Elgin News Briefs and Humorous Tale From Dundee Weekly
In Dundee Weekly two items from Elgin surface with a brief literary verse and a long humorous tale. The piece reports on local letters and poems plus a lively Elgin narrative about two sports who drink and cause trouble, ending with a city marshal pursuit and a $75 fine. A real estate ad offers a northern Elgin house on Lovell and Prospect Streets with four rooms and modern conveniences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Poplar Creek
Sport No. 1
Bacus
Lovell
Bargains and Goods at Jencks and Oatman stores
The advertisement advertises Crockery, furs, mitts, gloves, clocks, dresses, and clothing from New York at Jencks and Hunt. It touts Christmas toys, lingerie, hats, boots, overcoats, and carpets with low prices, urging shoppers to visit Oatman and Jencks for consigned goods, furs, and a large fur stock. It notes 30 day sale deadlines and mentions Buffalo vaccination claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jencks
Hunt
Hunt’s
Tencks
Santa Claus
Oatman & Co’s
New York
Oatman’s
H. E. Hunt
John Vickers
Andrews
Blanchard
Marrie
Dahhia
Fitch
Coney, &c
Lever
Dundee
Hunt's
History of the Great Conflagration volume announced
A Chicago volume by James W. Sheahan and George P. Upton surveys past, present, and future fires in Chicago and the Northwest. The four to five hundred page work compares historic blazes with the recent autumn calamity and outlines detailed historical fire patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwest
James W. Sheahan
George P. Upton
Iridun
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. Weld
Center Street
Presbyterian
Church, Elgin
J. Fletcher
South River Street
Geo. B. Raymond & Son
F. Taylor
Taylor
Junker
Stewart
Bash Sia
Elgin, Illinois
Sen
Main Street
West Side
Undertakers’ Department
G. F. Taylor
F. Engel
Dundee Meat Market
Hengle
J. A. Andrews
A. M. Stewart
Yarwood & Lyon
Chicago Street
Elgin, Ill
F. Ohmacht
Yankee Nations
J. Allason
E. Hunt
Engel
Qantas
Beene FM
Ohe
Fipeavoban Klein
Cas Dandy
Avees Chicks
Edo Shuartel
Aioe & Borden
Sant
Lunder
Ist
Dundee, Ill
Chean
Kane County
Illinois
FF. Ormacht
Dundee Weekly
Poplar
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