Fine Weather Sparks Corn Planting This Week
A number of farmers plan to plant corn this week amid mild weather. The community discusses Arbers stove repairs by order and a proposed Bloomington Peoria street railway. Mrs. Charles Gage of Kewanee visits her old home here as a moving picture show draws small attendance. Ed Littlefield shows signs of recovery after illness. The Elmwood lumber yard changes ownership to Learned of Minooka. The electric railway project from Galesburg to Kewanee makes progress securing franchises and construction will start soon. Johan Callister earned seven cents per pound shipping cattle to Chicago, near $100 per head. Arthur Pacey continues to improve after recent surgery in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmwood
van Patten
Minoak
Galesbury
Kewanee
Johan Callister
Chicago
Whooping cough remedy credited with protecting children
A mother describes using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to prevent complications from whooping cough, noting her three children, including a three month old baby, remained healthy and plump. She reports her oldest daughter asked for cough syrup during bouts, and the remedy is sold by Wm. Robinson & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Jessie Piinkey Han
Sprintville
Ala
Wm. Robinson & Co
Plants for Sale by Jas H Pemble
Jas H Pemble advertises seasonal plants including early and late cabbage three tomato varieties cayenne and mango peppers celery cauliflower and sweet potatoes all in season with contact for purchase
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. H. Pemble
Old Soldier's Experience in Health Recovery
Civil War veteran M. M. Austin of Winchester Indiana credits his wife’s long illness and recovery to Dr King’s New Life Pills. He states the pills cured her after doctors failed. The ad urges readers to try them and notes a price of 25 cents at Wm Robinson & Co.’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.M. Austin
Winchester
Ind
Packing Fresh Butter for Long Shipment
A method keeps butter fresh for ocean transport from Australia to Europe. Butter is packed in a box made of six sheets of window glass, edges sealed with gum paper, enclosed in plaster of parts one quarter inch thick, then covered with special paper. Plaster minimizes heat transfer and maintains internal temperature. Packing costs two pence per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Europe
Hawks Nursery Company Seeks Men for Steady Nursery Stock Work
Wanted workers to sell a choice line of nursery stock with steady work and extra inducements for the right person. All stock guaranteed. Address The Hawks Nursery Company Milwaukee Wis for terms and fall winter positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawks Nursery Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Shudders At His Past Mail Carrier Recalls Cure
Levanna Ohio man Burnett suffers kidney trouble with dull back pains and fatigue from lifting mail sacks. After six bottles of Electric Bitters he is cured and revived. The tonic claims to regulate stomach liver kidneys and bowels with perfect satisfaction guaranteed by Wm. Robinson & Co. Only 56 cents.
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Burnett Man
Levanna
Wm. Robinson & Co
Agents Wanted Life of T DeWitt Talmage Book Ad
Prospective agents sought for life of T DeWitt Talmage by Franz Dewitt Talmage and Chris Herald editors. High profits for quick acting sellers. Outfit priced at ten cents. Write CLARK & CO., 2228 4th St., Philadelphia, PA, and mention this paper.
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T. Dewitt Talmage
Franz Dewitt Talmage
Chris Herald
Talmage
Outfit
Clark & CO
4Th St. Philla
Wanted Manager for Branch Office (A T Morris)
A T Morris Wholesale House Cincinnati Ohio seeks a reliable man to manage a new branch in this vicinity. This opening targets qualified applicants with good references. Illustrated catalog and stamps offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Morris Wholesale
Cincinnati
Ohio
Enamel Roof Paint Ad Showcases J. T. Hill
Local notice promotes J. T. Hill offering Enamel Roof Paint for shingles or tin. Guaranteed work, low prices, and invitations to see him for painting needs.
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J. T. Hill
Confederate to eulogize Grant at Memorial Day address
United States District Judge Thomas G. Jones of Montgomery will deliver the Memorial Day address at Grant's tomb this year. He is noted as one of the Confederate soldiers who surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
United States District
Thomas G. Jones
Montgomery
Ala
Gen. Grant
Appomattox
Tandem Telegram Signals Family Expecting Event
An eastern bicycle maker traveling for business wirelessly informed a nurse to report the sex of an expected child with coded phrases. If a boy the message read Gentleman's safety arrived if a girl Lady's safety arrived. Days later the father received a telegram with the single word Tandem signaling both anticipation and joint significance.
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R. Hindle
W. R. Weeks
Brimfield, LL
Arbers
Bloomington Peoria
Charles Gage
Opera House
Pettit of Reynolds
Frank Ford
Camp Grove
Murdock Bros
Wm. Harding
Clusky’s Bank
Brimfield
Kate Kent
Chas. C. Carson
The
Exchange Bank
Arthur Pacey
Presbyterian Hospital
Miller & Son
Renzo Lawrence
Peoria County
Peoria
Ill
E. D. McCang
Foreign Dears
Wink Ixaveance
Accipient Insurance
Cunarp Linz Ocean Tickets
Notary Pushc
W. L. Winey
C. L. Duncan
C. Carson
Chas. C. DutCh
Y. M.C. AvBidg
Illinois
W. Reed & Co
Woolner
C. P. Burt
Dr. Knapp
Whinois
Nebraska
Braska
Corn Belt
West Nebraska
W. WW. Martin
City Express
ED McCabe
Nort Jefferson
Peoria, Ill
Old Post Office Building
A. A. Knapp
Knoxville Ave
wwNight
Off Door Ee
Congregational Church
Whalen & Weatherwax
Cor. Adams & Fulton Sts
Ottenheimers Clothing
Peoria, Ills
N. B
Dr. Weatherwax
Dr.Miller
C. A Reed
French Grove
Chicago Burlington & Quincy B. A
Eustis
Office OF
Peoria CO
Court House
J. L. Robertson
Ward
Burlington
St. Louis
Lincoln
Neb
Custer
8. D
Deadwood
Newcastle
Wyoming
C.co. Carson
Doug Hei Onnell
Brimfield, Ill
Radbone & Christy
Graham Building
Johnson & Stewart’s
C.b.&q
Buda and
Rushville
Pompei
Pompeii
Merchant Tailors
Canton, Ill
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