Social events and entertainments in a Jackson street circle
A sequence of local gatherings features Miss Jessie Oldt Miss Nancy Cady of Dubuque and Miss Florence Dildine of Beloit hosted by Miss Helen Strong with euchre prizes for Flora Morgan and Bessie Krape A lawn social honors Mrs Alfred Plowman birthday out of town guests include Mrs Gregory of Dubuque Mrs Henry Godanour of Chicago and Mrs Jones of Hammond Ind Mrs Joh Wahier hosts Mrs S H Sherman of Scranton Pa visiting son Charles Sherman a dozen ladies attend A Nan man and Deantha Spencer reunion planned Aug 31 at Mrs Case Eagle Point Forest Park picnic honors Miss Tracy Kautenberg visiting from California St Mary's sociality hosts a card party next Tuesday with 25 cent admission
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Euchre
Helen Strong
Jessie Oldt
Nancy Cady
Dubuque
Florence Dildine
Beloit
Jackson Street
Flora Morgan
Bessie Krape
Baid
Alfred Plowman
Pleasant Street
Tonor
Gregory
Henry Godanour
Chicago
Jones
Hammond
Ind
Joh Wahier
Adams Street
S. H. Sherman
Scranton
Charles Sherman
Postum Coffee Cure Cited By Clergyman In 1890s Letter
A country clergyman and his wife report coffee caused violent vomiting in spring 1896 and again in July. After stopping coffee and using Postum Food Coffee, symptoms disappeared for nine years. The account, from Madison Indiana, endorses Postum as healthful and ties coffee to illness.
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Postum Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
London in a Fog Like A Silent Night Tour
Charley Warren Stoddard recalls a pea soup fog over London in National Magazine. The narrator and Prentice stumble through Temple Bar Fleet Street and London Bridge, feeling their way amid cinders, dim lamps, and an obscured river as the city loosens into ghostly shapes.
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London
Prentice “Mulford
Aeala
Trentlee
Temple Bar
Temple Bat
London Bridge
Thames
Charley Warren Stoddard
National Magazine
Sentences From Quotidian Sages and Humorous Snippets
A collage of old quotations and light jests. The excerpts include moral maxims on time, reverence, duty, and ignorance from various sources, plus notes on printers errors, Spoonerisms, a handkerchief custom, a tangent about Iceland mail, and short humor exchanges from the New York Times and other papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Peter
Paul
Touis Republic
Coming Events and Medicated Warnings From 19th Century Ads
A collage of event listings shows concerts lectures fairs and theater through late summer and early fall with items like auditorium programs grand opera house shows and a county fair at Taylor's. a counterfeit notice warns of fake Dr King s New Discovery imitations and urges buyers to seek Bucklen’s remedies with the genuine wrapper and brand name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frand
Dr. King
Dr. King’s
Bucklen’s
H. B., Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Windsor
Canada
Joseph Emmert
Cement Work Promises Low-Cost Concrete Services
Swans and JARN advertise hitching posts sidewalks and concrete walls built with best materials at cheap prices. New phone number Blue fr2w appears in the notice.
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Swans & Jarn
Town Board Meeting Notice Audit at 7:30 PM Aug 10
Town board announces a regular meeting Thursday evening August 10 at 7 30 to audit bills. All persons with town bills should present them at the town office at once. Thos Lawless Town Clerk Balbe
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Thos. Lawless
Shere
For sale: modern 8-room house at 146 Liberty Street
The late P. H. Murphy’s residence at 146 Liberty Street is offered for sale by F. Hildreth. The modern house features 8 rooms, bath, water closet, gas and furnace, with front street paved. Convenient for railroad workers, close to the roundhouse and business district. favorable price possible.
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Liberty Street
P. H. Murphy
F. Hildreth
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Fergie
Suit Department
F. A. Read
Beckmire
Stephenson St
Hermsmeier
Galena St
Swift
Minnesota
Freeport
Nanman
Deantha (Benham) Spencer
Forest Park
Blanche Meyers
Margaret Muhr
Tracy Kautenberg
California
St. Mary's
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Hall
Jonah
Will
Midison
Dhavid
Grahan Philips
Philips
Crocor
Sonny
Ute
David Graham Phillips
Familius
Mary
Starper’s
Solt
Innovation Soda Fountain
W.J. Young & Co Opp. C. Hi, Little Co
Bogitah
T. P
London Weekly
C. Farqubargon S‘indsay
Dover Chronicle
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Iceland
Mother Island
Mrs. Jenkins
Mrs. Supple
Mr. Jenkins
Critteiam
de Style
New York Times
Brandar
Doyle
Cleveland
McClure
Rockefeller
Humber
Ladawly
Mary Y
Oakdain
Rivetalde Park
Denville
Taylor's Part
Taylor's Parte
Lo. Vaughan
Ste Mary's
Winiiting
Bros
Otty
Polly Primoge
Dee
Matt
St Plunkard
the Moonshiner
Diaiurhter
Dora Thorne
Vogel
Minstrels
Sousa
Gingathetas
Stephnnson
Freeport, Il
Chickering & Sons
Vers & Pond
Kurtzman, Sterling, Emerson
Hehring
Crown
Schiller, Capen
H. M. Gable
Lake Side
Rachman
Werner
Singer
Meister
John Hea
Munn
Golden House
Chas
Dudley Warner
Elijah
Zangwell
Amathur Cracksman
Hornung
PRIDE
Jennico
A. and
E. Castile
Jequelta, Crawford
Heart OF Rome
Isham
Churchill
David Harum
Westcott
Puppet
Mc Grath
Brown & Dollmeyer
The
Freeport Hardware Company
Galena Street
Illinois
New York
Burrell Brothers
Freeport Gaslight & Coke Co
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