Local Notes Mix Weather Rural Rules and Sales
Local notes report a cool May with a morning shower and various classifieds. Listings include a fresh cow for sale via Geo Learned, a Nalep building pursuit for a billiard hall, and a twenty acre timberland sale through Mrs. E. O. Corcoran. Events mention Memorial Day plans by L Fort Poet and Rev J-B Bartle with a Baptist sermon and strawberry supper.
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Geo. Learned
B. O. Backus
Nalep
G. L. Weatherwax
E. O. Corcoran
L. Fort
J-B. Bartle
Elmwood
J.W Smith
Baptist
Bandas
Wedding Day superstitions and unlucky wedding omens
A disparate set of wedding superstitions warns brides about rain on marriage days and unlucky tokens. Tales advise avoiding rough chores to prevent ill luck, favor gray gowns, and favor irregular cake cuts to influence the bride’s future.
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China
Old Indiana railroading recalled by veteran engineer
An aged railwayman recalls the first line in Indiana the Indianapolis Madison and La Fayette Joeg and the wooden rails with iron sheets called snake heads. Trains ran about 12 miles per hour with baggagemasters nailing the track after every stop while mud and dirt covered engines in foul weather. The tale contrasts early methods with modern vestibule expresses and safer speeds.
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Indianapolis
Madison
la Fayette
Indiana
Hughes
Eengiiser
Sueer
Eben
Peoria Ill Normal School Exam Schedule Details
Claude A. Stone outlines daily office hours from 8 a m to 8 p m and Monday plus first Saturday as supervisory days. Regular teacher certificate exams occur at the courthouse on the third Friday and Saturday of October January April and July starting 8 a m with a fixed two day plan per session. Grades from Illinois State Normal School accepted in lieu of county exams.
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Trivoli
Mise Della Cowley
Radley
J. H. Phares
H.J. Brown
Omer
P. W. Fisher
Peoria
Catholic Church
Court House
Ilinois
Ihnoig State Normal School
Ill
Local Farm Envelopes Offer at Half Dollar Each
Farmers urged to name their farm and order one hundred printed envelopes with return card and place name. Promotion promises cheap, handy envelopes to prevent lost mail along rural routes.
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Ane
eTeesen
Moana
Fred Jay
Jay
J. W. Snyder
Thin Township
Omers
Mayer’s Bench
Chas. C. Dutch
M. C. A. Bldg
Illinois
Metroolitan
Meat Market
de Boke
Sa Aley
Soir
T. J. Miller & Son, Proprietors
Adama and
Main Streets
Hotel Mayer
Fos
A. J. Hawkes
Corner Adams & Hamilton Sts
D. HM Mayer
Peoria, Illinois
B. D. McCabe
Peoria, Ill
Jefrenson
Brimfield, Illinois
Bualnies
Waleveaee
the Exchange Bank
John F. Sloan, MD
Masonic Temple
Fally
Joan Rusk
Buaster Bees
Gro
A. Pursell
Mulvaney
Joan Kiepog
Lewin Martin
Foley
C. P. Burt
Barnes& Boulware
Observatory
Agog
Mortages
C. W. Hamilton
LAW Office
F. Ww. Reed
Real Estate Insurance and Loans
Hamlin
Erm
Dove McLonnell
Monica
J. L. Maher
B.&q
Buda and
Rushville Branch
A. Uw
C. G. Farnum
M.D. Res
Drs. Knapp & Farnum
Physicians & Surgeons
Brimfield
Willery
C.¢. Carson
Phoenix
National
Exchange Bank
J. H. Snyder
Claude A. Stone
Schoala Peoria County
Scientific American
Leena
Sll Nowideners
Northwestern CO
UIK
Wabashaa. Chrago
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