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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1915
Page
8
The supplier touts a 1915 wallpaper line available for cash to avoid wartime price increases. Customers save 25 percent compared with sample-book prices and can view paper in rolls before purchase. Rolls may be taken home for trial and unused rolls are returnable. trimming is done while the customer waits.
The Empress Players presented The Schem with lively acting and good audience reception. They followed with A Woman's Life on Friday, praised for its humor, then The Moonshiner's Daughter on Saturday, enjoyed by all despite prior runs.
The Greenville Tennessee Sun explains in plain terms how electric bills are calculated. It notes the meter measures usage and cost but you cannot see a kilowatt itself or who makes it, while the calculation relies on rates and divisions rather than tangible form.
Record shows postal savings in the United States increasing by three million dollars monthly since the European conflict began. Rich Americans previously spending abroad are tightening their belts, guiding more funds to home banks. The war appears to funnel money back to the United States and into strongboxes.
A sharp piece mocks newspaper men for sensational cyclone reports in Kansas claiming bizarre effects. It parodies exaggerated damage from a storm by describing inverted wells, a blown mortgage, a buried chicken feather in a grindstone, and a political wind shift.
A Saturday afternoon gathering at Mrs A E Thomp son hosted ladies to craft robes for the Rebekah lodge. Five attendees including Mrs Arch Owen Mrs Anna Willard Mrs R T Neal Mrs Lizzie Junk and Miss Pearl Robertson helped fashion two robes while cherry and raspberry pie with whipped cream was served.
A persuasive call argues for using newspapers to publish notices and ads. It contrasts billboards with newspaper advertising, suggesting newspapers serve communities by sharing obituaries, wedding notices, and business announcements.
Sweet Clover White biennial seed offered in hulled and unhulled forms. Unhulled seed weighs 80 lbs per bushel at 5.50 dollars, with 6 bushel lots at 5.00. Hulled seed 60 lbs per bushel at 14.00 dollars, with 8 bushel lots at 13.50. Orders urged while stock lasts. samples available on request from Dadant and Sons in Hamilton, MI.
The new Bowen hotel will open on Wednesday March 10 with Mr and Mrs Bird Lieurance leading the celebration Tickets priced at 2500 will be available at Farmers Bank with W C Rowland handling sales An orchestra will provide music for the grand opening and locals anticipate a large turnout from Bowen and nearby areas The earlier two week Methodist church special meeting concluded with many professing religion and several churches joining in the event reflecting broad spiritual activity
The split log drag contributes most to economic maintenance of public highways. It needs no legislative acts or bonds to be useful and can be built or bought for twenty dollars by anyone who can drive a team. More drags are needed in the state.
John W. Toll bought the Geo Thrasher place in Wim from G. Nash Jr for 2300 dollars. The property is described as well located and in good repair. Toll and his mother plan to move in around March 1 and include seed oats with the deal.
Members of the W. O. W. met at Dr H. R. Farwell's office Monday evening to conduct lodge business. Fifteen members attended the session and then adjourned to the Quality Restaurant for oysters and pickles.
The Chronicle introduces The Million Dollar Mystery as the new serial after Fine Feathers. Readers urged to subscribe for special stories and up to date news matter. The program will be shown at the Opera House every Saturday night.
A humorous verse notes the time to quit advertising when nature itself ceases to act. It lists a series of people and things ending their usual noises and activities as a whimsical ruler for stopping promotion.
The poem depicts a war scene where a victorious officer returns with an iron cross while a doctor saves lives. It questions the fairness of honors as twelve grieving mothers and three lonely lives mourn their losses. A woman who bore a child is left without recognition, highlighting gendered mercy and the human cost of war.
Eric W. Allen urges Glendale residents to support local advertising in The News. He frames merchants as key civic leaders and argues ads should inform, evolve, and boost both direct business and community prosperity, likening newspapers to schools and churches in town improvement.
A brief item notes sample books offered by S. Crossland seeking payment from a reader. The fragment mentions inspection of sample papers and an appeal for money. No further details about location or date are provided.
Frank Crossland, Tax Collector, urges returning tax books to Carthage by March 10 and paying taxes at Farmers Bank. Tickets for the new Hotel Banquet are available from W. C. Rowland at Farmers Bank. Buy a ticket and support the hotel and town.
A persuasive plea for year round fly control urges rapid action to reduce disease spread. The piece extols the wire handle swatter and wire gauze to kill flies efficiently, noting their microbe carrying menace and colony behavior. It emphasizes early action to save lives and minimize pest numbers.
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