Local notes on salaries coal and visitors in town
A town column reports high wages and local trade notes as Memler Bros offers sugar, a new coal shaft is praised, and residents like Shambrook Forney Cahill Mulvaney Pulsipher and Littlefield are mentioned visiting. Local moves Radley and Forney plan Brimfield residence while remedies like DeWitt's Witch Hazel and Ballard's cough syrup are advertised. A swindle case and medical cures follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Church
Susie V. Tibbetts
Nebraska
Geo. Belford
Monica
Thomas O’harra
Peoria
H. C. Corcoran
Churche Chase
Radley
Elmwood
Radbone
de Witt
Wm Robinson & Co
DeWitt
Robinson & Co
Ballard
Northern iron industry shows high salaries and smart specialists
A northwest correspondent profiles iron industry wealth, noting a man earning twenty thousand dollars a year, another thirty five thousand, and others five to fifteen thousand. One producer turns out six million tons annually, and improvements worth a cent per ton boost profits. High earners broaden beyond routine work, while young workers are urged to study rather than strike to reach prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Bleerme Bitters touted for vitality and appetite cure
An advertisement claims Bleerme Bitters restore strength and appetite for men and women suffering stomach, nervous and kidney issues, backache and fatigue. It promotes usage by OW Gardner or Thavile Tod and lists a 50 cent price at Wm Robineen & Co. The piece also notes camel carrying power and lifespan comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Thavile
Tod
Bleerme
Wm Robineen & Co
A Sure Cure for Croup Promises
A Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is advertised as a reliable prevention and treatment for croup in children, with claims of hoarseness as the first sign and the remedy working before or after the cough appears. The ad asserts thousands of uses and a twenty five year unbroken record, offered by Wm Robinson & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
D. B. Johnston
Richmond
Ind
Wm. Robinson & Co
Owhich
salonyWm Robinson & Co
Freight Vessels Shortage Shows Global Trade Strain
Before the war with Spain freight ships lay idle in ports at home and abroad. Demands tied to hostilities in South Africa and the Far East have kept vessels scarce, hampering world commerce as shipping capacity fails to meet trade needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Mans
South Africa
Far East
Attested Louisiana Attachment Causes Debtor’s Death
The Chicago Journal reports that a creditor in Louisiana can seize a debtor’s property if he plans to leave the state permanently. One client of Col. Proudfoot carried out such seizure and the debtor died of distress. His heirs contested the seizure as invalid, but the colonel asserted the law clearly allows seizure when departure is permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Chicago Journal
Col. Proudfoot
Club flag half mast joke on mortuary notice ritual
The New York Times notes a grim club custom of lowering the flag to half-mast and posting a death notice on the bulletin board. A club member mocks the ritual as a delusion while staff struggle to find the correct notice. Half-size pianos from Germany aim to spare children's finger muscles during early piano lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Times
Germany
Sand Spout Surprises Water Well Near Lake Michigan
Workers boring a well on Frank Fower’s farm near Lake Michigan hit sand at 110 feet. The sudden sand spout rose several feet above the nozzle, blowing in a cloud and scattering with the wind. Henri Houssaye buys a Paris Sabret asche ground site linked to Napoleon’s Old Guard at Waterloo, where sculptor M. Gerome will erect a monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake, Mich
Frank Fower
Waterloo
Henri Houssaye
Paris Sabretasche
Old Guard
M. Gerome
Special Winter Prices on Cabinet Photographs
Special low prices this winter offer one dollar per dozen and up. We create photographs of all kinds from small sizes to 8x10, including large sizes for family groups. Finishing is quick and careful with cloudless or cloudy weather. Open one day each week, Saturday, at J C Coxz and Son Brimfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C.coxz & Son
Brimfield
America
Blade
U. S
Hunter Warning Notices Across Premises
Hunters are warned not to hunt or trespass on the premises of Joseph Bimpy J B Porter and Jonn Carroue the notices list several names including Harpise and B FE Hamiltron with a general trespass prohibition on the properties specified. The scattered text indicates multiple landowner warnings against hunting on their lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bimpy
J. B. Porter
B. FE
Hamiltron
Jonn Carroue
Star Lecture Series and Club Performances Listed
Alton hosts a busy slate of events from September to January including the Star Lecture Course, Alton Ladies Quartet, and Juanita Glee Club. Notable guests include poets Lucius Perry Mills and Darwin Montrath, cartoonist Alton Packard, and engraver Edwardings Towne with a comedy feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Packard
Juanita Glee Club
H. V. Richards
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Memler Broe
Shambrook
Paxton, N1
H. A. Forney
George Mulvaney
Eugenia Pulsipher
Maude Littlefield
Edith Murphy
Peter Cahill
Geo. Cahill
Chicago
H. Silloway
C. C. Radley
Wm _ Robinson & Co
BK. Y. Forney
Peter Sherman
North Stratford
William Koenecke
Koenécke
Oberammergau
Switzerland
Tyrol
Hamilton, Brown Shoe Co
St. Louis
Hamilton, Brown
Cady Bros
Louisville and
Nashvile
Southern
Pranklins
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
United States
Drep
Tratnel
Trgedon
Gulf Coast
R. J. Wemyss
Louisville, KY
Lewis
Binder Cigar
Ill
All New Mann & Co
New York
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Gand
Iowa
Frank W. Reed & CO
Niagara Bldg
Peoria, Il
Hunter
Star
Augustus F. Vowell
Prof. Frederick
Glazier Jubilee Singers
Edwardings Towne
Little Dunkards
America’s Greatest Weekly
Toledo Blade
Toledo,ohio
the Blade
Toledo, Ohio
Wm. &Co
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