16 Mar 1899
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Newspaper
Blue Mound Leader
Location
Blue Mound, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1899
Page
1
In this item readers are urged to notice the Budlong loading harrow advertised for handling oats. The snippet positions the tool as a practical farm implement, highlighting its utility for moving and loading oats efficiently. The tone mirrors a local catalog pitch for agricultural equipment.
Notice from Bramey and House Complete House Furnishers urging customers to inspect their newly arrived wall paper stock. They claim extensive range from cheap to finest quality and advertise savings of at least 40 percent compared with other sellers.
Members of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society will stage a musical and literary entertainment in the audience room of the M. K. church next Thursday evening March 23 at 7 30. After the program they will serve sandwiches coffee ice cream and cake in the lecture room. Everyone invited.
R P Olivia of Barcelona spends winters at Aiken South Carolina. Weak nerves caused back head pains. After using Electric Bitters the pain left. He says the medicine is what his country needs. It purifies the blood aids liver and kidney trouble strengthens nerves and restores energy. One bottle 50 cents. Sold by J A Leeson.
Lot for sale west of the railroad in Hoopeston Illinois. Seller requests best offer and directs inquiries to Mas Marre Scuwas.
A store advertises an upgraded large room above the shop once used as a public hall. It touts the finest line of steel ranges cast ranges and cook stores ever shown in town and invites customers to call and see them.
A new Wabash time card takes effect Sunday featuring a fast mail train from Buffalo to Kansas City leaving Decatur at 11:20 a m and returning via Hannibal. Westbound mail No 7 arriving about 30 minutes earlier at 6:05 p m. Also ads promote Quick Meal steel ranges sold by W H Henshie.
Fresh Jersey milch cows and heifers bred, two Jersey calves aged two. Fine lot of Poland China sows bred due April and May. Young boars, Berkshire sow, fall pigs, all thoroughbreds eligible to registry. One span of four year old mules. Residence four miles south and west of Blue Mound. This ad will appear but once. A HEBENSTREIT.
An old advertisement touts Herbine as a health restorer for liver torpor and general illness. It claims quick relief and notes sales by John A. Gibeson. The item also mentions William Warganit moving back to Missouri and renting land northwest of Boody.
Town Clerk KH. H. Raugh furnishes a four year report on sparrow control showing 10 576 heads paid at 2 cents each totaling 211 52 dollars. The season runs Dec 1 to Mar 1 with an average yearly head count of 2644 and average annual payout of 52 88 dollars.
Jos Miller announces closure of his books and cessation of credit business at Blue Mound UL. He asks all debtors to call and pay promptly, warning that books will be handed to a collector on May 1 with orders to collect. Dated March 18, 1899.
The wedding of John Klump and Mollie Doner at the bride’s mother Mrs. Ann Burdge home was attended by about forty guests. Rev J P Edgar officiated as they became man and wife, followed by a reception and gifts, then they departed on the 8:28 train for Decatur. They began housekeeping in the Matthew property.
An advertisement announces artificial teeth priced at 2.75 in Chicago dental laboratory work. It claims the same materials as higher priced teeth and offers free tooth extraction, impression taking, and plate adjustment. Terry, Dentist, Haworth Block, Decatur.
Bucklen Arnica Salve touted as the best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a guaranteed money back if not satisfied at 25 cents a box. Forsale. Also mentions J A Gleeson druggist and W H Henshiv’s Quick Meal store.
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