thousands of acres are available on liberal terms and encourages immediate action to secure a home before settlement expands westward.
A popular Home Lectures course notes a lecture next Monday evening at the High School building on Exchange Street. The Ireeport Glee Club will provide music and a good lecture will be offered.
A historic petty culinary listing describes a Paris gentleman’s meal including trorse soup with millet minced cat shoulder of dog dog chops with peas sumniis of rat sauce Robert joint of dog with young rats pepper sauce begonia with gravy salad and English plum pudding with horse marrow.
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