Local Notes and Visits Across Peoria and Surrounding Towns
Mrs. Mary C. McMullen visits her son in Trivoli while Mrs. John Day and Mrs. Thos Day travel to Peoria. Miss Virginia Cluskey visits sister Mrs. James Colgan in Wyoming. Miss Fern McAllister from Elmwood visits Mrs Laura Bower with Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. Win Shane of Peoria visits Brimfield relatives Monday and Tuesday. Lost gold bracelet please return to this office or Margaret Lackland. Bragg promotes Dain hay leader. ask neighbor about Bragg. Miss Etta McDonnell, a Averyville teacher, home for summer. Mr and Mrs W Hartford of Kewanee welcome a ten-pound son born June 28. formerly Myrtle Hibbs. James E. Maher and family from Wyoming visit M. Maher and James McDonough host. Mr Poley of Eureka to speak at Congregational church June 30 at 11 am and 7:30 pm. Albert Catton reports stout timothy stalks four and a half feet high with eleven-inch heads. A. J. Gibbs and daughter Amelia of Durango, Colo., visit Mr and Mrs E C Pulsipher. Gibbs brings Navajo blanket for Mrs Pulsipher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern McAllister
Elmwood
Laura Bowera
Win Shane
Peoria
Brimfield
Margaret Lackland
Bragg
Dain
Dain Hay
Etta McDonnell
Averyville
W. Hartford
Kewanee
Hartford
Myrtle Hibbs
James E. Maher
Wyoming
M. Maher
Suneday
James McDonough
Chas. Poley
Eureka
Illinois
Congregational Church
Albert Catton
Timothy
Texas Bewitches With Steam Plows And Cotton Boom
The Panhandle and western Texas rapidly shift from grazing to farming as steam gang plows open virgin soil. Cotton proves viable along the Texas and Pacific line from El Paso to Fort Worth and Fort Worth to Quanah, boosting yields and promising vast new farms. Local social notes report Mr. and Mrs. J H Carson entertaining and Old Settlers planning August picnic with detailed committee rosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Panhandle
Texas & Pacific
el Paso
Fort Worth
Passing the Mail Along The Way Our Grandfathers Evaded Postage
The article traces early postal history, describing primitive pre stamp service before 1850. It notes letters paid on delivery, scarce currency, and a method where travelers in Albany collected and redirected mail to westbound routes. The system relied on stage stations and racks to barter passage for letters until railroads modernized the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busines
Government Postal Service
Albany
Hudson
New England
Albang
Postal Service
Barning question and humorous wordplay snippets
A collection of quips about coal prices and money, mixing wry jokes on alimony and donations with puns about trains and family trees. The fragmentary text shows punchlines and small wordplay exchanges with implied personalities like Benners and Jenners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wills
Benners
Jenners
Dr Shoop Restorative Promotes Nerve-Based Health
An advertisement offers Dr Shoop's Restorative and a free book on dyspepsia heart or kidneys. It argues that stomach heart and kidney troubles reflect deeper nerve weakness and promises inner nerve restoration. Samples and mail orders available from Dr Shoop Racine Wisconsin and sold by all dealers.
A Memorable Day Meeting Dr King’s New Life Pills
A记 mentions a pleasant, profitable day of discovery of Dr King’s New Life Pills. The pills purify gently, cure headache and biliousness, and keep bowels right. Sold for 25c at Wm. B Robinson & Co. Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Wm. B Robinson & Co. Drug Store
Wit and wisdom from the Atchison Globe Lights
A collection of aphorisms on life, aging, motivation, and social behavior. The pieces humorously inspect greed, truth, friendship, bravery, money, gender roles, temper, and common human foibles through compact observations.
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Phee
Santor Ten
Tee
Evrat
R Ray
Caly Brothers
E. Oo
Maple City
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Il Minois
8. D. Bland
Brewton
Lam O
C. L. Gates Hancock
Minn
Swarson Rubrmatic Cure Company
We Dept
Lake Street
Chicago
Os Kers
Sats
Mary C. McMullen
Trivoli
John Day
Thos. Day
Virginia Cluskey
James Colgan
A. J. Gibbs
Amelia
Durango
Colo
E.C. Pulsipher
J. H. Carson
C. C. Carson
Brimfield Gilver Orchestra
H O Cady
E Yoakam
Dave Miller
Miss Grady
Dunber
Jim Lumbley
Jim
Rade Catton
Tucker
Jim King
Wm. Kelly
Jim Lucas
Jim Meehan
Lambley
Walt Miller
J. Hibbs
Bob Herriott
Old Settler’s Association
Alex McDonnell
H B. Johnson
R .B. Catton
L. G. Cady
Alf Whetzel
Dr. A. J. Hawkes
Wm. Harding
E. L. Howard
O. C. Carson
C. W. Winne
Ira Catton
E. C. Pulsipher
L. Hasselbacher
W. T. Cowley
Fritz Fiock
Grounds
Henry Memler
Frank Clark
D. I Danforth Advertising
A. Pacey
E. M. Maher
H.O. Cady
Amusemente
J. A. Back
Chas, Moss
Tom Pacey
L. Gibson
H. A. Blondy
Transportation
C. L. Dungan
O. M. Petrie
WE. Cady
Pestege Dees
Barning
Atchison Globe Lights
Gonal
Bhoop
Ghoop
Shoop
Brimgield
Isas
Jonsson
Bryndta
Thi Egent
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