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Newspaper

Bowen Chronicle

Location

Bowen, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1901

Page

8

Augusta Social Notes and Local Visits

Augusia residents share greetings as John Sapp and wife rest sick. Miss Cora Cox visits Ply mouth friends. Clive Johnson of St. Marys calls. Sleigh bells heard over weekend. Rev Beadles of Quincy visits Rev Abner Clark. Miss Lena Grimes visits sister Mrs Chas Findlay of Bowen. Mrs Joe Skile and daughter Mae of Golden visit relatives. Bon Ton dancing club plans Valentine masquerade ball. Rev Amos Rigny of Prairie City spends week with relatives. Spinter Matrimonial Club event a success. Miss Grace Morrow of Plymouth visits friends. Fred Chambers, 14, dies at parents Er asams Chambers and wife near Augusta. Funeral Feb 5 at 1 pm. Mr and Mrs Murry White host party for cousin Ed Van Way of Oregon. 22 attend.

Cora Cox Plymouth Clive Johnson St. Mary's Our City Beadles Quincy Abner Clark Lena Grimes Chas Findlay Bowen Joe Skile Miss Mae Golden Bon Ton Dancing Club Spinter Grace Morrow Georgia Edith Davis Erasams Chambers Augusta Fred Murry White Eir Cousin Ed van Way Oregon Wery

Will boom His Business

Lavel a Dallas merchant testifies that after two years of general debility caused by overwork he was revived by electric bitters. He now sleeps well, works hard, and feels healthy. The ad touts electric bitters as a wonderful tonic for tired and run-down people with a satisfaction guarantee. Marsh's drug store sells it for 50 cents.

Lavel Dallas Tex Marsh

New Store Expected in Town as Winter Arrives

Local notes report Mrs Glenn Zinn sick with tonsillitis and several residents under weather with pneumonia. Dr Koontz vaccination amid smallpox scare. J R Beshears returns from Vidalia for brother Pearl’s funeral. Town rest week church meetings conclude and a birthday dinner hosted at Mrs Zinn’s with Mrs Breneman unable to attend due to husband illness.

Glenn Zinn Dersie Howard Minnie Thomas Wishon Elazer Bucklew Quincy Dr. Sutherland Eunice Hopson Dr. Koontz Pearl Hawkins J. R. Beshears Vandalia Pearl C. B. Griffith Carthage Wm. Zinn

Working Overtime by Dr King Life Pills

An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life pills as a cure for indigestion biliary issues constipation headaches and stomach and liver troubles. It claims the pills are easy pleasant safe and affordable at 25 cents at Marsh's drug store.

Ballard's Horehound Syrup Ad At Marsh's Drug Store

An advertised cough remedy promising relief without irritating the lungs. Ballard's Horehound Syrup offered in 25 and 50 cent sizes through Marsh's drug store.

Ballard Marsh’s Drug Store

Local social notes mark births visits and a death

Fairview reports birthday anniversaries and neighbors moving in or visiting each other. Several families from Bowen Green Grove and Loraine share visits while John Speers plans to move to Washington in March. Mrs. Dawson of Kingston dies, and Dr. Owen’s three weeks of care are praised for saving the Sutherland family.

John Speers Washington Clara Howard Clifton Rohrbough Green Grove Miss Howard Louisa Hilderbrand Ebenezer Loraine Hilderbrand Nelson D. C. Owen

American Home University offer of home study courses

Trial lessons free for courses in Short-hand Book keeping Penmanship Grammar Letter-writing Spanish German Commercial Law Dresscutting and branches listed. Total enrollment since 1881 reaches 13000 and references Rev McCoy editor of this paper. Write naming preferred branches to American Home University St. Louis 11 10.

M.s. McCoy American Home University St. Louis

Fate of a Man Who Not Appreciate His Wife

A lunatic traveler on the shore argues that his mother’s ocean and sky surpass the sea’s. An elder observer explains the man’s fixation on “my mother’s” cooking and skies marks a delusion, a compulsive habit noted in a London Tit-Bits piece.

London

Worms and injuries aid advertised at Marsh's drug store

Children troubled with worms show pale faces and restless sleep. White's Cream Vermitage promises to kill and expel parasites for 25 cents. Household accidents like burns cuts sprains and bruises are aided by Ballards Snow Liniment at Marsh's drug store priced 25 and 50 cents.

Marsh Marsh’s

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