High School Notes on Circles and Visits
High School notes show geometry circles study and classwork in Junior Algebra on miscellaneous problems. Augusta Bennett visited Monday while Francis Moore visited the Intermediate room last Thursday. Several students were absent or left school for sickness or corn picking, and a prank involved releasing a squirrel to steal nuts.
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Augusta Bennett
Margarette Reed
Francis Moore
Chalmer Forney
Atherine Keeling
John Clusky
Charlie Porter
W. E.cady
Sue Terry
Lois Moore
Janie Marshall
Baptist Notes Sunday Sermon Draws Large Congregation
Regular preaching services were held at the Baptist church with Pas tor Cox delivering the morning sermon to a large crowd who left well fed by the message. No evening service due to the pastor’s health after tending his ailing father all week. The note also corrects a prior error in referring to Grandpa Harding as founder.
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Cox
Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief for Children
The season brings concern for mothers over rough coughs, but one minute Cough Cure from WM Robinson & Co claims rapid relief. The advertisement emphasizes ease of use and child approval as a selling point.
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Robinson & Co
Wanted capable man for old established Illinois firm
Advert appears from a Chicago based manufacturing wholesale house seeking an active, honest man to deliver and collect in Illinois for a small operation paying about $900 per year. Requires strong character and references from a bank in any city. Enclosed: stamped envelopes. Manufacturers, Third Floor, 334 Dearborn Street, Chicago.
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Illinois
Dearborn
Chicago
Sea the New Bangy Style at H L Fisheck
A brief notice notes a new bangy style debut at H L Fisheck, highlighting a fresh approach in their display or product. The item emphasizes novelty, local relevance, and anticipation among readers.
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Sea
H. L. Fisheck
Quiet Brimfield Wedding Unites Miss Bertha Kingdon and Almon Jones
A small Brimfield ceremony on October 17, 1900 joined Miss Bertha S. Kingdon and Mr. Almon R. Jones of Galva in marriage. Rev. J. E. Mercer officiated at the bride’s home with close relatives present. The couple will reside near Galva, where Jones owns a farm, as friends and family extend many gifts and best wishes.
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Brimfield
Bertha S. Kingdon
Almon R. Jones
Galva
Illinois
J. E. Mercer
Brimfield M. E
Jolia Jones
Ross Guyer
Villa Guyer
Weegee
Mr. Jones
Mrs. Jones
Annie Springer Hails Dr. King's New Discovery Cure
A Philadelphia resident, Annie Springer, proclaims Dr. King's New Discovery cured her long standing hacking cough. She reports chest pain relief and better sleep after failing other remedies. The product claims to cure chest and lung troubles, priced 50 cents and 1 dollar with free trial bottles at Wm. Robinson & Co.'s drug store.
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Annie E. Springer
Philadelphia
Dr. King
Wm. Robinson & Co
Notice of Peoria estate administrator court appearance
The administrator of the estate of George B Arnold deceased Peoria County Illinois will appear before the probate court at the December term on the 17th day of December next at the Court House in Peoria City for settling claims. All claimants must attend and those indebted must pay promptly to the administrator Annox. Administrator Peoria Oct 9 1900.
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George B. Arnold
Peoria
County
Illinois
Peoria County
Court House
Renee Ea
Geley
New King of Italy Receives Cautious Support
The Booston Herald notes mixed feelings about Italy's new monarch, with many hoping the Prince of Naples will govern decisively yet modestly. It praises his education, English fluency, and numismatic interest while acknowledging the challenge of living up to reformist expectations.
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Italy
Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Humbert
Europe
Boaton
Cremation Found in Shetland Stone Age Discovery
A crofter in Quarff Shetland uncovered a stone slab revealing a stone lined chamber with a skull and a bowl. Further finds include a jar with ashes suggesting cremation in the remote Stone Age. Investigations by authorities continue.
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Shetland
Isles
Quarff
Japan Grants Foreigners Railway Share Ownership
The government moves to attract capital by allowing foreigners to own shares in Japanese railways. Treaties do not explicitly ban such ownership, though the change is framed as carefully limited to encourage needed investment without broad policy shifts.
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Japan
Nebraska the Land of Plenty promotional note
A promotional notice extols Nebraska as a land of plenty with rich farming and grazing potential. It invites readers to request The Corn Belt and The West Nebraska Grazing Country booklets, and to join inexpensive rail excursions on the first and third Tuesdays each month to inspect the state firsthand.
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Nebraska
Corn Belt
West
Onion Peeling Relief Tactic From Yankee Authority
A Yankee authority offers a remedy for onion peeling discomfort. The onion’s pungent odor comes from a sulphurous oil that volatilizes when the vegetable is cut, irritating the eye membranes. A small pared potato on the knife end absorbs the fumes, delaying irritation until the potato saturates, after which it may be replaced to continue the effect.
British firm wins vast Solomon Islands lease deal
Solomon Islands trade prospects rise after Britain’s annexation opens markets. A London proprietary, the Pacific Islands company, is reported to have secured a lease of around 200000 acres, effectively a fee simple grant, signaling a major shift in colonial enterprise and future commerce in the islands. Hunter Stephenson in Chicago reports.
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Solomon Islands
Great Britain
Pacific ‘Islands
London Proprietary
J! Hunter’ Stephenson
Lands for Sale in Iowa and Nebraska From W S Wiseer
A real estate listing from Farmington Illinois by W S Wiseer offers multiple tracts across Iowa and Nebraska. 160 acres near Clearfield Iowa with a house and outbuildings priced at 8000. 195 acres near Blockton Iowa described as a stock farm. 40 acres near Oakdale Nebraska suitable for a truck farm priced 1200. 240 acres about 45 miles from Mindon Nebraska well located at 2500 per acre. 160 acres near Ayer Nebraska with buildings priced 4000. 140 acres under constitution and 400 acres six miles from Inavale Nebraska with cultivation and new granary. 160 acres four miles from Beave City Farnsee County with 30 acres under cultivation at 1000 per acre. 160 acres four miles from Trenton Hitchcock County Nebraska with 80 acres cultivated priced 1200. Ranch property available for sale or trade plus land in Peoria Knox and Fulton counties. Contact W S Wiseer, Farmington IL, Land and Immigration agent for C B Q BR.
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Clearfield
Iowa
New House
Pine Grove
Blockton
Oakdale
Neb
Beave City
Farnsee* Co
Trenton
Hitchcock Co
Peoria Knox
Fulton County
W. S. Wiseer
Farmington, NL
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