Local Notes and In Town Fragments
A. P. Riner of Yates City visits town on Monday. Dr. John F. Sloan of Peoria calls on friends Sunday. Tanks offered at cost to close out. C. L. Dowear. Geo. C. Paul visits his old Peoria home. Self washing soap touted as superior. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Frank Heckerd of Southport dies from congenital heart disease. Harry Learned leases Blundy homestead southeast of town. M L Sniff travels to Winnipeg and northwest to scout opportunities. Mrs O H Keeling suffers a serious wrist cut from exploding ginger ale bottle at a restaurant tea box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Riner
Yates City
John F. Sloan
Peoria
C. L. Dowear
Geo. C. Paul
Brimfield
Frank Heckerd
Southport
Harry Learned
Joseph Blundy
Blundy
M. L. Sniff
Princeville
Winnipeg
North West
O. H. Keeling
A Sumatran Home and Liquid Air in Berlin
A description of damp, miasmatic Sumatran huts with bamboo floors and palm thatch. Then notes on Berlin liquid air commerce, packages holding two quarts priced at 73 cents, and a silver plated Sask gies item with vacuum walls to prevent heat, plus a porous plug in a wire cage and a corked risk of explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Electric Bitters Promised To Prevent Death By Own Action
An advertisement proclaims a preventive for death by own action. It describes a run down system and a remedy, Electric Bitters, as a tonic and nervine that strengthens nerves and builds the body while regulating stomach, liver, and kidney. Available for 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed by Wm. Robinson & Co. druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Robinson & Co
Seven Day Sleep at Salt Lake Not Noted by Philly Reporter
Bessie Knecht’s week long sleep in Salt Lake City drew no major attention from a Philadelphia newspaper correspondent. The brief item notes the lack of excitement and places the event in a quiet, unremarkable context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Knecht
Salt Lake
Philadelphia
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Promises Comfort Eating
A vintage advertisement asserts that persons troubled with indigestion or dyspepsia can eat all they want if they take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. The remedy supposedly prepares the stomach for reception digestion and assimilation of wholesome food and helps digestive organs transform it into healthy blood. Sold by all druggists.
There Are Others Bess Ambitions For Boxing
Bess Amy has taken up pugilism and trains for an engagement ring. Nell questions the claim while Bess affirms she is training for a boxing match, revealing a bold shift toward sport and romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess
Amy
Nell
Dr King’s New Discovery Helps Woman’s Lung Battle
A reader from Du Pont Gap recalls a stubborn lung illness that defied two physicians until Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption offered swift improvement. The testimonial notes rapid recovery and full health return after using the cure, guaranteed by Robinson Co’s Drug Store with trial bottles free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Hughes
du Pont
Gap
Dr. King
Wm. Rovinson & Co
Notice Warns Against Trusting Wife and Family
Wary advisory issued warning all persons not to trust the reader's wife, children, or anyone else on the reader's account. The notice cautions against reliance or financial dealings with the named individuals.
Letter Perfect Scotland Claims Song Wearin of the Green
The Scots claim St Patrick as a countryman while crediting Scottish composer James Oswald for The Wearin' the Green. The beguiling rebel tune is about 150 years old, give or take.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
St. Patrick
James Oswald
Save The Children Kodol Digests Food for Digestion Relief
An advertisement claims that ninety nine of every one hundred indigestion related disorders in children stem from stomach issues. It asserts Kodol digests what you eat and makes the stomach sweet, benefiting children's growth and development. Mrs Henry Carter of Nashville testifies her three year old son improved after one bottle. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry ‘Carter
Central
Nashville
Ten
All Draz
Parisian Courtesan Caroline Letessler Ends in Poverty
The famed Parisian courtesan Caroline Letessler dies in a garret after a glittering career. Once the theater’s critic noted queen of nights in Paris with patrons across Europe, she amused at Cafe d Anglais and Maison Doree with champagne, clock butter tricks, and lavish jewels. The rise preceded a fall as old orders changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Letessler
Cora Pear
Europe
France
Paris
Cafe d'Anglais
Maison Doree
Telegraph Plant Moves Like Semaphores in Flowering Leaves
Prof J C Bose reported to the Linnean Society that the telegraph plant’s leaflets move by an electrical current action in the plant. Each leaf has a terminal leaflet and two lateral ones that rise and fall in semaphore fashion every about three and a half minutes. The plant is a dezimo dium tick trefoil native to the East Indies and easy to grow in conservatories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J C. Bose
Linnean Society
London
East Indies
Campmeeting Opening Services and Daily Preaching Schedule
The camp meeting runs daily with opening service on Thursday at 7 30pm. Aug 21 features morning prayers and Bible hour followed by preaching by CE Dunolevy. Aug 22 includes multiple sessions, children’s meeting, and Epworth League. Aug 23 lists morning prayer, Bible hour, preaching by Rev Edgar M Smith, and Pentecostal service. Subsequent days cover Bible hours, Epworth League, and multiple preachers through Aug 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DT Wilson
CE Dunolevy
Home Missionary
Dist Press
M R Warner
Mabel Hikbish
Sheridan
Young People’s Meeting
J Gimson
WR Warner
Children’s Meeting
J P McCormick
Epworth le
J May
Edgar M Smith
Presl Wesleyan University
Arnold
Wheaton
Cat Brings Four Orphaned Kittens Four Miles Home
A Syracuse grocer traded an old cat for a brewer's goods. The cat carried her four day old kittens from four miles away to the brewery and slept with them on the doorstep, four miles from their young location. The kittens were too small to walk long distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Healthy Kentucky Family Bond Through Generations
Lewis and Virginia Green of Bell County Kentucky celebrate a long, healthy family lineage. At 93 and 43 years younger respectively they share a home they built as newlyweds with ten children. The couple notes no deaths in the family and little illness across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Lewis
Virginia Green
Bell County
Bride
Cat Names Across Languages and Regions
A compact note lists how the word cat appears in many languages. Danish Dutch Swedish French German Latin Halien Cornish and English forms are touched on with playful phonetic variants and historical curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keftt
Cat
Katti
Kates
Cutus
Prairie land and farms for sale in Missouri listings
80 acres best prairieland close to town with good improvements at 9000 dollars total, 2500 down with balance at 5 percent. 120 acres near Laura with fair improvements at 9600 dollars. 160 acres near town with electric line coming this fall. 247 acres best prairie with two sets of improvements at 110 dollars per acre. 80 acres all under cultivation at 4800 dollars. Local office in Elmwood Illinois over Smith's store, request Missouri land list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Improvements
DeWitt Witch Hazel Salve Ad Warns Against Fakes
An advertisement urges buyers to seek DeWitt on every box of Witch Hazel Salve and notes the genuine product from E C De Witt Co Chicago. It claims the salve cures eczema burns boils and piles and warns of counterfeit versions from the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt
E C de- Witt & Co
Chicago
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