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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1901
Page
1
Local notes from Canton and surrounding towns keep readers informed
A mix of local items includes Blandinsville buying $100000 worth of brick for sidewalks, Fulton county docketing 200 trial cases, a Quincy recruiting station now open for the US regular army with a June 1 deadline, Mrs Nation's anti-Jewelry spree in Topeka amounting to 1500, and a $4000 cash settlement plus a life pass for Mr Masters after a depot accident. The Canton Register notes a February 26 Odd Fellows Knights of Pythias dedication in Colchester with John J Brown and M P Berry delivering talks, plus a supper and ball that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates
Govenor
Uiness
Blandinsville
Fulton County
United States Regular Army
Quincy
Nation
Kansas
Topeka
Masters
Vermont
Canton Register
Colchester
Grand Lodge
The
Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias
John J. Brown
Vandilia
Knights
M. P. Berry
Carthage
Odd Fellows
Warren County hosts farm institute in Roseville Illinois
The Warren County Farmers Institute will convene in Roseville Illinois on February 13. A large crowd is expected for an interesting and instructive program. Also noted Johann Leonard Roeder of Quincy turned 101 Monday and has lived in the same Quince block for 57 years. Roeder came from Germany in 1844 and never learned English despite long residence. Mendon plans a farm telephone network with Mendon and Paloma Mutual Company forming the fifth independent line entering Mendon joining Western Illinois and Bell. The Jacksonville Courier reports Springfield job seekers span all ages and conditions as governor must face many requests for state jobs. William W. Martin, a farmer, lives about five miles north age
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County Farmers’ Institute
Roseville
Ilinois
Manda
Johann Leonard Roeder
Quincy
Germany
Mendon
Mendon and Paloma Mutual Company
Westernlinois
Bell
Jacksonville Courier
Springfield
Fragmented Odds and Ends From A Rural Newspaper
The piece blends editorial quips and small notices about politics in Indiana legalizing electrocution, a baby born without limbs, and record coinage, with reflections on luck advertising business and temperance reform led by women like Mrs Nation. It closes with loosely connected social anecdotes.
Quirky Social Pokes and Local Gas Find Highlight Mayhem
A collage of light jokes on marriage manners and Fortune headlines runs through local snippets. Strong item notes Stronghurst natural gas discovery near Ed Stine farm plus Illinois efforts against tobacco and a bar raid wave in Harper county.
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Marsh
City Drug and Book Store
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Corre
State News
William W. Martin
Tidiana
Carlyle
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Aia Anne K
John Jones
John Brown
Mrs. Nation
Puck
Chicago Daily News
Australia
Kitty
Lon Rorae
Mly
Stronghurst
Ed Stine
Minnesota
Halvorsen
Tennessee
United States’ Supreme Court
Richard Yates
Illinois
Toronto
Canada
Mr. Martin
Camp Point Jounal
Good Hope
McDonoughny
D. C
Monniger
Hamilton Press
Nangoo
Barry
No.4
Prof. Hogg
Elsie Dawson
Amrine
Keokuk
Warsaw
Nauvoo
Macomb
New York World
Prairie City
Harper County
Anthony
Harper
Montgomery County
Mary Green
Boston
Deer Island
J. Voorhees
Buchanan
Mich
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