Prompt payment appeal from H B Nash and Son
A local business requests all debtors to settle accounts promptly to avoid individual reminders as they must raise a large sum this month.
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Newspaper
Bowen Weekly Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1899
Page
4
Simple Test For Sewage In Drinking Water
A simple method to detect sewage in drinking water is outlined. Take a tumbler of tap water at night, add white lump sugar, and place it where it will stay at room temperature. In the morning pure water should be hot while contaminated water becomes milky, indicating impurity.
That Throbbing Headache Would Quickly Leave You
An old time patent medicine advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills to cure headaches and nervous complaints. It claims the pills purify blood, strengthen nerves, and improve health, selling for 25 cents with a money back promise. Marsh, Druggist, sells them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Marsh
Measly Trick Delays Obituary of Jim Tarpon
A local note reports Jim Tarpon feigned illness delaying a two column obituary. The team discovered he remained alive and extended time to 10 o clock, then replaced the obituary with leads. The writer vows to publish the truth about Tarpon in a future column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Tarpon
Jim
Grant
Punkweod Plunker
Highway official finds pocketbook worth five thousand six hundred
George Beilstein Melrose township highway commissioner picked up a lost pocketbook on the road totaling $5 866 in cash and checks. He traced the owner Bernard Brinkman a wealthy farmer a mile south of Melrose chapel and returned the purse. Brinkman rewarded him handsomely saying thank you in a deep bass voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Beilstein
Melrose Township
Bernard Brinkman
Malrose Chapel
Heilstein
Brinkman
Mother's Joy Lapatha Doctor's Remarkable Cure
A mother from Lapatha writes in astonishment that her son, previously treated by several physicians for fits, has been cured by Dr. Davis of Hamilton. She expresses heartfelt gratitude for the relief after years of unsuccessful care and notes the transformation in her son’s health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapatha
Davis
Hamilton
Pernicious Mail Orders Endanger Small Town Merchants
A Retailer's Journal opinion warns that mail order catalogs entice rural shoppers to spend outside their towns. It argues this harms local churches, schools, and charities, reduces local business, and deprives clerks of work. The piece urges readers to keep purchases local to sustain town life.
Rev McCoy Takes Charge of Bowen Chronicle
A Cyclone. Rev. M. S. McCoy has taken charge of the Bowen Chronicle and will run it henceforth. The Manila preacher reputedly known for stirring things, whether for praise or censure, arrives with a whirlwind reputation and prompts mixed reactions from editors and readers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Mcoy
Bowen Chronicle
McCoy
Manila
Bowen
Ordi
Peoria
Electric Bitters claimed to cure ailments nationwide
Spain's greatest need Mr R P Olivia of Barcelona says Electric Bitters cured his back head pains from weak nerves. He claims the medicine purifies blood strengthens nerves and restores vigor. A 50 cent bottle guaranteed by Marsh Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Olivia
Barcelona
Spain
V. Aiken
S.C
All America
Marsh
I Fixed Em Plenty Copartners Placed Money In Coffin Story
An exchange recounts a political partnership among a Democrat a Republican a Populist and a Free Silver Republican. After the Democrat died the survivors agreed to place deposits in the coffin with the deceased. The Republican put five twenty dollar gold pieces one silver Republican added one hundred silver dollars, and the Populist left a five hundred dollar check then withdrew two hundred dollars in change.
Pain Balm Aids West Virginia Merchant’s Recovery
In winter 1897 James Reed of Clay County West Virginia severely bruised his leg after striking ice. He could not walk without crutches and used liniments and whisky baths before Chamberlain's Pain Balm nearly cured him in a week. It is praised for sprains bruises and rheumatism and sold by C C Marsh druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reed
Clay, Clay Co
W. Va
Chamberlain
C. C. Marsh
Luggist
Rail way map outline marks straightest line in crooked world
The company issued a map whose railway outline is described as the straightest feature in a world seen as crooked. The remark frames the rail line as a rare point of order amid complexity.
Church Services Schedule for Sunday
Sunday School at 9 45 a m. Preaching at 11 00 a m. Junior Christian Endeavor at 3 00 p m. Senior Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m. Preaching at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Christian Endeavor
Senior Christian Endeavor
Epworth
Fraternal and Veterans Lodges Meet Schedule
Details listing meeting nights for several groups: Ram sey and Bowen Lodge No 486 AF and AM meet on the first and third Friday. Royal Circle No 156 meets the fourth Monday. G A R meets Saturday afternoon at 3:00 before the full moon. Names: G W Nash P G Warner secretary C M Erwin W M F C Erwin secretary J S Crossland W M Joseph Cannon secretary James Tyler Commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen
Bowen Improvement Company
F.C. Erwin
V. G, LI
Crossland
Bowen Lodge No
A. F
A. M
C. M. Erwin
W. M. F. C. Erwin
Royal Circle No
J.S. Crossland
W. M
Joseph Cannon
Nash Building
James Tyler
For Sale Listings From Stillwell Illinois And More
For sale notices describe a cottage house nearly new in a good location with favorable terms. A corner business property with store room in Stillwell Illinois is offered cheap if sold soon. Also listed is a four room house with acre lot barn and fruit, with prices and terms available from E C Peter lawyer Bowen II. Loans on good farms offered at low rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwell
Illinois
E. C. Peter
Bowen II
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Great Slaugher Sale
W. T
McKee
Wyman, Rand & Co
Carthage
THE
McCoy & Son, Publishers
H.B. Nash & Son
J. Bartholomew's
John Bartholomew
W. R. Vanartsdale
Exall & CO
Schouten
Henry Hill & CO
Church Directory
A. Wallace
Methodist
S. McCoy
Christian
H. G. Vandervoort
Lodge Directory
Jessamine Rebekah Lodge No
Toof Hall
Mies Lizzie Pearce
John M. Cannon
Uncle Mac
C. E
Moon
G. W. Nash
P G
Warner
Ramsey
Epworth League
Ada Bottoms
Living Bread
Frankie Horney
May McCoy
Mary McNeall
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